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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 3, 2008Anderson County, Henderson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 2008, 5:59 AM CST for Anderson County, Henderson County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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
Mar 3, 2008, 5:59 AM CST (11:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2008, 7:00 AM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Anderson County, TX, Henderson County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:02 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 3, 1:57 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 2008-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1534 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1534 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
335 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
10.5

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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 Mar 3, 5:05 AM CST, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 5:05 AM CST, 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 4:02 AM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
402 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-041200-
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-
402 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH 6 PM
DUE TO NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A
GAINESVILLE TO CLEBURNE TO ATHENS LINE THROUGH NOON. 1 TO 3 INCHES
OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WITHIN
THE WATCH AREA.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON ACROSS NORTH
TEXAS. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60
MPH ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH INTO
SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
MEANWHILE...LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 20 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
AROUND AN INCH OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON ELEVATED AND GRASSY SURFACES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

SCHULTZ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 3, 5:12 AM CST, 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 6:18 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJohnson27 min
Mar 2, 6:26 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin34 min
Mar 2, 6:48 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant27 min
Mar 2, 7:18 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant27 min
Mar 2, 7:52 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas23 min
Mar 2, 8:00 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin30 min
Mar 2, 8:11 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton34 min
Mar 2, 8:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin24 min
Mar 2, 9:06 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland, Stephens, Young24 min
Mar 2, 9:07 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin23 min
Mar 2, 9:45 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung30 min
Mar 2, 9:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung46 min
Mar 2, 10:03 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant27 min
Mar 2, 10:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens45 min
Mar 2, 10:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Stephens50 min
Mar 2, 11:07 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack, Wise23 min
Mar 2, 11:10 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDPalo Pinto35 min
Mar 2, 11:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague55 min
Mar 2, 11:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker61 min
Mar 3, 12:09 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke, Denton, Grayson, Wise36 min
Mar 3, 12:41 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant64 min
Mar 3, 12:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Tarrant29 min
Mar 3, 12:50 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin, Denton, Grayson55 min
Mar 3, 2:29 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBrown61 min
Mar 3, 3:05 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMills55 min
Mar 3, 3:21 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath24 min
Mar 3, 3:44 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHamilton31 min
Mar 3, 3:48 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCoryell27 min
Mar 3, 3:50 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDSomervell25 min
Mar 3, 4:30 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin33 hr
Mar 3, 4:52 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan23 min
Mar 3, 4:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Falls, Limestone, McLennan62 min
Mar 3, 5:13 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDelta, Hopkins, Lamar32 min
Mar 3, 5:16 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDNavarro29 min
Mar 3, 5:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone, Navarro67 min
Mar 3, 5:45 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMilam, Robertson30 min
Mar 3, 6:01 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt29 min
Mar 3, 6:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt46 min
Mar 3, 6:21 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLeon, Robertson24 min
Mar 3, 6:55 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin25 hr
Mar 3, 8:18 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt29 hr
Mar 3, 8:18 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall25 hr
Mar 3, 10:12 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell, Falls, McLennan33 min
Mar 3, 10:45 AM CSTSnow AdvisoryFWDCollin, Comanche, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 23 more17 hr
Mar 3, 11:26 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDNavarro34 min

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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.