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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 25, 2005Stephens County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2005, 9:11 PM CDT for Stephens County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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
May 25, 2005, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2005, 9:47 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stephens County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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
May 25, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2005-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 378 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-238 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 May 25, 6:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 6:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
653 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2005

.PUBLIC UPDATE...
HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO REMOVE WATCH FROM SE ZONES. NEW CONVECTION
DEVELOPING ACROSS WRN ZONES WHERE CAPE HAS BECOME MAXIMIZED AND
OUTFLOW HAS PROVED ENOUGH LIFT FOR STORM INITIATION. 80

&&

.AVIATION...
620 PM CDT

ERRATIC N AND NE WINDS METRO SITES...TO NORTH OF SFC BOUNDARY. ACT
STILL IN SE FLOW. AFTER DECOUPLING...EXPECT FLOW TO BCMG E WITH
INFLUENCE OF WEST TEXAS TROUGH AND APPROACHING SFC RIDGE NOSING INTO
THE CENTRAL PLAINS. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD DIMINISH WITH NIGHTFALL AND
REMAIN UNDER 10KTS. AS HIGH PUSHES INTO SOUTHERN PLAINS...NE FLOW
WILL RETURN THURSDAY.

PRECIP CHANCES DEPEND MAINLY ON MCD DEVELOPMENT NE NEW MEXICO INTO
PANHANDLE. WILL CONTINUE PROB30 GROUPS FOR DAYBREAK TSRA...DESPITE
50-60 POPS IN ZFP. WILL ASSESS FURTHER FOR 06Z TAF ISSUANCE WHEN
DAYBREAK PROB30 GROUPS WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. 25

&&

.DISCUSSION...
307 PM CDT

MCS THAT MOVED OUT OF OK AND INTO N TEXAS WAS POISED TO MOVE SE OUT
OF OUR CWA BY 4 PM. NEW CONVECTION HAD ALSO DEVELOPED NEAR KSPS. NEW
CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO FORM ACROSS WRN SECTIONS OF N TEXAS WHERE
AIRMASS REMAINS UNSTABLE WITH MUCAPE OF 3-4K J/KG. THIS IS ALSO
CONSISTENT WHERE ALL MODELS BREAK OUT YET ANOTHER MCS ACROSS TEXAS
WITH GOOD QPF OVER OUR WRN CWA. WILL KEEP HIGHEST POPS OUT WEST
TONIGHT.

RATHER WET PATTERN LOOKS TO LINGER ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS AS SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION AND THEN
REMAINS STALLED ACROSS N TX. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY APPEAR THE
WETTEST WITH SHORT WAVE ENERGY AIDING IN LIFT...BUT MODELS STILL
KEEP SOME PRETTY GOOD QPF ACROSS N TEXAS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
ALL THE CLOUD AND PRECIP WL KEEP TEMPS CLOSER TO NORMAL...AND EVEN
BLOW NORMAL...THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.  /80

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  67  80  63  81 /  50  60  50  50
WACO, TX              70  84  65  82 /  50  60  40  30
PARIS, TX             64  77  60  79 /  50  30  50  50
DENTON, TX            66  78  62  80 /  50  60  50  50
MCKINNEY, TX          67  79  62  80 /  50  50  50  50
DALLAS, TX            68  80  64  81 /  50  50  50  50
TERRELL, TX           67  80  63  81 /  50  30  50  50
CORSICANA, TX         68  83  64  81 /  50  50  40  40
TEMPLE, TX            72  85  67  83 /  50  50  40  30

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.

&&

/80

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 7:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
701 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2005

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

0658 PM     HAIL            5 N COOL                 32.87N  98.01W
05/25/2005  0.75 INCH       PARKER              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque63 min
May 25, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack38 min
May 25, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto53 min
May 25, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker56 min
May 25, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland65 min
May 25, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.