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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 31, 2004Johnson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2004, 5:39 PM CDT for Johnson 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
May 31, 2004, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2004, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Johnson County, TX

The radar

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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 May 31, 3:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
332 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2004

.DISCUSSION...
OUTFLOW/FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED FROM GLEN ROSE SOUTHEAST TO
PALESTINE. A DRYLINE EXTENDED FROM GLEN ROSE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST TO
BROWNWOOD. IN BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES IS ABUNDANT MOISTURE WITH
DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 70S.ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS
EVENING MAINLY ALONG THE BOUNDARIES BUT WITH WEAK UPPER LEVEL
SUPPORT THE RISK OF STORMS BECOMING SEVERE IS SLIGHT. PRECIP SHOULD
END THIS EVENING.

THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST IS A LITTLE LESS CERTAIN. THE LARGE
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND THIS
AFTERNOON IS HAS MOVED WELL EAST OF THE REGION. THE FLOW ALOFT WILL
BECOME NORTHWESTERLY. AS IT DOES THE OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOULD
LIFT TO THE NORTH RETURNING MOISTURE TO ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA BY
TUESDAY EVENING. IN THIS UPPER LEVEL NW FLOW WILL BE SHORTWAVES. ALL
MODELS HANDLE EACH OF THESE MINOR DISTURBANCE DIFFERENTLY IN TIMING
AND STRENGTH.

THERE IS GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH TWO SHORTWAVES MOVING SOUTHEAST LATE
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING AND AGAIN FRIDAY. HAVE KEPT THE
POPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TIME OF THESE TWO DISTURBANCES AND DRIED
THE FORECAST DURING THE REMAINING TIME FRAMES. EVEN THESE TWO
CHANCES OF RAIN WILL DEPEND GREATLY UPON THE LOCATION OF THE OLD
FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND ANY INTEGRATION WITH NEW OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
GENERATED FROM THUNDERSTORMS.

BY LATE THIS WEEKEND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ALOFT RETURNING THE REGION
TO A DRIER EARLY SUMMER LIKE WEATHER.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX   69  93  73  91 /   0   0   0   0
WACO, TX               72  95  74  95 /  20   0   0   0
PARIS, TX              69  90  73  88 /   0   0   0  20
DENTON, TX             68  93  72  90 /   0   0   0  20
MCKINNEY, TX           70  92  73  90 /   0   0   0   0
DALLAS, TX             70  93  73  92 /   0   0   0   0
TERRELL, TX            72  92  74  92 /   0   0   0   0
CORSICANA, TX          73  93  74  93 /  20   0   0   0
TEMPLE, TX             72  96  74  96 /  20   0   0   0
&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 5:15 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 31, 5:29 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
529 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2004

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST   ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0529 PM     TSTM WND GST    CAYUGA                   31.96N  95.97W
05/31/2004  60 MPH          ANDERSON            TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            60 MPH WINDS IN CAYUGA REPORTED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt66 min
May 30, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell62 min
May 30, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Falls, McLennan63 min
May 30, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains60 min
May 30, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBell, Coryell, McLennan41 min
May 30, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill, Navarro66 min
May 30, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman, Van Zandt56 min
May 30, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone62 min
May 30, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt58 min
May 30, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone55 min
May 30, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson61 min
May 31, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro45 min
May 31, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson52 min
May 31, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson53 min
May 31, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson65 min
May 31, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill50 min
May 31, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath56 min
May 31, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque26 min
May 31, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHill64 min
May 31, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, McLennan59 min
May 31, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone57 min
May 31, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro66 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.