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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 277, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 17, 2006Tarrant County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2006, 9:55 PM CDT for Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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
Jun 17, 2006, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2006, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tarrant County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 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
Jun 17, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 7 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 2006-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1691 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 2006-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1691 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
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 Jun 17, 9:32 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 9:32 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 9:40 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 17, 7:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
725 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2006

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0721 PM     HAIL             ALVORD                  33.36N  97.69W
06/17/2006  E0.88 INCH       WISE               TX   NWS EMPLOYEE

            REPORT OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL ALONG HIGHWAY 287 IN WISE
            COUNTY - RELAYED TO STEVE DRILLETTE (KAMA)
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 7:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
754 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2006

TXZ129-180130-

EASTLAND-
754 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE FOR EASTLAND COUNTY...

THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL
AND TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL INCREASE ACROSS EASTLAND COUNTY AFTER 830
PM. PEOPLE IN EASTLAND COUNTY...INCLUDING DRIVERS ON INTERSTATE 20
BETWEEN THE STRAWN...RANGER...AND CISCO EXITS...SHOULD BE ALERT TO
THE APPROACHING STORMS.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CARBON...CISCO...EASTLAND
AND RANGER.

IF THIS STORM CONTINUES ON ITS PRESENT COURSE...A SEVERE WEATHER
WARNING WILL BE NEEDED FOR EASTLAND COUNTY THIS EVENING.

07/BB
Local storm report, Jun 17, 8:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
800 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2006

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0752 PM     HAIL             PERRIN                  33.03N  98.07W
06/17/2006  E0.88 INCH       JACK               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            JACK COUNTY S.O. REPORTED NICKEL HAIL IN PERRIN
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 9:20 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 9:25 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 17, 9:39 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise60 min
Jun 17, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung65 min
Jun 17, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague57 min
Jun 17, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens60 min
Jun 17, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack40 min
Jun 17, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker56 min
Jun 17, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker39 min
Jun 17, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack63 min
Jun 17, 8:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJack3 hr
Jun 17, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise48 min
Jun 17, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague44 min
Jun 17, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto59 min
Jun 17, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland66 min
Jun 17, 8:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto2 hr
Jun 17, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker59 min
Jun 17, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker44 min
Jun 17, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton41 min
Jun 17, 10:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton3 hr
Jun 17, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills65 min
Jun 18, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill66 min
Jun 18, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis47 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.