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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 479, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT for Freestone County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
- Jul 5, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2011, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Freestone County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 332 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
- 837 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1111 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 5, 6:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 6:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 609 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011 .AVIATION... THE AVIATION FORECAST REMAINS UNCHANGED WITH WINDS BELOW 10 KTS...FEW TO SCATTERED CUMULUS AND HIGH CLOUDS...AND A VERY SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THE NEXT 24 TO 30 HOURS. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO VARY FROM A SOUTHEAST DIRECTION IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS TO A SOUTHWEST DIRECTION IN THE OVERNIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN AOB 10 KTS FOR THE MOST PART. MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE REGION MAY MOVE OVER THE AIRPORTS THIS EVENING AND AGAIN TOMORROW...OTHERWISE EXPECT CUMULUS CLOUDS BETWEEN 050-080. THERE CONTINUES TO BE A LESS THAN 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING THE AIRPORTS AND THEREFORE THE TAF DOES NOT MENTION THUNDER. HOWEVER...IF A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS NEAR OR AT AN AIRPORT IT WILL PRODUCE LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA MAY ALSO RESULT IN BRIEF WIND SHIFTS THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON AIRPORT OPERATIONS. 82/JLD && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 253 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011/ VIS SATELLITE SHOWS ENHANCED CUMULUS FIELD OUT AHEAD OF THIS MORNINGS CONVECTIVE DEBRIS...GENERALLY FROM BOWIE TO STEPHENVILLE...WACO AND PALESTINE. HAVE PLACED 20 POPS ALONG THIS LINE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ELSEWHERE...WILL CARRY 10 POPS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. HAVE ADDED 10 POPS TO THE NORTHEAST FOR LATE TONIGHT DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA OR WESTERN ARKANSAS ACTIVITY SLIDING INTO THE NORTHEAST COUNTIES BEFORE DAYBREAK. ALTHOUGH OUR ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE AND UNCAPPED THROUGH THURSDAY...THERE WILL BE FEW SURFACE BOUNDARIES OR OTHER FEATURES TO FOCUS ON FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. WEAK OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES DRIFTING INTO THE CWA MAY BE ALL THAT/S AVAILABLE FOR AFTERNOON CONVERGENCE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. FOR THIS REASON...WE/LL GENERALLY FOCUS ON AREAS EAST OF I-35/45 WHERE PVA IS AVAILABLE AND UPPER DIVERGENCE EXISTS. DIV-Q AND Q-VECTORS WERE OF LITTLE HELP IN THIS MATTER. ALSO...WILL CARRY 10 POPS JUST WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE METROPLEX ON THURSDAY. GOING INTO AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WE/VE BEEN WATCHING THE NORTH-CENTRAL GULF TUTT OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS AND LOOK FORWARD TO IT RETROGRADING TOWARD TEXAS BY THIS WEEKEND. CURRENT EXPECTATION IS FOR IT TO REACH THE TEXAS COAST SATURDAY...AND THEN MOVE ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND INTO WEST BY SUNDAY NIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF SEA BREEZE CONVECTION FORMING AND MOVING NORTHWEST INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN CWA BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ALSO...THE DEEPENED SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL BRING SOME INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. AREA TEMPERATURES WILL CHANGE LITTLE UNTIL THE TUTT ARRIVES AND MOVES TO OUR WEST. HAVE ADJUSTED TEMPS DOWN A FEW DEGREES FIRST OF NEXT WEEK DUE TO THIS PROCESS AND SLIGHTLY LOWER HEIGHTS ALOFT AS THE DOMINANT UPPER HIGH TO OUR WEST SHIFTS TO OUR EAST. 75 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 80 101 79 100 78 / 10 5 5 10 10 WACO, TX 77 101 77 103 76 / 20 5 5 5 10 PARIS, TX 75 99 75 98 75 / 10 10 10 20 20 DENTON, TX 77 101 75 100 75 / 10 5 5 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 76 99 75 98 74 / 10 5 5 10 20 DALLAS, TX 81 101 80 100 78 / 10 5 5 10 20 TERRELL, TX 76 99 75 100 75 / 10 10 10 10 20 CORSICANA, TX 76 99 76 101 75 / 20 10 10 10 20 TEMPLE, TX 75 98 74 101 73 / 10 5 5 5 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 76 103 75 104 75 / 20 5 5 5 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 82/58
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 3:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 315 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-061130- 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- 315 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD...BUT A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ISOLATED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
615 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011
TXZ148-052345-
ANDERSON TX-
615 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
ANDERSON COUNTY
AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF PALESTINE...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
PALESTINE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE LIKELY.
LAT...LON 3160 9527 3150 9573 3155 9576 3156 9572
3163 9572 3165 9575 3160 9577 3169 9578
3169 9587 3175 9587 3179 9599 3187 9597
3188 9603 3191 9600 3195 9603 3195 9606
3200 9605 3209 9543 3185 9544 3161 9526
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 023DEG 6KT 3189 9553
25Local storm report, Jul 5, 6:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Milam | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Navarro | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Milam | 30 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011
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.