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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 11, 2003Parker County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2003, 9:25 PM CDT for Parker County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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
Jun 11, 2003, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2003, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Parker County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 39 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 2003-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4924 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 2003-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4924 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1353 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
7.0

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The text

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

301 
WUUS54 KFWD 120225
SVRFTW
TXC367-120330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
925 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEATHERFORD...MOVING EAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WEATHERFORD AROUND 940 PM CDT
  WILLOW PARK AROUND 950 PM CDT
  ALEDO AROUND 955 PM CDT

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE LIKELY. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN 
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

LAT...LON 3267 9755 3282 9798 3297 9791 3290 9755

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung53 min
Jun 11, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack57 min
Jun 11, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens52 min
Jun 11, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung44 min
Jun 11, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto52 min
Jun 11, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Wise58 min
Jun 11, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton63 min
Jun 11, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood57 min
Jun 11, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas61 min
Jun 11, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath62 min
Jun 11, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke58 min
Jun 11, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell53 min
Jun 11, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton47 min
Jun 11, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin59 min
Jun 11, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque53 min
Jun 11, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas57 min
Jun 11, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson43 min
Jun 11, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman, Rockwall52 min
Jun 11, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin60 min
Jun 11, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill, McLennan63 min
Jun 11, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt57 min
Jun 11, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell52 min
Jun 11, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls63 min
Jun 12, 8:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Van Zandt73 min
Jun 12, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson44 min
Jun 12, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas45 min
Jun 12, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung52 min
Jun 12, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro58 min
Jun 12, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDYoung61 min
Jun 12, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone38 min
Jun 12, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone55 min
Jun 12, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack56 min
Jun 12, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung64 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.