Severe Thunderstorm Warning 258, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

May 2, 2000, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)

Expired

May 2, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT

In force

45 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), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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WUUS54 KFWD 030247
SVRFTW
TXC113-139-030330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
945 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 1030 PM CDT.

* AT 945 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER OAK LEAF. ANOTHER STORM WAS 5 MILES
  SOUTH OF GARLAND. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WILMER...SEAGOVILLE...RED OAK...  
  LANCASTER...HUTCHINS...FERRIS...DESOTO AND BALCH SPRINGS.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DESOTO AROUND 950 PM CDT.
  LANCASTER...FERRIS AROUND 1000 PM CDT.
  BALCH SPRINGS...SEAGOVILLE AROUND 1030 PM CDT

LAT...LON 3253 9697 3240 9682 3264 9649 3280 9668

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 41 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

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

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.