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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 3, 2007Bell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2007, 7:10 PM CDT for Bell County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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 3, 2007, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2007, 8:01 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bell County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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 3, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 2007-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1567 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1567 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1342 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.5

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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 3, 6:43 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 6:43 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 2:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
215 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-041100-
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-
215 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH TEXAS
THROUGH THIS EVENING...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A GOLDTHWAITE TO ATHENS LINE.
SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL THE PRIMARY
THREATS.

LATER TONIGHT...A COMPLEX OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
MOVE EAST FROM WEST TEXAS...AND AFFECT MAINLY SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF
NORTH TEXAS AFTER MIDNIGHT...SOUTH OF A COMANCHE TO PALESTINE LINE.
DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY
THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH TEXAS MONDAY
MORNING ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DIMINISHING.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
MONDAY AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN LATE
TONIGHT ACROSS THE RISK AREA.

07

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
246 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

TXZ160-032015-
FALLS TX-
246 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN FALLS COUNTY

AT 246 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTH OF CAMERON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 MPH. A STRONGER STORM IS LOCATED IN BELL COUNTY...BETWEEN TROY
AND TEMPLE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM MAY AFFECT
SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF FALLS COUNTY...AND A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LOTT AND ROSEBUD.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3124 9714 3116 9719 3100 9708 3112 9685

SCHULTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
317 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

TXZ160-032045-
FALLS TX-
317 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL FALLS COUNTY

AT 317 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTH OF CAMERON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ROSEBUD.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST BELL COUNTY
INTO NORTH CENTRAL MILAM COUNTY.

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND
WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE STORM MOVING OVER FAR
SOUTH WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL FALLS COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3114 9699 3105 9713 3100 9707 3109 9689

SCHULTZ
Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
334 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 2007

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

0333 PM     HAIL             5 N CAMERON             30.93N  96.98W
06/03/2007  E0.75 INCH       MILAM              TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            PENNY SIZE HAIL 5 MILES NORTH OF CAMERON
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
446 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

TXZ174-032215-
MILAM TX-
446 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHERN MILAM COUNTY

AT 446 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF ROCKDALE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ROCKDALE.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...HALF
INCH SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3081 9692 3068 9721 3052 9707 3068 9675

SCHULTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:12 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 1:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBurnet25 min
Jun 4, 2:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLampasas57 min
Jun 4, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin, Denton55 min
Jun 4, 2:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRains34 min
Jun 4, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas25 min
Jun 4, 2:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant28 min
Jun 4, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Denton53 min
Jun 4, 3:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRobertson25 min
Jun 4, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin, Kaufman, Rockwall60 min
Jun 4, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant34 min
Jun 4, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRains26 min
Jun 4, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas63 min
Jun 4, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Rockwall59 min
Jun 4, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt, Rains55 min
Jun 4, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMilam34 min
Jun 4, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam46 min
Jun 4, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman55 min
Jun 4, 4:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin67 min
Jun 4, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis30 min
Jun 4, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHopkins26 min
Jun 4, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDelta33 min
Jun 4, 4:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRobertson56 min
Jun 4, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague33 min
Jun 4, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt63 min
Jun 4, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam, Robertson45 min
Jun 4, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJohnson25 min
Jun 4, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant36 min
Jun 4, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson27 min
Jun 4, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis35 min
Jun 4, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Johnson57 min
Jun 4, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson27 min
Jun 4, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke62 min
Jun 4, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDNavarro28 min
Jun 4, 6:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton26 min
Jun 4, 6:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack23 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.