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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 28, 2014Dallas County, Ellis County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2014, 3:46 PM CDT for Dallas County, Ellis County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min. 10 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: Mar 28, 2014, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 2014, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Dallas County, TX, Ellis County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 28, 3:52 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Midlothian, TX	$$
Mar 28, 3:52 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Midlothian, TX
Mar 28, 4:07 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Red Oak, TX	$$
Mar 28, 4:07 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Red Oak, TX
Mar 28, 4:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Red Oak, TX	$$
Mar 28, 4:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Red Oak, TX
Mar 28, 4:35 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Ferris, TX	$$
Mar 28, 4:35 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Ferris, TX
Mar 28, 4:39 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	Ferris, TX	$$
Mar 28, 4:39 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	Ferris, TX

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 28, 12:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 69 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: 1120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -221 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1065 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

069 
WUUS54 KFWD 282046
SVRFWD
TXC113-139-282145-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0021.140328T2046Z-140328T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
346 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTHERN ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 347 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR MIDLOTHIAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GLENN HEIGHTS...DESOTO...RED OAK AND DUNCANVILLE AROUND 355 PM...
  LANCASTER AND PALMER AROUND 400 PM...
  FERRIS AROUND 405 PM...
  HUTCHINS AND WILMER AROUND 410 PM...
  BALCH SPRINGS AROUND 420 PM...

THIS WILL IMPACT I-35E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 400 AND 421.

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 3254 9653 3253 9651 3248 9651 3244 9648
      3241 9644 3238 9644 3237 9645 3240 9704
      3255 9707 3255 9704 3258 9704 3287 9652
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 236DEG 34KT 3252 9692

$$

2 follow-up statements

855 
WWUS54 KFWD 282116
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
416 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

TXC113-139-282145-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140328T2145Z/
DALLAS TX-ELLIS TX-
416 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLIS AND SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTIES...

AT 415 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
PECAN HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FERRIS...WILMER AND HUTCHINS AROUND 420 PM CDT...
  SEAGOVILLE AND BALCH SPRINGS AROUND 435 PM CDT...
  MESQUITE AROUND 440 PM CDT...
  SUNNYVALE AROUND 445 PM CDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT I-35E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 406 AND 421.

LAT...LON 3277 9652 3254 9653 3254 9652 3252 9651
      3248 9651 3244 9648 3240 9679 3263 9695
      3287 9653
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 242DEG 30KT 3253 9671

$$

793 
WWUS54 KFWD 282136
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
436 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

TXC113-139-282145-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140328T2145Z/
DALLAS TX-ELLIS TX-
436 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLIS AND SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTIES...

AT 436 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
FERRIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SEAGOVILLE AROUND 445 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 3245 9666 3262 9678 3286 9653 3269 9652
      3254 9653 3252 9651 3248 9651 3247 9650
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 242DEG 30KT 3255 9662

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 8:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin	28 min
Mar 27, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Hunt	68 min
Mar 27, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hopkins	23 min
Mar 28, 12:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Comanche	31 min
Mar 28, 12:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Erath	60 min
Mar 28, 12:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Mills	37 min
Mar 28, 12:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lampasas	31 min
Mar 28, 1:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, Lampasas	55 min
Mar 28, 1:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Erath, Somervell	57 min
Mar 28, 1:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Somervell	27 min
Mar 28, 1:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell, Lampasas	62 min
Mar 28, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Ellis, Hill, Johnson, Somervell	60 min
Mar 28, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lampasas	42 min
Mar 28, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell	60 min
Mar 28, 2:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Johnson	27 min
Mar 28, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, McLennan	54 min
Mar 28, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	27 min
Mar 28, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt	68 min
Mar 28, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Johnson	61 min
Mar 28, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls, Milam	58 min
Mar 28, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Ellis, Hill, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro	66 min
Mar 28, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar	64 min
Mar 28, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls, Milam, Robertson	67 min
Mar 28, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Van Zandt	61 min
Mar 28, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Ellis, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman and 3 more	67 min
Mar 28, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Freestone, Hill, Limestone, Navarro	64 min
Mar 28, 4:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Delta, Fannin, Hunt	3 hr
Mar 28, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	63 min
Mar 28, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Lamar	37 min
Mar 28, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Leon	59 min
Mar 28, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson	33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.