Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2001, 1:45 AM CST for Eastland County, Stephens County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 4 reports 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
- Mar 24, 2001, 1:45 AM CST (07:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2001, 2:45 AM CST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Eastland County, TX, Stephens County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2:00 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Caddo, TX | A large tree was blown down. |
| Mar 24, 2:10 AM CST | Hail 0.88 | Eastland, TX | |
| Mar 24, 2:10 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Eastland, TX | Large dumpsters were blown over and gas station signs were blown down. |
| Mar 24, 2:25 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Ranger, TX | The roof of a building was blown off. |
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 23, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 1395 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 928 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
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 Mar 23, 9:23 PM CST, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 9:23 PM CST, 4 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 923 PM CST FRI MAR 23 2001 WILL UPDATE TO REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS...WHICH INCLUDE AREA OF PRECIP ALONG THE RED RIVER MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH TEXAS. ALSO...WILL ADJUST FORECAST FOR SATURDAY FOR MAINLY THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE AREA. GUSTY N WINDS AND CAA WILL KEEP TEMPS DOWN TOMORROW...AND WILL TREND TOWARD MUCH LOWER DIURNAL TEMP RANGE. AM CONCERNED THAT PRECIP IS OVERDONE SUNDAY. QUICK LOOK AT MODELS INDICATE DRIER SCENARIO...SO MAY ALSO ADJUST THAT. THANKS TO SHV FOR COORDINATION. .FWD...NONE. 42
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 23, 11:20 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1120 PM CST FRI MAR 23 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
1115 PM GRAFORD TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/24/01 PALO_PINTO QUARTER HAIL IN
GRAFORD. REPORTED BY
COUNTY EMERGENCY
~ MANAGEMENT.Local storm report, Mar 24, 1:40 AM CST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION...FIXED DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
140 AM CST SAT MAR 24 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
1115 PM GRAFORD TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/23/01 PALO_PINTO QUARTER HAIL IN
GRAFORD. REPORTED BY
u COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 11:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 48 min |
| Mar 23, 11:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Parker, Wise | 65 min |
| Mar 24, 1:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Jack | 3 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 61 min |
| Mar 24, 2:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 40 min |
| Mar 24, 2:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 54 min |
| Mar 24, 3:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 48 min |
| Mar 24, 9:55 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt | 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.