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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 16, 2013Lampasas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2013, 12:26 AM CDT for Lampasas County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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
May 16, 2013, 12:26 AM CDT (05:26 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2013, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lampasas County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 15, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 203 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2013-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1604 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2013-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 244 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1604 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
436 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.0
Supercell composite
20.6

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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 May 16, 12:25 AM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 12:25 AM CDT, 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 3:57 PM CDT, 8 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
357 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-161115-
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-
357 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. A FEW
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LINGER THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS AND WILL EXIT THE REGION TO THE NORTHEAST
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN WEST OF A LAMPASAS
TO BOWIE LINE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE WILL ALSO BE
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
LATE SUNDAY AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY NORTHWEST OF A GOLDTHWAITE...
FORT WORTH...SHERMAN LINE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SPOTTER
ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH TEXAS LATE
EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 15, 10:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1043 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

TXZ118-160415-
TARRANT TX-
1043 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHERN TARRANT COUNTY

AT 1043 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER RIVER OAKS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ARLINGTON...BENBROOK...
DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS...EDGECLIFF...EVERMAN...FOREST HILL...FORT
WORTH...HALTOM CITY...KENNEDALE...LAKE WORTH...PANTEGO...RICHLAND
HILLS...RIVER OAKS...SANSOM PARK...WESTWORTH AND WHITE SETTLEMENT.

NICKEL-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3279 9704 3255 9704 3269 9751 3286 9744
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 287DEG 25KT 3275 9737

82/JLD
Local storm report, May 15, 10:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1046 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1041 PM     HAIL             5 N AZLE                32.97N  97.53W
05/15/2013  E1.75 INCH       TARRANT            TX   PUBLIC
Local storm report, May 15, 10:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1058 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1057 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 SW HAMILTON           31.68N  98.14W
05/15/2013  M59 MPH          HAMILTON           TX   AWOS
Local storm report, May 15, 11:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1123 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1120 PM     HAIL             COVINGTON               32.18N  97.27W
05/15/2013  E1.75 INCH       HILL               TX   EMERGENCY MNGR
Special weather statement, May 15, 11:42 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1142 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

TXZ144-145-159-160515-
HILL TX-MCLENNAN TX-BOSQUE TX-
1142 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BOSQUE COUNTY
  SOUTHWESTERN HILL COUNTY
  MCLENNAN COUNTY

AT 1142 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST
OF CLIFTON TO 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF GATESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BELLMEAD...BEVERLY
HILLS...BRUCEVILLE-EDDY...CRAWFORD...HALLSBURG...HEWITT...
LACY-LAKEVIEW...LORENA...MART...MCGREGOR...MOODY...NORTHCREST...
RIESEL...ROBINSON...VALLEY MILLS...WACO...WEST...WHITNEY...WOODWAY
AND LAKE WHITNEY STATE PARK.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE
STORMS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3159 9761 3201 9747 3187 9704 3153 9680
      3124 9734
TIME...MOT...LOC 0442Z 287DEG 30KT 3189 9739 3156 9752

82/JLD
Local storm report, May 16, 12:18 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker52 min
May 15, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDParker47 min
May 15, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMontague, Wise62 min
May 15, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Parker, Wise51 min
May 15, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHood50 min
May 15, 7:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDParker2 hr
May 15, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke61 min
May 15, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Tarrant64 min
May 15, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Johnson62 min
May 15, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, Hamilton61 min
May 15, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague44 min
May 15, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJohnson, Parker, Tarrant40 min
May 15, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHood, Johnson52 min
May 15, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Wise62 min
May 15, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young38 min
May 15, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCoryell, Hamilton48 min
May 15, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant43 min
May 15, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise54 min
May 15, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague, Wise45 min
May 15, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack66 min
May 15, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJohnson47 min
May 15, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCoryell, Hamilton44 min
May 15, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson58 min
May 15, 9:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDComanche25 min
May 15, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas62 min
May 15, 9:23 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJohnson22 min
May 15, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDallas45 min
May 15, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Erath67 min
May 15, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, Hamilton61 min
May 15, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis, Hill, Johnson45 min
May 15, 9:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin23 min
May 15, 9:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Denton, Wise3 hr
May 15, 10:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDJohnson3 hr
May 15, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson59 min
May 15, 10:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood23 min
May 15, 10:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise36 min
May 15, 10:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson113 min
May 15, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Tarrant, Wise35 min
May 15, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Hamilton, Mills62 min
May 15, 10:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDSomervell37 min
May 15, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant64 min
May 15, 10:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant32 min
May 15, 10:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas, Rockwall115 min
May 15, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Hill, Johnson66 min
May 15, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Tarrant50 min
May 15, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, Lampasas58 min
May 15, 11:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas15 hr
May 15, 11:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan33 min
May 15, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Hill, Navarro44 min
May 16, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro52 min
May 16, 12:13 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman, Navarro32 min
May 16, 12:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFreestone, Navarro35 min
May 16, 12:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell34 min
May 16, 1:03 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas3 hr
May 16, 1:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell64 min
May 16, 2:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMilam31 min
May 16, 3:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMilam25 min
May 16, 3:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRobertson27 min
May 16, 7:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin30 min
May 16, 7:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin32 min
May 16, 7:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin23 min
May 16, 8:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Grayson56 min
May 16, 8:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson23 min
May 16, 9:10 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFannin3 hr
May 16, 10:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin32 min
May 16, 11:04 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDelta, Hopkins, Lamar116 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.