Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2011, 1:11 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2011, 1:11 AM CDT (06:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2011, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Stephens County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:13 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 620 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 15.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
868
WUUS54 KFWD 020611
SVRFWD
TXC133-143-363-429-020715-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0252.110502T0611Z-110502T0715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
111 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN ERATH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN PALO PINTO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 215 AM CDT
* AT 111 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EASTLAND...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
GUNSIGHT AROUND 125 AM
RANGER AROUND 130 AM
NECESSITY AROUND 140 AM
GORDON AROUND 155 AM
POSSUM KINGDOM STATE PARK AROUND 205 AM
THIS WILL IMPACT I-20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 324 AND 379.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT WORTH.
&&
LAT...LON 3267 9909 3294 9851 3261 9817 3232 9847
3217 9876 3237 9911
TIME...MOT...LOC 0611Z 225DEG 38KT 3234 9886
$$3 follow-up statements
125
WWUS54 KFWD 020638
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
138 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2011
TXC133-143-363-429-020715-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-110502T0715Z/
PALO PINTO TX-STEPHENS TX-EASTLAND TX-ERATH TX-
138 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ERATH...EASTLAND...SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS AND
SOUTHWESTERN PALO PINTO COUNTIES...
AT 138 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF RANGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
STRAWN AROUND 145 AM CDT...
MINGUS AROUND 150 AM CDT...
GORDON AROUND 155 AM CDT...
POSSUM KINGDOM STATE PARK AROUND 205 AM CDT...
LAT...LON 3267 9909 3294 9851 3261 9817 3232 9847
3217 9876 3237 9911
TIME...MOT...LOC 0638Z 225DEG 38KT 3254 9862
$$882
WWUS54 KFWD 020657
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
157 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2011
TXC133-143-363-429-020715-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-110502T0715Z/
PALO PINTO TX-STEPHENS TX-EASTLAND TX-ERATH TX-
157 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ERATH...EASTLAND...SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS AND
SOUTHWESTERN PALO PINTO COUNTIES...
AT 158 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF STRAWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
POSSUM KINGDOM STATE PARK AROUND 205 AM CDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT I-20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 324 AND 379.
LAT...LON 3267 9909 3294 9851 3261 9817 3232 9847
3217 9876 3237 9911
TIME...MOT...LOC 0658Z 225DEG 38KT 3269 9844
$$459
WWUS54 KFWD 020712
SVSFWD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
212 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2011
TXC133-143-363-429-020723-
/O.EXP.KFWD.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-110502T0715Z/
PALO PINTO TX-STEPHENS TX-EASTLAND TX-ERATH TX-
212 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ERATH...
EASTLAND...SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS AND SOUTHWESTERN PALO PINTO COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 215 AM CDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT I-20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 324 AND 379.
AT 213 AM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING
WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE.
LAT...LON 3267 9909 3294 9851 3261 9817 3232 9847
3217 9876 3237 9911
TIME...MOT...LOC 0713Z 225DEG 38KT 3280 9831
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Denton | 3 hr |
| May 1, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin | 37 min |
| May 1, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 27 min |
| May 1, 10:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Somervell | 54 min |
| May 1, 10:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin | 3 hr |
| May 1, 10:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Fannin | 3 hr |
| May 1, 11:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin | 58 min |
| May 1, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant | 66 min |
| May 2, 12:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Eastland | 26 min |
| May 2, 12:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Erath | 24 min |
| May 2, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Palo Pinto, Stephens | 60 min |
| May 2, 12:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hamilton | 22 min |
| May 2, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 47 min |
| May 2, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood | 43 min |
| May 2, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hamilton | 55 min |
| May 2, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 48 min |
| May 2, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 20 min |
| May 2, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 57 min |
| May 2, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas | 54 min |
| May 2, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland, Erath | 53 min |
| May 2, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Hunt | 60 min |
| May 2, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath, Hood, Somervell | 54 min |
| May 2, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills | 58 min |
| May 2, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Denton, Rockwall | 67 min |
| May 2, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 54 min |
| May 2, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath | 33 min |
| May 2, 3:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bosque | 32 min |
| May 2, 3:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hamilton | 35 min |
| May 2, 4:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bosque | 28 min |
| May 2, 4:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hill | 28 min |
| May 2, 5:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Coryell | 28 min |
| May 2, 5:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hill | 28 min |
| May 2, 7:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 6 hr |
| May 2, 9:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Grayson and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 2, 12:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Grayson and 1 more | 2 hr |
| May 2, 12:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 26 hr |
| May 2, 2:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Fannin, Grayson and 5 more | 4 hr |
| May 2, 3:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 29 hr |
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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.