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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 14, 2008Bell County, Milam County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2008, 9:36 PM CDT for Bell County, Milam County, Texas. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2008, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2008, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bell County, TX, Milam County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 9:42 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Holland, TXPUBLIC REPORT OF PENNY HAIL NEAR HWY 95

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 14, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 2008-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 726 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
726 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KFWD 150236
SVRFWD
TXC027-331-150330-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0310.080515T0236Z-080515T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
936 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  MILAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 936 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLLAND...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROGERS BY 950 PM
  THORNDALE BY 1010 PM
  CAMERON BY 1020 PM
  ROCKDALE BY 1030 PM

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNING AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

LAT...LON 3074 9727 3083 9751 3107 9722 3083 9677
      3047 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 297DEG 26KT 3082 9742

$$

25
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KFWD 150256
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
955 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

TXC027-331-150330-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-080515T0330Z/
BELL TX-MILAM TX-
955 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR MILAM AND SOUTHEASTERN BELL COUNTIES...

AT 955 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 
MILES SOUTH OF ROGERS...MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH. NICKEL-SIZE HAIL WAS 
REPORTED IN LITTLE RIVER ACADEMY AT 953 PM. A CARPORT WAS DAMAGED IN 
SALADO EARLIER WITH THIS STORM.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BUCKHOLTS AND THORNDALE BY 1005 PM CDT...
  CAMERON BY 1020 PM CDT...
  ROCKDALE BY 1025 PM CDT...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE 
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY 
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
200 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3074 9727 3082 9749 3107 9722 3093 9696
      3092 9696 3092 9695 3083 9677 3047 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 288DEG 27KT 3087 9721

$$
000 
WWUS54 KFWD 150311
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1011 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

TXC027-150321-
/O.CAN.KFWD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-080515T0330Z/
BELL TX-
1011 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
200 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3074 9727 3078 9732 3098 9713 3099 9711
      3093 9696 3092 9696 3083 9677 3047 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 288DEG 27KT 3083 9708

$$

TXC331-150330-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-080515T0330Z/
MILAM TX-
1011 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR MILAM COUNTY...

AT 1011 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUCKHOLTS...MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CAMERON BY 1020 PM CDT...
  ROCKDALE BY 1025 PM CDT...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3074 9727 3078 9732 3098 9713 3099 9711
      3093 9696 3092 9696 3083 9677 3047 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 288DEG 27KT 3083 9708

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland42 min
May 14, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLampasas40 min
May 14, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMills30 min
May 14, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche, Eastland41 min
May 14, 7:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell37 min
May 14, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLampasas25 min
May 14, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDStephens30 min
May 14, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Coryell, Lampasas62 min
May 14, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche, Erath39 min
May 14, 8:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDPalo Pinto28 min
May 14, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche, Erath, Hamilton51 min
May 14, 9:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBell3 hr
May 14, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell64 min
May 14, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Coryell, Hamilton28 min
May 14, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam61 min
May 14, 10:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin, Dallas, Hunt, Johnson, Rockwall64 min
May 14, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson54 min
May 14, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis48 min
May 14, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon56 min
May 14, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam43 min
May 15, 12:10 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFreestone2 hr
May 15, 12:20 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDRobertson115 min
May 15, 12:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHopkins, Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt23 min
May 15, 12:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas7 hr
May 15, 12:41 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDLeon3 hr
May 15, 2:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall30 hr
May 15, 1:18 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDMilam32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.