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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2008, 3:38 AM CDT for Collin County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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 4, 2008, 3:38 AM CDT (08:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2008, 4:09 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Collin County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 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, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 1834 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
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 4, 3:37 AM CDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 3:37 AM CDT, 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 337 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008 ZONES WILL BE DELAYED SLIGHTLY AS CONVECTIVE WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE RECONFIGURED FROM THE SPC WITHIN THE HOUR. .DISCUSSION...COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO SURGE SOUTHWARD THIS MORNING AND CAN CLEARLY BE SEEN ON RADAR JUST SOUTH OF THE METROPLEX. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE FRONT WHERE PLENTY OF ELEVATED INSTABILITY RESIDES. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. FRONT WILL CONTINUE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING SO WILL HAVE HIGHEST POPS MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA THROUGH MIDDAY THEN SHOW THINGS TAPERING OFF. EXPECT CLOUDS TO LINGER AROUND FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE DAY THEN THINGS SHOULD BEGIN TO CLEAR OUT BY THIS EVENING. UPPER S/W RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ROUND OF ACTIVITY WILL DEPART THE AREA TODAY...BUT PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN RATHER PROGRESSIVE AND UNSETTLED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. NEXT SHOT FOR ANY THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TO BE ON MONDAY AFTERNOON WHEN A S/W SWINGS THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS. MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED...BUT FORCING ALONG DRYLINE AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY MAY BE ENOUGH TO GENERATE SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION. BETTER RAIN CHANCES APPEAR TO BE TOWARD THE MIDDLE/END OF THE WEEK...ON WED/THU WHEN WESTERN US FLOW BECOMES MORE AMPLIFIED AND A DEEPER TROF DIGS INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. ALL OF THE MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE INDICATES A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING OVER WEST TEXAS LATE WEDNESDAY WITH A COUPLE OF SHOTS AT THUNDERSTORMS BY WED AFTN AND THURSDAY. HAVE RAISED POPS SLIGHTLY FOR THIS TIMEFRAME AND WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 64 45 72 52 77 / 50 5 0 5 5 WACO, TX 67 46 75 53 79 / 80 5 0 5 5 PARIS, TX 59 42 69 49 73 / 70 5 0 5 5 DENTON, TX 63 43 71 51 75 / 40 5 0 5 5 MCKINNEY, TX 63 43 71 51 75 / 50 5 0 5 5 DALLAS, TX 64 46 72 53 77 / 60 5 0 5 5 TERRELL, TX 64 45 70 52 77 / 70 5 0 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 65 45 72 52 78 / 90 5 0 5 5 TEMPLE, TX 68 47 76 52 80 / 80 5 0 5 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && DUNN
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 3:30 PM CDT, 12 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 330 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008 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- 330 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR...WITH A SLIGHT RISK ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS NORTHWESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE VERY LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. LATER THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND AFFECT ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A SOUTHWARD MOVING COLD FRONT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED TORNADO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS BEFORE MIDDAY FRIDAY. SOME LINGERING SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING SOUTHEAST OF A CANTON TO TEMPLE LINE. OTHERWISE THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS DURING THE DAY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO NORTH TEXAS MONDAY AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUESTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. 92
In the hours before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
327 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008
TXZ104-040900-
COLLIN TX-
327 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
COLLIN COUNTY
AT 327 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE COLONY...MOVING EAST AT
39 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ALLEN...ANNA...CELINA...
FAIRVIEW...FARMERSVILLE...FRISCO...LOWRY CROSSING...LUCAS...
MCKINNEY...PLANO...PRINCETON AND PROSPER.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3298 9683 3340 9682 3340 9639 3339 9637
3336 9638 3334 9636 3335 9633 3333 9630
3319 9628
TIME...MOT...LOC 0827Z 248DEG 34KT 3309 9689
77/TLDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 54 min |
| Apr 3, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Lamar | 63 min |
| Apr 3, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 11:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Montague | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 11:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Montague | 22 min |
| Apr 3, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 63 min |
| Apr 3, 11:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Grayson | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 11:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 66 min |
| Apr 4, 12:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 12:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Montague | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 1:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 37 min |
| Apr 4, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 64 min |
| Apr 4, 1:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Grayson | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 2:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Palo Pinto | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 2:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Wise | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 2:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 2:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta, Fannin, Lamar | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 2:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hopkins | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 2:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 23 min |
| Apr 4, 2:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 3:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Tarrant | 37 min |
| Apr 4, 3:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hopkins | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 3:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 3:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Coryell | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 3:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lampasas, Mills | 24 min |
| Apr 4, 3:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Van Zandt | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 4:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Coryell, Hamilton, Mills | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 4:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 4:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hill | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 5:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Johnson | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 6:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 56 min |
| Apr 4, 7:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Milam | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 8:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Robertson | 24 min |
| Apr 4, 8:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Robertson | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 8:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 9:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 9:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Robertson | 24 min |
| Apr 4, 9:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 9:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls | 30 min |
| Apr 4, 9:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Limestone | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 9:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Leon | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 1:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 7 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 13 hr |
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.