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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 31, 2004McLennan County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2004, 9:14 PM CDT for McLennan County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2004, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McLennan County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 31, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

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, 6:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 6:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
609 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2004

.DISCUSSION...
609 PM AVIATION DISCUSSION.  QUASI STATIONARY BOUNDARY EXTENDS WEST
TO EAST ALONG SOUTHERN TARRANT AND SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY LINES.
STRONG TO SEVERE TSTMS ARE FORMING ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY
MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.  BIG CONCERN IS WHETHER OR NOT
BOUNDARY WILL SHIFT NORTH AND ALLOW STORMS TO DEVELOP NORTH INTO DFW
AREA.  SINCE WE ARE PAST MAX HEATING...I DONT THINK STORMS WILL
REDEVELOP NORTHWARD INTO DFW AREA.  STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO STAY
15-30 MILES SOUTH OF DFW AND DAL...BUT WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THE
SITUATION.  AFTER SUNSET STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE WITH LIGHT EAST TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS DURING THE NIGHT... BECOMING SOUTH 5-15 MPH BY MID
MORNING TUESDAY.  59

&&

.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, 3 hours 59 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 31, 5:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 31, 5:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 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
Local storm report, May 31, 6:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
606 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2004

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

0539 PM     HAIL            9 N MONTALBA             32.01N  95.73W
05/31/2004  1.75 INCH       ANDERSON            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GOLFBALL HAIL IN BRADFORD
Local storm report, May 31, 6:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
635 PM CDT MON MAY 31 2004

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

0628 PM     HAIL            1 S RIO VISTA            32.22N  97.38W
05/31/2004  1.00 INCH       JOHNSON             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER HAIL 1 SOUTH OF RIO VISTA
Local storm report, May 31, 6:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone62 min
May 31, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDSomervell25 min
May 31, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLimestone27 min
May 31, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque49 min
May 31, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan47 min
May 31, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone60 min
May 31, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Falls45 min
May 31, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFreestone, Limestone45 min
May 31, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon53 min
May 31, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill43 min
May 31, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone65 min
May 31, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls26 min
May 31, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson59 min
May 31, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon49 min
May 31, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone62 min
May 31, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls52 min
May 31, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon, Robertson31 min
Jun 1, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell61 min
Jun 1, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam, Robertson52 min
Jun 1, 12:52 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDRobertson38 min
Jun 1, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche51 min
Jun 1, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath53 min
Jun 1, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche64 min
Jun 1, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills53 min
Jun 1, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath65 min
Jun 1, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton61 min
Jun 1, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto54 min
Jun 1, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood67 min
Jun 1, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker59 min
Jun 1, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack58 min
Jun 1, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton65 min
Jun 1, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell76 min
Jun 1, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Somervell59 min
Jun 1, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise42 min
Jun 1, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas56 min
Jun 1, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Tarrant53 min
Jun 1, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCoryell, Lampasas55 min
Jun 1, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Wise65 min

Nearby

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Sources

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