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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 1, 2007Montague County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2007, 7:51 PM CDT for Montague 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2007, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2007, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Montague County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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 1, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2007-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1522 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 2007-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
1522 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1413 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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 Jun 1, 7:32 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 7:32 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 3:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
325 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-021100-
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-
325 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...

SUBSIDENCE HAS PREVENTED STORM INITIATION ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS
AFTERNOON.  HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS AND
SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING
AS STORMS NEAR CHILDRESS SLIDE INTO THE AREA.  IN ADDITION...
ELEVATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. THESE STORMS
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS
NORTH TEXAS FROM WEST TO EAST. MOST ACTIVITY SHOULD BE NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 20.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH
TEXAS SATURDAY AND WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD SUNDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY AS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE REGION.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS FROM
SOME OF THE STORMS THROUGH MONDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING BEGINNING IN THE
NORTHWEST AND MOVING EAST ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT WITH
ACTIVATION MOST LIKELY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
555 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

TXZ100-101-115-020000-
YOUNG-JACK-STEPHENS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO...
BRECKENRIDGE
555 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

AT 550 PM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
FREDERICK OKLAHOMA TO SEYMOUR TO MUNDAY TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WILL MOVE EAST
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS ACROSS JACK...YOUNG...AND STEPHENS
COUNTIES WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 7
PM. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH...AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

SCHULTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:32 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
732 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

TXZ091-020100-
MONTAGUE TX-
732 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  MONTAGUE COUNTY

AT 732 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WICHITA FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

ON ITS PRESENT COURSE...THIS SEVERE STORM WILL MOVE INTO MONTAGUE
COUNTY AFTER 8 PM...AND MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY AFFECTING BOWIE...
NOCONA...ST. JO...FORESTBURG AND STONEBURG.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

IF THIS STORM MAINTAINS ITS INTENSITY...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING
WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR MONTAGUE COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 3386 9796 3349 9794 3346 9751 3387 9750

07/BB
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:47 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
747 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

TXZ115-020115-
STEPHENS TX-
747 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

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

AT 747 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES EAST OF
THROCKMORTON TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALBANY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL TEND TO MOVE MORE EAST-SOUTHEAST THROUGH 830 PM
AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO NORTHERN STEPHENS COUNTY.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BRECKENRIDGE.

IF THIS STORM CONTINUES ON ITS PRESENT COURSE...A SEVERE WEATHER
WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR STEPHENS COUNTY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.  VERY FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

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

LAT...LON 3296 9907 3253 9906 3251 9860 3294 9860

07/BB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung62 min
Jun 1, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague28 min
Jun 1, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDStephens28 min
Jun 1, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens67 min
Jun 1, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung65 min
Jun 1, 8:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack, Palo Pinto27 min
Jun 1, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens65 min
Jun 1, 9:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke, Jack, Montague, Wise28 min
Jun 1, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland65 min
Jun 1, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto59 min
Jun 1, 9:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke, Jack, Montague, Wise30 min
Jun 1, 10:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton, Wise26 min
Jun 1, 10:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath37 min
Jun 1, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland46 min
Jun 1, 10:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDComanche26 min
Jun 1, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker31 min
Jun 1, 11:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin, Tarrant37 min
Jun 1, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker58 min
Jun 1, 11:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant35 min
Jun 1, 11:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath63 min
Jun 1, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood, Johnson, Somervell27 min
Jun 1, 11:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath38 min
Jun 1, 11:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant35 min
Jun 2, 12:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin, Hunt, Rockwall37 min
Jun 2, 12:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis, Hill, Johnson26 min
Jun 2, 12:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton, Wise34 min
Jun 2, 1:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke, Denton, Grayson, Montague, Wise34 min
Jun 2, 2:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDStephens, Young30 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.