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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 30, 2002Limestone County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2002, 1:13 PM CST for Limestone County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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 30, 2002, 1:13 PM CST (19:13 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2002, 2:15 PM CST
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Limestone County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 30, 1:21 PM CST	Tornado F2	Thornton, TX	This tornado first touched down just west of farm road 2749 about .5 mile southeast of Thornton. Two houses were damaged, one mobile home destroyed and a mobile home unroofed. The tornado moved northeast damaging a barn, then moved into the Davis Prairie com
Mar 30, 1:55 PM CST	Tornado F0	Personville, TX	A shed roof was blown off, the antenna was blown off a house, and numerous trees were blown down. The tornado moved northeast into rural Freestone County 1.5 miles north of Personville.

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.

Did it verify

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.

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 30, 12:30 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

830 
WUUS54 KFWD 301913
SVRFTW
TXC293-302015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
112 PM CST SAT MAR 30 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 215 PM CST

* AT 112 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GROESBECK...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GROESBECK AROUND 145 PM CST

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

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNING AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

LAT...LON 3141 9672 3123 9664 3141 9626 3166 9642

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 30, 11:05 AM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 11:05 AM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1105 AM CST SAT MAR 30 2002

...AVIATION DISCUSSION...
DRY SLOT WORKING INTO WESTERN N TEXAS LATE THIS MORNING SO AIRPORTS
WILL LIKELY SEE A LIMITED BREAK IN PCPN/THUNDER FOR A COUPLE OF
HOURS. STILL...NEW DEVELOPMENT ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE SLOT AS
ATMOSPHERE QUICKLY RECOVERS. BELIEVE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDER WILL
BE EARLY AFTN TO EARLY EVENING...SO WILL LIMIT TS TO THOSE PERIODS.
STILL...EMBEDDED THUNDER COULD LINGER AFTER 02Z. WINDS WILL BECOME
MORE NE AND THEN N THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS SURFACE LOW BEGINS
TO SWEEP THROUGH. 80

1010 AM PUBLIC DISCUSSION...
VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT CLEARING IS OCCURRING
UNDERNEATH DRY SLOT ACROSS SOUTHWEST TEXAS...WITH SOME BREAKS IN THE
LOW CLOUDS EVEN MAKING IT INTO THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE CWA.
CURRENT THINKING IS THAT ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DEVELOP IN THE DRY SLOT REGION AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATER
THIS AFTERNOON...SO WILL BASICALLY LEAVE CURRENT FORECAST WORDING
UNCHANGED.  OTHER THAN REMOVING THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND
TWEAKING WINDS AND TEMPS...NO MAJOR CHANGES ARE PLANNED.

DD/65

.FWD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 30, 8:10 AM CST, 5 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
810 AM CST SAT MAR 30 2002

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ...COUNTY LOCATION....

1117 PM    CISCO                     TX   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/29/02   EASTLAND

1130 PM    5 S BRIDGEPORT            TX   1.50 INCH HAIL
03/29/02   WISE

1110 PM    GIBTOWN                   TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/29/02   JACK

1140 PM    EASTLAND                  TX   2.50 INCH HAIL
03/29/02   EASTLAND

1050 PM                              TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/29/02   PALOPINTO                     HAIL COVERED GROUND NEAR                                             JUNCTION OF HWY. 281 AND                                             FM 52

1238 AM                              TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   PALOPINTO                     GOLF BALL HAIL AT JUNCTION                                           OF HWY. 281 AND HWY. 4                                               WEST OF LIPAN

1255 AM    DENNIS                    TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   PARKER

1230 AM    THURBER                   TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   ERATH                          HAIL COVERED INTERSTATE 20                                           AND STOPPED TRAFFIC

0127 AM                              TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   PARKER                         GOLFBALL HAIL COVERING                                               HWY. 51, 6 MILES SOUTH OF                                            INTERSTATE 20

0133 AM    ANNETA                    TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   PARKER                         GOLFBALL HAIL AT HUDSON                                              OAKS

0135 AM    ALEDO                     TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   PARKER

0138 AM    ALEDO                     TX   3.00 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   PARKER                         REPORT FROM EMPLOYEE OF                                              FT. WORTH RFC

0140 AM    ALEDO                     TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   PARKER                         REPORTS OF BROKEN WIND                                               SHIELDS FROM SKY WARN

0144 AM    3 W ALEDO                 TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   PARKER

0210 AM    FT WORTH                  TX   2.00 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   TARRANT                        REPORT FROM SOUTHWEST SIDE                                           OF FT WORTH

0211 AM    FT WORTH                  TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   TARRANT                        REPORT FROM HULEN, NEAR                                              INTERSTATE 30

0224 AM    FT WORTH                  TX   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   TARRANT                        REPORT FROM WSFO FTW

Local storm report, Mar 30, 8:30 AM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...RETRANSMISSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
830 AM CST SAT MAR 30 2002

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ...COUNTY LOCATION....

1117 PM    CISCO                     TX   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/29/02   EASTLAND

1130 PM    5 S BRIDGEPORT            TX   1.50 INCH HAIL
03/29/02   WISE

1110 PM    GIBTOWN                   TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/29/02   JACK

1140 PM    EASTLAND                  TX   2.50 INCH HAIL
03/29/02   EASTLAND

1050 PM                              TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/29/02   PALOPINTO                     HAIL COVERED GROUND NEAR
                                          JUNCTION OF HWY. 281 AND
                                          FM 52

1238 AM                              TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   PALOPINTO                     GOLF BALL HAIL AT JUNCTION
                                          OF HWY. 281 AND HWY. 4
                                          WEST OF LIPAN

1255 AM    DENNIS                    TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   PARKER

1230 AM    THURBER                   TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   ERATH                          HAIL COVERED INTERSTATE 20
                                          AND STOPPED TRAFFIC

0127 AM                              TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   PARKER                         GOLFBALL HAIL COVERING
                                          HWY. 51, 6 MILES SOUTH OF
                                          INTERSTATE 20

0133 AM    ANNETA                    TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   PARKER                         GOLFBALL HAIL AT HUDSON
                                          OAKS

0135 AM    ALEDO                     TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   PARKER

0138 AM    ALEDO                     TX   3.00 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   PARKER                         REPORT FROM EMPLOYEE OF
                                          FT. WORTH RFC

0140 AM    ALEDO                     TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   PARKER                         REPORTS OF BROKEN WIND
                                          SHIELDS FROM SKY WARN

0144 AM    3 W ALEDO                 TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   PARKER

0210 AM    FT WORTH                  TX   2.00 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   TARRANT                        REPORT FROM SOUTHWEST SIDE
                                          OF FT WORTH

0211 AM    FT WORTH                  TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   TARRANT                        REPORT FROM HULEN, NEAR
                                          INTERSTATE 30

0224 AM    FT WORTH                  TX   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   TARRANT                        REPORT FROM WSFO FTW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 29, 10:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wise	47 min
Mar 29, 11:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	55 min
Mar 29, 11:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	28 min
Mar 29, 11:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	23 min
Mar 29, 11:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wise	25 min
Mar 29, 11:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	56 min
Mar 30, 12:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	55 min
Mar 30, 12:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	78 min
Mar 30, 1:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	43 min
Mar 30, 1:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	59 min
Mar 30, 2:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Mills	58 min
Mar 30, 2:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Johnson	46 min
Mar 30, 2:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	52 min
Mar 30, 2:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	71 min
Mar 30, 2:42 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	4 hr
Mar 30, 11:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Milam	46 min
Mar 30, 12:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls	56 min
Mar 30, 12:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	McLennan	52 min
Mar 30, 1:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill	41 min
Mar 30, 1:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Limestone	42 min
Mar 30, 1:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Freestone	31 min
Mar 30, 2:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Robertson	63 min
Mar 30, 2:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone	41 min
Mar 30, 2:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche	51 min
Mar 30, 2:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Leon	57 min
Mar 30, 3:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Erath, Hamilton	63 min
Mar 30, 5:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson	54 min
Mar 30, 5:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	52 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.