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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 2, 2006Kaufman County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2006, 4:36 PM CDT for Kaufman County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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: Apr 2, 2006, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2006, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kaufman County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 14 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 97 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 825 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -324 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1367 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 280 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 291 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KFWD 022137
SVRFWD
TXC257-022230-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0049.060402T2136Z-060402T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
436 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KAUFMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 436 PM CDT...SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER       
  SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF KAUFMAN...AND   
  MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN KAUFMAN COUNTY AT 450 PM CDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KAUFMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
UNTIL 530 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3261 9647 3235 9644 3237 9608 3275 9610

$$

15/SHV

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 Apr 2, 3:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 3:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
306 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

.DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REDEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTHEAST PART OF
NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 6 PM...AND WILL INCLUDE A 20 PERCENT POP
FOR THE EVENING IN THIS AREA. WILL KEEP POPS OUT OF THE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH METRO AREA FOR THIS EVENING...SINCE THE DRY LINE
IS MOVING THROUGH AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER JUST TO THE EAST...OF
DALLAS...WILL INCLUDE THE 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDER. WILL RAISE
A POPS A TAD FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...AS A VIGOROUS
STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS OF THE
U.S. THE REST OF THE FORECAST REMAINS AS ISSUED PREVIOUSLY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  59  78  52  74 /  10   0   0   0
WACO, TX              60  83  55  74 /  20  10   0   0
PARIS, TX             55  76  50  72 /  20  10   0   0
DENTON, TX            55  77  50  71 /  10   0   0   0
MCKINNEY, TX          56  76  52  72 /  10  10   0   0
DALLAS, TX            59  78  53  73 /  10  10   0   0
TERRELL, TX           59  77  53  73 /  20  10   0   0
CORSICANA, TX         60  80  54  73 /  20  10   0   0
TEMPLE, TX            60  83  56  75 /  20  10   0   0

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 4:07 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
ISSUED BY NWS SHREVEPORT LA
407 PM CDT SUN APR 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-
407 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...MAINLY PRIOR TO
MIDNIGHT...FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORM
THREAT AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM PARIS...
TO DALLAS...TO LAMPASAS. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
POSSIBLE UNTIL THE HEAT OF THE DAY DISSIPATES LATE IN THE EVENING.
THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF
OF NORTH TEXAS ON WEDNESDAY...AND ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA ON
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN
HALF OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 2, 1:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
105 PM CDT SUN APR 02 2006

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

1050 AM     HAIL             10 W MARLIN             31.31N 97.06W
04/02/2006  E2.50 INCH       FALLS              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 7 WEST OF
            MARLIN

1050 AM     HAIL             4 N MARLIN              31.37N 96.89W
04/02/2006  E1.00 INCH       FALLS              TX   AMATEUR RADIO

1055 AM     HAIL             MARLIN                  31.31N 96.89W
04/02/2006  E0.75 INCH       FALLS              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PENNY SIZED HAIL IN MARLIN

1140 AM     HAIL             PALESTINE               31.76N 95.65W
04/02/2006  E1.00 INCH       ANDERSON           TX   PUBLIC

1155 AM     HAIL             TEAGUE                  31.63N 96.28W
04/02/2006  E1.75 INCH       FREESTONE          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN TEAGUE

1215 PM     HAIL             7 E FAIRFIELD           31.72N 96.05W
04/02/2006  E1.00 INCH       FREESTONE          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL FELL IN THE COMMUNITY OF TURLINGTON

1215 PM     HAIL             8 S FAIRFIELD           31.60N 96.17W
04/02/2006  E1.00 INCH       FREESTONE          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL FELL IN THE COMMUNITY OF DEW

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 10:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls	65 min
Apr 2, 11:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone	56 min
Apr 2, 11:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Leon	62 min
Apr 2, 11:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone	57 min
Apr 2, 12:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone	20 min
Apr 2, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis	45 min
Apr 2, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	McLennan	53 min
Apr 2, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Van Zandt	58 min
Apr 2, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson	66 min
Apr 2, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman	60 min
Apr 2, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson	40 min
Apr 2, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Van Zandt	32 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.