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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 1, 2006Stephens County, Texas

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.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 1, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2006-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2381 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 00:00Z on 2006-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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 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
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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.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens55 min
May 1, 9:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDStephens58 min
May 1, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto59 min
May 1, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens61 min
May 1, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto63 min
May 1, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hood60 min
May 1, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell56 min
May 1, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood27 min
May 2, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque56 min
May 2, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell34 min
May 2, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung67 min
May 2, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack63 min
May 2, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung32 min
May 2, 2:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung45 min
May 2, 3:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack49 min
May 2, 4:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague45 min
May 2, 7:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack58 min
May 2, 10:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker42 min
May 2, 10:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise21 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.