Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Mar 30, 2002, 5:53 PM CST (23:53 UTC)

Expired

Mar 30, 2002, 6:45 PM CST

In force

52 min

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tarrant County, 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.

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.

223 
WUUS54 KFWD 302353
SVRFTW
TXC439-310045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM CST

* AT 554 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENBROOK TO 15 MILES
  SOUTH OF CROWLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BENBROOK AROUND 605 PM CST
  CROWLEY AROUND 610 PM CST
  EDGECLIFF AROUND 615 PM CST
  EVERMAN AROUND 620 PM CST
  RENDON AROUND 625 PM CST
  KENNEDALE...FOREST HILL...FORT WORTH AROUND 625 PM CST

LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE 
LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL 
THE STORM PASSES.

LAT...LON 3292 9753 3256 9754 3257 9703 3295 9704

07/BB

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 30, 5:53 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
553 PM CST SAT MAR 30 2002

UPDATED ZONES TO ALLOW TORNADO WATCHES TO EXPIRE.

59

.FWD...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1100 PM CST SATURDAY FOR ZONES
TXC001...TXC161...TXC213...TXC289.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SATURDAY NIGHT FOR ZONES TXZ093>095...
TXZ103>107...TXZ118>123...TXZ133>135...TXZ145>148...TXZ158>162...
TXZ174>175.

In the hours before

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-310345-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
356 PM CST SAT MAR 30 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE ACROSS A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT REMAINS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS REMAINS VERY MOIST AND
UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. THUS...THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT FOR ALL OF THE REGION.

THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL...BUT VERTICAL WIND PROFILES
WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SUPERCELL STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES.

THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD EASE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

...FLOODING...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ON ALREADY SATURATED SOILS...WILL CREATE
FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. THE WATCH IS
ROUGHLY EAST OF A THE I-35 CORRIDOR.

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.