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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 2, 2006Eastland County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2006, 9:33 PM CDT for Eastland County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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 2, 2006, 9:33 PM CDT (02:33 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2006, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Eastland County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 2, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2006-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1925 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 2006-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1925 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1400 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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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 2, 7:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 7:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 8:50 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
850 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-031100-
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-
710 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF
NORTH TEXAS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER THREATS.

SEVERAL LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS
NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH
TEXAS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY AND REGION-WIDE FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION LIKELY WILL BE REQUESTED LATE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT...MAINLY NEAR AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 2, 3:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 2, 9:12 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
912 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

TXZ116>118-129>132-141-030245-

COMANCHE-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-PALO PINTO-PARKER-SOMERVELL-TARRANT-
912 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE...

AT 912 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MINERAL WELLS TO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF COMANCHE...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE ALEDO...ANNETTA...AZLE...
BLUFF DALE...BRIAR...CHALK MOUNTAIN...CLAIRETTE...COOL...DE LEON...
DUBLIN...EAGLE MOUNTAIN...GLEN ROSE...GORDON...GORMAN...GRANBURY...
HUCKABAY...HUDSON OAKS...LAKESIDE...LINGLEVILLE...LIPAN...MINERAL
WELLS...MORGAN MILL...OAK TRAIL SHORES...PECAN ACRES...PELICAN BAY...
PURVES...RENO...SALESVILLE...SPRINGTOWN...STEPHENVILLE...
WEATHERFORD...WHITE SETTLEMENT...WILLOW PARK...DINOSAUR VALLEY STATE
PARK AND MINERAL WELLS STATE PARK.

PEA-SIZED HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE
EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS.

IF THESE STORMS INTENSIFY...ONE OR MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS
MAY BE NEEDED.

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Special weather statement, May 2, 9:23 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
923 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

TXZ100-101-030300-

JACK-YOUNG-
923 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE...

AT 923 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTH OF OLNEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GRAHAM...JEAN...JERMYN...
LOVING AND OLNEY.

IF THIS STORM CONTINUES ON ITS PRESENT COURSE...A SEVERE WEATHER
WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR YOUNG AND POSSIBLY JACK COUNTIES PRIOR TO
10 PM.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Palo Pinto53 min
May 2, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung58 min
May 2, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack67 min
May 2, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague53 min
May 2, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche53 min
May 2, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath65 min
May 2, 10:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMontague4 hr
May 2, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack55 min
May 2, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton, Mills63 min
May 2, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague60 min
May 2, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke54 min
May 2, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung21 min
May 2, 11:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche, Erath3 hr
May 3, 2:38 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningFWDDallas, Parker, Tarrant82 min

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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.