Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 16, 2000Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2000, 12:49 AM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued: Apr 16, 2000, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2000, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Dallas County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 15, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 55 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 466 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -226 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1254 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KFWD 160552
SVRFTW
TXC113-160630-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1249 AM CDT SUN APR 16 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1249 AM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
  4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WILMER...SEAGOVILLE...MESQUITE...
  HUTCHINS...DALLAS...COMBINE...COCKRELL HILL AND BALCH SPRINGS

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. 
SPOTTERS REPORTED HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE IN LAS COLINAS AT 12:30 
AM...WHILE DFW AIRPORT RECORDED WINDS OF 66 MPH AT 12:18 AM WITH 
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3274 9691 3256 9673 3256 9653 3266 9652
          3284 9668 3286 9673

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 15, 10:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 10:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
745 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2000

WILL UPDATE AND RAISE POPS FROM THE DFW AREA NORTH AND NORTHEAST.
WILL CALL FOR A FEW STORMS SEVERE...AND EMPHASIS LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.  "TAIL END CHARLIE" (SOUTHERN MOST STORM) HAS
PRODUCED A TRACK OF VERY LARGE HAIL (GOLF BALLS TO SOFT BALLS)
ACROSS YOUNG COUNTY.

.FTW...NONE.

26

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 15, 7:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-160330-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
740 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2000

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF NORTH
TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
AND HAIL.  IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN IN URBAN AREAS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF
FLOODING OF ROADS.  THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES IS LOW.

EARLY THIS EVENING...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING
NEAR THE DRY LINE FROM NEAR WICHITA FALLS TO ABILENE TO SAN
ANGELO.  THIS LINE WILL REACH A MONTAGUE...EASTLAND LINE BETWEEN
830 AND 10 PM...AND A SHERMAN...FORT WORTH...TEMPLE LINE BETWEEN
1030 PM AND 1 AM.  AREAS FARTHER EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 WILL BE
AFFECTED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY.

INITIALLY...THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL REMAIN NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20.
HOWEVER...AS THE STORMS APPROACH INTERSTATE 35...THEY WILL INTENSIFY
ACROSS THE ENTIRE LINE.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTERS SHOULD BE READY FOR
ACTIVATION AS THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA.

&&

...FOR OTHER AREAS...
FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER/THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOKS FOR ADJACENT AREAS...SEE
OKCSPSOKC (NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA)...
OKCSPSTUL (EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS)...NEWSPSSHV
(NORTHEAST TEXAS...NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS)...SATSPSHOU
(SOUTHEAST TEXAS)...SATSPSSAT (SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS)...AND LBBSPSSJT
(WEST CENTRAL TEXAS).

Local storm report, Apr 15, 9:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
919 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ...COUNTY LOCATION....

0903 PM    OLNEY                     TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/15/00   YOUNG                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
                                          REPORTED QUARTER HAIL
                                          ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN

Local storm report, Apr 15, 9:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
942 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ...COUNTY LOCATION....

0925 PM    NEWCASTLE                 TX   2.00 INCH HAIL
04/15/00   YOUNG                          BROKE
                                          WINDSHIELD IN
                                          SPOTTERS VEHICLE

0938 PM    3 S NEWCASTLE             TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/15/00   YOUNG                          GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
                                          COVERED THE GROUND AT
                                          FORT BELKNAP

Local storm report, Apr 15, 11:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1129 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ...COUNTY LOCATION....

0940 PM    LOVING                    TX   0.88 INCH HAIL
04/15/00   YOUNG                          NICKEL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTERS IN
                                          LOVING.

0945 PM    ANTELOPE                  TX   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/15/00   JACK                           DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY OBSERVER IN
                                          ANTELOPE.

1002 PM    GRAHAM                    TX   2.75 INCH HAIL
04/15/00   YOUNG                          BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED 6 MI NORTH OF
                                          GRAHAM.

0937 PM    GRAHAM                    TX   2.50 INCH HAIL
04/15/00   YOUNG                          TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED 5 MILE NORTH OF
                                          GRAHAM.

0942 PM    BRYSON                    TX   0.88 INCH HAIL
04/15/00   JACK                           NICKEL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED AT THE FIRE
                                          HOUSE IN BRYSON.

1005 PM    BRYSON                    TX   1.50 INCH HAIL
04/15/00   JACK                           QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR
                                          SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          BRYSON.

1005 PM    BRYSON                    TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/15/00   JACK                           GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED 6 MILES SOUTH
                                          OF BRYSON.

1045 PM    ORAN                      TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/15/00   PALO_PINTO                     1.00 TO 1.25 INCH HAIL
                                          REPORTED IN ORAN.

1046 PM    ORAN                      TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/15/00   PALO_PINTO                     QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED NEAR HWY 52 AND
                                          254 SOUTH OF ORAN.

1050 PM    ORAN                      TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/15/00   PALO_PINTO                     GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED EAST OF ORAN.

1055 PM    RUNAWAY BAY               TX   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/15/00   WISE                           DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          AT RUNAWAY BAY.

1100 PM    MINERAL WELLS             TX   1.50 INCH HAIL
04/15/00   PALO_PINTO                     HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED JUST NORTH OF
                                          MINERAL WELLS.

1055 PM    WHITT                     TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/15/00   PARKER                         QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER IN
                                          WHITT.

1112 PM    WHITT                     TX   2.00 INCH HAIL
04/15/00   PARKER                         EGG SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY SPOTTER 3 MILES SOUTH
                                          OF WHITT.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	54 min
Apr 15, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	54 min
Apr 15, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	50 min
Apr 15, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	61 min
Apr 15, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	49 min
Apr 15, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wise	62 min
Apr 15, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	62 min
Apr 15, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	59 min
Apr 15, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	65 min
Apr 15, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	30 min
Apr 16, 12:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	54 min
Apr 16, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	60 min
Apr 16, 1:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	28 min
Apr 16, 1:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Tarrant	31 min
Apr 16, 1:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	117 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2000 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.