Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2009, 9:43 AM CDT for Kaufman 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2009, 9:43 AM CDT (14:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2009, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kaufman County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1544 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 544 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 715 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.1
- Supercell composite
- 55.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KFWD 111443
SVRFWD
TXC257-111545-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0310.090611T1443Z-090611T1545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
943 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
KAUFMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
* AT 943 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TERRELL TO 16 MILES WEST OF
CRANDALL...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
CRANDALL BY 1000 AM
KAUFMAN AND COTTONWOOD BY 1020 AM
GRAYS PRAIRIE BY 1025 AM
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND
STAY INSIDE...AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS STREETS...DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT.
&&
LAT...LON 3243 9607 3244 9647 3245 9648 3255 9651
3274 9652 3282 9652 3282 9609
TIME...MOT...LOC 1443Z 285DEG 32KT 3272 9631 3265 9672
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KFWD 111458
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
958 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009
TXC257-111545-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-090611T1545Z/
KAUFMAN TX-
958 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY...
AT 958 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CRANDALL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CRANDALL BY 1005 AM CDT...
LAWRENCE BY 1010 AM CDT...
TERRELL AND ROSSER BY 1020 AM CDT...
POST OAK BEND CITY AND COTTONWOOD BY 1025 AM CDT...
KAUFMAN AND OAK RIDGE BY 1030 AM CDT...
OAK GROVE AND GRAYS PRAIRIE BY 1035 AM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3243 9607 3244 9647 3245 9648 3255 9651
3274 9652 3282 9652 3282 9609
TIME...MOT...LOC 1458Z 294DEG 19KT 3267 9648
$$000
WWUS54 KFWD 111516
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1016 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009
TXC257-111545-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-090611T1545Z/
KAUFMAN TX-
1016 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY...
AT 1016 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
WEST OF POST OAK BEND CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
KAUFMAN...OAK RIDGE AND COTTONWOOD BY 1025 AM CDT...
OAK GROVE AND GRAYS PRAIRIE BY 1030 AM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3243 9607 3244 9647 3245 9648 3255 9651
3274 9652 3282 9652 3282 9609
TIME...MOT...LOC 1516Z 299DEG 20KT 3262 9637
$$000
WWUS54 KFWD 111549
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1049 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009
TXC257-111558-
/O.EXP.KFWD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-090611T1545Z/
KAUFMAN TX-
1049 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY EXPIRED AT 1045
AM CDT...
AT 1048 AM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING
WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE. HOWEVER...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF KEMP...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3243 9607 3244 9647 3245 9648 3255 9651
3274 9652 3282 9652 3282 9609
TIME...MOT...LOC 1516Z 299DEG 20KT 3262 9637
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Hamilton | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 7:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin, Dallas | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Rockwall | 39 min |
| Jun 10, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Hunt | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton, Mills | 65 min |
| Jun 10, 7:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Comanche, Erath, Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Rockwall | 17 min |
| Jun 10, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro, Van Zandt | 60 min |
| Jun 10, 8:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin, Kaufman, Rockwall | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 8:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Ellis | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Lamar, Rains, Van Zandt | 84 min |
| Jun 10, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Henderson, Van Zandt | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker | 27 min |
| Jun 10, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 17 min |
| Jun 10, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Palo Pinto | 25 min |
| Jun 10, 9:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Freestone | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 66 min |
| Jun 10, 10:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bell | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls, Milam | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 10:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Tarrant | 118 min |
| Jun 10, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 11:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 12:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Kaufman | 27 min |
| Jun 11, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Henderson | 26 min |
| Jun 11, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 23 min |
| Jun 11, 2:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 2:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 118 min |
| Jun 11, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 66 min |
| Jun 11, 2:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 3:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Kaufman | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 3:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 119 min |
| Jun 11, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 3:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Henderson | 66 min |
| Jun 11, 3:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 4:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 66 min |
| Jun 11, 4:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 4:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Henderson | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 4:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Ellis | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 5:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Henderson | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 5:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone, Navarro | 53 min |
| Jun 11, 5:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Denton, Tarrant, Wise | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 53 min |
| Jun 11, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 6:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Denton | 53 min |
| Jun 11, 7:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin | 113 min |
| Jun 11, 7:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Kaufman | 23 min |
| Jun 11, 7:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 7:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 7:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 53 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 36 min |
| Jun 11, 8:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Tarrant | 112 min |
| Jun 11, 8:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Henderson | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 8:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 9:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker | 26 min |
| Jun 11, 9:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 9:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 9:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson | 23 min |
| Jun 11, 10:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 10:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 11:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 11:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Van Zandt | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 11:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Rockwall | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 11:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Kaufman | 70 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.