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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 1, 2004Rains County, Van Zandt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2004, 10:13 PM CDT for Rains County, Van Zandt County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 1, 2004, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2004, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Rains County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 1, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3817 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1254 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.0
Supercell composite: 15.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

766 
WUUS54 KFWD 020313
SVRFTW
TXC379-467-020415-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1012 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RAINS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
  VAN ZANDT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1012 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLS
  POINT TO 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  EDGEWOOD AROUND 1025 PM CDT
  CANTON AROUND 1030 PM CDT
  EMORY AROUND 1035 PM CDT
  GRAND SALINE AROUND 1040 PM CDT
  VAN AROUND 1050 PM CDT

THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN 
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 70 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED IN TERRELL AT 958 PM.

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

LAT...LON 3237 9607 3285 9609 3299 9591 3297 9568
          3268 9558 3250 9561 3237 9546

$$

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, 7 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:10 PM CDT, 7 hours 3 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, 6 hours 13 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

Local storm report, Jun 1, 8:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
854 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004

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

0852 PM     TSTM WND GST    FORT WORTH               32.75N  97.34W
06/01/2004  69 MPH          TARRANT             TX   NWS OFFICE

            RECORDED 69 MPH GUST AT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
            IN FORT WORTH

Local storm report, Jun 1, 9:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
912 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004

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

0907 PM     TORNADO         ARLINGTON                32.69N  97.13W
06/01/2004                  TARRANT             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TORNADO IN SOUTHWEST ARLINGTON NEAR INTERSTATE 20 AND
            287

Local storm report, Jun 1, 10:00 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1000 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004

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

0940 PM     HAIL            BURLESON                 32.53N  97.33W
06/01/2004  1.00 INCH       JOHNSON             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN BURLESON

Local storm report, Jun 1, 10:07 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1007 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004

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

950 PM      TSTM WND GST    KAUFMAN                  32.58N  96.31W
06/01/2004  70 MPH          KAUFMAN             TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            KAUFMAN

Local storm report, Jun 1, 10:08 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1008 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004

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

958 PM      TSTM WND GST    TERRELL                  32.73N  96.29W
06/01/2004  70 MPH          KAUFMAN             TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

Local storm report, Jun 1, 10:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1013 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004

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

0805 PM     TSTM WND DMG    GAINESVILLE              33.64N  97.15W
06/01/2004                  COOKE               TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWERLINES DOWN IN GAINESVILLE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	37 min
Jun 1, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	45 min
Jun 1, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke	55 min
Jun 1, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	65 min
Jun 1, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant, Wise	67 min
Jun 1, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	61 min
Jun 1, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	54 min
Jun 1, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	60 min
Jun 1, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	46 min
Jun 1, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	69 min
Jun 1, 8:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	2 hr
Jun 1, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Johnson	80 min
Jun 1, 8:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Tarrant	42 min
Jun 1, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	45 min
Jun 1, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	60 min
Jun 1, 9:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	117 min
Jun 1, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt	58 min
Jun 1, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood	35 min
Jun 1, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	31 min
Jun 1, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman, Rockwall	62 min
Jun 1, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill	59 min
Jun 1, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Johnson	61 min
Jun 1, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Navarro	57 min
Jun 1, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson	60 min
Jun 1, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone, Limestone	59 min
Jun 1, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson	53 min
Jun 1, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Navarro	32 min
Jun 2, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lamar	53 min
Jun 2, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Fannin, Grayson, Montague	90 min
Jun 2, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta	63 min
Jun 2, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lamar	38 min
Jun 2, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins	97 min
Jun 2, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lamar	46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.