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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 25, 2003Milam County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2003, 7:20 PM CST for Milam County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2003, 7:20 PM CST (01:20 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2003, 8:15 PM CST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Milam County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 25, 3:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 2003-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 415 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 2003-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
415 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-201 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1006 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

629 
WUUS54 KFWD 260120
SVRFTW
TXC331-260215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
721 PM CST TUE MAR 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MILAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 815 PM CST

* AT 721 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCKDALE...MOVING 
  EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROCKDALE AROUND 755 PM CST

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

LAT...LON 3089 9729 3071 9727 3052 9712 3075 9661

$$

07/BB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 6:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall60 min
Mar 25, 6:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman47 min
Mar 25, 6:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis49 min
Mar 25, 7:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls58 min
Mar 25, 7:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson60 min
Mar 25, 7:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro63 min
Mar 25, 8:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson35 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.