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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 235, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 30, 2007Tarrant County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2007, 11:55 PM CDT for Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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 30, 2007, 11:55 PM CDT (04:55 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2007, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
50 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 04:58 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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 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 2007-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 401 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 2007-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
401 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-272 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1064 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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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 30, 9:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 9:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 7:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...UPDATED/CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
745 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-311100-
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-
745 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT SOUTHWEST OF A BOWIE...FORT WORTH...HILLSBORO...HEARNE
LINE. MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH.
AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING NEAR THE SURFACE
BOUNDARY...AND WITH ANY INTERACTION WITH OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM
STORMS EARLIER WEDNESDAY.

LOOK FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM INTO A POSSIBLE COMPLEX AND MOVE
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OVER WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS AFTER DARK.
ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH LOCALLY
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.

OTHERWISE...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH DAYBREAK THURSDAY. GUSTY
WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WILL BE THE
MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST ACROSS NORTHERN
PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME
MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS ON SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT
STALLS ACROSS THE REGION. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DIMINISH FROM
NORTH TO SOUTH BY TUESDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY BE THE PRIMARY THREAT
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF
NORTH TEXAS...POSSIBLY AS FAR EAST AS THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR
OVERNIGHT.

05/

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 6:48 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
648 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007

TXZ115-129-310015-
STEPHENS TX-EASTLAND TX-
648 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  EASTLAND COUNTY
  STEPHENS COUNTY

AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM
FORT GRIFFIN TO JUST EAST OF ABILENE. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL
MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH INTO STEPHENS AND EASTLAND COUNTIES...AND
MAY RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE. KEEP ADVISED FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS
AND WARNINGS.

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

LAT...LON 3294 9859 3294 9910 3207 9910 3229 9850

SCHULTZ
Special weather statement, May 30, 7:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
720 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007

TXZ115-310045-
STEPHENS TX-
720 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  WESTERN STEPHENS COUNTY

AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALBANY...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER DEVELOPING STORM STORM WAS LOCATED IN FAR
NORTHWEST STEPHENS COUNTY...ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BRECKENRIDGE AND HUBBARD.

PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE
STORMS.

IF THESE STORMS INTENSIFY...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

LAT...LON 3295 9911 3253 9911 3252 9896 3296 9880

SCHULTZ
Special weather statement, May 30, 8:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
834 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007

TXZ129-310200-
EASTLAND TX-
834 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  WESTERN EASTLAND COUNTY

AT 834 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF CISCO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
10 MPH.

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

PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3252 9895 3250 9911 3209 9910 3219 9873

SCHULTZ
Special weather statement, May 30, 8:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
853 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007

TXZ129-310230-
EASTLAND TX-
853 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  WESTERN EASTLAND COUNTY

AT 853 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CISCO...MOVING SOUTH AT 10
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CISCO.

PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3253 9901 3251 9912 3211 9913 3222 9884

SCHULTZ
Local storm report, May 30, 9:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
919 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007

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

0858 PM     HAIL             9 NW CISCO              32.48N  99.09W
05/30/2007  E1.00 INCH       EASTLAND           TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER NOTIFIED KTAB MEDIA. FARMER IN FAR NW PART OF
            THE COUNTY REPORTED THE HAIL.
Special weather statement, May 30, 11:49 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1149 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007

TXZ141-310515-
COMANCHE TX-
1149 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  COMANCHE COUNTY

AT 1149 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF EARLY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
10 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE COMANCHE.

PEA-SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.

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

LAT...LON 3224 9855 3196 9835 3194 9832 3197 9825
      3184 9817 3170 9845 3170 9847 3173 9850
      3171 9867 3194 9884 3208 9891

DUNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDStephens25 min
May 30, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens47 min
May 30, 8:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland26 min
May 30, 8:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland37 min
May 30, 11:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDComanche26 min
May 31, 12:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant3 hr
May 31, 12:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath23 min
May 31, 12:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJohnson36 min
May 31, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Parker, Tarrant66 min
May 31, 12:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath29 min
May 31, 12:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson, Parker3 hr
May 31, 12:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJohnson33 min
May 31, 1:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath36 min
May 31, 1:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood35 min
May 31, 1:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDErath3 hr
May 31, 1:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJohnson24 min
May 31, 1:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood3 hr
May 31, 1:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood, Somervell34 min
May 31, 1:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHamilton23 min
May 31, 2:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDSomervell27 min
May 31, 2:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCoryell, Hamilton53 min
May 31, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, Hamilton, Lampasas62 min
May 31, 3:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHamilton3 hr
May 31, 3:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCoryell, Lampasas3 hr
May 31, 3:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills57 min
May 31, 3:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMills3 hr
May 31, 3:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas63 min
May 31, 4:07 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDLampasas, Mills38 min
May 31, 5:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas, Mills74 min
May 31, 5:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell43 min
May 31, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHamilton25 min
May 31, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHamilton31 min
May 31, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDComanche32 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.