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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 340, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2009, 8:56 PM CDT for Hill County, Johnson County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hill County, TX, Johnson County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 3698 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 13.8
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 Jun 12, 5:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 5:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 553 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009 .AVIATION... SCT...SVR STORMS DEVELOPED OFF W-CENTRAL TX DRYLINE AS EXPECTED...THOUGH ONE SUPERCELL DEVELOPED FURTHER EAST OVER JACK CO AND IS NOW MOVING SE AROUND 10-15 KTS AND HAVE JUST AMD ALL D/FW TAF SITES FOR ARRIVAL OF STORMS WITH TEMPO IFR/GUSTY NW WINDS BTWN 23Z- 01Z...WITH LINGERING VCSH LATER THIS EVE TOWARD 06Z. THIS WILL GIVE THE AIRPORTS FITS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND WILL LIKELY COORD AND ISSUE AWW IN NEXT 15 MINS AFTER COORD CALLS. OTRW...VFR CONDS WITH SELY FLOW 8-12 KTS EXPECTED OVRNGT THROUGH SAT AS BROAD LOW PRESSURE SITUATES OVER W TX/PANHANDLE REGION IN VCNTY OF DRYLINE. NEW 00Z TAF ISSUANCE LIKELY WILL REMAIN THE SAME...JUST WITH ADDITIONAL TIME FCST FRO 21Z SAT-06Z SUN. 05/ && .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, 5 hours 11 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
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 12, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 7:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hood | 22 min |
| Jun 12, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood | 66 min |
| Jun 12, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson, Somervell | 71 min |
| Jun 12, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 51 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.