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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 10, 2008Rains County, Van Zandt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2008, 5:12 AM CDT for Rains County, Van Zandt County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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 10, 2008, 5:12 AM CDT (10:12 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2008, 6:15 AM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Rains County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:12 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 10, 3:54 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2061 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 237 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 337 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.9
Supercell composite: 22.7

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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 10, 3:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 3:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED TYPO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
347 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

.DISCUSSION...
SECOND ROUND OF SEVERE STORMS NOW MOVING QUICKLY WEST TO EAST
THROUGH NORTH TEXAS. A STOUT SQUALL LINE EXTENDS FROM NEAR
GAINESVILLE...TO CLEBURNE...TO GATESVILLE. FORWARD SPEED IS AROUND
50 KTS. THIS COMBINED WITH THE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LINE
ITSELF HAS BEEN CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE IN THE FORM OF TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN AS WELL AS SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. REPORTS OF WIND
SPEEDS TO 80 MPH ARE COMMON. HAIL AND TORNADO REPORTS HAVE BEEN
SCARCE...ALTHOUGH A FEW CELLS ARE EXHIBITING ROTATION. THE SEVERE
WEATHER SHOULD BE JUST EAST OF THE CWA COINCIDENT WITH THE
EXPIRATION OF THE TORNADO WATCH AT 6 AM.  NEW TOR WATCH WILL BE
ISSUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS NOT IN THE CURRENT WATCH.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT...ALTHOUGH SPEED OF THE SYSTEM
HAS SO FAR PRECLUDED MANY FLOODING PROBLEMS.

GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SHOW WIND SPEEDS IN THE 20-30 KT RANGE THIS
AFTERNOON AS THE SURFACE LOW SWINGS TO OUR NORTH. HAVE ALREADY
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH 9 PM. GUSTS TO
40 MPH ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN HALF
OF THE FORECAST AREA. WINDS SHOULD DIE DOWN AS SURFACE LOW PULLS
OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AND PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES.

THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST LOOKS MUCH TAMER WITH NO POPS IN THE
FORECAST AFTER TODAY. SPRAWLING SURFACE HIGH WILL OCCUPY MUCH OF
THE CENTRAL U.S. INCLUDING NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE 7 DAY FORECAST.

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ALONG WITH CLEARING SKIES SHOULD HELP
TEMPS TODAY REACH THE LOWER 80S AT MOST LOCATIONS. FROPA WILL
OCCUR TOMORROW MORNING KNOCKING HIGH TEMPS BACK INTO THE 60S AND
70S FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. CONTINUED NORTH WINDS ON THE WESTERN
SIDE OF THE DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG WITH ANOTHER SHOT
OF COLD AIR WILL KEEP TEMPS DOWN SUNDAY AS WELL. MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY LOOK NICE AS TEMPERATURES REBOUND INTO THE 70S.  SH/13

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  81  50  70  46  68 /  20   5   0   0   0
WACO, TX              84  52  75  47  70 /  20   5   0   0   0
PARIS, TX             79  49  68  43  64 /  60  10   0   0   0
DENTON, TX            81  47  70  43  67 /  20   5   0   0   0
MCKINNEY, TX          80  47  69  45  66 /  30   5   0   0   0
DALLAS, TX            82  53  72  47  68 /  20   5   0   0   0
TERRELL, TX           80  53  70  45  65 /  40  10   0   0   0
CORSICANA, TX         83  54  72  46  68 /  30  10   0   0   0
TEMPLE, TX            83  54  74  46  72 /  20   5   0   0   0

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES:
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>120-129.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 4:27 AM CDT, 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
427 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-111100-
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-
427 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ROUGHLY THE
EASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS AS A STRONG SQUALL LINE MOVES THROUGH.
THE HAZARDS THROUGH THIS MORNING WILL BE VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 20 THROUGH THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 4
INCHES POSSIBLE.

BEHIND THE SYSTEM...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL
OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 10, 4:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
406 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0404 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N STEPHENVILLE        32.29N  98.22W
04/10/2008                   ERATH              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED 5 MILES NORTH OF STEPHENVILLE
            ALONG 108 AND 426. ALSO NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE
            COUNTY

Local storm report, Apr 10, 4:18 AM CDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
418 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0417 AM     TSTM WND GST     MCKINNEY                33.20N  96.65W
04/10/2008  E87 MPH          COLLIN             TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            EAST SIDE OF MCKINNEY

Local storm report, Apr 10, 4:26 AM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
426 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0332 AM     TSTM WND DMG     DALLAS                  32.79N  96.77W
04/10/2008                   DALLAS             TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LARGE TOWERING TERE SPLIT TO BASE NORTH DALLAS

Local storm report, Apr 10, 4:32 AM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
432 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0431 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ADDISON                 32.96N  96.84W
04/10/2008                   DALLAS             TX   PUBLIC

            DAMAGE TO SEVERAL CARPORTS AND 1-FT. DIAMETER TREE
            KNOCKED DOWN.

Local storm report, Apr 10, 4:37 AM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
437 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0330 AM     TSTM WND DMG     BURLESON                32.53N  97.33W
04/10/2008                   JOHNSON            TX   SELECT

            NUMEROUS POWER FLASHES IN BURLESON. POWER POLES DOWN

Local storm report, Apr 10, 4:52 AM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
452 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0335 AM     TSTM WND DMG     EULESS                  32.85N  97.08W
04/10/2008                   TARRANT            TX   PUBLIC

            ROOF OFF APARTMENT COMPLEX IN EULESS ALONG SAGEBRUSH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Jack, Wise	47 min
Apr 9, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	31 min
Apr 9, 7:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke, Denton	27 min
Apr 9, 7:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Denton, Wise	42 min
Apr 9, 8:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Cooke, Denton	38 min
Apr 9, 8:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	53 min
Apr 9, 9:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	115 min
Apr 10, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	60 min
Apr 10, 1:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	56 min
Apr 10, 1:29 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more	18 hr
Apr 10, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	53 min
Apr 10, 2:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche	46 min
Apr 10, 2:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	32 hr
Apr 10, 2:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	43 hr
Apr 10, 2:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack	34 min
Apr 10, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	46 min
Apr 10, 2:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	39 min
Apr 10, 2:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke	35 min
Apr 10, 2:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Erath	25 min
Apr 10, 2:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke	4 hr
Apr 10, 2:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	39 min
Apr 10, 2:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Somervell	39 min
Apr 10, 2:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hamilton	43 min
Apr 10, 3:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Somervell	15 min
Apr 10, 3:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson, Parker, Tarrant	57 min
Apr 10, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lampasas	39 min
Apr 10, 3:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Johnson	35 min
Apr 10, 3:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Wise	44 min
Apr 10, 3:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill	57 min
Apr 10, 3:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis	64 min
Apr 10, 3:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant	28 min
Apr 10, 3:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas	36 min
Apr 10, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin	63 min
Apr 10, 3:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	24 min
Apr 10, 3:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls, Milam	49 min
Apr 10, 3:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	31 min
Apr 10, 4:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls, Hill, Limestone, McLennan	56 min
Apr 10, 4:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman, Rockwall	67 min
Apr 10, 4:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Hunt	60 min
Apr 10, 4:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls	44 min
Apr 10, 4:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Henderson, Navarro	67 min
Apr 10, 4:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone	72 min
Apr 10, 4:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Lamar	54 min
Apr 10, 4:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone	47 min
Apr 10, 5:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	52 hr
Apr 10, 5:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone	38 min
Apr 10, 5:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson	52 min
Apr 10, 5:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins	29 min
Apr 10, 5:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	91 min
Apr 10, 6:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam, Robertson	26 min
Apr 10, 6:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson	36 min
Apr 10, 6:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls, Limestone, Robertson	30 min
Apr 10, 9:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	34 hr

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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.