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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2008, 6:07 PM CDT for Jack County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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
- Apr 3, 2008, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jack County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 410 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 666 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 625 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
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 Apr 3, 5:57 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 5:57 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 330 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-041100- 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- 330 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR...WITH A SLIGHT RISK ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS NORTHWESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE VERY LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. LATER THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND AFFECT ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A SOUTHWARD MOVING COLD FRONT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED TORNADO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS BEFORE MIDDAY FRIDAY. SOME LINGERING SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING SOUTHEAST OF A CANTON TO TEMPLE LINE. OTHERWISE THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS DURING THE DAY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO NORTH TEXAS MONDAY AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUESTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. 92
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 3, 4:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Apr 3, 5:19 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
519 PM CDT THU APR 03 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0450 PM HAIL 7 WSW NOCONA 33.74N 97.84W
04/03/2008 E2.00 INCH MONTAGUE TX NWS EMPLOYEESpecial weather statement, Apr 3, 5:34 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 534 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008 TXZ101-032300- JACK TX- 534 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTHWESTERN JACK COUNTY AT 534 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF OLNEY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IN YOUNG COUNTY. IF THE STORM CONTINUES ON ITS PATH...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR JACK COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 3347 9842 3347 9821 3317 9819 3316 9841 TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 265DEG 39KT 3327 9872 13
Local storm report, Apr 3, 5:36 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
536 PM CDT THU APR 03 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0534 PM HAIL 6 S OLNEY 33.28N 98.76W
04/03/2008 E2.75 INCH YOUNG TX EMERGENCY MNGR
BASEBALL TO GOLF BALL SOUTH OF OLNEYSpecial weather statement, Apr 3, 5:50 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
550 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008
TXZ093-032315-
GRAYSON TX-
550 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHERN GRAYSON COUNTY
AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF WHITESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
48 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE DENISON...POTTSBORO...
HENDRIX AND EISENHOWER STATE PARK.
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 3387 9682 3383 9670 3391 9666 3389 9658
3385 9662 3381 9650 3378 9649 3378 9642
3374 9636 3366 9693 3384 9693
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 247DEG 42KT 3378 9682
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 54 min |
| Apr 3, 9:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 24 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 64 min |
| Apr 3, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Montague | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 57 min |
| Apr 3, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 66 min |
| Apr 3, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Grayson | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague, Wise | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin | 34 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.