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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 307, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 15, 2003Bell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2003, 4:44 AM CDT for Bell County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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 15, 2003, 4:44 AM CDT (09:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2003, 5:45 AM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bell 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 14, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 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.

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: 1771 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1102 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -1.4

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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 15, 3:55 AM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 3:55 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 4:30 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-160000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
430 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NORTH TEXAS. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA
IS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM KILLEEN TO CANTON. LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS
THIS MORNING.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH TEXAS
THROUGH TONIGHT. SMALL HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE.

A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS
NORTH TEXAS TODAY. THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NORTH TEXAS
THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS FORECAST FOR ALL
AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT AS THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM
LINGERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY FOR THE
NEXT WEEK. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS AND DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH NOON IN AREAS SOUTHEAST OF
A LINE FROM KILLEEN TO CANTON.

09

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 1:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
159 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003

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

0155 AM    CARLTON                   TX   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/15/03   HAMILTON                       REPORTED BY SHERIFF OFFICE

0155 AM    HICO                      TX   0.88 INCH HAIL
06/15/03   HAMILTON                       REPORTED BY SHERIFF OFFICE

Local storm report, Jun 15, 2:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
236 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003

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

0236 AM    AQUILLA                   TX   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/03   HILL                           TREES DOWN NEAR AQUILLA

Local storm report, Jun 15, 3:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
332 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003

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

0248 AM    WEST                      TX   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/03   MCLENNAN                       TREE LIMBS DOWN - REPORTED
                                          BY S.O.

Local storm report, Jun 15, 3:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
337 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003

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

0327 AM    MCGREGOR                  TX   0.88 INCH HAIL
06/15/03   MCLENNAN                       AT MCGREGOR AIRPORT -
                                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT

Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:40 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
440 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003

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

0425 AM    NORTH OF TROY             TX   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/03   BELL                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:41 AM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
441 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003

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

0435 AM    BRUCEVILLE-EDDY           TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/15/03   MCLENNAN                       REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT NEAR
                                          BRUCEVILLE-EDDY VICINITY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	44 min
Jun 14, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	47 min
Jun 14, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	58 min
Jun 14, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	56 min
Jun 14, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	45 min
Jun 14, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	52 min
Jun 14, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	61 min
Jun 15, 1:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque	60 min
Jun 15, 1:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hamilton	60 min
Jun 15, 2:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill	65 min
Jun 15, 2:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lampasas	42 min
Jun 15, 2:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	McLennan	53 min
Jun 15, 3:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone	59 min
Jun 15, 5:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell	63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2003 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.