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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 292, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2004, 9:53 PM CDT for Young County, Texas. It was in force for 52 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 12, 2004, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2004, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Young 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 12, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 2633 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1393 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
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 12, 9:35 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 9:35 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 935 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 .UPDATE... WE WILL BE UPDATING THE ZFPFTW AND GRAPHICAL PRODUCTS TO ADD SEVERE TSTM WATCH #455 AND REMOVE SEVERE TSTM WATCH #450. CURRENT REFLECTIVITY AND VELOCITY DATA FROM KDYX SHOWS LEADING EDGE OF TRW EXTENDING FROM KDYS-45 W KRPH-40 SW KF05...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. CURRENT FORECAST HAS CHANCE POPS NW TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS SE...AND THINK THIS WILL BE SUFFICIENT...BUT WILL INCREASE POPS FOR THE FAR NORTHWEST ZONES TO ACCOUNT FOR ONGOING ACTIVITY. OTHER FORECAST ELEMENTS APPEAR TO BE ON TRACK...AND WILL MAKE NO CHANGES ATTM. 65/DD && .AVIATION... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FIRED UP NICELY ACROSS WEST TEXAS ALONG THE DRY LINE. ALTHOUGH THEY WILL LOSE SOME OF THEIR INTENSITY...AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE SHOULD KEEP THIS ACTIVITY GOING INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. THUS EVEN THOUGH THE STORMS HAVE FORMED A LITTLE FARTHER WEST THAN YESTERDAY/S STORMS...WE MAY STILL SEE SOME STORMS APPROACH THE METROPLEX AIRPORTS AFTER 06Z. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WE SHOULD SEE SOME LOW CLOUDS WORK THEIR WAY INTO THE WACO AREA AFTER 07Z...AND MAYBE INTO METROPLEX AFTER 09Z. TIMING IS STILL IN THE AIR...BUT WILL PLACE A TEMPO OF TS AFTER 07-08Z. WILL KEEP SOME MVFR CEILINGS IN THROUGH 15Z...WITH CEILING IMPROVING THEREAFTER. #58 && .DISCUSSION... 315 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 A SHORT WAVE ROTATING THROUGH SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS TEXAS THIS EVENING. LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE WILL HELP TO WEAKEN THE CAP CURRENTLY IN PLACE ACROSS REGION. INITIALLY...STORMS SHOULD FORM IN WEST TEXAS ON THE DRY LINE AND PROPAGATE EAST TO NORTHEAST. STORM SHOULD APPROACH THE WEST AND NORTHWEST COUNTIES THIS EVENING AND PROPAGATE EASTWARD WITH THE SHORT WAVE OVERNIGHT. HIGH INSTABILITIES AND WEAK TO MODERATE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL SUPPORT SOME SUPERCELL STORMS. WILL KEEP THE HIGHEST POPS IN THE WEST AND ONLY SLIGHT CHANCES IN THE EAST. STORMS SHOULD END IN THE EAST SUNDAY MORNING...HOWEVER SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS/STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN IN THE SOUTHEAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SOME MAJOR CHANGES CONTINUE TO BE ADVERTISED BY ALL MODELS EARLY NEXT WEEK. PROGRESSIVE WESTERLY FLOW WILL SHIFT NORTHWARD WHILE A RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. HOWEVER...MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A TROPICAL LOW/DISTURBANCE DEVELOPING IN THE GULF MONDAY. THERE IS SOME MODEL DEVIATION IN THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM TUESDAY THROUGH TROUGH FRIDAY. INITIALLY...WE WILL KEEP THE HIGHS POPS IN THE SOUTHEAST WITH A SLOW TRANSITION NORTHEAST THROUGH WEEKEND. THIS SYSTEM COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF TEXAS DUE TO ITS SLOW MOVEMENT AND TROPICAL ORIGIN. UNFORTUNATELY...THE MODELS OFTEN HAVE PROBLEMS HANDLING THE MOVEMENT OF THESE SYSTEMS IN A WEAK FLOW REGIME...THEREFORE...PINPOINTING RAIN AREAS IS DIFFICULT THIS FAR OUT. WE WILL KEEP A CLOSE WATCH OF THIS SYSTEM THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS HEAVY RAIN COULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN MANY NORTH TEXAS COUNTIES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 75 92 75 94 / 40 10 10 10 WACO, TX 75 94 75 95 / 20 10 10 10 PARIS, TX 74 91 74 92 / 20 20 10 10 DENTON, TX 74 92 74 93 / 40 10 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 74 92 74 93 / 40 10 10 10 DALLAS, TX 75 92 75 94 / 40 10 10 10 TERRELL, TX 74 93 74 94 / 20 20 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 75 94 75 94 / 20 20 10 10 TEMPLE, TX 75 95 75 95 / 20 20 10 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 7:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 12, 9:08 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 908 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 TXZ115>117-129>132-141-130800- COMANCHE-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-PALO PINTO-PARKER-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS- 908 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #455 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR... COMANCHE EASTLAND ERATH HOOD PALO PINTO PARKER SOMERVELL STEPHENS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 55 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.