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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 16, 2003Young County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2003, 2:42 AM CDT for Young County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2003, 2:42 AM CDT (07:42 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2003, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Young County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 15, 10:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2003-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2441 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 2003-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2441 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
10.5

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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 May 16, 2:37 AM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 2:37 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 10:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-160900-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1013 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...ALONG AND
WEST OF A SHERMAN...DALLAS...STEPHENVILLE...GORMAN LINE. THERE IS A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS.

IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST THREAT OF VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE WITHIN THE MODERATE RISK
AREA...ESPECIALLY WEST OF A GAINESVILLE...WEATHERFORD...COMANCHE
LINE THROUGH 100 AM.  A TORNADIC STORM WAS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME
NORTHERN EASTLAND COUNTY AT 10 PM.

FURTHER EAST...THE EASTLAND STORM MAY FORM INTO A COMPLEX OF
THUNDERSTORM WITH A THREAT OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
SHOULD THIS HAPPEN...IT WOULD OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A
GAINESVILLE...DALLAS...CANTON LINE.  ELSEWHERE..THERE IS A SLIGHT
RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A JACKSBORO...LAMPASAS LINE.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED NEXT TUESDAY. LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN THE
MODERATE RISK AREA.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED WITHIN THE THREAT AREAS OF ANY
INTENSE STORM THROUGH FRIDAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 15, 10:24 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1024 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2003

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

1010 PM    12 N CISCO                TX   TORNADO
05/15/03   EASTLAND                       REPORTED BY SPOTTER NEAR
                                          HIGHWAY 6
Local storm report, May 15, 11:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1111 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2003

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

1040 PM    6 N RANGER                TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/15/03   STEPHENS                       REPORTED BY SPOTTER
Local storm report, May 16, 12:07 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1207 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003

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

1113 PM    1 NW RANGER               TX   TORNADO
05/15/03   EASTLAND                       REPORTED BY SPOTTER
Local storm report, May 16, 12:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1209 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003

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

1148 PM    2 N GORDON                TX   1.50 INCH HAIL
05/15/03   PALO PINTO                     REPORTED BY SPOTTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens61 min
May 15, 10:01 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland, Stephens44 min
May 15, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland, Stephens45 min
May 15, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto56 min
May 15, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto66 min
May 16, 2:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague61 min
May 16, 9:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar28 min
May 16, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins36 min
May 16, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro52 min
May 16, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt45 min
May 16, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson59 min
May 16, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone, Navarro60 min
May 16, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson45 min
May 16, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson54 min
May 16, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.