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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 3, 2007Hood County, Texas

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3958 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2007-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
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

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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 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.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 7:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Dallas3 hr
Apr 3, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant57 min
Apr 3, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson61 min
Apr 3, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas56 min
Apr 3, 8:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDSomervell23 min
Apr 3, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant52 min
Apr 3, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell59 min
Apr 3, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDTarrant25 min
Apr 3, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas, Mills65 min
Apr 3, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson39 min
Apr 3, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque66 min
Apr 3, 9:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDelta23 min
Apr 3, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis63 min
Apr 3, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton57 min
Apr 3, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill77 min
Apr 3, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro53 min
Apr 3, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, Hamilton37 min
Apr 3, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan50 min
Apr 3, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls60 min
Apr 3, 11:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMilam, Robertson37 min
Apr 3, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone, Robertson76 min
Apr 4, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls33 min
Apr 4, 1:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDAnderson36 min
Apr 4, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson52 min
Apr 4, 2:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLeon23 min
Apr 4, 3:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLeon35 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.