Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 345, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2004, 3:04 PM CDT for Kaufman County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
- Aug 19, 2004, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2004, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kaufman County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 673 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Aug 19, 3:04 PM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 3:04 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 304 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2004 .DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM...UPPER DISTURBANCE NOW MOVING ACROSS AREA EXPECTED TO MOVE TO NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. SECOND UPPER DISTURBANCE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS AREA TOMORROW...BEGINNING TOMORROW MORNING. 12Z RUN HAS BIG CHANGE ON FRONT...NEVER BRINGS DRIER AIR INTO NORTH TEXAS BUT STALLS IT ALONG THE RED RIVER COUNTIES. MODELS ARE ALSO SPLIT ON PRECIP. GFS/NGM PREFER FRIDAY PRECIP ACROSS NORTHERN HALF OF CWA AND ETA/MESOETA BRING PRECIP ACROSS SOUTHERN HALF...THUS UNCERTAINTY IN TOMORROW POPS. TEMPS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY COOL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S TOMORROW AND LOWS IN THE LOW 70S. 60S WOULD NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION IF THE SKIES CLEAR...BUT I DO NOT EXPECT MUCH CLEARING. OVER THE WEEKEND...UPPER DISTURBANCES CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS AREA BUT TIMING IS LESS CERTAIN. IT STILL SEEMS THAT I CANNOT RULE OUT PRECIP...SATURDAY SEEMS LIKE CHANCE POPS STARTING IN EAST AND SPREADING WEST. SUNDAY POPS ARE SLIGHT SOUTH AND CHANCE NORTH. BY MONDAY RIDGE TRIES TO BUILD IN FROM THE WEST AND PRECIP CHANCES ARE LOW TO NIL WITH A BIT OF WARMING TO MID 90S FOR HIGHS AND MID 70S FOR LOWS. RIGHT NOW THIS LOOKS LIKE IT WILL LAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 84 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 73 87 75 89 / 60 60 40 40 WACO, TX 74 91 75 94 / 50 50 50 40 PARIS, TX 70 85 73 88 / 80 60 40 40 DENTON, TX 72 86 73 89 / 60 60 40 40 MCKINNEY, TX 72 86 73 89 / 60 60 40 40 DALLAS, TX 73 87 75 89 / 60 60 40 40 TERRELL, TX 72 87 75 89 / 60 50 40 40 CORSICANA, TX 73 89 75 92 / 60 50 50 40 TEMPLE, TX 74 91 74 94 / 50 50 50 40 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. && 84
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 2:50 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 19, 11:07 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1107 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 AM FLASH FLOOD FORT WORTH 32.75N 97.34W
08/19/2004 TARRANT TX NWS EMPLOYEE
VEHICLES STRANDED AT UNDERPASS JUST EAST OF DOWNTOWNSpecial weather statement, Aug 19, 11:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1139 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2004 TXZ103-118-191800- DENTON-TARRANT- 1139 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 1138 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF TARRANT COUNTY...AND OVER SOUTHERN DENTON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS RAIN AREA IS NOT AS STRONG AS THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH AFFECTED TARRANT AND DENTON COUNTIES EARLIER. HOWEVER...AN ADDITIONAL 3/4 INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE. THIS RAINFALL MAY AGGRAVATE ANY LINGERING FLOODING OF INTERSECTIONS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 11:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1150 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2004 TXZ144-191730- BOSQUE- 1150 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 1150 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. MORGAN AND WALNUT SPRINGS ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 12:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1246 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2004 TXZ133-145-191845- HILL-JOHNSON- 1246 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE FOR HILL AND JOHNSON COUNTIES... AT 1246 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTH OF CLEBURNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ALVARADO...GRANDVIEW AND VENUS ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:27 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 227 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2004 TXZ146-192030- NAVARRO- 227 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 227 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMING GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. BLOOMING GROVE...CORSICANA...DAWSON AND KERENS ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:44 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 244 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2004 TXZ121-192045- KAUFMAN- 244 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 244 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROSSER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. CRANDALL...FORNEY...KAUFMAN...KEMP AND TERRELL ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREA SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 6:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill | 67 min |
| Aug 19, 1:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton, Mills | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 1:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 115 min |
| Aug 19, 3:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 4:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton, Mills | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Mills | 115 min |
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.