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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 14, 2006McLennan County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2006, 1:17 PM CDT for McLennan County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2006, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2006, 1:41 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McLennan County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 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 14, 9:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 12:00Z on 2006-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 610 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2006-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
610 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-393 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KFWD 141817
SVRFWD
TXC309-141915-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0252.060514T1817Z-060514T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
117 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MCLENNAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 117 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF MCGREGOR...MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH. THIS STORM WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF LORENA BY 140 PM

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM HAS
PASSED.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND
STAY INSIDE...AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3142 9748 3133 9741 3126 9734 3137 9714
      3144 9727

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KFWD 141841
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
140 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006

TXC309-141850-
/O.CAN.KFWD.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060514T1915Z/
MCLENNAN TX-
140 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MCLENNAN 
COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 140 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING
WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL 
POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM AS IT CONTINUES TO WEAKEN ACROSS 
SOUTHERN MCLENNAN COUNTY NEAR MOODY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3142 9748 3133 9741 3126 9734 3137 9714
      3144 9727

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin60 min
May 13, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Lamar62 min
May 14, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt41 min
May 14, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins62 min
May 14, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains54 min
May 14, 4:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin45 min
May 14, 4:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt42 min
May 14, 4:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta33 min
May 14, 4:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins, Rains49 min
May 14, 5:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt61 min
May 14, 5:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson64 min
May 14, 6:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson67 min
May 14, 6:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson62 min
May 14, 8:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone33 min
May 14, 8:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill51 min
May 14, 8:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson56 min
May 14, 8:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone55 min
May 14, 9:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan61 min
May 14, 9:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone63 min
May 14, 9:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson63 min
May 14, 9:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro61 min
May 14, 10:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLimestone3 hr
May 14, 10:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone58 min
May 14, 12:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon53 min
May 14, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell59 min
May 14, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson58 min
May 14, 1:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMcLennan3 hr

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.