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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2004, 7:10 PM CDT for Collin County, Delta County, Hunt County, Texas. It was in force for 95 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 2, 2004, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2004, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 95 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Collin County, TX, Delta County, TX, Hunt County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 3860 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1308 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 9.0
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 2, 6:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 6:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 604 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 .AVIATION... ...SQUALL LINE TO MOVE ACROSS KDFW TRACON 00-03Z... AN AIRPORT WEATHER WARNING IS HIGHLY LIKELY THIS EVENING FOR KDFW/KDAL AIRPORTS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF A SQUALL LINE. SQUALL LINE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARY NEARING RED RIVER VALLEY AT 23Z AND WILL PROGRESS SOUTH ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH 06Z. IT WILL REACH THE NORTHERN KDFW TRACON SHORT OF 00Z...AND INTO KDFW...KFTW...KDAL AIRPORTS AROUND 0030Z. SQUALL GUSTS TO 45KTS ARE EXPECTED FOLLOW BY +TSRA THROUGH 02Z. THIS SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO MARCH THROUGH KACT AIRPORT 03-05Z. POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ANOTHER THUNDERSTORMS COMPLEX (MCS) TO MOVE OUT THE TEXAS PANHANDLE OR HIGH PLAINS LATE TONIGHT AND MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AIRPORTS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS 11-16Z. 75 && .DISCUSSION... 239 PM. BEST REASONING ATTM IS THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THE STORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL OK WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR TONIGHTS STORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THAT OUTFLOW IS MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH INTO 70+ DEWPOINTS. SHOULD IT CONTINUE AT THAT SPEED IT WILL MOVE TO THE RED RIVER AROUND 6 PM...METROPLEX AROUND 8 PM AND WACO AROUND 10 BRINGING THUNDERSTORMS WITH IT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND APPEARS TO BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. MORE STORMS...CURRENTLY DEVELOPING IN COLORADO...WILL ALSO MOVE SE OVERNIGHT BUT BELIEVE THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THIS EVENING STORMS WILL BE TO THE WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA KEEPING THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION CONFINED MAINLY TO THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPS WILL BE LOWER THURSDAY DUE TO HIGH CLOUD COVER. MODELS BRING ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAVE ADDED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR NOW BUT WILL LIKELY BE INCREASED SHOULD ADDITIONAL MODEL RUNS CONTINUE THE SAME TREND. FARTHER OUT...WEAK RIDGE SLIDES EAST DURING THE WEEKEND CHANGING FLOW ALOFT FROM WNW TO W TO SW BY TUESDAY WITH TEMPS RETURNING TO NORMAL. 82 && .PRELIMINARY TEMP/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 68 83 68 88 / 70 30 0 20 WACO, TX 69 84 69 89 / 70 30 0 20 PARIS, TX 68 81 67 86 / 70 20 0 20 DENTON, TX 67 83 68 88 / 70 30 0 20 MCKINNEY, TX 68 82 67 87 / 70 20 0 20 DALLAS, TX 68 82 68 87 / 70 30 0 20 TERRELL, TX 69 82 67 87 / 70 20 0 20 CORSICANA, TX 69 82 68 87 / 70 30 0 20 TEMPLE, TX 69 84 69 89 / 70 50 0 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 4:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 405 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-031100- 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- 405 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT AND A SLIGHT RISK ELSEWHERE. AN APPROACHING SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHWARD OUT OF OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON...AND STORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS WEST TEXAS IN THE VICINITY OF A NEARLY STATIONARY SURFACE BOUNDARY... WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON NORTH TEXAS WEATHER TONIGHT. INITIALLY...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE RED RIVER EARLY THIS EVENING AND PROGRESS SOUTHWARD THROUGH ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. THE MAIN HAZARD WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE EMBEDDED IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TRANSLATES ACROSS THE REGION. LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT FORM OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN 5 AND 8 PM AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS AFTER 8 PM.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 553 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 TXZ100>107-115>123-129>135-141-143>148-159-161-162-030500- ANDERSON-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-DALLAS-DELTA-DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS- ERATH-FREESTONE-HAMILTON-HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK- JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO-PARKER-RAINS-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT-WISE-YOUNG- 553 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #387 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR... ANDERSON BOSQUE COLLIN COMANCHE DALLAS DELTA DENTON EASTLAND ELLIS ERATH FREESTONE HAMILTON HENDERSON HILL HOOD HOPKINS HUNT JACK JOHNSON KAUFMAN LEON LIMESTONE MCLENNAN NAVARRO PALO PINTO PARKER RAINS ROCKWALL SOMERVELL STEPHENS TARRANT VAN ZANDT WISE YOUNG
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:14 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 2, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 77 min |
| Jun 2, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 73 min |
| Jun 2, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Montague, Wise | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 93 min |
| Jun 2, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton | 75 min |
| Jun 2, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 89 min |
| Jun 2, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Somervell | 91 min |
| Jun 2, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 28 min |
| Jun 2, 10:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 2 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004
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.