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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Fort Worth, TX

July 13, 2005Ellis County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2005, 4:12 PM CDT for Ellis 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2005, 4:12 PM CDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2005, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ellis County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 12:00Z on 2005-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1020 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 12:00Z on 2005-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1020 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1381 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KFWD 132112 CCA
SVRFWD
TXC139-132215-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0252.050713T2112Z-050713T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
412 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 412 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR WAXAHACHIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15
  MPH. THIS STORM WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RED OAK BY 420 PM
  8 MILES SOUTH OF FERRIS BY 445 PM
  PALMER BY 450 PM
  ENNIS BY 500 PM
  8 MILES NORTH OF ALMA BY 515 PM

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND
STAY INSIDE...AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3218 9675 3238 9706 3255 9697 3255 9671
      3253 9669 3252 9652 3247 9650 3243 9645
      3236 9645 3232 9642

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KFWD 132214
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
513 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2005

TXC139-132222-
/O.EXP.KFWD.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-050713T2215Z/
ELLIS TX-
513 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ELLIS COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE AT 515 PM CDT...

AT 513 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING
WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE.

LAT...LON 3218 9675 3238 9706 3255 9697 3255 9671
      3253 9669 3252 9652 3247 9650 3243 9645
      3236 9645 3232 9642

$$

65/DD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, McLennan56 min
Jul 13, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis67 min
Jul 13, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas41 min
Jul 13, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis65 min
Jul 13, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton74 min
Jul 13, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche56 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.