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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Fort Worth, TX

September 15, 2005Mills County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 2005, 8:39 PM CDT for Mills County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
Sep 15, 2005, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2005, 9:41 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mills County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 2005-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1161 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1161 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
998 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
6.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KFWD 160140
SVRFWD
TXC333-160300-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0310.050916T0139Z-050916T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
839 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 839 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROWNWOOD OR ALONG THE
  MILLS BROWN COUNTY LINE JUST SOUTHWEST OF U S HIGHWAY ONE EIGHTY
  THREE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WAS CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MULLIN BY 855 PM
  GOLDTHWAITE BY 915 PM
  CASTOR BY 935 PM
  SCALLORN BY 945 PM

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM HAS
PASSED.

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

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT WORTH.

LAT...LON 3163 9866 3166 9874 3146 9898 3142 9871
      3127 9855 3143 9829

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KFWD 160157
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
854 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2005

TXC333-160300-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-050916T0300Z/
MILLS TX-
854 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
MILLS COUNTY...

AT 854 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND 
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
BUFFALO OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOLDTHWAITE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 
35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOLDTHWAITE BY 905 PM
  CASTOR BY 920 PM
  SCALLORN BY 925 PM

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT WORTH.

LAT...LON 3163 9866 3166 9874 3146 9898 3142 9871
      3127 9855 3143 9829

$$
000 
WWUS54 KFWD 160232
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
930 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2005

TXC333-160300-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-050916T0300Z/
MILLS TX-
930 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
MILLS COUNTY...

AT 930 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND 
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ALONG 
THE COLORADO RIVER JUST NORTHWEST OF DOUBLE FORD IN SOUTHERN MILLS 
COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DOUBLE FORD BY 935 PM

LAT...LON 3163 9866 3166 9874 3146 9898 3142 9871
      3127 9855 3143 9829

$$
000 
WWUS54 KFWD 160241
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
941 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2005

TXC333-160251-
/O.CAN.KFWD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-050916T0300Z/
MILLS TX-
941 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MILLS COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 941 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS 
WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...AND WAS MOVING OUT OF THE 
COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3163 9866 3166 9874 3146 9898 3142 9871
      3127 9855 3143 9829

$$

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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.