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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2003, 6:18 PM CDT for Eastland County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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
- Apr 23, 2003, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2003, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Eastland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -295 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
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 Apr 23, 4:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 4:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR TOR WATCH COORD. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 405 PM CDT WED APR 23 2003 BUSY DAY HERE AT NWS-FTW SO WILL BE BRIEF. FIRST PERIOD FORECAST OF BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT NOW. MODIFIED PACIFIC COLD FRONT/PSEUDO DRY LINE ADVANCING RAPIDLY EAST TOWARD WESTERN ZONES WITH DEEP/SEVERE CONVECTION FORMING ALONG THE BOUNDARY CALLED A PSEUDO DRYLINE BECAUSE IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A TRUE DRYLINE BY DEFINITION... LOW-LEVEL COLD ADVECTION AND PRESSURE RISES IMMEDIATELY W OF BOUNDARY SUGGEST THAT THIS MAY BE A MODIFIED PACIFIC FRONT WITH SOME DRYLINE CHARACTERISTICS. THIS FEATURE HAS BEEN MOVING AT A FAIRLY CONSTANT RATE AND SHOULD CONTINUE AS SIGNIFICANT UPPER-LEVEL FORCING MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT. AT CURRENT SPEED...BOUNDARY SHOULD CLEAR CENTRAL ZONES BY MIDNIGHT. THUS...PRECIPITATION AND THUNDERSTORM THREAT SHOULD END RAPIDLY FROM W TO E OVERNIGHT. WITH SIGNIFICANTLY DRYER AIR/SUBSIDENCE FOLLOWING IN THE WAKE OF FRONT...EXPECT SUNNY AND VERY WARM WEATHER TO RETURN FOR THURSDAY. WE HAVE BUMPED HIGHS FOR THURSDAY A BIT TO ACCOUNT FOR THE DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT THAT WILL EXIST INHERENTLY IN THE W WIND EXPECTED...AND ALSO FOR THE DRY SURFACE AIR THAT WILL BE ABLE TO WARM EFFICIENTLY WITH ABUNDANT SUNSHINE. PRIOR DRYLINE PASSAGE THIS EVENING...SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS AND AN INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT SHOULD ALLOW SURFACE WINDS TO ACCELERATE A BIT. IT APPEARS...HOWEVER...THAT WINDS WILL STAY BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. WEAK FRONT EXPECTED FRIDAY WITH A BIT COOLER WEATHER ON TAP. NO PRECIPITATION OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD COVER EXPECTED WITH THIS FEATURE. LOW-LEVEL THICKNESS PROGS CONTINUE TO POINT TOWARD A RAPID WARMING TREND OVER THE WEEKEND WITH VERY WARM WEATHER...POSSIBLY NEAR 90 SOUTHWESTERN HALF...BY SUNDAY. AS UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE AXIS SLIDES E OF AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK AND SURFACE WINDS VEER MORE SOUTHEASTERLY... TEMPERATURES SHOULD COOL JUST A BIT WITH SOME INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER. DO NOT SEE MUCH IN THE WAY OF FORCING TO JUSTIFY POPS THROUGH THURSDAY...SO ALL POPS PREVIOUSLY IN PLACE HAVE BEEN REMOVED. ROBBINS DFW 60 83 56 76 / 70 0 0 0 ACT 59 85 56 77 / 70 0 0 0 PRX 56 79 55 72 / 70 0 0 0 DTO 58 83 56 73 / 70 0 0 0 TKI 58 83 56 73 / 70 0 0 0 DAL 60 83 56 75 / 70 0 0 0 TRL 59 83 56 74 / 70 0 0 0 CRS 59 84 56 76 / 70 0 0 0 TPL 59 86 56 78 / 70 0 0 0 .FWD... TX...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 600 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES TXC093... TXC133...TXC237...TXC333...TXC363...TXC429...TXC503. TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES TXC027... TXC035...TXC085...TXC097...TXC099...TXC113...TXC121...TXC139... TXC143...TXC145...TXC147...TXC181...TXC193...TXC217...TXC221... TXC231...TXC251...TXC257...TXC281...TXC293...TXC309...TXC337... TXC349...TXC367...TXC397...TXC425...TXC439...TXC497.
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 6:17 PM CDT, 1 minute before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-240100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 617 PM CDT WED APR 23 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ...ALONG AND WEST OF A GAINESVILLE...FORT WORTH...WACO... LAMPASAS LINE. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS. AT 600 PM...A DRY LINE MARKED THE WESTERN EXTENT OF THUNDERSTORMS ...FROM NEAR VERNON TO SAN ANGELO. FURTHER EAST...A WARM FRONT EXTENDED FROM NEAR WICHITA FALLS...TO FORT WORTH AND TERRELL. CURRENT VALUES OF INSTABILITY AND VERTICAL WIND SHEAR INDICATE THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS THROUGH ABOUT 800 PM TO BE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE WARM FRONT...GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 35...AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEXT TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING ...ESPECIALLY FROM THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA SOUTHWESTWARD. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 AFTER 800 PM.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 23, 4:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
437 PM CDT WED APR 23 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0434 PM 1 S BRECKENRIDGE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/23/03 STEPHENS REPORTED BY BRECKENRIDGE
LAW ENFORCEMENT
BBLocal storm report, Apr 23, 4:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
440 PM CDT WED APR 23 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0426 PM 8 S BRECKENRIDGE TX 0.88 INCH HAIL
04/23/03 STEPHENS REPORTED BY BRECKENRIDGE
PD AT 183 AND 576
SSLocal storm report, Apr 23, 5:56 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
0556 PM CDT WED APR 23 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0555 PM BEATTIE TX 2.75 INCH HAIL
04/23/03 COMANCHE REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
GWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 51 min |
| Apr 23, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 51 min |
| Apr 23, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 61 min |
| Apr 23, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 62 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.