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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 8, 2005Rains County, Van Zandt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2005, 4:08 PM CDT for Rains County, Van Zandt County, Texas. It was in force for 52 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 8, 2005, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Rains County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2005-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 908 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 2005-08-08The 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
908 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Aug 8, 3:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 3:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
307 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005

.DISCUSSION...
STRONG AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING AS
SHORT WAVE FORCING CONTINUES TO ACT ON MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS.  THIS
SHORTWAVE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER MCS FLAREUP LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING
OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. LATER...LIFT AND HEATING WILL
RESULT IN MORE SCATTERED CONVECTION TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING... AND
AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY BUT TO A LESS DEGREE.  PW/S REMAIN 1.5-2.0 INCHES
WITH LI/S AROUND -2 AND CAPES ABOVE 1200 J/KG. WEAK STEERING WINDS
MEAN FOR SLOW MOVERS THUS HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT LATE
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. SOME AFTERNOON CONVECTION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
MAY TURN SEVERE BRIEFLY WITH HAIL AND DOWNBURST WIND.

AFTER MID-WEEK... CONVECTION WANES AND TEMPERATURES WARM UP FOR THE
REST OF THE WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER
THE REGION. THE HOTTEST DAYS SHOULD BE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WHEN MAXS
MAY REACH OR EXCEED 100 OVER THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS.  NEXT WEEK... A
WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE INTO OKLAHOMA MONDAY... AND POSSIBLY MOVE INTO
THE NORTHERN CWA NEXT TUESDAY WITH SCATTERED CONVECTION.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  75  92  75  97 /  40  30  30  20
WACO, TX              73  91  74  98 /  50  40  40  20
PARIS, TX             70  93  70  96 /  40  30  30  20
DENTON, TX            72  93  72  97 /  40  30  30  20
MCKINNEY, TX          72  92  72  96 /  50  30  30  20
DALLAS, TX            75  92  75  97 /  40  30  30  20
TERRELL, TX           72  92  73  97 /  50  40  40  20
CORSICANA, TX         72  91  73  97 /  50  40  40  30
TEMPLE, TX            73  91  74  98 /  50  40  40  20

&&

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

&&

75/75
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 3:30 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
330 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-091100-
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-
330 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY
SOME OF THESE STORMS. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 50
TO 60 MPH...AND SOME SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF
NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BEFORE DRY WEATHER SETTLES IN LATE
IN THE WEEK.  THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA ON
SUNDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.  STRONG
DOWNBURST WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE FROM ANY OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH 9 PM.

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In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:29 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
329 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005

TXZ122-082100-

VAN ZANDT-
329 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE...

AT 329 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF VAN...OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CANTON...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

RAINFALL OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
THIS 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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 10:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEastland, Stephens3 hr
Aug 8, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis56 min
Aug 8, 2:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke3 hr
Aug 8, 2:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLampasas, Mills3 hr
Aug 8, 5:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins3 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.