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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 1, 2005Bell County, Milam County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2005, 2:40 AM CDT for Bell County, Milam County, Texas. It was in force for 68 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 1, 2005, 2:40 AM CDT (07:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2005, 3:48 AM CDT
In force: 68 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bell County, TX, Milam County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 213 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: 1091 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1321 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.8

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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 1, 1:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 1:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 11:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1123 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

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

1121 PM     TSTM WND GST 60 BRECKENRIDGE             32.76N  98.91W
05/31/2005                  STEPHENS            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GUSTS TO 60 MPH

Special weather statement, May 31, 11:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1129 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

TXZ091-092-100>103-115>117-129>131-141-010500-

COMANCHE-COOKE-DENTON-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-JACK-MONTAGUE-PALO
PINTO-PARKER-STEPHENS-WISE-YOUNG-
1129 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR NOCONA TO
JACKSBORO TO RANGER AND CISCO.  THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN UP TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR AND
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.  THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MONTAGUE COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST
JACK COUNTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 12:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1247 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

TXZ103-104-118>120-133-134-010645-

COLLIN-DALLAS-DENTON-ELLIS-JOHNSON-ROCKWALL-TARRANT-
1247 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE...

AT 1247 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF ERA
TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GODLEY TO 4 MILES WEST OF DINOSAUR VALLEY
STATE PARK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GAINESVILLE TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRANBURY TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF
GRANBURY. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
ARLINGTON...CLEBURNE...DALLAS...DENTON...MCKINNEY...PLANO...ROCKWALL
AND WAXAHACHIE.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...PEA-SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
THIS LINE OF STORMS AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH
METROPLEX.

65/DD

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 12:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1247 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

TXZ103-104-118>120-133-134-010645-

COLLIN-DALLAS-DENTON-ELLIS-JOHNSON-ROCKWALL-TARRANT-
1247 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE...

AT 1247 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF ERA
TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GODLEY TO 4 MILES WEST OF DINOSAUR VALLEY
STATE PARK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GAINESVILLE TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRANBURY TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF
GRANBURY. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
ARLINGTON...CLEBURNE...DALLAS...DENTON...FORT WORTH...
MCKINNEY...PLANO...ROCKWALL AND WAXAHACHIE.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...PEA-SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
THIS LINE OF STORMS AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH
METROPLEX.

65/DD

Local storm report, Jun 1, 1:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 1:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 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
May 31, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	67 min
May 31, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	62 min
Jun 1, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	61 min
Jun 1, 1:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	58 min
Jun 1, 1:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas	54 min
Jun 1, 1:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis	35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2005 Every 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.