Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Mar 29, 2002, 11:22 PM CST (05:22 UTC)

Expired

Mar 29, 2002, 11:45 PM CST

In force

23 min

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jack County, TX

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

376 
WUUS54 KFWD 300522 CCA
SVRFTW
TXC237-300545-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1116 PM CST FRI MAR 29 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1145 PM CST

* AT 1116 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN JACK COUNTY...6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF GIBTOWN...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSBORO...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE WITH THIS SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND
STAY INSIDE...AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT WORTH.

LAT...LON 3301 9816 3300 9803 3302 9793 3330 9792

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 29, 10:35 PM CST, 47 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR PUBLIC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1035 PM CST FRI MAR 29 2002

AVIATION DISCUSSION...
FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...TO JUST NORTH
OF KTKI...TO KAFW...TO KSEP...TO KBWD AS OF 23Z. THIS FRONT SEEMS TO
HAVE NEARLY STALLED...WITH THREE HOUR PRESSURE CHANGES TO THE NORTH
OF THE FRONT LOOKING ONLY SLIGHTLY BETTER TO THE SOUTH OF THE FRONT.
THE FRONT SHOULD SINK SLIGHTLY FARTHER SOUTH TONIGHT...AND MOVE
THROUGH FTW/DFW/DAL BEFORE STALLING OVERNIGHT.  SHOULD SEE CEILINGS
DECREASE...TO MVFR AROUND 09Z...AND TO IFR LEVELS 12-15Z. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY OVER THE EDWARDS PLATEAU EAST INTO THE
BIG COUNTRY...WILL SPREAD EAST OVERNIGHT...AND WE SHOULD SEE SOME
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS IN THE METROPLEX BEFORE 09Z.  58

UPDATED ZONES TO REFLECT  SLOWER MOVEMENT OF FRONT.  RAISED MIN
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND MAX TEMPERATURES SATURDAY.  59

.FWD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SATURDAY FOR ZONES
TXZ91>095...TXZ100>107...TXZ115>123...TXZ129>135...TXZ141...TXZ144>
146.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.