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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Fort Worth, TX

February 10, 2013Limestone County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 2013, 4:26 AM CST for Limestone County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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: Feb 10, 2013, 4:26 AM CST (10:26 UTC)
Expired: Feb 10, 2013, 5:30 AM CST
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Limestone County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:29 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 9, 11:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Feb 10, 1:33 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 158 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 459 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 728 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 777 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

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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 Feb 10, 2:48 AM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 2:48 AM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 3:20 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
320 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-111200-
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-
320 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING...PRIMARILY ALONG AND EAST
OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR. SOME OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE
WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. TORNADIC STORMS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IN AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE
FROM KILLEEN...TO MEXIA...TO PALESTINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS MORNING...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST
OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 10, 3:24 AM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 10, 3:25 AM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Feb 10, 3:39 AM CST, 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 10, 3:52 AM CST, 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
352 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

TXZ135-146-101045-
HENDERSON TX-NAVARRO TX-
352 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NAVARRO COUNTY
  HENDERSON COUNTY

AT 349 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG WINDS ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF A COMPLEX OF THUNDERTORMS.  THE
STRONGEST WINDS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF NAVARRO
COUNTY AND ACROSS CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY. SOUTH WINDS OF 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 5 AM.

LAT...LON 3225 9547 3201 9600 3201 9606 3180 9649
      3180 9652 3191 9679 3195 9681 3236 9590
      3230 9544
TIME...MOT...LOC 0949Z 262DEG 13KT 3223 9570 3183 9659

Local storm report, Feb 10, 3:53 AM CST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
353 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

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

0300 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LUELLA                  33.57N  96.55W
02/10/2013                   GRAYSON            TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MAJOR DAMAGE TO HOUSE ON QUAIL RUN ROAD

Special weather statement, Feb 10, 4:22 AM CST, 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
422 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

TXZ161-101045-
LIMESTONE TX-
422 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTY

AT 422 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES EAST OF MARLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

NICKEL-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR
EASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3137 9670 3142 9673 3161 9637 3142 9624
      3138 9631 3136 9632 3133 9637 3122 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 1022Z 241DEG 34KT 3132 9662

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 10, 12:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	48 min
Feb 10, 12:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Eastland	45 min
Feb 10, 12:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	65 min
Feb 10, 12:59 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack	31 min
Feb 10, 1:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Eastland, Erath	62 min
Feb 10, 1:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	66 min
Feb 10, 1:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath, Hood, Somervell	64 min
Feb 10, 2:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	57 min
Feb 10, 2:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Hamilton, Mills	65 min
Feb 10, 2:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson	63 min
Feb 10, 2:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	45 min
Feb 10, 2:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Grayson	63 min
Feb 10, 2:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell	59 min
Feb 10, 2:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls, McLennan	54 min
Feb 10, 2:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	66 min
Feb 10, 3:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Rockwall	34 min
Feb 10, 3:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt	53 min
Feb 10, 3:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls	62 min
Feb 10, 3:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman	58 min
Feb 10, 3:52 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	53 min
Feb 10, 3:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Milam	50 min
Feb 10, 4:22 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Limestone	23 min
Feb 10, 4:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls, Milam	67 min
Feb 10, 5:00 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	30 min
Feb 10, 5:23 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Limestone	37 min
Feb 10, 5:26 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	34 min
Feb 10, 5:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Freestone, Leon, Limestone	49 min
Feb 10, 6:02 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	28 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.