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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 30, 2002Comanche County, Erath County, Hamilton County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2002, 3:12 PM CST for Comanche County, Erath County, Hamilton County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min. 6 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, 3:12 PM CST (21:12 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2002, 4:15 PM CST
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Comanche County, TX, Erath County, TX, Hamilton County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 30, 3:17 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Dublin, TX
Mar 30, 3:26 PM CST	Hail 1	Carlton, TX
Mar 30, 3:52 PM CST	Tornado F0	Carlton, TX	Minor damage was done to a dairy.
Mar 30, 4:04 PM CST	Hail 2	Hico, TX
Mar 30, 4:05 PM CST	Tornado F0	Hico, TX	Most of the damage was to trees. One tree fell on a house. Approximately five metal roofs were partially peeled back. A few house roofs lost shingles. Minor damage was done to the high school, and minor damage was done to outbuildings, sheds, and trees for
Mar 30, 4:19 PM CST	Hail 1	Dublin, TX

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 30, 1:00 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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

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The text

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

658 
WUUS54 KFWD 302112
SVRFTW
TXC093-143-193-302215-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COMANCHE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  ERATH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 415 PM CST

* AT 313 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUBLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
  HAMILTON WILL MOVE TOWARDS HICO AND FAIRY.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DUBLIN AROUND 340 PM CST
  STEPHENVILLE AROUND 410 PM CST

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THE STORM IN 
COMANCHE COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO GOLFBALL-SIZE HAIL...BOTH STORMS ARE 
ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

LAT...LON 3194 9858 3171 9839 3183 9790 3247 9807

07/BB

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, 1:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone	62 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, 5:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson	54 min
Mar 30, 5:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	52 min

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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.