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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 332, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2009, 5:42 PM CDT for Jack County, Montague County, Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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
- Jun 12, 2009, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2009, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jack County, TX, Montague County, TX, Wise County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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 12, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 2338 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -263 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
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 Jun 12, 5:31 PM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 5:31 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 531 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009 .UPDATE... WE/VE EXPANDED THE TORNADO WATCH EASTWARD A FEW COUNTIES. IT NOW RUNS WEST OF A SHERMAN-DENNISON TO WAXAHACHIE...GATESVILLE... LAMPASAS LINE. CLUSTER OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER JACK COUNTY WILL MOVE EAST ABOUT 15 MPH AND THROUGH WISE COUNTY. WE ARE EXPECTING THIS MOVEMENT TO BECOME MORE SOUTHEASTERLY WITH TIME AND HEAD FOR THE NORTHERN METROPLEX 700-730 PM. 75 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 358 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009/ THUNDERSTORMS ARE JUST STARTING TO FIRE ALONG THE DRYLINE AS OF 2045Z. A TORNADO WATCH HAS RECENTLY BEEN ISSUED TO COVER THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A GAINESVILLE...WEATHERFORD...LAMPASAS LINE. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST AT 20-25 MPH...WITH THE SUPERCELLS TRACKING SOUTHEAST. HAVE KEPT THE BEST POPS FOR THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS TEXAS. WE WILL SEE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AREAWIDE TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT. CHANCES SUNDAY WILL ONLY BE ALONG THE RED RIVER. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD IN MONDAY THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK...WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES...AND MORNING LOWS IN THE 70S. 58 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 77 96 76 97 76 / 30 20 30 10 10 WACO, TX 78 98 76 98 76 / 20 20 20 10 5 PARIS, TX 74 94 74 94 74 / 30 20 30 20 10 DENTON, TX 76 96 74 97 74 / 30 20 30 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 75 96 74 96 72 / 30 20 30 20 10 DALLAS, TX 79 96 78 97 78 / 30 20 30 10 5 TERRELL, TX 76 96 76 96 75 / 30 20 20 10 5 CORSICANA, TX 75 97 75 96 75 / 20 20 20 10 5 TEMPLE, TX 74 97 74 97 74 / 20 20 20 10 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 05/75
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 3:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 345 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-131100- 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- 345 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH THE TRIPLE DIGITS IN SOME LOCATIONS THIS WEEKEND...THEN BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE FORTHCOMING WEEK. AT TIMES...HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY REACH 105 DEGREES OR MORE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS EVENING...PRIMARILY WEST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR. ADDITIONAL ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ELSEWHERE. 25
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 12, 5:40 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
540 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0529 PM TORNADO 5 S JACKSBORO 33.15N 98.15W
06/12/2009 JACK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
TORNADO LASTED ABOUT 4-5 MINUTESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 7:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 20 min |
| Jun 11, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lampasas | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 9:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Milam | 22 min |
| Jun 12, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jack | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker | 52 min |
| Jun 12, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 68 min |
| Jun 12, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.