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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 24, 20115 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2011, 7:43 PM CDT for 5 counties in 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2011, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2011, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Hood County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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
Apr 24, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 2011-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1679 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2011-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1679 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
6.0

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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 Apr 24, 6:45 PM CDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 6:45 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
645 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

.AVIATION...
MAIN AVIATION CONCERN WILL BE THE TIMING OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE METROPLEX TAF SITES. LINEAR EXTRAPOLATION BRINGS STORMS ACROSS
THE METROPLEX TAF SITES BETWEEN 00 AND 01Z. SINCE THE LINE IS
BOWING OUT...XPECT VERY STRONG WINDS WITH HAIL POSSIBLE. STORMS
SHOULD DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND EVENTUALLY DISSIPATE BY 04Z.
EXPECT MVFR CEILING TO RETURN MONDAY MORNING WITH MORE STORM
CHANCES MONDAY AFTERNOON. A SOUTH WIND WILL PREVAIL AT SPEEDS
BETWEEN 13 AND 17 KNOTS TONIGHT AND BETWEEN 17 AND 20 KNOTS
MONDAY.

79

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 344 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011/
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS DRAPED ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHWESTERN
CORNER OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT EXTENDED
FROM JUST SOUTH OF ABILENE...TO NORTH OF BRECKENRIDGE AND BOWIE
AS OF 20Z. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FIRED UP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY AND
ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS
ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING.
GIVEN THE STRONG CAPES...STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES...EXPECT
SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH VERY LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SHEAR SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR SOME
SUPERCELLS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW TORNADOES. THERE WILL
ALSO BE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WHERE WE SEE TRAINING.
ALTHOUGH WE DID NOT ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH...HAVE MENTIONED
THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IN AREAS THAT SEE SOME
THUNDERSTORM TRAINING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WE WILL SEE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN BOTH
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AS A DRY LINE PUSHES EAST INTO NORTH TEXAS
MONDAY...AND A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY. THERE
MAY BE SOME LOW RAIN CHANCES IN THE EXTREME NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY
AS A SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS OKLAHOMA INTO ARKANSAS. FOR NOW HAVE
JUST PLACED 10 PERCENT POPS. BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE MAIN UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST...AND WE WILL SEE DRY WEATHER FOR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE
FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS NEXT
WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING A FRONT THROUGH BUT RAIN CHANCES LOOK
LOW AND HAVE OPTED NOT TO MENTION RAIN CHANCES AT THIS TIME.

58

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  70  87  64  84  62 /  50  30  20  20  30
WACO, TX              72  90  66  89  64 /  20  30  20  20  20
PARIS, TX             66  83  62  79  61 /  50  60  40  30  50
DENTON, TX            69  87  58  81  56 /  60  30  20  20  30
MCKINNEY, TX          69  86  62  79  59 /  50  40  30  20  40
DALLAS, TX            70  88  65  83  62 /  50  30  20  20  30
TERRELL, TX           69  86  66  82  62 /  30  40  30  30  40
CORSICANA, TX         69  87  67  86  64 /  20  40  30  30  30
TEMPLE, TX            71  88  67  91  62 /  20  30  20  20  20
MINERAL WELLS, TX     67  89  58  85  53 /  70  20  10  10  20

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
FOR TXZ100-101-115-116-129-130-141>143.

&&

79/58
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 3:18 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
318 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-251145-
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-
318 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH
TEXAS...BUT AREAS NORTHWEST OF A GOLDTHWAITE TO ENNIS TO EMORY
LINE WILL SEE THE BEST CHANCES. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. AREAS THAT SAW SOAKING RAINS
YESTERDAY MAY EXPERIENCE WATER ISSUES RANGING FROM NUISANCE
PONDING TO FLASH FLOODING IF SUSTAINED HEAVY RAIN OCCURS AGAIN
TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE MONDAY AND TUESDAY...MAINLY EAST OF
INTERSTATE 35. SEVERE WEATHER WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 3 PM AND MIDNIGHT EACH DAY.

THE DRY LINE MAY REACH THE I-35 CORRIDOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY...
RESULTING IN STRONG WEST WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AS
LOW AS 20 PERCENT ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THIS
WILL POSSIBLY CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THIS
REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY INITIALLY NORTHWEST OF A GOLDTHWAITE
TO ENNIS TO EMORY LINE...AND IS POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL THE REGION THIS
EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:29 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:30 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
730 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

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

0730 PM     TSTM WND GST     LAKE DALLAS             33.12N  97.03W
04/24/2011  E60 MPH          DENTON             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LAKE DALLAS
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 7:30 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
730 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

TXZ119-250100-
DALLAS TX-
730 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTY

AT 729 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
GUSTY WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO COPPELL...CARROLLTON AND
SURROUNDING AREAS.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ADDISON...CARROLLTON...
COPPELL...FARMERS BRANCH...IRVING...RICHARDSON AND UNIVERSITY PARK.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3285 9671 3285 9703 3299 9703 3300 9690
      3299 9669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 263DEG 37KT 3297 9699
Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:32 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
732 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

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

0727 PM     HAIL             LINDSAY                 33.65N  97.23W
04/24/2011  E1.00 INCH       COOKE              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER
Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:38 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
738 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

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

0737 PM     HAIL             STRAWN                  32.55N  98.50W
04/24/2011  E1.00 INCH       PALO PINTO         TX   TRAINED SPOTTER
Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:39 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
739 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

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

0734 PM     HAIL             4 SE GAINESVILLE        33.59N  97.10W
04/24/2011  E1.00 INCH       COOKE              TX   PUBLIC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Cooke, Denton, Grayson, Tarrant50 min
Apr 24, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas29 min
Apr 24, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Stephens39 min
Apr 24, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas30 min
Apr 24, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt42 min
Apr 24, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Delta, Fannin, Hunt, Lamar50 min
Apr 24, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant62 min
Apr 24, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Eastland46 min
Apr 24, 8:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar26 min
Apr 24, 9:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar29 min
Apr 24, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche, Eastland38 min
Apr 24, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant56 min
Apr 24, 9:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDLamar3 hr
Apr 24, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Parker34 min
Apr 24, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche48 min
Apr 24, 10:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack, Palo Pinto30 min
Apr 24, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Erath38 min
Apr 24, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche50 min
Apr 24, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall48 min
Apr 24, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker59 min
Apr 24, 10:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack23 min
Apr 24, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath63 min
Apr 24, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche64 min
Apr 24, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Hunt61 min
Apr 24, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Tarrant47 min
Apr 25, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Erath, Hamilton51 min
Apr 25, 12:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung27 min
Apr 25, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung49 min
Apr 25, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton47 min
Apr 25, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Stephens, Young62 min
Apr 25, 1:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Montague, Wise64 min
Apr 25, 2:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDComanche30 min
Apr 25, 2:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker23 min
Apr 25, 2:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker37 min
Apr 25, 2:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDComanche31 min
Apr 25, 2:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke35 min
Apr 25, 2:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise49 min
Apr 25, 3:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant28 min
Apr 25, 3:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood33 min
Apr 25, 3:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson28 min
Apr 25, 3:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Tarrant54 min
Apr 25, 4:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar31 min
Apr 25, 4:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant29 min
Apr 25, 4:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant55 min
Apr 25, 4:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJohnson36 min
Apr 25, 4:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas40 min
Apr 25, 5:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis28 min
Apr 25, 5:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDKaufman28 min
Apr 25, 6:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRains37 min
Apr 25, 10:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall58 min
Apr 25, 10:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Lamar66 min
Apr 25, 11:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Fannin, Hunt60 min
Apr 25, 11:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis32 min
Apr 25, 11:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant33 min
Apr 25, 12:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRockwall24 min
Apr 25, 12:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDelta, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar37 min
Apr 25, 12:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRains32 min
Apr 25, 12:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague34 min
Apr 25, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins, Hunt, Rains62 min
Apr 25, 1:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDelta, Lamar2 hr
Apr 25, 1:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath32 min
Apr 25, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath56 min
Apr 25, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Montague65 min
Apr 25, 1:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar28 min
Apr 25, 1:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFreestone32 min
Apr 25, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Montague58 min
Apr 25, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Johnson, Somervell57 min
Apr 25, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise56 min
Apr 25, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro67 min
Apr 25, 1:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath, Hood, Somervell49 min
Apr 25, 2:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFreestone24 min
Apr 25, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt31 min
Apr 25, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone, Limestone42 min
Apr 25, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton62 min
Apr 25, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Grayson59 min
Apr 25, 2:38 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBosque, Hill, Hood, Johnson, Somervell52 min
Apr 25, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Henderson33 min
Apr 25, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone45 min
Apr 25, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDAnderson40 min
Apr 25, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBosque, Hill, Johnson, Somervell48 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.