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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 20, 2010Ellis County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2010, 5:14 PM CDT for Ellis County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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
May 20, 2010, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 2010, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Ellis County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 20, 11:57 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 12:00Z on 2010-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2918 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2010-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 212 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2918 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
10.0

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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 May 20, 3:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 3:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
308 PM CDT THU MAY 20 2010

...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...
SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON AND IS LIKELY TO EXTEND INTO THE EVENING HOURS OVER THE
EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE CWA. THE COLD FRONT
IS STILL WORKING SOUTHWARD AND WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM
SOUTH OF COMANCHE TO NEAR SEAGOVILLE AT 2 PM. TO THE NORTH...RADAR
SHOWS AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM WESTERN DENTON COUNTY TO NORTH
DALLAS...AND SEEMS TO EXTEND ALONG I-20 BETWEEN DALLAS AND
LONGVIEW. INSTABILITY AND SHEAR HAVE BE SIGNIFICANT AROUND THE
TRIPLE POINT (COLD FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY JUNCTION) THIS
AFTERNOON...AND SEE NO REASON THIS CONVECTION WILL END BEFORE
EARLY EVENING. IT MIGHT EVEN EXPAND SOUTHWESTWARD ALONG THE COLD
FRONT AS AREAS WEST OF I-35 REACH CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE AND THE
CAP STRENGTH GOES TO ZERO. AFTERWARDS...UPPER TROUGH (700/500MB)
AXIS SLIDES EAST OF THE CWA AND CONVECTION MOVES FURTHER INTO EAST
TEXAS AND LOUISIANA. WILL LINGER A SLIGHT CHANCE OVER THE
SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

THE GFS HAS BEEN BEST WITH THE COLD FRONT MOVEMENT TODAY AND WILL
FOLLOW ITS GUIDANCE FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS PLACES THE FRONT
ALONG A CANTON TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE BY MIDNIGHT...PROVIDED
CONVECTION DOES NOT SEND THE EASTERN PORTION FURTHER SOUTH. IT
SHOULD RETREAT NEAR I-20 BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY.

NOT MUCH TO ADD ABOUT DAYS 3-7. THE EURO...CANADIAN AND GFS ALL
BUILD AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE REGION FRIDAY. THIS RIDGE TAKE UP
RESIDENT OVER THE LOWER/MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER THIS WEEKEND THROUGH
THIS WEEKEND AS A LONG WAVE TROUGH OCCUPIES THE WESTERN CONUS AND
SOUTHEASTERN STATES. THIS PATTERN WILL PROVIDE NORTH TEXAS WITH A
PERIOD OF LITTLE OR NO CONVECTION...SOUTHERLY WINDS AND
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. WE/RE LIKELY TO SEE MID 90S THROUGH
SUNDAY WITH UPPER HEIGHTS RISING...THEN SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER
NEXT WEEK AS UPPER HEIGHTS FALL A LITTLE IN ADVANCE OF THE WESTERN
UPPER TROUGH.   75

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  71  94  74  93  74 /  10   5   5  10  10
WACO, TX              72  92  73  93  72 /  30   5   5  10  10
PARIS, TX             62  88  69  90  70 /  10   5   5  10  10
DENTON, TX            64  92  70  92  71 /  10   5   5  10  10
MCKINNEY, TX          64  91  71  91  70 /  10   5   5  10  10
DALLAS, TX            71  93  74  93  74 /  10   5   5  10  10
TERRELL, TX           69  91  71  92  71 /  20   5   5  10  10
CORSICANA, TX         70  91  72  91  71 /  70   5   5  10  10
TEMPLE, TX            70  90  71  93  71 /  20   5   5  10  10
MINERAL WELLS, TX     65  92  70  92  69 /  10   5   5  10  10

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

69/75
Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 3:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
354 PM CDT THU MAY 20 2010

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-211215-
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-
354 PM CDT THU MAY 20 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN LIKELY ACROSS AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS
GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 THROUGH
THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE AND CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING OUTFLOW WINDS. AN ISOLATED
TORNADO THREAT ALSO EXISTS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATE
THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUESTED TODAY ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. THE
MOST LIKELY AREAS THAT WILL NEED TO ACTIVATE THROUGH THIS EVENING
AREA AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35.

CAVANAUGH

In the hours before

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Local storm report, May 20, 5:01 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
501 PM CDT THU MAY 20 2010

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0425 PM     HAIL             3 NW KERENS             32.16N  96.27W
05/20/2010  E1.25 INCH       NAVARRO            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL 3 MI NW OF KERENS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 4:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland36 min
May 20, 5:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Erath55 min
May 20, 5:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hood, Somervell65 min
May 20, 6:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson56 min
May 20, 7:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis37 min
May 20, 8:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLamar111 min
May 20, 11:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin24 min
May 20, 11:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant29 min
May 20, 12:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas30 min
May 20, 12:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins47 min
May 20, 12:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant34 min
May 20, 12:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHopkins, Hunt3 hr
May 20, 12:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant54 min
May 20, 12:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHopkins28 min
May 20, 1:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas3 hr
May 20, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas64 min
May 20, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman54 min
May 20, 2:07 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis38 min
May 20, 2:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis47 min
May 20, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Kaufman66 min
May 20, 3:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDEllis112 min
May 20, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Navarro62 min
May 20, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis, Navarro45 min
May 20, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson65 min
May 20, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDNavarro38 min
May 20, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Navarro47 min
May 20, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro60 min
May 20, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Henderson, Navarro60 min
May 20, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro49 min
May 20, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFreestone, Navarro41 min
May 20, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill52 min
May 20, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Navarro47 min
May 20, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro62 min
May 20, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque56 min
May 20, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson46 min
May 20, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill61 min
May 20, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone, Limestone65 min
May 20, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHill, Limestone, Navarro49 min
May 20, 6:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHamilton28 min
May 20, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFreestone32 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.