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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 457, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2011, 9:25 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 65 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
- Jun 21, 2011, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2011, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Denton County, TX, Parker County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Wise County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 2454 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
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 Jun 21, 8:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 8:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 804 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 .AVIATION... STORMS IN PARKER COUNTY RIDING NORTHEAST ALONG A WEAK BOUNDARY. QUESTION IS WILL THEY HOLD TOGETHER AFTER SUNSET...AND ARE THEY ENTERING MORE STABLE AIR. CELLS THAT TRIED TO POP IN DENTON COUNTY DIED DUE TO LOWER INSTABILITY THAN FARTHER SOUTHWEST. EXTRAPOLATION PLACES STORMS IN NORTHWEST METROPLEX AFTER 03Z...AND WILL ADD VCTS FOR THAT TIME FRAME AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. .../PREVIOUS AVIATION DISCUSSION/... METROPLEX MULTI-CELLULAR CLUSTER SEEMS TO BE PROGRESSING WEST-EAST ABOUT 25 MPH. BEST INSTABILITY SEEMS TO BE SOUTH OF METROPLEX...BUT IF STORMS CONTINUE TO GROW NORTHEAST BEST TIMING FOR ARRIVAL WOULD BE ABOUT 0330Z/1030PM. WILL LEAVE TSRA OUT FOR NOW AND WATCH PROGRESSION OF STORMS. HRRR...WHICH SEEMED TO HAVE THE BEST HANDLE ON LAST NIGHT/S CONVECTION...FAVORS THE AREAS BETWEEN DFW & ACT. WACO WILL KEEP STORMS OUT OF TAF THIS EVENING AS WACO SEEMS SOUTH OF THE BEST AXIS FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT...AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR STORM EVOLUTION. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 334 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011/ IMPRESSIVE LATE JUNE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CONTINUES TO PROVIDE ACTIVE CONVECTIVE WEATHER FROM THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS SOUTHWESTWARD INTO TEXAS AS IT TREKS EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. AT THE SURFACE A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT STRETCHES FROM THE RED RIVER SOUTH OF ARDMORE OK SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES...AND INTO WEST TEXAS NEAR BIG SPRING AND MIDLAND. SOUTH OF THIS FEATURE A WEAK PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH APPEARS TO BE LOCATED FROM MCKINNEY TO THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA TO NEAR COMANCHE. AND FINALLY THE REMNANTS OF AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY RESTS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES FROM CARTHAGE IN SHV CWA TO PALESTINE...BECOMING LESS DISCERNIBLE FURTHER WEST. THE PRESENCE OF GOOD INSTABILITY...EFFECTIVE RECOVERY FOLLOWING MORNING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...AND MULTIPLE WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARIES LOOKS TO BE ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT IS WEAKER COMPARED TO LAST NIGHT SO DO NOT EXPECT QUITE THE COVERAGE OR INTENSITY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER WITH FORECAST ML CAPES IN THE 2000-3000 J/KG RANGE AND HELICITY MORE THAN RESPECTABLE STILL EXPECT A FEW STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. WITH THE ATMOSPHERE MOST UNSTABLE OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS SHOULD OCCUR SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. EXPECT SHOWERS AND STORMS TO DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING ONCE AGAIN. MODELS THEN DIFFER SOME FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON. GFS SHIFTS THUNDERSTORMS FOCUS EVEN FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST WHILE NAM HINTS STRONGLY AT DEVELOPMENT FURTHER N ALONG THE FRONT. FOR NOW WILL SHOW 20-30 PERCENT POPS FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS IT LOOKS LIKE PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL AGAIN BE IN PLACE...AND WEAK SHORTWAVE PASSES OVERHEAD AS UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE NORTHWESTERLY. SIMILAR SCENARIO IS PAINTED BY MODEL GUIDANCE FOR THURSDAY WITH FOCUS MORE OVER NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES...POPS ARE ALIGNED ACCORDINGLY. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS BACK IN LATE FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND BRINGING AN END TO SIGNIFICANT RAIN CHANCES IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST RANGE. 30 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 74 96 77 98 76 / 40 20 20 20 10 WACO, TX 73 96 75 98 75 / 50 30 20 20 0 PARIS, TX 70 94 73 94 72 / 40 20 20 20 30 DENTON, TX 72 96 74 97 75 / 40 20 20 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 72 94 74 97 73 / 40 20 20 20 10 DALLAS, TX 74 95 77 98 77 / 40 20 20 20 10 TERRELL, TX 72 94 74 98 74 / 50 20 20 20 10 CORSICANA, TX 72 93 75 99 74 / 50 30 20 20 5 TEMPLE, TX 73 96 73 97 73 / 50 40 30 20 0 MINERAL WELLS, TX 71 95 75 98 72 / 50 20 20 20 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && /
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 3:09 PM CDT, 6 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 309 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-221200- 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- 309 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THE BEST CHANCES GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. SOME STORMS WILL BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY WITH THE BEST CHANCES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE REGION. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 21, 8:35 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
835 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0816 PM HAIL MILLSAP 32.75N 98.02W
06/21/2011 E1.75 INCH PARKER TX TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL MILLSAPSpecial weather statement, Jun 21, 9:05 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 21, 9:07 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
907 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0750 PM HAIL SEVEN POINTS 32.33N 96.21W
06/21/2011 E1.75 INCH HENDERSON TX PUBLICSpecial weather statement, Jun 21, 9:15 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
915 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011
TXZ102-117-118-220245-
TARRANT TX-WISE TX-PARKER TX-
915 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN PARKER COUNTY
WESTERN TARRANT COUNTY
SOUTHERN WISE COUNTY
AT 915 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BRIDGEPORT TO 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRIAR TO 8 MILES EAST OF WEATHERFORD...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE ALEDO...ANNETTA...
AURORA...AZLE...BENBROOK...BOYD...BRIAR...BRIDGEPORT...DECATUR...
EAGLE MOUNTAIN...HUDSON OAKS...LAKE WORTH...LAKESIDE...PECAN ACRES...
PELICAN BAY...RENO...RIVER OAKS...SANSOM PARK...SPRINGTOWN...
WEATHERFORD...WESTWORTH...WHITE SETTLEMENT...WILLOW PARK AND
COTTONDALE.
PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE
STORMS.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3327 9739 3265 9741 3265 9778 3298 9776
3328 9787
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 260DEG 22KT 3317 9769 3295 9761
3272 9762
92Local storm report, Jun 21, 9:21 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
921 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0919 PM TSTM WND GST HAMILTON 31.70N 98.12W
06/21/2011 M71 MPH HAMILTON TX AWOS
KMNZLocal storm report, Jun 21, 9:24 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
924 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0915 PM HAIL 5 NE PERRIN 33.08N 98.01W
06/21/2011 E0.75 INCH JACK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
IN JOPLINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 78 min |
| Jun 21, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 63 min |
| Jun 21, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Van Zandt | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Kaufman | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hamilton | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Wise | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Navarro | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Coryell | 62 min |
| Jun 21, 9:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Navarro | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 67 min |
| Jun 21, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Hill, McLennan | 76 min |
| Jun 21, 11:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Navarro | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 11:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Dallas | 90 min |
| Jun 21, 11:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 5 hr |
| Jun 21, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone, Navarro | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 11:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone, Navarro | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt | 68 min |
| Jun 22, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro | 77 min |
| Jun 22, 12:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Denton | 65 min |
| Jun 22, 2:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Robertson | 35 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.