Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2002, 8:16 PM CDT for Bell County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2002, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2002, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bell County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 8:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Nolanville, TX | |
| Apr 7, 8:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Moffat, TX | Large trees were blown down by high winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 200 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1917 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.2
- Supercell composite
- 11.5
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 Apr 7, 7:26 PM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 7:26 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 726 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002 WE WILL UPDATE THE ZONES AND STRIP SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN THREAT FROM THE WEST. WE WILL UPDATE AGAIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES...AS THE TORNADO WATCH IS ABOUT TO BE REPLACED BY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL AREAS EAST OF THE SQUALL LINE...WHICH IS MIDWAY THROUGH THE DFW AREA...AND ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF WACO. FCSTID = 26 DFW 61 76 55 77 / 90 60 10 0 ACT 63 79 57 79 / 90 60 10 0 .FWD... TX...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR ZONES TXC027... TXC035...TXC085...TXC093...TXC099...TXC113...TXC121...TXC133... TXC139...TXC143...TXC145...TXC193...TXC217...TXC221...TXC237... TXC251...TXC281...TXC309...TXC333...TXC363...TXC367...TXC425... TXC429...TXC439...TXC497...TXC503. FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ZONES TXZ091>095... TXZ102>107...TXZ117>123...TXZ131>135...TXZ144>148...TXZ157>162... TXZ174>175. FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ZONES TXZ100>160. FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ZONES TXZ091>095... TXZ102>107...TXZ117>123...TXZ131>135...TXZ144>148...TXZ157>162... TXZ174>175.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 3:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-081000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 345 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM DENTON...TO FORT WORTH...MERIDIAN...AND KILLEEN. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT. SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS AT THIS TIME WILL MOVE EAST AND AFFECT THE AREA THIS EVENING. TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE...HOWEVER THE GREATEST THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL BE IN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. WITH THE GROUND IN MANY LOCATIONS SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE SIGNIFICANT. MOST AREAS WILL RECEIVE ONE TO THREE ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH SOME ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO FIVE INCHES POSSIBLE.
Local storm report, Apr 7, 5:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
438 PM CST SUN APR 07 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 PM BENBROOK TX FLOOD
04/07/02 TARRANT SEVERAL HOMES AND
BRIDGES IN NORTH
PORTION OF BENBROOK
FLOODED. MINOR
FLOODING. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL. EVENT
DURATION 60 MINUTES.
0400 PM POLTECHNIEC TX FLOOD
04/07/02 TARRANT SYCAMORE CREEK AT BANK
FULL...SOME FLOODING IN
BOTH COBB AND SYCAMORE
PARKS.
0458 PM BRECKENRIDGE TX .75 INCH HAIL
04/07/02 STEPHENS DIME SIZE HAIL IN
WESTERN BRECKENRIDGE.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0504 PM CISCO TX .88 INCH HAIL
04/07/02 EASTLAND REPORTED BY RACES AND
FIRE DEPARTMENT JUST
TO THE WEST OF TOWN.
REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0515 PM LEWISVILLE TX FLOOD
04/07/02 DENTON TRAILER PARK IN
LEWISVILLE BEING
EVACUATED DUE TO HIGH
WATER. . REPORTED BY
HAM RADIO OPERATOR.
0530 PM BUNGER TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/07/02 YOUNG REPORTED IN BUNGER .
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 69 min |
| Apr 7, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 67 min |
| Apr 7, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Coryell, Lampasas, Somervell | 47 min |
| Apr 7, 7:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton, Tarrant | 113 min |
| Apr 7, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill, Johnson | 43 min |
| Apr 7, 7:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson | 117 min |
| Apr 7, 8:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 2 hr |
| Apr 7, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 44 min |
| Apr 7, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 67 min |
| Apr 7, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Robertson | 51 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.