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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Fort Worth, TX

July 1, 2001Limestone County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2001, 4:38 AM CDT for Limestone County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2001, 4:38 AM CDT (09:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2001, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Limestone County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 4:44 AM CDTHail 1Thornton, 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 nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2001-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1185 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2001-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1185 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1310 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 Jul 1, 3:50 AM CDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 3:50 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
350 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2001

THE UPPER LOW OVER OVER ARKANSAS THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO
ELONGATE AND MOVE SOUTHWEST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS
REDEVELOPED ONCE AGAIN OVERNIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS.  WILL
KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE OR CHANCE POPS ACROSS ALL OF THE NORTH TEXAS FOR
TODAY.  RAIN CHANCES SHOULD START TO DECREASE TONIGHT.  THE UPPER
RIDGE TO OUR WEST WILL BUILD INTO ACROSS THE NORTH ON MONDAY. THIS
WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM FURTHER AS WE APPROACH INDEPENDENCE
DAY.  THE 00Z RUN OF THE AVN AND MRF INDICATE THAT THE COOL-DOWN
THAT HAD BEEN ADVERTISED EARLIER FOR LATE WEEK PROBABLY WILL NOT
HAPPEN.  HAVE REMOVED MOST OF THE RAIN CHANCES FROM THE EXTENDED
PORTION OF THE FORECAST...AND BROUGHT TEMPERATURES BACK TO NEAR
SEASONAL NORMALS.  #58

DFW 90/72/92/73 3121   ACT 93/72/92/73 3232

.FWD...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:32 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-011230-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
432 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2001

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING.  AN ISOLATED WIND GUST TO 60 MPH AND ISOLATED HAIL
UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER IS POSSIBLE.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 5:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant61 min
Jul 1, 6:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas3 hr
Jul 1, 6:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant3 hr
Jul 1, 8:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell3 hr
Jul 1, 8:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant3 hr
Jul 1, 9:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.