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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 348, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2008, 8:28 PM CDT for Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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 25, 2008, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2008, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Tarrant County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 7 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
- 1225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2226 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 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 25, 6:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 6:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 648 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 .AVIATION...MOST OF THE SHOWER/TSTM ACTIVITY IS NOW CONFINED TO THE SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING. THERE ARE A FEW LINGERING WEAK SHOWERS IN THE METROPLEX...BUT THESE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVER THE HOUR OR SO. WILL PREVAIL VFR CONDS THROUGH THE EVENING. WILL KEEP THE TEMPO MVFR CIGS FOR MORNING CLOUDINESS IN FROM 13-16Z AS GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR BKN CIGS. 91/DUNN && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 513 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008/ AN UPDATE WAS SENT TO INCLUDE ISOLATED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR THE METROPLEX WEST AND SOUTHWESTWARD. THESE SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE BEFORE SUNSET. #58 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 308 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008/ NORTH TEXAS REMAINS IN A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN WITH SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL AND THE MAIN STORM TRACK WELL TO THE NORTH. CURRENTLY WE ARE LOCATED IN A WEAKNESS IN THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGING...WITH ONE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER LOCATED OVER NORTHERN MEXICO AND ANOTHER OVER FLORIDA. THIS KEEPS TEXAS IN THE PATH OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING CLOCKWISE AROUND THE NORTHERN MEXICO RIDGE. MCV WHICH HAS BEEN PRODUCING RETURNS OVER THE WESTERN COUNTIES TODAY IS SLOWLY MOVING EAST AND BEING SHEARED OUT AS IT DOES SO. A FEW STORMS HAVE ERUPTED PARTIALLY DUE TO DIFFERENTIAL HEATING ALONG THE COMPLEXS NORTHERN EDGE...FROM NEAR JACKSBORO TO NOCONA. OTHERWISE THE MOST LIKELY SPOT FOR CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN ZONES WHERE A HEALTHY CU FIELD HAS DEVELOPED. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE RELATIVELY HIGH DEWPOINTS AND EASTWARD MOVING MVC...CANNOT RULE OUT STORMS ANYWHERE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS OVER THE NW AND SE WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ELSEWHERE THROUGH 00Z. LOW CHANCES FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION ARE IN PLACE AGAIN TOMORROW FRIDAY AFTERNOONS...MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST WHERE MOISTURE QUALITY IS HIGHEST. BY SATURDAY THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN SHIFTS AS A STRONG SHORTWAVE MOVES FROM CANADA INTO THE MIDWEST. THE RESULT WILL BE A RELATIVELY DEEP TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CONUS. THE ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STALL IN THE VICINITY OF THE RED RIVER...AIDING IN SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TUESDAY. IT CURRENTLY LOOKS AS IF AREAS NORTH OF I-20 STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF RECEIVING RAIN WITH THIS EVENT. SH/13 && .CLIMATE...HEAVY DEW RESULTED IN ERRONEOUS PRECIPITATION AT WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 10. THERE WAS NO RAINFALL THAT DAY. THE CORRECTED JUNE PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR WACO IS 0.07 INCHES. THE TOTAL FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR IS 16.82 INCHES. WEBPAGES HAVE BEEN AMENDED...AND ALL FUTURE DAILY CLIMATE REPORTS (CLIACT) WILL REFLECT THIS ADJUSTMENT. 25 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 76 97 77 95 77 / 10 10 5 5 10 WACO, TX 77 97 75 97 76 / 10 10 10 10 10 PARIS, TX 72 93 72 94 74 / 20 30 10 10 10 DENTON, TX 74 96 77 96 77 / 20 10 5 5 10 MCKINNEY, TX 73 96 76 94 76 / 20 10 5 5 10 DALLAS, TX 78 96 79 96 78 / 10 10 5 5 10 TERRELL, TX 75 94 74 95 74 / 20 20 10 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 74 94 74 93 74 / 20 20 10 10 10 TEMPLE, TX 75 93 74 94 74 / 20 10 10 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 3:16 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 316 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-261100- 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- 316 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WILL REACH STRONG TO SEVERE LIMITED THROUGH SUNSET STRONG WITH GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL...AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE DRIFTS ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL TEXAS. STORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS FAR WESTERN AND SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS DURING THIS TIME. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE NEAR THE RED RIVER AND OVER FAR EASTERN NORTH TEXAS THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR EASTERN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER ACROSS NAMELY THE EASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH SUNSET FOR ISOLATED...STRONG STORMS CONTAINING DOWNBURSTS WITH VERY GUSTY WINDS. 05/
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 25, 3:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
548 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008
TXZ162-252315-
LEON TX-
548 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EAST CENTRAL LEON COUNTY
AT 548 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES NORTH OF MADISONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 13 MPH. OTHER ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS ARE LOCATED ACROSS
SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF LEON COUNTY.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN LEON
COUNTY.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3128 9571 3120 9575 3116 9573 3114 9578
3110 9577 3109 9600 3124 9601 3145 9572
3133 9565
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 246DEG 11KT 3123 9586
82/JLDSpecial weather statement, Jun 25, 6:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
617 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008
TXZ135-146-252345-
HENDERSON TX-NAVARRO TX-
617 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHEASTERN NAVARRO COUNTY
WESTERN HENDERSON COUNTY
AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF GUN BARREL CITY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 9 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CANEY CITY...ENCHANTED
OAKS...GUN BARREL CITY...KERENS...TOOL AND TRINIDAD.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3226 9589 3202 9617 3214 9634 3236 9613
3236 9604 3236 9603
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 216DEG 8KT 3216 9618
82/JLDSpecial weather statement, Jun 25, 6:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 656 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 TXZ122-260030- VAN ZANDT TX- 656 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHWESTERN VAN ZANDT COUNTY AT 656 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES EAST OF GUN BARREL CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 9 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE PURTIS CREEK STATE PARK. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3236 9581 3236 9607 3251 9599 3241 9577 TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 216DEG 8KT 3238 9596 82/JLD
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 8:04 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 804 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 TXZ118-260130- TARRANT TX- 804 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL TARRANT COUNTY AT 804 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FORT WORTH...HALTOM CITY... HURST...NORTH RICHLAND HILLS...RICHLAND HILLS AND WATAUGA. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3290 9726 3280 9711 3269 9730 3278 9740 TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 231DEG 11KT 3277 9729 82/JLD
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 8:13 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
813 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008
TXZ104-260145-
COLLIN TX-
813 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWESTERN COLLIN COUNTY
AT 813 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF MCKINNEY...MOVING NORTH AT 8
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CELINA AND PROSPER.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3324 9662 3322 9684 3324 9683 3340 9683
3339 9680 3340 9679 3340 9656 3340 9655
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 191DEG 7KT 3334 9670
82/JLDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 26 min |
| Jun 25, 8:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin | 32 min |
| Jun 25, 8:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Tarrant | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 8:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 8:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Johnson | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 53 min |
| Jun 25, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 12 min |
| Jun 25, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 26 min |
| Jun 25, 9:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 95 min |
| Jun 25, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin | 26 min |
| Jun 25, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 27 min |
| Jun 25, 10:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Hamilton | 118 min |
| Jun 26, 12:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Mills | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Hamilton | 3 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.