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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 410, NWS Fort Worth, TX

November 23, 2004Comanche County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 23, 2004, 4:42 PM CST for Comanche County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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: Nov 23, 2004, 4:42 PM CST (22:42 UTC)
Expired: Nov 23, 2004, 5:45 PM CST
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Comanche 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
Nov 23, 3:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -241 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 496 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.6

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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 Nov 23, 3:40 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 23, 3:40 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 23, 3:45 PM CST, 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
345 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-241200-
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-
345 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH
TEXAS TONIGHT.

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT AND BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
DOWNBURST WINDS. THE STORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT AS
DRIER AND COOLER AIR FILTERS IN FROM THE WEST BEHIND A COLD FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE RED RIVER COUNTIES
OF NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL END BY
MIDDAY.

THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE SEASON IS POSSIBLE FOR ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST
SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THANKSGIVING MORNING.

THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
THIS EVENING.

79

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 23, 1:50 PM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 23, 1:51 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
151 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004

TXZ093-094-232015-

FANNIN-GRAYSON-
151 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE...

AT 151 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF ANNA...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MCKINNEY...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

BELLS...BONHAM...LEONARD...SAVOY...TOM BEAN AND WHITEWRIGHT ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

Local storm report, Nov 23, 1:52 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
152 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004

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

1130 AM     TSTM WND DMG    1 S HEARNE               30.86N  96.59W
11/23/2004                  ROBERTSON           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            METAL BUILDINGS BLOWN DOWN SOUTH OF HEARNE

Local storm report, Nov 23, 2:16 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
216 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004

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

1230 PM     HAIL            1 S COOPER               33.36N  95.69W
11/23/2004  1.00 INCH       DELTA               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            JUST SOUTH OF KLONDIKE AND COOPER

Local storm report, Nov 23, 4:23 PM CST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
423 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004

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

105 PM      TSTM WND GST    DALLAS                   32.79N  96.77W
11/23/2004  76 MPH          DALLAS              TX   ASOS

            MEASURED GUST AT DALLAS LOVE FIELD. SEVERAL REPORTS OF
            POWER LINES DOWN, TREES DOWNED, AND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES
	    IN GRAND PRAIRIE PRAIRIE AND DALLAS. AT LEAST 3 SEMI
	    TRAILERS BLOWN OVER ON ROADS. UNOFFICIAL WIND GUST TO 80
	    MPH AT TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY OFFICE IN DALLAS.

Special weather statement, Nov 23, 4:33 PM CST, 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
433 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004

TXZ129-130-141-232300-

COMANCHE-EASTLAND-ERATH-
433 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE...

AT 433 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN BROWN COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF COMANCHE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO COMANCHE AND EASTLAND
COUNTIES BETWEEN 445 PM AND 515 PM. SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS WILL BE
LIKELY AS HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND 60 MPH WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE. IF THE STORM MAINTAINS ITS INTENSITY IT MAY MOVE INTO
ERATH COUNTY AFTER 515 PM.

COMANCHE...DE LEON...DUBLIN...EASTLAND...GORMAN...HUCKABAY...
LINGLEVILLE...PURVES...RISING STAR AND STEPHENVILLE ARE IN THE PATH
OF THIS STORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM.

07/BB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 23, 6:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls	50 min
Nov 23, 7:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone, Navarro	55 min
Nov 23, 7:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	54 min
Nov 23, 7:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone	49 min
Nov 23, 8:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell	49 min
Nov 23, 8:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro	44 min
Nov 23, 8:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	49 min
Nov 23, 9:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, McLennan	44 min
Nov 23, 9:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hill	42 min
Nov 23, 9:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Van Zandt	52 min
Nov 23, 10:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone, McLennan	30 min
Nov 23, 10:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Milam	53 min
Nov 23, 10:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lamar	23 min
Nov 23, 10:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Navarro	41 min
Nov 23, 11:04 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque, Coryell, McLennan	3 hr
Nov 23, 11:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Milam	47 min
Nov 23, 11:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	50 min
Nov 23, 11:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Robertson	59 min
Nov 23, 11:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lamar	28 min
Nov 23, 11:53 AM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Milam, Robertson	52 min
Nov 23, 12:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis	64 min
Nov 23, 12:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta	47 min
Nov 23, 12:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	65 min
Nov 23, 12:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	63 min
Nov 23, 12:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	39 min
Nov 23, 1:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Denton	65 min
Nov 23, 4:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	64 min
Nov 23, 4:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell	47 min
Nov 23, 5:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	57 min
Nov 23, 5:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hamilton	42 min
Nov 23, 5:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, McLennan	39 min
Nov 23, 5:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque	51 min

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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.