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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 341, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2008, 8:19 AM CDT for Ellis County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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
- Jun 19, 2008, 8:19 AM CDT (13:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2008, 8:56 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Ellis County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 296 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 19, 5:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 5:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 544 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 .AVIATION... 544 AM CDT COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS 60NM NW OF KDFW AND CONTINUING TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 20-25 KTS. THIS ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS IT APPROACHES THE METROPLEX TAF SITES 13-15Z. HOWEVER...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS TARRANT COUNTY WELL AHEAD OF THE STORM COMPLEX...AND THIS WILL ALSO AFFECT KFTW...KAFW...AND PERHAPS KDFW BETWEEN NOW AND 13Z. BOTTOM LINE FOR THE METROPLEX AIRPORTS IS THE INCLUSION OF TEMPO THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO 35 KTS THROUGH ABOUT 14-15Z BEFORE ACTIVITY QUICKLY DIMINISHES/MOVES EAST OF AREA. WILL KEEP KACT DRY SINCE THAT AREA SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH OF THIS MORNINGS ACTIVITY. /09 && .DISCUSSION... 410 AM CDT THE MCS THAT EXTENDED NORTH OF A THROCKMORTON TO PAULS VALLEY OKLAHOMA LINE AS 09Z...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH SOUTHEAST DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATER THIS MORNING. HAVE PLACED LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST...AND TAPERED THEM OFF TO SLIGHT CHANCE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST FOR THIS MORNING. WHATEVER OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THAT ARE LEFT OVER MAY BE THE FOCI FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE JUST PLACED 20 PERCENT POPS AREAWIDE FOR THE AFTERNOON. WE WILL CONTINUE THE MCS TRAIN TONIGHT...WITH ANOTHER ONE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE NORTH TEXAS. ONCE AGAIN THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTH WITH LOWER CHANCES SHOULD START TO SHIFT EAST ON FRIDAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCES OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. SOME LOW CHANCES WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY ACROSS THE EAST. AFTERWARDS...WE SHOULD SEE A COUPLE OF DAYS...BEFORE WE SEE SOME LOW CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE RED RIVER MONDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL BE SOME VERY LOW CHANCES ACROSS NEAR THE RED RIVER TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... BUT MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE TO THE NORTH SO WILL HOLD OFF ON MENTIONING THIS FOR NOW. AS A SHORTWAVE AND COLD FRONT APPROACH THURSDAY...WE SHOULD SEE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD THURSDAY AND AREAWIDE THURSDAY NIGHT. #58 .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 93 74 91 73 94 / 40 50 30 20 10 WACO, TX 96 74 94 71 94 / 30 30 30 20 10 PARIS, TX 87 68 84 67 89 / 20 60 50 30 20 DENTON, TX 92 71 88 70 91 / 40 50 30 20 10 MCKINNEY, TX 90 69 87 68 91 / 30 50 40 20 10 DALLAS, TX 91 74 90 72 93 / 30 50 30 20 10 TERRELL, TX 91 71 89 70 91 / 30 40 40 30 20 CORSICANA, TX 94 73 91 71 92 / 30 30 30 30 20 TEMPLE, TX 96 73 94 71 94 / 30 20 20 20 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 58/58
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 6:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 650 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-192145- 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- 650 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS. THE RISK AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM COMANCHE TO FRANKLIN. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL SPREAD FROM THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA SOUTHEAST INTO THE CORSICANA AND PALESTINE AREAS THIS MORNING. THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AFTER 11 AM AS IT CONTINUES MOVING SOUTHEAST. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS DAYTIME HEATING DESTABILIZES THE ATMOSPHERE. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE AGAIN TONIGHT AS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SPREAD SOUTHEAST FROM OKLAHOMA. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH CHANCES CONTINUING ACROSS EASTERN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS ON SATURDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT...MAINLY IN AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE NEEDED FOR PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 7:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 718 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 TXZ119-134-191315- DALLAS TX-ELLIS TX- 718 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY NORTH CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY AT 718 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF DESOTO TO 3 MILES EAST OF PECAN HILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 7 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE DESOTO...DUNCANVILLE... FERRIS...GLENN HEIGHTS...HUTCHINS...LANCASTER...OAK LEAF...OVILLA... RED OAK AND WILMER. 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 NOON CDT THURSDAY FOR EASTERN TEXAS. LAT...LON 3258 9658 3239 9675 3260 9698 3274 9684 TIME...MOT...LOC 1218Z 311DEG 6KT 3261 9682 85/NH
Local storm report, Jun 19, 7:45 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 67 min |
| Jun 19, 4:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 5:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 61 min |
| Jun 19, 5:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke, Montague | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 5:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 24 min |
| Jun 19, 5:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke, Montague | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 6:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Wise | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 6:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Palo Pinto | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 6:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Tarrant | 116 min |
| Jun 19, 6:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton, Tarrant | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 6:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Montague, Wise | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 6:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 6:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 67 min |
| Jun 19, 7:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Wise | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 7:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 7:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 67 min |
| Jun 19, 7:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 26 min |
| Jun 19, 7:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Ellis | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 8:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hill | 23 min |
| Jun 19, 8:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 8:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Navarro | 117 min |
| Jun 19, 8:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Navarro | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 9:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Limestone | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 9:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin, Grayson | 119 min |
| Jun 19, 9:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 10:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Rains | 26 min |
| Jun 19, 10:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Rains | 2 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.