Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2006, 8:45 PM CDT for Stephens County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
- May 1, 2006, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2006, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Stephens County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 2381 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
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 May 1, 6:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 6:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 6:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 610 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2006 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-021100- MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL- NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS- LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- 610 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...MAINLY NORTH OF A COMANCHE...HILLSBORO...ATHENS LINE...AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE RED RIVER. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF AN EASTLAND...FORT WORTH...SHERMAN LINE AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE INTERACTS WITH INCREASING MOISTURE AND A RESIDUAL FRONTAL BOUNDARY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS. ANOTHER FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON FRIDAY AS A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES. SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT MAINLY NORTH OF A COMANCHE...HILLSBORO...ATHENS LINE. 26
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 1, 5:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 508 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2006 TXZ100-012300- YOUNG- 508 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 508 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING 25 MILES WEST OF OLNEY. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE OLNEY...PADGETT...JEAN AND LOVING. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES INTO YOUNG COUNTY AFTER 530 PM. IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR PARTS OF YOUNG COUNTY AFTER 530 PM.
Special weather statement, May 1, 6:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 614 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2006 TXZ100-012345- YOUNG- 614 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 614 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OLNEY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GRAHAM...NEW CASTLE... AND MURRAY. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES FURTHER...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
Special weather statement, May 1, 7:47 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 747 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2006 TXZ115-020115- STEPHENS- 747 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 747 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRECKENRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. FARTHER TO THE SOUTHWEST...ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALBANY...ALSO MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BRECKENRIDGE...CRYSTAL FALLS...HUBBARD CREEK LAKE AND IVAN. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. IF THIS STORM CONTINUES ON ITS PRESENT COURSE...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
Special weather statement, May 1, 8:02 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 802 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2006 TXZ100-020130- YOUNG- 802 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 802 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MURRAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GRAHAM...MURRAY AND SOUTH BEND. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. IF THIS STORM CONTINUES ON ITS PRESENT COURSE...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 55 min |
| May 1, 9:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Stephens | 58 min |
| May 1, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 59 min |
| May 1, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 61 min |
| May 1, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 63 min |
| May 1, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood | 60 min |
| May 1, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Somervell | 56 min |
| May 1, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood | 27 min |
| May 2, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 56 min |
| May 2, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Somervell | 34 min |
| May 2, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 67 min |
| May 2, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 63 min |
| May 2, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 32 min |
| May 2, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 45 min |
| May 2, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 49 min |
| May 2, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 45 min |
| May 2, 7:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 58 min |
| May 2, 10:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 42 min |
| May 2, 10:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 21 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.