Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT for Falls County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2011, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Falls County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 8:11 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Se Dott, TX | QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING THE ROAD 3 MILES SE OF DOTT, TX. |
| Mar 26, 8:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Lott, TX | PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN LOTT |
| Mar 26, 8:46 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Sse Reagan, TX | QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED COVERING THE GROUND AT FM 1373 AND HWY 6 SOUTH OF REAGAN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2190 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS54 KFWD 270100
SVRFWD
TXC145-270145-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0013.110327T0100Z-110327T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
800 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
FALLS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 759 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF LOTT...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
GOLINDA AROUND 805 PM
LOTT AROUND 815 PM
ROSEBUD AROUND 820 PM
MARLIN AROUND 830 PM
THIS WILL IMPACT I-35 NEAR MILE MARKER 314.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND
STAY INSIDE...AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3128 9728 3134 9718 3146 9693 3116 9673
3111 9683 3111 9686 3100 9708
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 272DEG 24KT 3124 9714
$$
82/JLD2 follow-up statements
456
WWUS54 KFWD 270124
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
824 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011
TXC145-270145-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110327T0145Z/
FALLS TX-
824 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL FALLS COUNTY...
AT 822 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
LOTT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THERE MAY LIKELY BE LOTS OF HAIL
FALLING FROM THIS STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND
STAY INSIDE...AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3112 9704 3128 9716 3138 9688 3116 9673
3116 9674 3111 9683 3112 9683 3111 9686
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 272DEG 24KT 3123 9696
$$
82/JLD677
WWUS54 KFWD 270132
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
832 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011
TXC145-270145-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110327T0145Z/
FALLS TX-
832 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN FALLS COUNTY...
AT 832 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
SOUTH OF MARLIN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM MAY BE PRODUCING
A LARGE AMOUNT OF HAIL.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
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.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 3112 9704 3126 9704 3138 9688 3116 9673
3111 9683 3112 9683 3111 9686
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 272DEG 24KT 3123 9688
$$
82/JLDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson | 28 min |
| Mar 26, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Falls | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls, Robertson | 53 min |
| Mar 26, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.