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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 1, 2007Stephens County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2007, 9:10 PM CDT for Stephens 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 1, 2007, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2007, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stephens County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, 8:51 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 8:51 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
851 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

.AVIATION...
THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX THAT EXTENDED NORTHWEST OF A KADM...KRPH...
KABI LINE AS OF 0130Z...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
AS THIS ACTIVITY MOVES FARTHER EAST...IT WILL BE RUNNING INTO LESS
UNSTABLE AIR. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY AFFECT METROPLEX TAF SITES
AFTER 05Z...BUT THE WORST OF THE STORMS WILL REMAIN TO THE WEST
OF THE TAF SITES. OTHERWISE...ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDS FROM SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS ACROSS
THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE TO NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AS OF 01Z.
EVEN THOUGH THE FRONT NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTH
TEXAS...SOME OF THE STORMS MAY AFFECT THE METROPLEX TAF SITES
TOWARD DAYBREAK. MVFR CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 06Z
IN THE WACO AREA AND SPREAD NORTH INTO THE METROPLEX BY 09Z.
CEILINGS WILL IMPROVE TO VFR BY MIDDAY...OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
#58

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 732 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007/

AVIATION...
THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX EXTENDED FROM KSPS....TO 40 NW OF KABI
AS 0015Z...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 KNOTS. SOME
OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY AFFECT METROPLEX TAF SITES AFTER 0330Z.
OTHERWISE...ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE/NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA THAT MAY AFFECT
THE METROPLEX TAF SITES TOWARD DAYBREAK. MVFR CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP AFTER 06Z IN THE WACO AREA AND SPREAD NORTH INTO THE
METROPLEX BY 09Z. CEILINGS WILL IMPROVE TO VFR BY MIDDAY...OUTSIDE
OF THUNDERSTORMS. #58

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 600 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007/

UPDATE...
600 PM CDT

UPDATE TO INCLUDE SVA 325. ALSO INCREASED POPS IN NW ZONES...AND
INCLUDED MENTION OF SVR/+RA WHERE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT. 25

PREV DISCUSSION...
318 PM CDT

CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN INHIBITED SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON...
POSSIBLY BECAUSE OF INCREASING CAP. HOWEVER...THE SHORTWAVE
CURRENTLY MOVING INTO WEST TEXAS WILL MOVE EAST THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT AND LEAD TO WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT (MCS) JUST
TO W AND NW OF FWD CWA. MCS-GENESIS IS APPARENTLY UNDERWAY WITH
LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF CHILDRESS AT THIS TIME.

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS
NORTHWEST ZONES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS REGION OF LARGE
SCALE LIFT MOVES OVER FAVORABLE THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES.
HOWEVER...THE MAIN WEATHER STORY NEXT 12-18 HOURS WILL BE THE
POTENTIALLY SEVERE MCS THAT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF
NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. EXACT TRACK STILL UNCERTAIN...BUT CURRENT
PROPAGATION VECTORS AND THICKNESS LINES SUGGEST THAT SOUTHERN EDGE
OF THE MCS WILL TRACK FROM ROUGHLY BRECKENRIDGE TO DFW TO CANTON
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS IN THE RED
RIVER COUNTIES AND TAPER TO HIGH CHANCE DFW METROPLEX AND THEN
SLIGHT CHANCE AT WACO. WILL MENTION THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND
SEVERE WEATHER ALONG AND NORTH OF THE BRECKENRIDGE-DFW-CANTON LINE.
MORE DETAILS ON STORM THREATS TO BE OUTLINED IN HWOFWD PRODUCT.

MCS WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING EARLY SATURDAY ACROSS NORTHEAST
ZONES...AND WILL KEEP POPS HIGH IN THE MORNING. SUBSEQUENT
AFTERNOON DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY LESS CERTAIN
SINCE MOST OF NORTH TEXAS MAY BE IN SUBSIDENCE REGION BEHIND
DEPARTING SHORTWAVE. WILL CARRY ONLY CHANCE POPS INTO THE
AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY...WITH HIGHEST VALUES IN CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN ZONES.

REPEAT MCS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH INITIATION MOST
LIKELY WEST OF CWA...AGAIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING AND
ALSO SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY MORNING. WILL PLACE HIGHEST POPS IN THE
SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ZONES FOR THESE PERIODS...BUT THERE IS TOO
MUCH UNCERTAINTY WITH LOCATION AND TIMING TO GO MUCH HIGHER THAN
40-50 POPS IN ANY PERIOD.

AFTER A CHANCE OF STORMS TUESDAY IN THE SOUTHERN ZONES...STILL
EXPECTING A PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS FOR
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY PERIOD OF NEXT WEEK. INCREASED MID LEVEL
RIDGING AHEAD OF A WESTERN U.S. TROUGH LIKELY TO INHIBIT
CONVECTION. HOWEVER... ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES AND
HUMIDITIES WILL BE LIKELY AND MID-LATE WEEK PERIOD MAY BE THE
FIRST ROUND OF SUMMER-LIKE CONDITIONS FOR NORTH TEXAS. /09

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  69  82  67  88  69 /  50  40  30  30  40
WACO, TX              71  85  68  90  67 /  20  40  30  20  50
PARIS, TX             67  80  64  87  65 /  50  60  30  30  30
DENTON, TX            68  82  65  89  64 /  50  40  40  30  40
MCKINNEY, TX          68  82  64  88  64 /  50  50  30  30  30
DALLAS, TX            69  82  69  88  69 /  50  40  30  30  40
TERRELL, TX           69  81  67  88  69 /  40  40  30  30  30
CORSICANA, TX         69  83  67  88  69 /  30  40  30  20  40
TEMPLE, TX            70  87  68  90  69 /  20  40  30  20  50

&&

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

58/58/58
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 3:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 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, 3 hours 15 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, 1 hour 38 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, 1 hour 23 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
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 8:18 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
818 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

TXZ101-116-020145-
JACK TX-PALO PINTO TX-
818 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  JACK COUNTY
  PALO PINTO COUNTY

AT 818 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 23 MILES
NORTH OF JACKSBORO TO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRECKENRIDGE...MOVING
EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

ON ITS PRESENT COURSE THESE STORMS WILL ENTER WESTERN SECTIONS OF
PALO PINTO AND JACK COUNIES THROUGH 9 PM AFFECTING BRYSON...GORDON
...GRAFORD...JACKSBORO...MINERAL WELLS AND BOATERS ON POSSUM
KINGDOM LAKE.

IF THIS STORM CONTINUES ON ITS PRESENT COURSE...A SEVERE WEATHER
WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

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

LAT...LON 3342 9838 3299 9842 3252 9858 3255 9808
      3343 9794
Local storm report, Jun 1, 9:02 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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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, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague54 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, 9:17 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

Nearby

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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.