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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 20, 2011Young County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 2011, 8:26 PM CDT for Young County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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: Apr 20, 2011, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 2011, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Young County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 20, 8:35 PM CDT	HAIL 1	South Bend, TX	QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN SOUTH BEND
Apr 20, 8:56 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Loving, TX	DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED

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 9 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 nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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: 23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -713 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 7.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

094 
WUUS54 KFWD 210126
SVRFWD
TXC503-210230-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0085.110421T0126Z-110421T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
826 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  YOUNG COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 826 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAHAM...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GRAHAM AROUND 850 PM

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER 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 3311 9895 3339 9859 3340 9842 3295 9842
      3296 9895
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 221DEG 30KT 3300 9877

$$

3 follow-up statements

505 
WWUS54 KFWD 210137
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
837 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011

TXC503-210230-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-110421T0230Z/
YOUNG TX-
837 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR YOUNG COUNTY...

AT 838 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEWCASTLE AROUND 845 PM CDT...
  GRAHAM AROUND 850 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 3311 9895 3339 9859 3340 9842 3295 9842
      3296 9895
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 223DEG 30KT 3305 9869

$$

472 
WWUS54 KFWD 210154
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
854 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011

TXC503-210230-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-110421T0230Z/
YOUNG TX-
854 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR YOUNG COUNTY...

AT 854 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF GRAHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN
EMERGENCY.

&&

LAT...LON 3311 9895 3339 9859 3340 9842 3295 9842
      3296 9895
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 240DEG 26KT 3306 9856

$$

954 
WWUS54 KFWD 210215
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
915 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011

TXC503-210226-
/O.CAN.KFWD.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-110421T0230Z/
YOUNG TX-
915 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YOUNG COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 916 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING MOVED
OUT OF THE AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3311 9895 3339 9859 3340 9842 3295 9842
      3296 9895
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 240DEG 26KT 3314 9840

$$

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 Apr 20, 7:30 PM CDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 7:30 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
730 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011

.AVIATION...
/00Z TAFS/

CONCERNS...IFR CIGS AND MVFR VSBY. WIND SHIFT.

A COLD FRONT REMAINS DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS. THE BOUNDARY
WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTH OVERNIGHT...VEERING WINDS TO THE EAST AND
EVENTUALLY SOUTHEAST. IN THE INTERIM...UPGLIDE WILL OCCUR ABOVE
SHALLOW BOUNDARY LAYER...RESULTING IN LIGHT RAIN AND CONTINUALLY
DETERIORATING CIGS/VSBY. IFR CIGS WILL PREVAIL MUCH OF THE NIGHT.
00Z FWD RAOB SHOWING CAP NEAR 700MB OF SUFFICIENT STRENGTH TO
PRECLUDE MUCH MORE THAN SHOWER ACTIVITY...DESPITE 30-KT WARM/MOIST
ADVECTION AT 900-850MB.

SOUTH WINDS WILL ENSUE THURSDAY MORNING...BUT CONDITIONS WILL BE
SLOW TO IMPROVE AT METRO TAF SITES. VFR CONDITIONS WILL EVENTUALLY
PREVAIL LATE IN THE DAY.

OUTLOOK...STRATUS WILL LIKELY RETURN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY MORNING. AT THAT POINT...STRONG SURFACE WINDS (15-20KTS)
WILL LIKELY KEEP CIGS ABOVE 1KFT AGL.

25

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 314 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011/
19Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS THE COLD FRONT JUST NORTH OF WACO...AND
IT CONTINUES TO SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...LOW CLOUDS
HAVE KEPT THE ENVIRONMENT IN CHECK A BIT AND CONVECTION HAS HAD A
HARD TIME TRYING TO INITIATE IN THE CWA. TO OUR SOUTHWEST...A
MESOLOW HAS DEVELOPED NEAR JUNCTION WITH STRONG SURFACE
CONVERGENCE FEEDING INTO THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE. LATEST
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS ENHANCED CU HAS QUICKLY FORMED IN THIS
REGION. THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES ARE VERY FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. CAPES ARE IN EXCESS OF 4000
J/KG BUT SHEAR REMAINS ON THE WEAKER SIDE. HOWEVER...0-6KM SHEAR
OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN ORGANIZED
CONVECTION. RUC STORM MOTION VECTORS INDICATE ANYTHING THAT DOES
DEVELOP IN THIS REGION WOULD LIKELY MOVE EAST INTO OUR
SOUTHWESTERN ZONES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR AREAS WEST OF A HAMILTON TO TEMPLE LINE. THE ONE THING LACKING
IS SIGNIFICANT UPPER FORCING AND OVERALL COVERAGE OF STORMS MAY
SUFFER. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS ANY UPDRAFT
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.

ADDITIONAL CONVECTION REMAINS JUST EAST AND NORTHEAST OF LAMAR
COUNTY. THE SURFACE COLD FRONT REMAINS JUST SOUTH OF WHERE THE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE INITIATING AND SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW ABOVE THE
SHALLOW FRONTAL INVERSION ARE IGNITING THE THUNDERSTORMS. ELEVATED
INSTABILITY AND STRONGER SHEAR IN THIS REGION ARE ENHANCING THE
SEVERE POTENTIAL. THE FRONTAL POSITION ON THE SURFACE ANALYSIS
DIVES SOUTHWEST IN OUR EASTERN ZONES AND WE ARE LIKELY LOSING SOME
OF THE SURFACE FOCUS FOR INITIATION ACROSS LAMAR COUNTY. CANT
TOTALLY RULE OUT A SEVERE STORM ACROSS THE NORTHEAST...BUT MOST
ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD REMAIN TO OUR EAST.

AFTER SUNSET...STRONG OVERRUNNING WILL COMMENCE ON TOP OF THE
FRONTAL INVERSION ACROSS THE CWA. THERE IS A FAIR AGREEMENT AMONG
THE GUIDANCE OF 30 KNOTS OF LOW LEVEL FLOW SETTING UP OVERNIGHT ON
THE 310K AND 315K ISENTROPIC CHARTS. FORECAST SOUNDINGS DO SHOW A
WEAK CAPPING INVERSION IN PLACE...BUT THIS SHOULD BE BREAKABLE AS
THE FORCING LIFTS THE CAP. WILL KEEP THE BEST POPS PRIMARILY
NORTH OF I-20 WHERE THE BEST LIFT WILL BE ASSOCIATED OVERNIGHT.
LAPSE RATES AND SHEAR VALUES ABOVE THE CAPPING INVERSION WILL
SUPPORT STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL.

TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO WARM THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND WE WILL
SEE WIDESPREAD 90S ONCE AGAIN AS STRONG SURFACE SOUTHERLY FLOW
RETURNS. WILL KEEP THE 20 POPS GOING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FOR ANY
ACTIVITY IN THE NW ZONES. POSITION OF THE EXPECTED DRYLINE MAY BE
TOO FAR TO OUR WEST FOR ANY STORMS TO MAKE INTO THE CWA. STORM
MOTION VECTORS ARE TO THE NORTHEAST AND THIS MAY ONLY SUPPORT A
GRAZING OF THE STORMS IN THE NW ZONES. THE NAM AND GFS ARE
CONSISTENTLY SETTING UP A SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA
SATURDAY WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT TO OUR NORTH AND THEN
STALL IT FOR SUNDAY.. THIS MAY BRING US OUR NEXT CHANCE OF MORE
WIDESPREAD PRECIP AND WILL KEEP 20 AND 30 POPS ONGOING FOR THE
WEEKEND.

MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE IS NOW SHOWING BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE
HANDLING OF THE NEXT UPPER TROUGH FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.
THE ECMWF HAS NOW COME MORE IN LINE WITH THE GFS WITH A WEAKER AND
FASTER SOLUTION. THIS SEEMS TO BE THE TREND OVER THE PAST SEVERAL
WEEKS AND HAVE PUT A LOT OF WEIGHT INTO THIS SCENARIO FOR THE
EXTENDED. THE GUIDANCE DOES CONTINUE TO SUGGEST DECENT RAIN
CHANCES WITH THIS SYSTEM AND COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR MID-WEEK.

85/NH

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  64  86  70  90  70 /  40  10  10  10  20
WACO, TX              69  87  72  90  72 /  30  10  10  10  10
PARIS, TX             57  79  67  87  68 /  60  20  10  10  20
DENTON, TX            62  83  70  90  70 /  40  20  20  10  20
MCKINNEY, TX          59  81  69  87  70 /  40  20  10  10  20
DALLAS, TX            64  84  70  89  71 /  40  10  10  10  20
TERRELL, TX           62  84  69  89  70 /  40  10  10  10  10
CORSICANA, TX         68  86  69  89  70 /  30  10  10  10  10
TEMPLE, TX            69  87  70  90  70 /  40  10  10  10  10
MINERAL WELLS, TX     62  83  67  91  67 /  30  20  20  20  20

&&

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

&&

25/79

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 20, 3:17 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
317 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-211215-
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-
317 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF
NORTH TEXAS...WITH COVERAGE MORE ISOLATED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A COMANCHE TO HILLSBORO TO ATHENS LINE...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS TO 60
MPH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE SUNSET. ELSEWHERE...MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AS THUNDERSTORMS BECOME MORE
NUMEROUS OVERNIGHT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE WILL BE A LOW CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THURSDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF NORTH TEXAS...ESPECIALLY
LATE IN THE WEEKEND WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY SOUTH OF A COMANCHE...HILLSBORO...ATHENS
LINE...WITH LIMITED ACTIVATION POSSIBLE FURTHER TO THE NORTH
THROUGH TONIGHT.

05/

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 20, 6:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
653 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011

TXZ115-129-210030-
STEPHENS TX-EASTLAND TX-
653 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN EASTLAND COUNTY
  SOUTHWESTERN STEPHENS COUNTY

AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CISCO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CISCO AND GUNSIGHT.

IF THIS STORM CONTINUES ON ITS PRESENT COURSE...A SEVERE WEATHER
WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR PARTS OF EASTLAND AND STEPHENS COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3252 9912 3253 9911 3265 9910 3268 9908
      3255 9874 3226 9912
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 221DEG 29KT 3229 9926

Special weather statement, Apr 20, 8:02 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
802 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011

TXZ115-210130-
STEPHENS TX-
802 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN STEPHENS COUNTY

AT 803 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF BRECKENRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CRYSTAL FALLS.

PENNY-SIZED HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3292 9910 3295 9910 3296 9909 3296 9891
      3295 9891 3295 9869 3271 9910 3291 9911
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 218DEG 34KT 3283 9913

Special weather statement, Apr 20, 8:19 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
819 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011

TXZ100-101-210145-
JACK TX-YOUNG TX-
819 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN JACK COUNTY
  SOUTHERN YOUNG COUNTY

AT 819 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF GRAHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BRYSON AND GRAHAM.

NICKEL-SIZED HAIL AND CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.

IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

LAT...LON 3312 9889 3332 9836 3302 9820 3301 9831
      3301 9841 3299 9842 3295 9871 3296 9879
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 235DEG 23KT 3306 9857

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 20, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	54 min
Apr 20, 8:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Stephens	28 min
Apr 20, 8:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	26 min
Apr 20, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	57 min
Apr 20, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	21 min
Apr 20, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	56 min
Apr 20, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wise	52 min
Apr 20, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Montague	47 min
Apr 21, 11:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lamar	27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2011 Every 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.