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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2007, 7:14 PM CDT for Ellis County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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 17, 2007, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2007, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ellis County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
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 17, 6:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 6:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...AVIATION UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 609 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 .630 PM PUBLIC DISCUSSION... WE WILL ISSUE UPDATED FORECASTS IN A FEW MINUTES. WE HAVE RAISED RAIN CHANCES (POPS) CONSIDERABLY FOR THE ENTIRE AREA FOR THIS EVENING. .AVIATION... CHALLENGING START TO THE 00Z TAF CYCLE. LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO PROGRESS EASTWARD TOWARD ALL TAF SITES AT APPROX 35 MPH. ALL SITES CAN EXPECT TSRA...IFR VSBY...AND VARIABLE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THIS LINE PASSES THROUGH THE TERMINALS. RAIN ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LINE SHOULD PERSIST FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE. BKN VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AFTER 02Z AS WINDS TURN WESTERLY. BY 10Z...WE EXPECT NORTHERLY WINDS TO GUST AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST LOWER LEVELS MAY RESATURATE AS MOISTURE WRAPS AROUND THE LOW. THEREFORE...WILL CARRY MVFR CIGS AT METROPLEX SITES AFTER 10Z. ACT SHOULD BE FARTHER REMOVED FROM WRAP AROUND MOISTURE...SO WILL KEEP THEM VFR. BY LATE MORNING...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION WITH BKN VFR CONDITIONS. THANKS AGAIN TO FORT WORTH CWSU FOR COLLAB. SCHULTZ && .DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 317 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007/ UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER WEST TEXAS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. SUBSTANTIAL CLOUD COVER/FOG/DRIZZLE HAS LIMITED INSTABILITY OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CWA TODAY...BUT PARTIAL CLEARING WILL REACH THE WESTERN ZONES BEFORE SUNSET. THIS IS WHERE THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE AND IT IS WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL WITH 500 MB TEMPS FALLING BELOW -20C AND FREEZING LEVELS NEAR 10000 FT. MUCAPE PROGS SHOW ENOUGH INSTABILITY AVAILABLE FOR ELEVATED HAIL STORMS TO THE EAST OF THE CURRENT WATCH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...HOWEVER WEAKER UPDRAFT STRENGTH WILL LIKELY LIMIT HAIL SIZES TO MARGINALLY SEVERE IN THIS AREA. THIS TYPE OF SETUP CAN BE NOTORIOUS FOR PRODUCING STORMS WITH TREMENDOUS QUANTITIES OF SMALL HAIL WHICH COULD COMPLETELY COVER THE GROUND WHERE THE STRONGEST STORMS TRACK. WILL NOT MENTION ANY SEVERE THREAT OVER THE NORTHEAST 1/3RD OF THE CWA WHERE INSTABILITY BECOMES TOO WEAK FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN PEA SIZE HAIL. AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS THE BEST CHANCES OF RAIN TONIGHT WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES WHERE OVERRUNNING WILL BE ENHANCED BEHIND A WEAK SOUTHWARD MOVING FRONT. THE UPPER LOW WILL QUICKLY PUSH EAST AND RAIN CHANCES WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. RATHER PLEASANT AND SEASONABLE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE SETTLES INTO THE REGION. RETURN FLOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS THE NEXT TROUGH ENTERS THE PLAINS. IT APPEARS THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL BE TOO FAR NORTH FOR ANY DECENT CHANCE OF RAIN FOR THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND...BUT THE PROLONGED SOUTHERLY FLOW MEANS THAT TEMPERATURES WILL INCH UP TO ABOVE NORMAL ALONG WITH THE HUMIDITY. GENERALLY THE MEX MOS APPEARS REASONABLE...BUT DID BUMP TEMPS UP A COUPLE DEGREES. THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL RETURN BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH THE GFS/ECMWF INDICATING A POWERFUL UPPER LOW MUCH LIKE THE LAST TWO AFFECTING THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY. WILL KEEP POPS LOW AT THIS TIME UNTIL WE GET MORE MODEL CONSISTENCY. TR.92 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 54 72 54 80 59 / 70 0 0 0 0 WACO, TX 53 75 53 81 58 / 30 0 0 0 0 PARIS, TX 54 70 53 77 56 / 90 10 0 0 0 DENTON, TX 53 72 49 80 57 / 80 0 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 54 71 49 79 57 / 80 0 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 54 72 54 80 61 / 70 0 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 54 71 53 79 58 / 70 0 0 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 56 72 55 80 58 / 50 0 0 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 53 76 52 82 58 / 20 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 3:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 320 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-181200- 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- 320 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...PRIMARILY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND MONDAY ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THROUGHOUT NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. DUNN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 4:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 449 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 TXZ142-172215- MILLS TX- 449 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTHERN MILLS COUNTY AT 449 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROWNWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BUFFALO AND MULLIN. SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 3166 9916 3143 9915 3144 9835 3172 9848 DUNN
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 5:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
518 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007
TXZ116-130-141-172315-
PALO PINTO TX-ERATH TX-COMANCHE TX-
518 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY
ERATH COUNTY
PALO PINTO COUNTY
AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR POSSUM KINGDOM STATE
PARK TO NEAR COMANCHE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE COMANCHE...DE LEON...
DUBLIN...GORDON...GRAFORD...GUSTINE...MINERAL WELLS AND STEPHENVILLE.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE
THROUGH.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3221 9866 3230 9847 3250 9847 3251 9857
3273 9857 3300 9839 3299 9807 3248 9806
3211 9788 3194 9818 3190 9821 3186 9818
3177 9835 3178 9867
DUNNSpecial weather statement, Apr 17, 5:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
554 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007
TXZ117-180000-
PARKER TX-
554 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
PARKER COUNTY
AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN PALO PINTO
COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH PARKER COUNTY DURING THE
NEXT HOUR. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ALEDO...ANNETTA...BRIAR...
RENO...SPRINGTOWN...WEATHERFORD...WILLOW PARK AND MINERAL WELLS
STATE PARK.
SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS LINE
OF STORMS.
IF THESE STORMS INTENSIFY...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3299 9755 3266 9755 3265 9756 3256 9756
3255 9805 3299 9806
DUNNSpecial weather statement, Apr 17, 5:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 559 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 TXZ144-180000- BOSQUE TX- 559 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... BOSQUE COUNTY AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WESTERN BOSQUE COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE IREDELL...MERIDIAN AND MERIDIAN STATE PARK. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS LINE OF STORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 3204 9798 3174 9778 3188 9736 3220 9759 DUNN
Local storm report, Apr 17, 6:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
607 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM TSTM WND DMG STEPHENVILLE 32.22N 98.22W
04/17/2007 ERATH TX AMATEUR RADIO
ROOF OFF HOUSE AND TREE ON CAR IN STEPEHNVILLESpecial weather statement, Apr 17, 6:33 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 62 min |
| Apr 17, 7:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell, Falls | 67 min |
| Apr 17, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone, Navarro | 61 min |
| Apr 17, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 55 min |
| Apr 17, 8:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Kaufman | 32 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.