Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 283, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2000, 8:20 AM CDT for Bosque County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2000, 8:20 AM CDT (13:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2000, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Bosque County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 8:51 AM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Clifton, TX |
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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 123 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 535 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
940
WUUS54 KFWD 041321
SVRFTW
TXC035-041415-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
820 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BOSQUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
* UNTIL 915 AM CDT
* AT 820 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLIFTON...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CLIFTON
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CLIFTON AROUND 840 AM CDT
DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS WITH
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3176 9781 3169 9776 3169 9759 3169 9745
3184 9713 3183 9749What 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 May 4, 6:20 AM CDT, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 6:20 AM CDT, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 620 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2000 NOT TOO MUCH HAS CHANGED IN THE PAST 24 HOURS EXCEPT THE UPPER LOW IS ABOUT 100 MILES FARTHER EAST THAN PREVIOUS DAY. ALSO...THE N/S TROUGH AXIS HAD MOVED TO THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AM. THE LOW/S PROXIMITY WILL KEEP THE CAP TO A MINIMUM THOUGH THE CAP WILL GRADUALLY BECOME STRONGER FROM WAA ALOFT IN THE NW FLOW AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO DRIFT EAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE SURFACE WIND WILL INCREASE FROM THE SE AND HELP KEEP THE DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S. JET STREAK CAN BE SEEN IN SAT PIXS IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND WILL MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA LATER TODAY. THAT AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL AID TO KEEP THE THREAT OF TSRA/S GOING FOR ANOTHER DAY...AND SOME STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SOME FOR FRIDAY WITH THE CAP BECOMING STRONGER AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES FARTHER EAST. DFW 80/64/84/65 3322 ACT 83/67/85/67 3322 .FTW...NONE. 82 .AVIATION... PROBLEM OF THE DAY WILL BE TSTRMS. EXPECT THIS MORNING/S ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH DURING MID-MORNING. BUT AFTERNOON HEATING AND THE UPPER LOW TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION WILL FORM MORE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...MUCH LIKE WEDNESDAY/S WEATHER. 82
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 4, 4:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
430 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
0710 PM 2 N HILL CITY TX 3.00 INCH HAIL
05/03/00 HOOD AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER
REPORTED 3 INCH HAIL
0725 PM 4 NW GLEN ROSE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/00 SOMERVELL AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER
REPORTED GOLFBALL HAIL
0730 PM GLEN ROSE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/00 SOMERVELL GLEN ROSE POLICE DEPARTMENT
REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL
0736 PM WAXAHACHIE TX 2.50 INCH HAIL
05/03/00 ELLIS AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER
REPORTED TENNIS BALL SIZE
HAIL
0750 PM ENNIS TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/03/00 ELLIS AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER
REPORTED QUARTER SIZE
HAIL
0807 PM BARDWELL TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/00 ELLIS AMATEUR RADIO STORM
SPOTTER REPORTED DIME
HAIL
0905 PM PALESTINE TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/03/00 ANDERSON ANDERSON COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
REPORTED QUARTER SIZE
HAIL
0925 PM ELKHART TX 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/03/00 ANDERSON ANDERSON COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
REPORTED HALF DOLLAR
SIZE HAIL
0944 PM FORT WORTH TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/03/00 TARRANT OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE
REPORTED NICKEL HAIL IN
NORTH FORT WORTH
0945 PM FORT WORTH TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/00 TARRANT AMATEUR RADIO STORM
SPOTTER REPORTED DIME
HAIL AT THE
INTERSECTION OF I-35
AND HWY 287
0948 PM FORT WORTH TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/03/00 TARRANT AMATEUR RADIO STORM
SPOTTER REPORTED
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT THE
INTERSECTION OF I-35
AND HWY 287
0948 PM FORT WORTH TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/03/00 TARRANT OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE
REPORTED QUARTER SIZE
HAIL IN NORTH FORT WORTH
0958 PM FORT WORTH TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/00 TARRANT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT
THE FORT WORTH NWS
FORECAST OFFICE
0959 PM FORT WORTH TX 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/03/00 TARRANT OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE
REPORTED HALF DOLLAR
SIZE HAIL IN NORTH FORT
WORTH
1000 PM HALTOM CITY TX 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/03/00 TARRANT AMATEUR RADIO STORM
SPOTTER REPORTED 60 MPH
WIND GUST AT THE
INTERSECTION OF HWY 377
AND LOOP 820
1001 PM FORT WORTH TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/00 TARRANT OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE
REPORTED DIME HAIL AT
BASSWOOD AND HWY 377 IN
NORTH FORT WORTH
1022 PM KIRVIN TX WIND SPEED
05/03/00 FREESTONE FREESTONE COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
ESTIMATED 60 MPH WIND
1022 PM KIRVIN TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/03/00 FREESTONE FREESTONE COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
REPORTED QUARTER SIZE
HAIL
1025 PM 5 E SLOCUM TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/00 ANDERSON ANDERSON COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
REPORTED DIME HAIL ON
HWY 294
1034 PM FORT WORTH TX WIND DAMAGE
05/03/00 TARRANT AMATEUR RADIO STORM
SPOTTER REPORTED LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BLOCKING THE
ROAD JUST NORTH OF COOKS
LANE AND I-30
1034 PM FORT WORTH TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/03/00 TARRANT AMATEUR RADIO STORM
SPOTTER REPORTED
QUARTER HAIL AT THE
INTERSECTION OF COOKS
LANE AND I-30
1040 PM ARLINGTON TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/00 TARRANT AMATEUR RADIO STORM
SPOTTER REPORTED DIME
HAIL
1048 PM FAIRFIELD TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/00 FREESTONE FREESTONE COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
REPORTED DIME HAIL
1118 PM FAIRFIELD TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/03/00 FREESTONE SHERIFFS OFFICE
REPORTED QUARTER SIZE
HAILSpecial weather statement, May 4, 5:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-041500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 500 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2000 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. EARLY THURSDAY...ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WAS PREVAILING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...PRODUCED BY OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS...WERE LOCATED ACROSS THE REGION. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT EAST ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING...IN THE VICINITY OF THESE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A FEW OF THESE STORMS THROUGH LATE MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AS SOLAR HEATING CONTRIBUTES TO ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...GENERALLY ALONG AREAS ALONG AND TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS. STORM SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GROUPS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER TRENDS. ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT. 83
Local storm report, May 4, 7:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
700 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
0350 AM ROCKWALL TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/00 ROCKWALL ROCKWALL POLICE
DEPARTMENT REPORTED
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL IN
ROCKWALL
0645 AM 10 S CANTON TX FLOOD
05/04/00 VANZANDT VAN ZANDT SHERIFFS
OFFICE REPORTED WATER
OVER THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY
19 AND FM 858.The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 49 min |
| May 3, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Somervell | 63 min |
| May 3, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 53 min |
| May 3, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 48 min |
| May 3, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 67 min |
| May 3, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 29 min |
| May 3, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 53 min |
| May 3, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 62 min |
| May 3, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 55 min |
| May 3, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 50 min |
| May 3, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 63 min |
| May 4, 3:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 55 min |
| May 4, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rockwall | 45 min |
| May 4, 4:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 58 min |
| May 4, 4:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 50 min |
| May 4, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 60 min |
| May 4, 6:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| May 4, 9:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 54 min |
| May 4, 9:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson | 3 hr |
| May 4, 9:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood | 44 min |
| May 4, 10:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone | 3 hr |
| May 4, 1:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone | 3 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
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.