Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2000, 7:58 PM CST for Milam County, Texas. It was in force for 22 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 10, 2000, 7:58 PM CST (01:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2000, 8:20 PM CST
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Milam County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 8:05 PM CST | Hail 1 | Rockdale, TX | |
| Mar 10, 8:05 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockdale, TX | Power lines and large cedar trees were blown down between Rockdale and Milano. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 6:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 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 110158 SVRFTW TXC331-110215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 758 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MILAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 820 PM. * AT 758 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MILANO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MILANO HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. LAT...LON 3072 9713 3062 9695 3074 9667 3091 9675
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 Mar 10, 5:29 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 5:29 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 529 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000 AVIATION DISCUSSION STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PASS SOUTH OF LOCAL TRACON..BUT EFFECTING KACT WITH SEVERE CONDITIONS THROUGH 01Z. AS THE CONVECTION MOVES OUT OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...MVFR CEILINGS ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA WILL INVADE THE AREA AND LAST TO ABOUT 09Z. WINDS INCREASING SIGNIFICANTLY 01-03Z BEHIND THE FRONT WITH AVERAGES OF 34015G25KT EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SKIES BREAK SATURDAY WITH NORTH WINDS DIMINISHING DURING THE DAY. 75 ================ 345 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000 STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL FIRING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE STATIONARY FRONT WHICH STRETCHED ACROSS JUNCTION TO CORSICANA TO SHREVEPORT LINE AT 10/21Z. THE PRIMARY FORCING IS IN THE LOWER LEVELS THOUGH A PROMINENT JET MAX OF 100+ WAS PRESENT ACCORDING TO WIND PROFILERS. AS THE MEAN AXIS OF THE TROUGH SLIDES EAST...THIS ACTIVITY WILL PUSH EAST. COLD FRONT WILL DIVE SOUTH OVERNIGHT BEHIND THE EXITING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASING TO WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. IN ADDITION...CLEARING SKIES AND COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL MAKE TEMPERATURES FEEL MUCH COLDER THAN THEY REALLY ARE. WEEKEND CONDITIONS WILL BE COOL AND PLEASANT. BY MONDAY...GULF MOISTURE STARTS RETURNING NORTH TO SET THE STAGE FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY. DFW 41/60/39/69 2000 ACT 42/62/38/69 3000 .FTW...WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT FOR ALL OF N CNTRL TX. 64
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 3:43 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-110300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 343 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000 ...WINDY CONDITIONS... A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT AS WIND SPEEDS RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. BOATERS ARE URGED TO STAY CLOSE TO SHORE AS THE WIND WILL MAKE AREA LAKES VERY CHOPPY AND HAZARDOUS. LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD ALSO BE SECURED THIS AFTERNOON. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM STEPHENVILLE... TO CANTON. A DRY LINE...SEPARATING DRIER AND HEAVIER AIR TO THE WEST FROM MOIST AND BUOYANT AIR TO THE EAST...HAS CONTINUED TO TRIGGER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF WEST TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AS A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES IN FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. FORECAST VERTICAL WIND PROFILES SUGGEST LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...THERE MAY BE SUFFICIENT TURNING OF THE WINDS WITH HEIGHT TO ALLOW ISOLATED TORNADOES TO BRIEFLY DEVELOP. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN THE OUTLOOK AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION EARLY THIS EVENING. SPOTTERS SHOULD BE NEEDED WEST OF I-35 FIRST...ROUGHLY BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM. AS THE STORMS MOVE EAST...SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED EAST OF I-35 AFTER 6 PM. && FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER/THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOKS FOR ADJACENT AREAS...SEE OKCSPSOKC (NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA)... NEWSPSSHV (NORTHEAST TEXAS...NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS)...SATSPSHOU (SOUTHEAST TEXAS)...SATSPSSAT (SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS)...AND LBBSPSSJT (WEST CENTRAL TEXAS). 80
Local storm report, Mar 10, 7:25 PM CST, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
725 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
1045 AM PLANO TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00 COLLIN DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY POLICE.
0100 PM FERRIS TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00 ELLIS DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY POLICE.
0127 PM SCURRY TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
03/10/00 KAUFMAN NICKEL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
0415 PM HAMILTON TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00 HAMILTON DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER
0420 PM WALNUT SPRINGS TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00 BOSQUE DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
0443 PM KING TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/10/00 CORYELL QUARTER SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
0500 PM CLIFTON TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
03/10/00 BOSQUE NICKEL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0512 PM MAYPEARL TX WIND DAMAGE
03/10/00 ELLIS GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED
BY STORM SPOTTER.
0530 PM 15 W WACO TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00 MCLENNAN DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY EOC ACROSS WESTERN
PORTIONS OF COUNTY.
0530 PM FORT HOOD AAF TX 4.50 INCH HAIL
03/10/00 CORYELL SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY MILITARY
PERSONNEL
0550 PM KING TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00 CORYELL SHERIFF DEPUTY
REPORTED WINDSHILD
KNOCKED OUT BY GOLFBALL
HAIL.
0555 PM FLAT TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00 CORYELL DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.
0555 PM 5 W WACO TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00 MCLENNAN DIME HAIL REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0635 PM BELTON LAKE TX TORNADO
03/10/00 BELL COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
REPORTED BRIEF
TOUCHDOWN NEAR LAKE
BELTON DAM.
0644 PM 10 W MEXIA TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/10/00 LIMESTONE QUARTER SIZE HAIL
REPORTED: BY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 6:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bell | 23 min |
| Mar 10, 6:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 50 min |
| Mar 10, 6:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone, Robertson | 50 min |
| Mar 10, 6:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 43 min |
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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.