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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 29, 2006Delta County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2006, 5:11 PM CDT for Delta County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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 29, 2006, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2006, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Delta County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 258 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2006-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 701 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2006-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
701 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-368 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1156 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 29, 3:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 3:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 1:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
151 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

TXZ118-119-291915-

DALLAS-TARRANT-
151 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE...

AT 151 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GRAND PRAIRIE...STATIONARY.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BEDFORD...COCKRELL HILL...
COLLEYVILLE...DUNCANVILLE...EULESS...GRAND PRAIRIE AND IRVING.

PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
Special weather statement, May 29, 2:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
209 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

TXZ145-291945-

HILL-
209 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE...

AT 208 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF HILLSBORO. THE STORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.

PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL
ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORM.

THOSE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY
IF LIGHTNING IS SEEN OR THUNDER IS HEARD.

IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

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Local storm report, May 29, 2:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 29, 2:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 29, 4:59 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas26 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.