Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Apr 6, 2003, 1:56 PM CDT (18:56 UTC)

Expired

Apr 6, 2003, 3:00 PM CDT

In force

64 min

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Collin County, TX

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

000 
WUUS54 KFWD 061856
SVRFTW
TXC085-062000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
155 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 155 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 
A   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALLEN...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FAIRVIEW AROUND 200 PM CDT
  LUCAS AROUND 205 PM CDT
  LOWRY CROSSING...PRINCETON AROUND 210 PM CDT
  FARMERSVILLE AROUND 225 PM CDT

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.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNING AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND
STAY INSIDE...AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3312 9628 3305 9671 3320 9683 3335 9628

$$

65/DD

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 6, 11:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1135 AM CDT SUN APR 6 2003

THE DRY LINE EXTENDED ALONG A BOWIE....TO GRAHAM...TO MINERAL WELLS
TO MASON LINE AS OF 17Z. THERE IS A DECENT CUMULUS FIELD ALONG THE
DRY LINE...AND STORMS ARE ALREADY FORMING NORTHEAST OF MINERAL WELLS.
EXPECT TO SEE ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS ALONG WITH THE DRY LINE. A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EAST OF A GILMER....TO GROESBECK....TO TEMPLE
LINE. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST.  58

.FWD...CAUTION ON AREA LAKES TODAY ENTIRE FORECAST AREA.

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-062100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1000 AM CDT SUN APR 6 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY EAST
OF A SHERMAN TO SULPHUR SPRINGS LINE.  THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THIS LINE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE
FROM LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
HOWEVER...THE CURRENT LOW-LEVEL VERTICAL WIND PROFILES SUGGEST THE
POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
MOST OF THE SPOTTER ACTIVATION NEAR AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 WILL
BE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SPOTTER ACTIVATION EAST OF INTERSTATE 35
WILL GENERALLY BE DURING AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING...
PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE MODERATE RISK AREA.

ROBBINS

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1035 AM CST SUN APR 6 2003

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

0957 PM    GREENVILLE                TX   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/05/03   HUNT                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

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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.