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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 315, NWS Fort Worth, TX

July 10, 2003Kaufman County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2003, 9:09 PM CDT for Kaufman County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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
Jul 10, 2003, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2003, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kaufman County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 10, 6:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 6:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
645 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2003

.00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION 645 PM CDT...
REMARKABLY SIMPLE TAFS...DESPITE TSRA NE TX. TAIL END OF MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE EDGING INTO METROPLEX. CB SHOULD SUFFICE...BUT WILL
WATCH PROXIMITY TO METRO APTS. AFTER SUNSET...QUIET NIGHT. SFC
BOUNDARY WEAKENS...WINDS LGT VRB. FEW CU TOMORROW WITH INCREASED
SUBSIDENCE. VFR FOR ALL TAF SITES THRU TAF PERIOD. 25

.AFTERNOON PUBLIC DISCUSSION 210 PM CDT...
A HOT/HUMID PATTERN APPEARS TO BE SETTING UP FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS.  AS UPPER RIDGING BUILDS OVER NORTH TEXAS...AND SUBSIDENCE
INCREASES...EXPECT RAIN CHANCES TO DWINDLE WHILE SURFACE
TEMPERATURES RISE.  MUCH OF THE AREA WILL BE IN THE UPPER 90S TO
NEAR 100 BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.  OVERNIGHT LOWS LAST NIGHT WERE
IN THE MID 70S IN MOST OF THE METRO AREAS (78 LOVE FIELD... 76
DFW... AND 75 WACO) AND WE EXPECT LOWS TO BE A BIT HIGHER TONIGHT.
WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO RISE NEAR 100 FRIDAY...AND
DEW POINTS IN THE LOW 70S...HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 110
OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. THUS...A HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED FOR
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EAST OF A GAINESVILLE...FORT WORTH...WACO
LINE...EXCLUDING THE PARIS AREA WHERE OVERNIGHT LOWS SHOULD STAY
BELOW HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA. IT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE
HEAT WILL BE MOST INTENSE (ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT) IN THE
URBAN/METROPOLITAN AREAS SUCH AS WACO AND THE DFW METROPLEX.

THE WEAK FRONT MOVING INTO OKLAHOMA/TEXAS PANHANDLE IS STALLING AND
MIXING OUT.  FURTHER...THE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH MOVING ACROSS NORTH
TEXAS IS FOLLOWED BY LARGE-SCALE SUBSIDENCE. THUS...IT IS VERY
DOUBTFUL THAT ANOTHER MCS WILL FORM TONIGHT AND 20 PERCENT POPS WILL
BE CONFINED TO SOUTH OF A PARIS...FORT WORTH...ERATH LINE...WHERE
SOME EVENING STORMS MAY FORM EAST OF THE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH AXIS...
OR ALONG WEAK BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FROM EARLIER CONVECTION.

CLAUDETTE REMAINS THE NEXT FLY IN THE OINTMENT...BUT INDICATIONS ARE
THAT THE STORM WILL PASS WELL SOUTH OF NORTH TEXAS.  IF THE STORM
INTENSIFIES INTO A HURRICANE...THE DYNAMICS OF THE STORM WOULD PLACE
NORTH TEXAS IN THE SUBSIDENT REGION THAT TYPICALLY SURROUNDS
STRONGER TROPICAL SYSTEMS.  RIDING ON THIS PREMISE...POPS WILL BE
EXCLUDED FROM THE EXTENDED ZONES UNTIL THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM
BECOMES CLEARER.

ROBBINS

DFW   78 100  78 100 /  20   0   0   0
ACT   78  99  78  99 /  20   0   0   0
PRX   75  97  75  97 /  20   0   0   0
DTO   77  99  77  99 /   0   0   0   0
TKI   77  98  77  98 /  20   0   0   0
DAL   78 100  78 100 /  20   0   0   0
TRL   77  98  77  98 /  20  10   0   0
CRS   77  98  77  98 /  20  20   0   0
TPL   77  99  77  99 /  20  20   0   0

.FWD...
TX...HEAT ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FOR ZONES
TXZ092>094...TXZ103>105...TXZ118>123...TXZ133>135...TXZ145>148...
TXZ159>161.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 2:55 PM CDT, 6 hours 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta56 min
Jul 10, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas58 min
Jul 11, 12:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson60 min
Jul 11, 1:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon55 min
Jul 11, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson64 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.