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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2005, 6:36 PM CDT for Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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
- Apr 10, 2005, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Tarrant County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Apr 10, 3:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 3:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 352 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 .DISCUSSION... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT THE EXTREME EASTERN COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM. THE 20Z SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATED THAT THE DRYLINE EXTENDED EAST OF A WICHITA FALLS...TO BROWNWOOD LINE. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FIRED UP BETWEEN GAINESVILLE...AND LAMPASAS. WITH THE UPPER LOW OVER NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO... WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD TONIGHT AND MONDAY. RAIN CHANCES WILL END ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF TONIGHT...BUT WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY ACROSS THE EAST. BESIDES THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. THE GRADIENT HAS WEAKENED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...SO HAVE CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO GO UNTIL 6 PM. AFTER THE UPPER SYSTEM MOVES EASTWARD...WE WILL SEE DRY WEATHER MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. RAIN CHANCES WILL RETURN FOR FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND AS THE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES. #58 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 58 75 49 76 / 50 10 10 0 WACO, TX 57 77 47 78 / 50 20 10 0 PARIS, TX 59 74 48 74 / 80 40 10 0 DENTON, TX 58 74 47 76 / 50 10 10 0 MCKINNEY, TX 58 74 48 76 / 60 10 10 0 DALLAS, TX 58 76 49 76 / 50 10 10 0 TERRELL, TX 59 75 48 76 / 70 30 10 0 CORSICANA, TX 59 77 48 76 / 70 30 10 0 TEMPLE, TX 57 79 47 79 / 50 20 10 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. && 58/
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 3:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 330 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-111100- 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 SUN APR 10 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A LINE FROM BOWIE...TO MINERAL WELLS..TO GOLDTHWAITE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. A DRYLINE WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON NEAR A LINE FROM BOWIE...TO MINERAL WELLS...TO GOLDTHWAITE. ISOLATED SUPERCELLS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THIS DRYLINE AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR REGION EARLY THIS EVENING. VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SUPERCELL STORMS. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS THEN EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE AFTER SUNSET ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AND MOVE SLOWLY EAST TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS COMPLEX TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER ACROSS FAR EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...OR EAST OF A LINE FROM BONHAM...TO HEARNE...THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY...AS AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM REMAINS JUST TO THE NORTH. ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE NEXT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WHEN ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT MOVE INTO THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEST OF I-35 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. ACTIVATION ALONG AND EAST OF I-35 WILL LIKELY TAKE PLACE AFTER 7 PM. TR/92
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 503 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 TXZ130-102230- ERATH- 503 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 503 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAIRETTE...OR 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STEPHENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BLUFF DALE...MORGAN MILL AND STEPHENVILLE. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. 65/DD
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 520 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 TXZ102-117-102245- PARKER-WISE- 520 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 520 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGTOWN...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF WEATHERFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BOYD AND SPRINGTOWN. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 532 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 TXZ131-102330- HOOD- 532 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 532 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLUFF DALE...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF STEPHENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GRANBURY AND OAK TRAIL SHORES. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. 65/DD
Local storm report, Apr 10, 6:01 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
601 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0558 PM HAIL 2 S TOLAR 32.36N 97.92W
04/10/2005 1.00 INCH HOOD TX TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER HAIL JUST SOUTH OF TOLARLocal storm report, Apr 10, 6:08 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood | 64 min |
| Apr 10, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 54 min |
| Apr 10, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 59 min |
| Apr 10, 6:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton, Wise | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Johnson | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 62 min |
| Apr 10, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 47 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.