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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 179, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2012, 9:55 PM CDT for Cooke County, 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 11, 2012, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2012, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cooke County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 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 11, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 3358 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1743 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
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 11, 6:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 6:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 626 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 .AVIATION... CONCERNS...THUNDER POTENTIAL AND MVFR CIGS. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THE TAF SITES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS BUT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT AT LEAST THE DFW METROPLEX LATER THIS EVENING. A STATIONARY COLD FRONT CURRENTLY LIES FROM NEAR NOCONA TO GRAHAM TO ALBANY. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THIS FRONT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND AFFECT THE METROPLEX TAF SITES BETWEEN 03-06Z. CURRENT CONVECTION NEAR COLEMAN TO EDEN MAY CONGEAL INTO A MCS THAT MAY MOVE EAST AND REACH KACT LATER THIS EVENING...BUT WITH THE OVERALL SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS AND THE LOSS OF HEATING IN A FEW HOURS...WILL NOT MENTION RAIN OR THUNDER IN THE KACT TAF AT THIS TIME. ANY STORMS THAT DO REACH THE TAF TERMINALS COULD BE SEVERE WITH A HIGH WIND AND HAIL THREAT...BUT THE OVERALL SEVERE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON BUT MANY QUESTIONS STILL REMAIN ABOUT WHEN AND WHERE THEY WOULD DEVELOP...THEREFORE WILL NOT MENTION THUNDER IN THE TAF FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON UNTIL WE SEE WHERE THE FRONT OR BOUNDARIES REMAIN FROM TONIGHT/S CONVECTION. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT MVFR CIGS AROUND 1500 FEET COULD REACH THE TAF SITES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BUT CONVECTION TONIGHT COULD IMPACT THE DEVELOPMENT OR LOCATION OF THE STRATUS. FOR NOW...WILL LEAVE THE MENTION OF MVFR CIGS IN OVERNIGHT BUT MAY NEED TO REMOVE THIS WITH LATER TAF ISSUANCES. AND FINALLY...WILL PREVAIL SOUTH WINDS AT ALL SITES UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON WHEN THE WINDS SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST AND EAST. HOWEVER...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT CONVECTION COULD PUSH THE FRONT INTO THE DFW METROPLEX OVERNIGHT OR VERY NEAR THE METROPLEX RESULTING IN NORTH OR VARIABLE WINDS. 82/JLD && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 300 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012/ THE COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM NEAR MCALESTER OKLAHOMA TO HOBBS NEW MEXICO AND HAS ALREADY ENTERED NORTHWESTERN YOUNG COUNTY. WE STILL FEEL THAT LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION WILL FAVOR AREAS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...ESPECIALLY FROM EAST OKLAHOMA TO THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. WITH SUCH AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE OVER NORTH TEXAS...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE RAPID WITH LARGE HAIL POSSIBLY RESULTING WITHIN 30 MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST ECHOES APPEAR. EXPECT DEVELOPMENT TO BEGIN IN OKLAHOMA AND OVER THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY WHERE INHIBITION IS THE LEAST AND BUILD ALONG THE COLD FRONT INTO OUR NORTH AND WEST COUNTIES THIS EVENING THEN OVER THE NORTHWEST THIRD BY MIDNIGHT AND NORTHEAST LATE TONIGHT. SPC/S SLIGHT RISK OVER THE NORTHWEST TWO- THIRDS OF NORTH TEXAS IS WARRANTED. ISOLATED DISCRETE CELLS WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY FOR MESO CYCLONE DEVELOPMENT 23-03Z AND VERY LARGE HAIL POTENTIAL THROUGH 04Z. WITH THE FRONT REMAINING IN THE AREA ON TUESDAY...WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION. ALSO...WE EXPECT AN MCS TO DEVELOP UPSTREAM THAT PROPAGATES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS STARTED BY THE PREVIOUS SHIFT...THIS IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON HOW OVER WORKED THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES TONIGHT. ONCE AGAIN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH NIGHT IF THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE AND PRIMED. TEMPERATURES DURING THIS FORECAST WILL BE SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER THAN THOSE OF TODAY. EXPECT CLOUD COVERAGE AND STORM ACTIVITY TO RESULT IN HIGHS 88-92 ALONG AND NORTH OF I-20...AND IN THE MID 90S TO THE SOUTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. HIGH TEMPS WILL REMAIN IN THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY AS WINDS BECOME MORE SOUTHEASTERLY. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED DUE TO DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S LINGER OVER THE REGION THIS WEEK. 75 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 77 92 76 90 74 / 30 30 40 30 10 WACO, TX 76 93 74 91 73 / 10 20 30 20 10 PARIS, TX 75 90 71 87 69 / 50 30 30 30 20 DENTON, TX 75 91 72 89 71 / 40 30 40 30 10 MCKINNEY, TX 74 90 74 89 70 / 40 30 40 30 20 DALLAS, TX 78 92 77 90 74 / 30 30 40 30 10 TERRELL, TX 76 91 74 88 72 / 40 30 30 30 20 CORSICANA, TX 77 93 74 91 72 / 20 20 30 20 10 TEMPLE, TX 76 95 73 92 72 / 10 20 20 20 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 73 91 72 90 70 / 40 20 40 20 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 82/58
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 7:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 758 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-121200- 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- 758 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE CONFINED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LAMPASAS TO WAXAHACHIE TO CANTON. SOME OF THIS STORMS COULD BE SEVERE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS CONTAINING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 WHERE THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK IS EXPECTED TO BE THE GREATEST.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 11, 8:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
848 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0843 PM TSTM WND GST OLNEY 33.37N 98.77W
06/11/2012 E60 MPH YOUNG TX EMERGENCY MNGR
60 MPH WINDS WERE ESTIMATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF OLNEYLocal storm report, Jun 11, 9:08 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
908 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0903 PM HAIL PADGITT 33.28N 98.92W
06/11/2012 E2.00 INCH YOUNG TX TRAINED SPOTTER
HEN EGG SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED 5 MILES ENE OF PADGITT
VIA SPOTTER NETWORKLocal storm report, Jun 11, 9:14 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
914 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0854 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E NEWCASTLE 33.20N 98.73W
06/11/2012 YOUNG TX PUBLIC
2 POWER POLES BLOWN OVER ALONG US380Local storm report, Jun 11, 9:16 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 11, 9:24 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
924 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0922 PM HAIL 5 S BOWIE 33.50N 97.85W
06/11/2012 E0.88 INCH MONTAGUE TX AMATEUR RADIO
HEAVY NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED 5 MILES SOUTH OF BOWIE
ALONG HWY 59Local storm report, Jun 11, 9:31 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
931 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0919 PM HAIL 5 WNW BOWIE 33.60N 97.93W
06/11/2012 E1.50 INCH MONTAGUE TX TRAINED SPOTTER
PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED 5 MILES ENE OF
VASHTIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 96 min |
| Jun 11, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 77 min |
| Jun 11, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Mills | 28 min |
| Jun 11, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 9:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker, Wise | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 10:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Wise | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 10:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Montague | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 21 min |
| Jun 11, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 11:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 23 min |
| Jun 11, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Denton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 11:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Grayson | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 12:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Grayson | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 12:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 12:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Grayson | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Hunt | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Lamar | 58 min |
| Jun 12, 1:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 2:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Van Zandt | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 10:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 11:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Stephens | 54 min |
| Jun 12, 11:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 11:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Eastland | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 11:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Stephens | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Stephens | 80 min |
| Jun 12, 12:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 12:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 1:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Eastland | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 63 min |
| Jun 12, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton, Mills | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Navarro | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Navarro | 52 min |
| Jun 12, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Leon | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Navarro | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Leon | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Madison | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 77 min |
| Jun 12, 5:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Leon | 92 min |
| Jun 12, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson, Leon, Robertson | 21 min |
| Jun 12, 5:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Milam, Robertson | 89 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.