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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 264, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 4, 2004Limestone County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2004, 7:50 PM CDT for Limestone County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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 4, 2004, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2004, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Limestone County, TX

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 4, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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: 419 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -236 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1306 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.3

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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 4, 7:40 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 7:40 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 4:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
400 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2004

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-051100-
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 FRI JUN 4 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
TONIGHT...LIKELY THIS EVENING NORTHEAST HALF. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AS THEY PROGRESS TO THE EAST.

THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...BUT HAIL TO ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER IS ALSO POSSIBLE. WITH SLOW STORM MOTION AND SATURATED
SOILS...HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS.

WITH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FROM THE
CENTRAL PLAINS MAY ENTER NORTH TEXAS LATE TONIGHT. FURTHER SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP NORTH TEXAS WEATHER UNSETTLED
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY BECOME SEVERE...
MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...MAINLY WEST OF I-35 THROUGH 7 PM...EAST OF 35 THEREAFTER.

25

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
630 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2004

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

0617 PM     HAIL            2 W STEPHENVILLE         32.22N  98.25W
06/04/2004  1.00 INCH       ERATH               TX   KSTV

            WEST SIDE OF STEPHENVILLE AT RADIO STATION.

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
632 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2004

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

0624 PM     HAIL            4 E DUBLIN               32.09N  98.27W
06/04/2004  1.75 INCH       ERATH               TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            4 EAST OF DUBLIN ALONG U.S. 67

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
635 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2004

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

0627 PM     HAIL            1 S EASTLAND             32.39N  98.82W
06/04/2004  0.88 INCH       EASTLAND            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BRIEFED ON CURRENT SITUATION. HAIL EAST OF EASTLAND.

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:08 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:38 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:39 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	30 min
Jun 4, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Mills	63 min
Jun 4, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lampasas	81 min
Jun 4, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell, Lampasas	59 min
Jun 4, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Milam	61 min
Jun 5, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin	60 min
Jun 5, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2004 Every 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.