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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 1, 2004Erath County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2004, 4:22 PM CDT for Erath County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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
Jun 1, 2004, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2004, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Erath County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 109 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 54 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-449 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 Jun 1, 3:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
310 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004

.DISCUSSION...
NEXT SHORT WAVE APPROACHING THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST.
TSTRMS HAVE BEGUN IN THE 100+ DEGREE AIR ALONG THE DRY LINE AT THE
WESTERN EDGE OF THE FORECAST AREA. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
IN THE REGION...AND MANY WILL BECOME SEVERE IN THE VERY UNSTABLE
AIR. FORECAST MAY BE UPDATED SEVERAL TIMES THIS EVENING TO ACCOUNT
FOR VARIOUS WATCH BOXES THAT WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED. ACTIVITY SHOULD
MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THEN ANOTHER SHORT WAVE
WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. EXPECT TSTRMS TO DEVELOP IN THE
EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST
OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. MODELS HAVE BEEN
CONSISTENT WITH THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY MORNING SYSTEM FOR THE
PAST SEVERAL RUNS. THAT SYSTEM TOO HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
WEATHER. MODELS ALSO BRING ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS
SOUTHEAST FROM COLORADO FRIDAY BUT TIMING IS LESS CERTAIN. IN ALL OF
THESE WEATHER EVENTS...IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS
THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODS FROM TRAINING ECHOS. IN THE EXTENDED
VIEW...THE GFS HAS BACKED OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE BUILDING RIDGE
OVER THE STATE AND NOW KEEPS A WESTERLY FLOW OVER THE STATE UNTIL
LATE IN THE FORECAST WHERE IT BECOMES SOUTHWESTERLY AGAIN WITH
ANOTHER APPROACHING TROUGH...AND ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AT
THAT TIME.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX   69  88  70  85 /  30   0  50  30
WACO, TX               71  92  73  88 /  30   0  20  20
PARIS, TX              68  85  70  82 /  50  30  50  40
DENTON, TX             69  87  70  83 /  30   0  50  40
MCKINNEY, TX           69  87  70  83 /  30   0  50  40
DALLAS, TX             70  89  70  85 /  30   0  50  30
TERRELL, TX            70  89  71  84 /  30   0  50  30
CORSICANA, TX          71  90  73  86 /  30   0  20  20
TEMPLE, TX             71  93  74  89 /  30   0  20  20
&&

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

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 4:00 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
400 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 2004

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-021100-
ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA-
DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON-
HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS-
LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO-
PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT-
WISE-YOUNG-
400 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ACROSS
THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY WEST OF A
BOWIE...HILLSBORO...TO TEMPLE LINE.  THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AN OLD FRONTAL
BOUNDARY AND AN APPROACHING DRY LINE ACROSS THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF
NORTH TEXAS.  THESE STORMS COULD QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE AND WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH.  VERTICAL
WIND SHEAR WILL ALSO SUPPORT SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A FEW TORNADOES.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH
TEXAS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS ENERGY FROM AN APPROACHING UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE INTERACTS WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY.  SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE WIND GUSTS
TO 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW
LYING AREAS WILL ALSO PRESENT A HAZARD.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THERE IS A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS A SERIES OF WEAK
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES INTERACT WITH A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT AND
AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE.

SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY WEST OF A BOWIE...HILLSBORO...TO TEMPLE
LINE BEFORE 8 PM.  SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS AFTER 7 PM.

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 4:22 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
422 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004

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

0412 PM     HAIL            3 NW DE LEON             32.14N  98.57W
06/01/2004  0.75 INCH       COMANCHE            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED BY DE LEON FIRE DEPT

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, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan46 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, 4:26 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

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.