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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2006, 12:43 PM CDT for Comanche County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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
- Apr 28, 2006, 12:43 PM CDT (17:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2006, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Comanche County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:45 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 344 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1582 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
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 28, 12:13 PM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 12:13 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 9:33 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 933 AM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-282200- 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- 933 AM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT WEST OF A GRAHAM ...STEPHENVILLE...LAMPASAS LINE. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW TORNADOES...MAINLY IN WESTERN PORTIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE IS ADVECTED INTO THE REGION. IN ADDITION...BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON MID LEVEL COOLING AND INCREASING UPPER LEVEL INSTABILITIES WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS TEXAS...ALLOWING FOR RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE DRY LINE IN WEST TEXAS. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO NORTH TEXAS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. AS THE STORM COMPLEX MOVES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY MORNING IN EASTERN PORTIONS AS THE STORM COMPLEX EXITS THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES WILL QUICKLY END FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED OVER FAR WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS BY EARLY EVENING...WITH ACTIVATION LIKELY OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 11:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Apr 28, 11:57 AM CDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1157 AM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 TXZ130-281730- ERATH- 1157 AM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE FOR ERATH COUNTY... AT 1157 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF STEPHENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. A SECOND DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DUBLIN. THIS STORM WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BLUFF DALE...DUBLIN... HUCKABAY...LINGLEVILLE...MORGAN MILL AND STEPHENVILLE. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 12:22 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1222 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 TXZ115-281745- STEPHENS- 1222 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE FOR STEPHENS COUNTY... AT 1222 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTH OF BRECKENRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BRECKENRIDGE...GUNSIGHT... HARPERSVILLE AND IVAN. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 12:33 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1233 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 TXZ117-131-281815- HOOD-PARKER- 1233 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE FOR HOOD AND PARKER COUNTIES... AT 1233 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES WEST OF GRANBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ANNETTA...BRIAR... GRANBURY...HUDSON OAKS...OAK TRAIL SHORES...RENO...WEATHERFORD AND WILLOW PARK. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Tarrant, Wise | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Somervell | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 6:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Montague, Wise | 3 hr |
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.