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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 269, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 11, 2003Falls County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2003, 11:57 PM CDT for Falls 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: Jun 11, 2003, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2003, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Falls County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 11, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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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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 Jun 11, 9:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 9:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
938 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003

HAVE ISSUED A QUICK UPDATE TO INCLUDE ALL THE CURRENT WATCHES AND
ALSO TO INCREASE POPS IN MOST ZONES BASE ON EXPECTED THUNDERSTORM
COVERAGE OVERNIGHT.  DAMAGING WIND GUSTS APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN HAZARD
WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS BUT SOME HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE A
THREAT DUE TO FARILY LIGHT STEERING WINDS. NO OTHER MAJOR CHANGES
WITH THIS UPDATE.

.FWD...
TX...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 200 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR ZONES TXC093...
TXC097...TXC133...TXC143...TXC193...TXC221...TXC237...TXC333...
TXC337...TXC363...TXC367...TXC429...TXC497...TXC503.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 200 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR ZONES
TXC001...TXC027...TXC035...TXC085...TXC099...TXC113...TXC121...
TXC139...TXC145...TXC147...TXC161...TXC181...TXC213...TXC217...
TXC223...TXC231...TXC251...TXC257...TXC281...TXC289...TXC293...
TXC309...TXC331...TXC349...TXC379...TXC395...TXC397...TXC425...
TXC439...TXC467.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 3:45 PM CDT, 8 hours 12 minutes before

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-121100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
345 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER NORTH TEXAS
TONIGHT...WITH THE BEST CHANCES GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20.
THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE
IS ALSO THE THREAT OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO DURING THE EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY
AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH THE REGION.
HOWEVER...NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING WEST OF A
LAMPASAS...GAINESVILLE LINE...AND IN THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION
LATER TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 11, 10:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1015 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003

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

1011 PM    5 N DECATUR               TX   WIND DAMAGE
06/11/03   WISE                           SPOTTER REPORTED 70 MPH
                                          WINDS, OUTBUILDINGS
                                          DESTROYED

Local storm report, Jun 11, 10:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1042 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003

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

1041 PM    FLOWER MOUND              TX   WIND DAMAGE
06/11/03   DENTON                         REPORTED BY SPOTTER - ROOF
                                          DAMAGE REPORTED IN FLOWER
                                          MOUND.

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 11:52 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	53 min
Jun 11, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	57 min
Jun 11, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	52 min
Jun 11, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	44 min
Jun 11, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	52 min
Jun 11, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Wise	58 min
Jun 11, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	65 min
Jun 11, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	63 min
Jun 11, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood	57 min
Jun 11, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	61 min
Jun 11, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	62 min
Jun 11, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke	58 min
Jun 11, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Somervell	53 min
Jun 11, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hamilton	47 min
Jun 11, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin	59 min
Jun 11, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque	53 min
Jun 11, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lampasas	57 min
Jun 11, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	43 min
Jun 11, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman, Rockwall	52 min
Jun 11, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin	60 min
Jun 11, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill, McLennan	63 min
Jun 11, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt	57 min
Jun 11, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell	52 min
Jun 12, 8:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Van Zandt	73 min
Jun 12, 12:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	44 min
Jun 12, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas	45 min
Jun 12, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	52 min
Jun 12, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Navarro	58 min
Jun 12, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Young	61 min
Jun 12, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone	38 min
Jun 12, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone	55 min
Jun 12, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	56 min
Jun 12, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.