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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2007, 7:50 PM CDT for Hood County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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
- Apr 3, 2007, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2007, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hood County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 3958 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1051 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
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 Apr 3, 6:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 6:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 603 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 .UPDATE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING FROM PLANO...THROUGH HAMILTON... TO FREDERICKSBURG. HAVE UPDATED THE FORECAST TO INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 116. #58 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 526 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007/ AVIATION... BUBBLING CU INDICATE CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP ANY TIME NOW. HAVE LEFT ANY RA/TS MENTION OUT OF METROPLEX...BUT WILL WATCH THIS CLOSELY AS THE EVENING EVOLVES. BETTER BET FOR TSRA WILL BE AT WACO BETWEEN 05 AND 12Z AS SQUALL LINE DEVELOPS ALONG COLD FRONT. WIND SHIFT WILL COME THRU METROPLEX TAF SITES SOON...BUT GUSTY NE WINDS WILL ARRIVE A LITTLE LATER...AROUND 05Z. GUSTY WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE BEFORE DYING DOWN TOMORROW MIDDAY. BKN-OVC VFR EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD...BUT SHOULD BEGIN TO BREAK UP TOMORROW MIDDAY AS WELL. /13 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 343 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007/ DISCUSSION... AFTERNOON SOUNDING CONTINUES TO INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. IF THE CAP IS BROKEN...THERE IS AMPLE ENERGY AND INSTABILITY ALOFT TO SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. FORECASTED HIGHER POPS IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF CWA THROUGH TONIGHT AS THE FRONT TAPS INTO THE MOISTURE. ANTICIPATE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO LINGER THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE THE SYSTEM PUSHES SOUTH OF THE REGION. MODELS WERE IN GOOD AGREEMENT REGARDING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD. I AGREE WITH COOLING TREND AS WINDS QUICKLY PICK UP OUT OF THE NORTH AFTER FROPA. CONDITIONS WILL BE DRY FOR A FEW DAYS...BUT ANOTHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA AND MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THE DESERT SOUTHWEST LATER IN THE WEEK. ISENTROPIC LIFT EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY THE END OF THE WEEK...SO WILL HAVE 20 TO 30 POPS IN FORECAST ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THROUGH THE WEEK DUE TO SOME DISAGREEMENT IN MODELS TOWARD END OF THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WILL BE 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL WITH A WARM UP EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 52 65 47 62 44 / 30 10 10 10 20 WACO, TX 57 67 49 66 47 / 40 20 10 10 20 PARIS, TX 49 64 45 61 43 / 40 10 10 10 30 DENTON, TX 51 65 46 62 42 / 20 10 10 10 20 MCKINNEY, TX 51 66 46 62 43 / 30 10 10 10 20 DALLAS, TX 52 65 47 62 45 / 30 10 10 10 20 TERRELL, TX 54 66 47 64 46 / 40 10 10 10 20 CORSICANA, TX 57 67 49 65 46 / 40 20 10 10 20 TEMPLE, TX 57 68 51 66 49 / 40 20 10 10 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 13/58
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 7:35 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 735 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-041200- 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- 735 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF NORTH TEXAS AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. STORMS HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF BECOMING SEVERE GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PARIS...TO AZLE...TO COMANCHE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. BY MIDNIGHT AND AFTER...THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH. GUSTY NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 15 TO 25 MPH BEHIND THE FRONT WILL LIKELY MAKE AREA LAKES VERY CHOPPY ON OPEN WATERS AND CAUSE CROSSWIND PROBLEMS ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY MORNING SOUTH OF A LAMPASAS...WACO...ATHENS LINE...BUT THE SEVERE THREAT WILL BE MINIMAL. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY... BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT. AT THIS TIME...THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK LOOKS MINIMAL DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES OF MOISTURE AVAILABILITY AND INSTABILITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE SLIGHT RISK AREA TONIGHT. 13
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 3, 7:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 57 min |
| Apr 3, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 56 min |
| Apr 3, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Somervell | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Somervell | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas, Mills | 65 min |
| Apr 3, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 66 min |
| Apr 3, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 63 min |
| Apr 3, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 57 min |
| Apr 3, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 77 min |
| Apr 3, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell, Hamilton | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Milam, Robertson | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone, Robertson | 76 min |
| Apr 4, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 1:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 2:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Leon | 23 min |
| Apr 4, 3:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Leon | 35 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.