Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 385, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2000, 5:24 PM CDT for Milam County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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
- Sep 2, 2000, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2000, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Milam County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 476 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KFWD 022226 SVRFTW TXC331-022315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 524 PM CDT SAT SEP 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MILAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF CAMERON...DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTH. WIND GUST TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3097 9709 3067 9710 3083 9670 3111 9686
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 Sep 2, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 300 PM CDT SAT SEP 2 2000 ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS THEN DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE PARKED OVER NORTH TEXAS...WITH 850 AND 925 MB TEMPS ON ETA FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON FORECAST TO BE EVEN WARMER THAN TODAY OR YESTERDAY. DFW HAS ALREADY RISEN TO 108...AND LOOKS LIKE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AGAIN SUNDAY. ALSO LOOKS LIKE CONTINUED HOT AND DRY THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. DFW 81/109/80/107 0000 ACT 78/107/77/107 0000 .FTW...HEAT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. 59
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 2, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes 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 300 PM CDT SAT SEP 2 2000 ...HEAT... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BRIEFLY DROP INTO THE 70S RURAL AREAS AND LOW 80S URBAN AREAS...PROVIDING LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON. ...FIRE DANGER... A BURNING BAN REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR VIRTUALLY ALL COUNTIES IN NORTH TEXAS. WITH THE HOT AND EXTREMELY DRY WEATHER CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND...THE FIRE DANGER OVER NORTHERN TEXAS WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY HIGH. EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN PARTICIPATING IN ANY ACTIVITY OUTDOORS THAT COULD RESULT IN STARTING A FIRE. ...THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THESE STORMS. 59
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 46 min |
| Sep 2, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 56 min |
| Sep 2, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 24 min |
| Sep 2, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 38 min |
| Sep 2, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 45 min |
| Sep 2, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 40 min |
| Sep 2, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 49 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.