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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 19, 2002Navarro County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2002, 8:24 PM CST for Navarro County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2002, 8:24 PM CST (02:24 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2002, 9:30 PM CST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Navarro County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 19, 8:30 PM CSTThunderstorm WindCorsicana, TXTrees were blown down in the city.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 19, 7:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2002-03-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
524 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
561 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KFWD 200224
SVRFTW
TXC349-200330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
823 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NAVARRO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 930 PM CST

* AT 823 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMING GROVE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLOOMING GROVE AROUND 840 PM CST
  CORSICANA AROUND 850 PM CST
  KERENS AROUND 905 PM CST

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE
COVER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

LAT...LON 3208 9688 3181 9669 3202 9608 3234 9640

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 6:02 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton, Tarrant3 hr
Mar 19, 6:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas46 min
Mar 19, 6:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton37 min
Mar 19, 6:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche35 min
Mar 19, 6:32 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Grayson4 hr
Mar 19, 6:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell61 min
Mar 19, 6:51 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Johnson, Parker, Somervell4 hr
Mar 19, 6:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell50 min
Mar 19, 7:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan61 min
Mar 19, 7:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill41 min
Mar 19, 7:43 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin3 hr
Mar 19, 7:53 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas3 hr
Mar 19, 8:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone49 min
Mar 19, 9:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson39 min
Mar 19, 9:56 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDLamar3 hr
Mar 19, 10:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon37 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.