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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 2, 2004Hood County, Johnson County, Somervell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2004, 10:44 PM CDT for Hood County, Johnson County, Somervell County, Texas. It was in force for 91 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 2, 2004, 10:44 PM CDT (03:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2004, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hood County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Somervell County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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 2, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3860 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KFWD 030344
SVRFTW
TXC221-251-425-030515-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1043 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HOOD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  SOMERVELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1043 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 27 MILES WEST OF OAK TRAIL     
  SHORES TO 18 MILES NORTH OF JOSHUA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  OAK TRAIL SHORES AROUND 1050 PM CDT
  GRANBURY AROUND 1055 PM CDT
  JOSHUA AROUND 1105 PM CDT
  KEENE...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE AROUND 1115 PM CDT

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

LAT...LON 3251 9805 3251 9807 3254 9802 3254 9735
          3240 9725 3214 9788

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Delta, Hunt95 min
Jun 2, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Grayson77 min
Jun 2, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack64 min
Jun 2, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung73 min
Jun 2, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Montague, Wise65 min
Jun 2, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens62 min
Jun 2, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker93 min
Jun 2, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Denton75 min
Jun 2, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant89 min
Jun 2, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas28 min
Jun 2, 10:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant2 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.