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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2006, 7:58 PM CDT for Grayson 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2006, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2006, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Grayson County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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 28, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 446 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 532 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 752 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 8.7
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 28, 3:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 3:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 343 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF TO TWO THIRDS OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...WITH 3/4 INCH HAIL...60 MPH WINDS..AND HEAVY RAIN BEING THE MAIN THREATS. CAPES REMAIN BORDERLINE AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...WE MUST KEEP AN EYE ON THE STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE DRYLINE IN WEST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THIS EVENING...AND WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FOR LARGER HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SHEAR SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW TORNADOES... MAINLY ACROSS THE WEST. HAVE KEPT HIGH POPS...80 TO 100 PERCENT...ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR TONIGHT. AS THE UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON MOVES EAST AND NORTHEAST....PRECIPITATION SHOULD COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO WEST LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WITH THE UPPER LOW SLIDING ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS SATURDAY... WE MAY SEE SOME STORMS REDEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTH AND EAST...SO HAVE KEPT 20-30 PERCENT POPS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SUNDAY WILL BE DRY. THE UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE WEST/NORTHWESTERLY ON MONDAY...ALLOWING A SHORT WAVE AND SURFACE COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS LATE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING US ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AN UNSTABLE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE TO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. #58 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 63 77 57 86 / 100 30 10 10 WACO, TX 63 79 55 86 / 100 40 10 10 PARIS, TX 63 72 51 81 / 100 70 20 0 DENTON, TX 60 76 53 85 / 100 30 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 62 72 51 82 / 100 40 10 10 DALLAS, TX 64 76 57 83 / 100 40 10 10 TERRELL, TX 62 74 53 84 / 100 40 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 66 77 56 82 / 100 60 10 10 TEMPLE, TX 65 80 57 88 / 90 30 10 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY FOR TXZ100-TXZ101-TXZ115-TXZ129. && /58
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 5:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 520 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-291100- 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- 520 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. A 60 MILE WIDE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED SLOWLY NORTH FROM AN EAST-WEST LINE NEAR THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA...TO A LINE FROM JACKSBORO TO SULPHUR SPRINGS. THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...AND SMALL HAIL WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. SOME MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. FURTHER SOUTH...A SLOWLY NORTHWARD MOVING WARM FRONT EXTENDED FROM SAN ANGELO TO HILLSBORO...AND PALESTINE. IF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ALONG THE WARM FRONT...AND MOVE EASTERLY ON A COURSE NEAR THE WARM FRONT...THE STORMS COULD BECOME SUPERCELLS. THIS WOULD RESULT IN A LOCALIZED THREAT OF VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO OR TWO THROUGH THE EVENING. THUS...THE AREA NEAR THE WARM FRONT CONSTITUTES A LOCALIZED MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY MORNING IN THE EASTERN PORTIONS AS THE STORM COMPLEX EXITS THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PERIOD OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. 26
In the hours before
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</html>Local storm report, Apr 28, 7:51 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
751 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0738 PM TSTM WND DMG LINDSAY 33.64N 97.22W
04/28/2006 COOKE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE -- TREES DOWNLocal storm report, Apr 28, 7:54 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
754 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0752 PM TSTM WND DMG GAINESVILLE 33.64N 97.15W
04/28/2006 E80 COOKE TX EMERGENCY MNGR
BUILDING DAMAGE IN GAINESVILLEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 58 min |
| Apr 28, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker, Wise | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 9:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Montague, Wise | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coryell | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Denton, Tarrant | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 10:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Coryell, Lampasas | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 10:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Denton | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 10:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 66 min |
| Apr 28, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Grayson | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls, McLennan | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 12:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Montague, Wise | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 1:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 58 min |
| Apr 29, 3:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 4:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Robertson | 46 min |
Nearby
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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.