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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX

February 10, 2009Hood County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 2009, 8:02 PM CST for Hood County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 2009, 8:02 PM CST (02:02 UTC)
Expired
Feb 10, 2009, 9:00 PM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Hood County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 10, 8:18 PM CSTHAIL 1Oak Trail Shores, TXWIND GUST TO 43 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN.
Feb 10, 8:25 PM CSTHAIL 1.75Tolar, TX
Feb 10, 8:54 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG3 S Granbury, TXHWY 144 SOUTH...POLES AND POWER LINES DOWN OVER THE ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 10, 3:37 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 2009-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1515 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2009-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 302 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1515 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
763 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
302 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.9
Supercell composite
10.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KFWD 110202
SVRFWD
TXC221-110300-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0021.090211T0202Z-090211T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
802 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HOOD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CST

* AT 802 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16
  MILES SOUTH OF LIPAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LIPAN BY 810 PM
  GRANBURY AND OAK TRAIL SHORES BY 825 PM

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNING AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

LAT...LON 3256 9762 3233 9761 3232 9779 3224 9794
      3228 9796 3251 9806 3255 9806
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 235DEG 36KT 3229 9800

$$

92
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KFWD 110226
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
826 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

TXC221-110300-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090211T0300Z/
HOOD TX-
827 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST
FOR HOOD COUNTY...

AT 827 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRANBURY TO
7 MILES SOUTH OF TOLAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3256 9762 3233 9761 3232 9779 3224 9794
      3228 9796 3251 9806 3255 9806
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 235DEG 36KT 3256 9765 3230 9790

$$

82/JLD
000 
WWUS54 KFWD 110248
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
848 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

TXC221-110300-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090211T0300Z/
HOOD TX-
848 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST
FOR EASTERN HOOD COUNTY...

AT 848 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE 
COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3224 9794 3241 9789 3256 9776 3256 9763
      3255 9762 3233 9761 3232 9779
TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 235DEG 36KT 3260 9747 3234 9772

$$

82/JLD
000 
WWUS54 KFWD 110259
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
859 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

TXC221-110309-
/O.EXP.KFWD.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090211T0300Z/
HOOD TX-
859 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HOOD COUNTY EXPIRES AT
900 PM CST...

AT 859 PM CST THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING MOVED
OUT OF THE AREA AND THE WARNING EXPIRED.

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZED HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS 
UP TO 50 MPH WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3224 9794 3241 9789 3256 9776 3256 9763
      3255 9762 3233 9761 3232 9779
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 235DEG 36KT 3266 9736 3240 9761

$$

82/JLD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 6:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague41 min
Feb 10, 6:15 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland30 min
Feb 10, 6:19 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDMontague26 min
Feb 10, 6:32 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack28 min
Feb 10, 6:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Montague, Wise39 min
Feb 10, 6:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young22 min
Feb 10, 6:55 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland35 min
Feb 10, 7:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack30 min
Feb 10, 7:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto55 min
Feb 10, 7:07 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDStephens, Young23 min
Feb 10, 7:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche24 min
Feb 10, 7:13 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDMontague47 min
Feb 10, 7:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath67 min
Feb 10, 7:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Montague, Wise20 min
Feb 10, 7:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack18 min
Feb 10, 7:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Stephens26 min
Feb 10, 7:37 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDMontague23 min
Feb 10, 7:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Hamilton, Mills65 min
Feb 10, 7:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker64 min
Feb 10, 7:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise61 min
Feb 10, 7:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Montague, Wise43 min
Feb 10, 7:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Montague52 min
Feb 10, 8:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Coryell, Erath, Hamilton, Lampasas67 min
Feb 10, 8:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise62 min
Feb 10, 8:19 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDHamilton26 min
Feb 10, 8:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Tarrant34 min
Feb 10, 8:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke46 min
Feb 10, 8:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Somervell53 min
Feb 10, 8:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hill47 min
Feb 10, 8:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Grayson51 min
Feb 10, 8:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant62 min
Feb 10, 9:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, McLennan59 min
Feb 10, 9:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Denton59 min
Feb 10, 9:10 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDTarrant20 min
Feb 10, 9:17 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDHill28 min
Feb 10, 9:30 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDCollin, Denton16 min
Feb 10, 9:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Hill, Navarro57 min
Feb 10, 9:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls66 min
Feb 10, 9:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone58 min
Feb 10, 9:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam54 min
Feb 10, 9:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall65 min
Feb 10, 10:03 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDCollin16 min
Feb 10, 10:06 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDFreestone, Limestone24 min
Feb 10, 10:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro57 min
Feb 10, 10:28 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone32 min
Feb 10, 10:33 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRobertson27 min
Feb 10, 10:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt65 min
Feb 10, 10:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon, Robertson49 min
Feb 10, 10:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson, Leon53 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.