Severe Thunderstorm Warning 257, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

May 2, 2000, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)

Expired

May 2, 2000, 9:45 PM CDT

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Dallas County, TX, Ellis County, TX

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS54 KFWD 030216
SVRFTW
TXC113-139-030245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
911 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.

* AT 911 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF MIDLOTHIAN...MOVING EAST
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER STORMS BETWEEN UNIVERSITY PARK AND
  GARLAND WERE ALSO INTENSIFYING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MIDLOTHIAN...DUNCANVILLE...DESOTO
  AND CEDAR HILL.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MIDLOTHIAN AROUND 920 PM CDT.
  CEDAR HILL...AND OVILLA AROUND 930 PM CDT.
  GLENN HEIGHTS...AND DUNCANVILLE AROUND 935 PM CDT.
  DESOTO AROUND 940 PM CDT.

DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3262 9702 3252 9705 3239 9709 3245 9687
          3268 9686

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 2, 5:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
504 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2000

UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOW AND ERRATIC TO THE EAST AND
SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.  WILL KEEP LOW POPS IN WRN 2/3
NORTH TEXAS WITH HIGHEST POPS IN SOUTHEAST. BASICALLY WENT WITH
GUIDANCE TEMPS.  BY EXTENDED PERIOD ON WEST SIDE OF UPPER LOW.
WILL GO SLIGHT CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVING
SOUTH ON BACK SIDE OF LOW.

DFW 54/77/59/79 2200   ACT 57/80/60/82 3311

.FTW...NONE.

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...AVIATION DISCUSSION...
LOW CLOUDS AND SHOWERS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND WRAP AROUND CUT-OFF
H5 LOW. SCATTERED TO WIDELY SCATTERED NATURE OF SHOWERS/-TSRA WILL
MAKE IT TOUGH TO FORECAST FOR AIRPORTS. HOWEVER...WILL MENTION A
TEMPO GROUP FOR KACT THIS EVENING AND INDICATE PRECIP AROUND IN
METRO AIRPORTS WITH THE INCLUSION OF A CB CLOUD TYPE THIS EVENING.
CIGS TO LOWER TO BKN015 $BEFORE SUNRISE...WITH A LOW LIFTING TREND
TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW. 80

In the hours before

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-030500-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
344 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2000

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT OVER THE REGION...
BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

TXZ102>105-117>121-131>134-030200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
755 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2000

COLD AIR FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AROUND THE METROPLEX THIS
EVENING. WHILE IT IS POSSIBLE FOR A COUPLE OF THE FUNNELS TO REACH
THE GROUND...THEY TYPICALLY ARE VERY WEAK AND CAUSE LITTLE...IF
ANY...DAMAGE. SHOULD YOU SEE FUNNEL CLOUDS IN YOUR AREA...SEEK
SHELTER INDOORS BUT DO NOT PANIC.

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