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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 306, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 20, 2011Ellis County, Navarro County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2011, 6:24 PM CDT for Ellis County, Navarro County, Texas. It was in force for 52 min. 2 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: May 20, 2011, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2011, 7:16 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ellis County, TX, Navarro County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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
May 20, 6:30 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	1 W Blooming Grove, TX
May 20, 6:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1.5 Ene Rice, TX	2 STRUCTURES DAMAGED AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN NEAR NE 1060 AND NE 1040. ESTIMATED 60-70 MPH WIND. 1 HOME LOST ROOF.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 21 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 20, 12:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2657 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

042 
WUUS54 KFWD 202324
SVRFWD
TXC139-349-210030-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0306.110520T2324Z-110521T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
624 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NAVARRO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 624 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BLOOMING GROVE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NAVARRO AND MAYPEARL AROUND 630 PM...
  CORSICANA AROUND 635 PM...

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 3180 9649 3181 9671 3229 9705 3255 9657
      3255 9653 3245 9649 3241 9643 3235 9646
      3230 9630 3226 9628 3220 9620 3221 9615
      3217 9618 3215 9610 3209 9612 3208 9607
      3202 9605
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 212DEG 28KT 3210 9668

$$


DUNN

3 follow-up statements

394 
WWUS54 KFWD 202351
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
651 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

TXC139-349-210030-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0306.000000T0000Z-110521T0030Z/
ELLIS TX-NAVARRO TX-
651 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR NAVARRO AND EASTERN ELLIS COUNTIES...

AT 651 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
WEST OF RICHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLOOMING GROVE AROUND 700 PM CDT...
  MUSTANG...ANGUS...OAK VALLEY AND BARRY AROUND 705 PM CDT...
  NAVARRO AND RETREAT AROUND 710 PM CDT...
  MILDRED...CORSICANA AND EUREKA AROUND 715 PM CDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-35E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 41...
I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 224 AND 264.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 3180 9649 3181 9671 3186 9674 3246 9674
      3255 9657 3255 9653 3245 9649 3241 9643
      3235 9646 3230 9630 3220 9620 3221 9615
      3217 9618 3215 9610 3209 9612 3208 9607
      3202 9606
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 213DEG 24KT 3192 9650

$$


CAVANAUGH

974 
WWUS54 KFWD 202357
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
657 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

TXC139-349-210030-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0306.000000T0000Z-110521T0030Z/
ELLIS TX-NAVARRO TX-
657 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR NAVARRO AND EASTERN ELLIS COUNTIES...

AT 657 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF POWELL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-35E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 41...
I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 224 AND 264.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

&&

LAT...LON 3180 9649 3181 9671 3186 9674 3246 9674
      3255 9657 3255 9653 3245 9649 3241 9643
      3235 9646 3230 9630 3220 9620 3221 9615
      3217 9618 3215 9610 3209 9612 3208 9607
      3202 9606
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 232DEG 40KT 3223 9629

$$


CAVANAUGH

140 
WWUS54 KFWD 210016
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
716 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

TXC139-349-210026-
/O.CAN.KFWD.SV.W.0306.000000T0000Z-110521T0030Z/
ELLIS TX-NAVARRO TX-
716 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NAVARRO AND EASTERN ELLIS
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 716 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING MOVED
OUT OF THE AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN REMAINS POSSIBLE FROM THUNDERSTORMS 
IN THE AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR EASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3180 9649 3181 9671 3186 9674 3246 9674
      3255 9657 3255 9653 3245 9649 3241 9643
      3235 9646 3230 9630 3220 9620 3221 9615
      3217 9618 3215 9610 3209 9612 3208 9607
      3202 9606
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 232DEG 40KT 3236 9609

$$


CAVANAUGH

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, 4:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 4:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
430 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

.UPDATE...
QUICK UPDATE TO REMOVE COUNTIES ALONG WEST OF A GAINESVILLE TO
GOLDTHWAITE LINE AS STRONG TO OCCASIONALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
PROPAGATE SLOWLY BUT STEADILY EASTWARD. OTHERWISE FORECAST PACKAGE
REMAINS UNCHANGED.

30

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 256 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011/

SHORT TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
REMAINS LARGELY UNCHANGED FROM AREA WEATHER UPDATE FORECAST
DISCUSSION /PRODUCT AWUFWD/ ISSUED AROUND 11 AM...SO WILL NOT
REHASH THE DETAILS HERE. TO ADD TO THIS DISCUSSION SOUTHERLY FLOW
OUT AHEAD OF THE LINE OF TSTMS EXTENDING FROM GAINESVILLE TO NEAR
DENTON AND THEN SOUTHWEST TOWARDS WEATHERFORD AND STEPHENVILLE
INCREASED TO AROUND 15 KTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS AS OF 19Z. IF ANY
DISCRETE STORMS CAN ORGANIZE EAST OF THIS LINE THIS INCREASE IN
LOW LEVEL FLOW SHOULD ENHANCE TORNADO THREAT THROUGH 00Z.
THUNDERSTORMS IN GENERAL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND GROW
UPSCALE INTO A MULTICELLULAR LINE AS THEY HAVE BEEN THE PAST HOUR
OR SO...BUT WILL BE WATCHING ANY DISCRETE STORMS OUT AHEAD OF THIS
LINE CLOSELY THROUGH SUNSET. AFTER SUNSET THE LOSS OF DAYTIME
HEATING SHOULD DIMINISH THE OVERALL TORNADO THREAT ACROSS NORTH
TEXAS. OTHERWISE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
THRU 8 PM CDT AND ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS WITHIN THE WATCH WILL
CONTINUE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
OUTFLOW WINDS.

THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST
THRU THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THE PASSAGE OF THIS TROUGH IS EXPECTED
TO SEND THE LINE OF CONVECTION SOUTHEAST THRU THE FORECAST AREA
TONIGHT AS WELL AS FORCE THE WEST CENTRAL TX DRYLINE EAST INTO THE
FORECAST AREA BEFORE SUNRISE. THE DRYLINE IS EXPECTED TO SET UP
JUST WEST OF THE METROPLEX TOMORROW AND SHOULD BECOME MORE
DIFFUSE LATER IN THE DAY AS THE LACK OF STRONG SYNOPTIC FORCING
WILL ALLOW BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE TO RECOVER DURING THE AFTERNOON
HRS. EAST OF THE DRYLINE A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN
IN PLACE...HOWEVER ONLY HAVE A MENTION OF 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
STORMS WITH AN ABSENCE OF OBVIOUS FORCING FOR ASCENT WITH THE
DRYLINE EXPECTED TO LOSE DEFINITION THROUGHOUT THE DAY. H500
HEIGHT RISES OF 3-4 DM ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTH TX TOMORROW WHICH
SHOULD FAVOR WEAK FORCING FOR SUBSIDENCE OVER THE REGION TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. IF ANY STORM IS ABLE TO DEVELOP IT WILL LIKELY BECOME
SEVERE WITH OVER 3000 J/KG OF CAPE FORECAST OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN
COUNTIES OF THE CWA. DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS SOMEWHAT MARGINAL...BUT
REMAINS SUPPORTIVE OF ORGANIZED CONVECTION...HOWEVER WEAK FORCING
FOR SUBSIDENCE IS EXPECTED TO BE SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT INITIATION
AT THIS TIME.

THE DRYLINE IS EXPECTED TO RETREAT NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY AS A WEAK
SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS FEATURE IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER NORTH CENTRAL TX LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
GUIDANCE HAS BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN DEVELOPING AN MCS WHERE THE
LARGE SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT BEST INTERSECTS THE DIFFUSE DRYLINE
BOUNDARY NEAR WICHITA FALLS. AFTER INITIATION MODELS DEVELOP A
STRONG MID LVL POTENTIAL VORTICITY ANOMALY DUE TO STRONG LATENT
HEAT RELEASE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MCS. THIS FEATURE PROPAGATES
DOWNSTREAM AND INTENSIFIES DUE TO FEEDBACK FOR THE EVENING HRS
OVER THE NORTHWESTERN THIRD OF THE CWA. WHILE RAW MODEL OUTPUT IS
LIKELY WRONG REGARDING THE HUGE QPF BULLS-EYE GENERATED FROM THIS
MCS...THE INITIATION OF AN MCS WHERE THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH
INTERACTS WITH THE SFC DRYLINE LOOKS REASONABLE ENOUGH. WENT AHEAD
WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF STORMS NORTHWEST OF THE METROPLEX
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...EXTENDING SOUTHEAST INTO THE METROPLEX AFTER
00Z FOR SUNDAY EVENING ANTICIPATING THE MCS WILL PROPAGATE
SOUTHEAST INTO THE CWA ON A STRONG COLD POOL.

EXTENDED...OTHERWISE OUR NEXT BEST CHANCE OF STORMS LOOKS TO OCCUR
ON WEDNESDAY AS THE NEXT STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE
PLAINS. THIS MIDWEEK TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO SEND A COLD FRONT
SOUTHEAST THRU NORTH TX WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL LIKELY BE ACCOMPANIED
BY SCATTERED TSTMS AS IT MOVES THRU THE FORECAST AREA. BEHIND THIS
TROUGH UPPER RIDGING BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS FOR THE END
OF THE WEEK WHICH WILL SUPPORT A DRY FORECAST AT THIS TIME.

CAVANAUGH

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  68  91  73  87  71 /  40  10  10  20  30
WACO, TX              70  95  74  91  73 /  40  20  20  10  10
PARIS, TX             68  85  69  84  68 /  60  10  10  20  20
DENTON, TX            61  87  72  86  69 /  40   5  10  20  30
MCKINNEY, TX          66  87  72  86  70 /  40  10  10  20  30
DALLAS, TX            70  91  73  86  72 /  40  10  10  20  30
TERRELL, TX           71  89  71  88  70 /  50  10  10  10  20
CORSICANA, TX         73  90  73  89  72 /  60  20  20  10  20
TEMPLE, TX            70  92  73  91  72 /  50  20  20  10  10
MINERAL WELLS, TX     58  90  69  87  70 /  20   5  10  20  30

&&

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

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 2:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
252 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-211200-
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-
252 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH
THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THESE STORMS WILL REMAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER
THROUGH SUNSET. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING OUTFLOW WINDS ARE THE
PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS. THESE STORMS WILL REMAIN CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING
PROBLEMS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT THROUGH SUNSET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

LOW THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE FROM SATURDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY ACROSS VARIOUS PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS EACH DAY.
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE NEEDED THROUGH SUNSET FOR
THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF NORTH TEXAS.

CAVANAUGH

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 20, 5:49 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
549 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

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

0545 PM     HAIL             1 S WACO                31.54N  97.15W
05/20/2011  E1.00 INCH       MCLENNAN           TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

Local storm report, May 20, 5:51 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
551 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

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

0550 PM     HAIL             COMMERCE                33.25N  95.90W
05/20/2011  E0.75 INCH       HUNT               TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

Special weather statement, May 20, 5:56 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
556 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

TXZ145-157>159-202330-
HILL TX-MCLENNAN TX-BELL TX-CORYELL TX-
556 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  CENTRAL BELL COUNTY
  EAST CENTRAL CORYELL COUNTY
  EASTERN HILL COUNTY
  MCLENNAN COUNTY

AT 556 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HILLSBORO TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELLMEAD TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HARKER HEIGHTS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BELLMEAD...BEVERLY
HILLS...BRUCEVILLE-EDDY...BYNUM...HALLSBURG...HARKER HEIGHTS...
HEWITT...HUBBARD...KILLEEN...LACY-LAKEVIEW...LORENA...MCGREGOR...
MOODY...MORGAN'S POINT RESORT...NOLANVILLE...NORTHCREST...ROBINSON...
WACO...WEST...WOODWAY AND MOTHER NEFF STATE PARK.

PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE
STORMS.

LAT...LON 3090 9780 3127 9767 3155 9729 3212 9699
      3181 9672 3171 9693 3162 9687 3132 9720
      3128 9728 3124 9728 3089 9775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 228DEG 49KT 3197 9691 3159 9697
          3100 9769

Special weather statement, May 20, 5:57 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
557 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

TXZ094-095-106-107-202330-
DELTA TX-FANNIN TX-HOPKINS TX-LAMAR TX-
557 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  FANNIN COUNTY
  DELTA COUNTY
  HOPKINS COUNTY
  LAMAR COUNTY

AT 556 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM PARIS TO SULPHUR
SPRINGS AND AREAS WEST OF THERE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

NICKEL-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
CLUSTER OF STORMS.  IF THESE STORMS SHOW SIGNS OF INTENSIFICATION...A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR EASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3388 9555 3388 9531 3297 9531 3296 9531
      3298 9586 3341 9586 3334 9638 3372 9638
      3369 9634 3377 9629 3376 9618 3384 9614
      3384 9602 3388 9593 3384 9585 3386 9581
      3384 9577 3390 9575 3389 9568 3394 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 225DEG 37KT 3348 9582

DUNN

Local storm report, May 20, 6:02 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
602 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

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

0557 PM     HAIL             6 NW MORGAN'S POINT RESORT 31.22N  97.53W
05/20/2011  E0.75 INCH       BELL               TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

Local storm report, May 20, 6:11 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
611 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

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

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WILLS POINT             32.70N  96.00W
05/20/2011                   VAN ZANDT          TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            AT HIGH AND 4TH STREETS... ROOF BLOWN OFF OLD ROSE DRY
            GOODS BLDG... POWER LINES DOWN AS WELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 8:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack	23 min
May 20, 9:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Erath	33 min
May 20, 10:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke	25 min
May 20, 10:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lamar	36 min
May 20, 12:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Mills	23 min
May 20, 12:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Mills	28 min
May 20, 12:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	24 min
May 20, 12:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker, Wise	59 min
May 20, 1:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hamilton, Mills	45 min
May 20, 1:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke, Denton	27 min
May 20, 2:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Denton	41 min
May 20, 2:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	36 min
May 20, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas	47 min
May 20, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	44 min
May 20, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas	52 min
May 20, 2:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Grayson	35 min
May 20, 2:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	119 min
May 20, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hood	32 min
May 20, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	37 min
May 20, 3:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	35 min
May 20, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	30 min
May 20, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Leon	58 min
May 20, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	31 min
May 20, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Denton	27 min
May 20, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	48 min
May 20, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Fannin, Hunt	62 min
May 20, 4:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt	3 hr
May 20, 4:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	3 hr
May 20, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Coryell	23 min
May 20, 5:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Leon	3 hr
May 20, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Freestone, Limestone	27 min
May 20, 5:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Fannin	3 hr
May 20, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rains, Van Zandt	66 min
May 20, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	McLennan	34 min
May 20, 5:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Leon	6 hr
May 20, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone, Limestone	60 min
May 20, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Leon	66 min
May 20, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	McLennan	34 min
May 20, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Lamar	33 min
May 20, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman	58 min
May 20, 6:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Limestone	3 hr
May 20, 6:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar, Rains	3 hr
May 20, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Falls	25 min
May 20, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Kaufman	57 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.