Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2007, 1:43 PM CDT for Palo Pinto County, Texas. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2007, 1:43 PM CDT (18:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2007, 2:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Palo Pinto County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:42 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 762 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KFWD 131843
SVRFWD
TXC363-131945-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0004.070313T1843Z-070313T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
143 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
PALO PINTO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
* AT 141 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINERAL WELLS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MINERAL WELLS AND 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAFORD BY 200 PM
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL PASSED.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND
STAY INSIDE...AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL PASSED.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS STREETS...DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
LAT...LON 3272 9842 3262 9816 3281 9805 3300 9806
3301 9822
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KFWD 131901
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
201 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007
TXC363-131945-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070313T1945Z/
PALO PINTO TX-
201 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN PALO PINTO COUNTY...
AT 201 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINERAL WELLS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3286 9829 3260 9818 3267 9806 3281 9805
3300 9806 3299 9841
$$000
WWUS54 KFWD 131920
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
220 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007
TXC363-131930-
/O.CAN.KFWD.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070313T1945Z/
PALO PINTO TX-
220 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN PALO PINTO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 220 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING
WEAKENED AND MOVED INTO PARKER COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING FOR PALO
PINTO COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3286 9829 3260 9818 3267 9806 3281 9805
3300 9806 3299 9841
$$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 Mar 13, 12:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 12:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1230 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007 .18Z AVIATION UPDATE...CLOUDS SCATTERING OUT ACROSS THE METROPLEX TAF SITES...BUT MVFR CIGS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASING MOISTURE ARE HEADED NORTH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALSO BEGINNING TO DEVELOP MAINLY TO THE SOUTHWEST WITH THE AFTN HEATING. TAFS WILL BE TRICKY WITH AFTN CONVECTION EXPECTED...AND COMPLEX OF SHOWERS/TSTMS HEADED NORTH FROM SOUTH TEXAS. WILL HAVE VFR CIGS PREVAILING THROUGH EARLY AFTN...THEN SHOW LOWERING TO ARND 3KFT BY 21Z WITH SOME VCSH. ALTHOUGH PRECIP IS RATHER WIDESPREAD NOW...EXPECT COVERAGE TO INCREASE SO WILL HAVE TEMPO FOR LATE AFTN CONVECTION IN THE METROPLEX SITES. RAIN WILL PERSIST A LITTLE LONGER OVERNIGHT FARTHER SOUTH AT WACO. MVFR CIGS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND LIGHT WINDS. WILL ALSO SHOW LOWERING VSBYS TOWARD MORNING. 91/DUNN && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1150 AM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007/ UPDATE...GRIDS WERE UPDATED TO REMOVE DENSE FOG ADVISORY EARLIER. NO SIG CHANGES TO THE FORECAST OTHER THAN SOME MINOR POP CONFIGURATION CHANGES THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CWA THROUGH THE NIGHT. 91 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ121-122-135-145>148-158>162-174-175. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 1:30 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 130 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-141100- MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL- NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS- LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- 130 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS SOUTH AND WEST OF A SHERMAN TO SULPHUR SPRINGS LINE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS. A FEW OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM TERREL TO HILLSBORO TO KILLEEN. MUCH OF THIS AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LAMPASAS TO DALLAS TO PARIS LINE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TO ASSIST WITH SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING. DUNN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 12:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1220 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007
TXZ129-131745-
EASTLAND TX-
1220 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EASTLAND COUNTY
AT 1220 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES SOUTH OF CISCO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CARBON...CISCO AND EASTLAND.
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.
LAT...LON 3242 9911 3210 9911 3210 9892 3232 9848
3251 9880Special weather statement, Mar 13, 12:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1236 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007 TXZ130-131800- ERATH TX- 1236 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... ERATH COUNTY AT 1236 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF COMANCHE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE DUBLIN AND STEPHENVILLE. IF THIS STORM CONTINUES ON ITS PRESENT COURSE...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR PARTS OF ERATH COUNTY BY 100 PM. LAT...LON 3222 9851 3199 9834 3222 9795 3249 9811
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 12:54 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1254 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007
TXZ115-116-131830-
PALO PINTO TX-STEPHENS TX-
1254 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
PALO PINTO COUNTY
EASTERN STEPHENS COUNTY
AT 1254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RANGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GORDON AND POSSUM KINGDOM
STATE 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
FOR PARTS OF PALO PINTO AND STEPHENS COUNTIES.
LAT...LON 3252 9889 3252 9816 3286 9816 3293 9838
3290 9868Special weather statement, Mar 13, 1:16 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 116 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007 TXZ131-131845- HOOD TX- 116 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... HOOD COUNTY AT 116 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF STEPHENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GRANBURY AND OAK TRAIL SHORES. IF THIS STORM CONTINUES ON ITS PRESENT COURSE...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR PARTS OF HOOD COUNTY AFTER 130 PM. LAT...LON 3255 9805 3225 9794 3239 9759 3256 9762 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 1:33 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 133 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007 TXZ116-131900- PALO PINTO TX- 133 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTHERN PALO PINTO COUNTY AT 133 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINERAL WELLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GRAFORD AND MINERAL WELLS. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3262 9850 3265 9807 3300 9804 3300 9821 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 3:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | Anderson, Bell, Falls, Freestone, Henderson, Hill and 8 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 13, 5:41 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | Anderson, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 12:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Eastland | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 12:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Erath | 24 min |
| Mar 13, 12:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Palo Pinto | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 61 min |
| Mar 13, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hood | 29 min |
| Mar 13, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Palo Pinto | 27 min |
| Mar 13, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Wise | 35 min |
| Mar 13, 2:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Wise | 33 min |
| Mar 13, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lampasas | 32 min |
| Mar 13, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 30 min |
| Mar 13, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lampasas | 33 min |
| Mar 13, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Coryell | 58 min |
| Mar 13, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Johnson | 35 min |
| Mar 13, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lampasas | 35 min |
| Mar 13, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 59 min |
| Mar 13, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 64 min |
| Mar 13, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hill | 53 min |
| Mar 13, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke | 34 min |
| Mar 13, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 26 min |
| Mar 13, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Johnson | 27 min |
| Mar 13, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Limestone | 63 min |
| Mar 13, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 29 min |
| Mar 13, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bosque | 62 min |
| Mar 13, 4:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 3 hr |
| Mar 13, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Johnson | 34 min |
| Mar 13, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 32 min |
| Mar 13, 4:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone, McLennan | 3 hr |
| Mar 13, 4:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 115 min |
| Mar 13, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 61 min |
| Mar 13, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Ellis | 37 min |
| Mar 13, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin | 35 min |
| Mar 13, 5:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 53 min |
| Mar 13, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 56 min |
| Mar 13, 5:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Kaufman | 31 min |
| Mar 13, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hunt, Rockwall | 30 min |
| Mar 13, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hunt | 62 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.