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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2012, 1:52 AM CDT for Navarro County, Texas. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2012, 1:52 AM CDT (06:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2012, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
County Navarro County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 451 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2223 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 30, 11:52 PM CDT, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 11:52 PM CDT, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1152 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012 .AVIATION... BACK SIDE OF STORMS TIMES INTO METROPLEX TAF SITES RIGHT AT 06Z AND WILL START THOSE TAFS OUT WITHOUT THUNDER. WACO WILL GET WHATEVER HOLDS TOGETHER AROUND 07-08Z AND HAVE THAT INDICATED FORA COUPLE OF HOURS. GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO TREND THE NORTHERN OKLAHOMA CONVECTION INTO NORTH TEXAS...BUT WITH A WORKED OVER ATMOSPHERE HERE I HAVE MY DOUBTS ABOUT THEM HOLDING TOGETHER. HAVE LEFT VCTS 12-15Z IN CASE THEY DO SURVIVE...AND THEN AFTER FROPA CONDITIONS SHOULD BE VFR. 84 && .UPDATE... WILL SEND A QUICK UPDATE OUT TO REMOVE TORNADO WATCH 324 AND ALSO UPDATE CURRENT TEMPS/DEW POINTS AND WINDS BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS. 79 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 345 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012/ THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FIRE UP ALONG A BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF GAINESVILLE...TO JUST EAST OF DENTON...TO SOUTH OF CANTON AT 2030Z. A DRY LINE IS CURRENTLY OVER WEST TEXAS FROM ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF A CHILDRESS TO 25 MILES EAST OF BIG SPRING. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STARTED TO FORM ALONG THE DRY LINE AND THEY WILL MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH TEXAS LATER THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO FORM ACROSS OKLAHOMA NEAR THE COLD FRONT. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. THE AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT...AND SHOULD BE NEAR A PARIS TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. THIS FRONT WILL THEN SWEEP THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. RAIN CHANCES WILL LINGER ACROSS THE SOUTH THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT BEFORE ENDING. WE WILL SEE COOLER TEMPERATURES THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE SOUTHERLY WINDS AND WARMER TEMPERATURES RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. 58 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 71 86 61 83 66 / 60 30 10 5 10 WACO, TX 70 88 63 85 67 / 40 30 30 5 5 PARIS, TX 67 82 57 79 60 / 60 40 10 5 10 DENTON, TX 69 85 59 82 64 / 60 30 10 5 10 MCKINNEY, TX 68 85 58 80 62 / 60 30 10 5 10 DALLAS, TX 70 86 61 82 65 / 60 30 10 5 10 TERRELL, TX 69 85 60 82 62 / 60 30 10 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 69 85 62 83 64 / 40 30 30 5 5 TEMPLE, TX 70 88 64 85 68 / 30 30 30 10 5 MINERAL WELLS, TX 68 85 58 84 65 / 60 30 10 5 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && /
Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 1:20 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 31, 12:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1212 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2012
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1145 PM HAIL 1 SSW MURPHY 33.01N 96.63W
05/31/2012 M0.75 INCH COLLIN TX PUBLIC
RELAYED VIA COCORAHSLocal storm report, May 31, 12:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
111 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2012
TXZ134-146-310645-
ELLIS TX-NAVARRO TX-
111 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN ELLIS COUNTY
NAVARRO COUNTY
AT 111 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES EAST OF ENNIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ALMA...ANGUS...BARDWELL...
BARRY...BLOOMING GROVE...CORSICANA...DAWSON...ENNIS...FERRIS...
ITALY...KERENS...NAVARRO AND PALMER.
PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3180 9650 3182 9671 3206 9689 3206 9693
3215 9701 3255 9669 3255 9653 3253 9650
3244 9648 3241 9644 3235 9645 3230 9630
3226 9628 3220 9617 3217 9618 3215 9610
3209 9612 3208 9606 3203 9606
TIME...MOT...LOC 0611Z 295DEG 38KT 3232 9657
CAVANAUGHSpecial weather statement, May 31, 1:52 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
152 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2012
TXZ146-310715-
NAVARRO TX-
152 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NAVARRO COUNTY
AT 152 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORSICANA...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ANGUS...KERENS AND NAVARRO.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3182 9646 3190 9670 3191 9669 3223 9624
3200 9607
TIME...MOT...LOC 0652Z 302DEG 25KT 3197 9639The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Comanche, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills | 59 min |
| May 30, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 63 min |
| May 30, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke | 26 min |
| May 30, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 66 min |
| May 30, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto, Young | 52 min |
| May 30, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 58 min |
| May 30, 10:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto, Stephens | 22 min |
| May 30, 10:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Grayson | 28 min |
| May 30, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker, Wise | 36 min |
| May 30, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant | 33 min |
| May 30, 11:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 28 min |
| May 30, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 41 min |
| May 30, 11:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 29 min |
| May 30, 11:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 33 min |
| May 30, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Rockwall | 37 min |
| May 30, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 28 min |
| May 31, 12:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 25 min |
| May 31, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall, Van Zandt | 53 min |
| May 31, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 23 min |
| May 31, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 38 min |
| May 31, 1:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Ellis, Navarro | 34 min |
| May 31, 2:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Freestone | 28 min |
| May 31, 2:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke, Denton, Montague, Wise | 54 min |
| May 31, 2:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson | 28 min |
| May 31, 3:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson | 23 min |
| May 31, 5:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Navarro | 62 min |
| May 31, 6:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Limestone | 23 min |
| May 31, 6:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 37 min |
| May 31, 6:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Limestone | 19 min |
| May 31, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 59 min |
| May 31, 7:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 36 min |
| May 31, 7:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Tarrant | 96 min |
| May 31, 7:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 56 min |
| May 31, 7:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker | 28 min |
| May 31, 7:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hill | 36 min |
| May 31, 7:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Limestone | 35 min |
| May 31, 8:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Johnson | 23 min |
| May 31, 8:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hood | 37 min |
| May 31, 8:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hill, Somervell | 28 min |
| May 31, 9:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Erath | 29 min |
| May 31, 9:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bosque | 26 min |
| May 31, 9:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Erath | 37 min |
| May 31, 9:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | McLennan | 29 min |
| May 31, 10:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Coryell | 26 min |
| May 31, 10:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Falls, Robertson | 28 min |
| May 31, 10:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Comanche | 26 min |
| May 31, 10:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell | 53 min |
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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.