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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 29, 2002Palo Pinto County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 2002, 11:54 PM CST for Palo Pinto County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min. 2 reports 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 29, 2002, 11:54 PM CST (05:54 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2002, 12:50 AM CST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Palo Pinto County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 30, 12:00 AM CSTHail 1.5Gordon, TX
Mar 30, 12:38 AM CSTHail 1.75Mineral Wells, TXOccurred 4 miles west of Lipan.

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 29, 11:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2002-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3168 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 2002-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -45 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1050 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

044 
WUUS54 KFWD 300554
SVRFTW
TXC363-300650-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1151 PM CST FRI MAR 29 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PALO PINTO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 1250 AM CST

* AT 1151 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STRAWN...OR ABOUT
  40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINERAL WELLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STRAWN AROUND 1210 AM CST
  MINERAL WELLS AROUND 1245 AM CST

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.

LAT...LON 3276 9857 3253 9858 3253 9808 3289 9807

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 10:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise47 min
Mar 29, 11:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland55 min
Mar 29, 11:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack28 min
Mar 29, 11:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack23 min
Mar 29, 11:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise25 min
Mar 30, 12:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath55 min
Mar 30, 12:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker78 min
Mar 30, 1:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton43 min
Mar 30, 1:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant59 min
Mar 30, 2:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills58 min
Mar 30, 2:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Johnson46 min
Mar 30, 2:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant52 min
Mar 30, 2:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas71 min
Mar 30, 2:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas4 hr
Mar 30, 11:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam46 min
Mar 30, 12:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls56 min
Mar 30, 12:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan52 min
Mar 30, 1:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill41 min
Mar 30, 1:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone62 min
Mar 30, 1:18 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDLimestone42 min
Mar 30, 1:44 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDFreestone31 min
Mar 30, 2:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson63 min
Mar 30, 2:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone41 min
Mar 30, 2:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche51 min
Mar 30, 2:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon57 min
Mar 30, 3:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Erath, Hamilton63 min
Mar 30, 5:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson54 min
Mar 30, 5:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant52 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.