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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 378, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2008, 4:18 AM CDT for Kaufman County, Rains County, Van Zandt County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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
- Aug 15, 2008, 4:18 AM CDT (09:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2008, 5:02 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kaufman County, TX, Rains County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 312 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
- 1268 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 11:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack, Montague, Young | 58 min |
| Aug 15, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Grayson, Tarrant | 56 min |
| Aug 15, 2:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant | 66 min |
| Aug 15, 3:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Denton, Rockwall, Tarrant | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bosque, Dallas, Ellis, Hill, Hood, Johnson and 5 more | 67 min |
| Aug 15, 4:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Denton, Johnson, Parker, Rockwall and 2 more | 2 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.