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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 2014, 9:40 PM CDT for Bell County, Milam 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
- Apr 13, 2014, 9:40 PM CDT (02:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2014, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bell County, TX, Milam County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 1547 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 891 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
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 Apr 13, 9:19 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 9:19 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 919 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014 .UPDATE... WILL BE REMOVING MONTAGUE COUNTY FROM WATCH 74 SHORTLY. LINE OF CONVECTION ALONG THE RED RIVER IS NOT BACK BUILDING WESTWARD ALONG THE FRONT AND HAVE DECIDED TO LOWER POPS OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL AREAS OVERNIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST. WILL MAINTAIN BEST POPS OVER THE NORTHEAST COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT AND THEN EAST OF I-35 LATE TONIGHT WHERE THE HI-RES INDICATES SOME CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE OR DEVELOP. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT SOUTHWARD TONIGHT...BUT DO NOT EXPECT THEM TO MEET ADVISORY CRITERIA UNTIL ON MONDAY. HAVE INCLUDE MONDAY/S WIND ADVISORY IN THIS UPDATE. AS FOR THE COLD TEMPERATURES LATE MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY MORNING. WE WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE WHERE FREEZING TEMPS ARE LIKELY. CURRENTLY FEEL AREAS WEST THROUGH NORTH OF THE METROPLEX ARE THE BEST LOCATIONS WITH SOME OF THE NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS POSSIBLY SEEING MID 20S. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTION DURING THE DAY MONDAY FOR THIS EXPECTED FREEZE. 75 && .AVIATION... THE PRIMARY AVIATION WEATHER CONCERN THIS EVENING WILL TIMING THE COLD FRONT AND THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS ALONG IT. THE COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED NEAR A LINE FROM GUTHRIE TO WICHITA FALLS TO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AT 7 PM. THE FRONT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH AND SHOULD REACH THE METROPLEX TAF SITES BETWEEN 3 AND 4Z AND WACO A FEW HOURS LATER. A SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 14 AND 18 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 28 KNOTS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT AND REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY. A THIN LINE OF STORMS MAY ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. HOWEVER...THE BEST STORM CHANCES WILL BE NORTHEAST OF THE METROPLEX TAF SITES. MVFR CEILINGS WILL FILTER IN A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER FROPA AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE LOW CLOUDS WILL EVENTUALLY SCATTER OUT MONDAY AFTERNOON. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 410 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014/ THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED INTO THE WESTERN ZONES BEFORE SUNRISE AND MOVED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY HAD MOVED TO THE EAST OF A BONHAM TO CORSICANA TO GEORGETOWN LINE AS OF 330 PM. THESE STORMS PRODUCED SOME LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS AND THERE WERE A FEW REPORTS OF SOME SMALL HAIL. ROUND TWO OF STORMS HAVE FIRED ALONG THE DRY LINE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SOME DESTABILIZATION IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE I-35 CORRIDOR WESTWARD LATE THIS AFTERNOON...SO ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT MAY STILL OCCUR BEFORE SUNSET. A COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDED SOUTHEAST OF A SWEETWATER TO CHILDRESS TO PLAINVIEW LINE AT 3 PM....WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL OVERTAKE THE DRY LINE THIS EVENING AND SWEEP THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN ZONES BY DAYBREAK. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TOWARD DAYBREAK. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL MIX DOWN MONDAY MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. A WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER THIS EVENING TO COVER MONDAY/S STRONG WINDS. HIGHS MONDAY WILL BE IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S. WINDS WILL DECREASE BY SUNSET MONDAY AND WITH CLEAR SKIES AND THE LIGHTER WINDS...A FREEZE WILL OCCUR ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS WITH AREAS OF FROST POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. LOWS WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE 30S...THOUGH SOME UPPER 20S ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE NORMALLY COLDER SPOTS ACROSS THE NORTH AND WEST. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AHEAD OF A SHORTWAVE AND COLD FRONT. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT WITH SOME LINGERING SHOWERS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EAST FRIDAY MORNING. 58 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 50 57 34 63 43 / 20 10 5 0 5 WACO, TX 54 59 34 64 39 / 40 20 5 0 5 PARIS, TX 49 51 30 60 38 / 60 20 10 0 5 DENTON, TX 45 54 30 63 39 / 20 10 5 0 5 MCKINNEY, TX 48 55 31 62 38 / 40 10 5 0 5 DALLAS, TX 50 57 35 63 44 / 20 10 5 0 5 TERRELL, TX 52 56 32 62 38 / 20 20 5 0 5 CORSICANA, TX 54 56 34 62 40 / 40 20 5 0 5 TEMPLE, TX 55 60 35 64 38 / 30 20 5 0 5 MINERAL WELLS, TX 44 56 31 64 38 / 10 10 5 0 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY FOR TXZ091>095- 100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175. && /75
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 9:33 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 13, 7:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
754 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0725 PM HAIL 8 E LOMETA 31.23N 98.24W
04/13/2014 E1.50 INCH LAMPASAS TX LAW ENFORCEMENTLocal storm report, Apr 13, 8:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
836 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0836 PM HAIL KILLEEN 31.13N 97.73W
04/13/2014 E0.88 INCH BELL TX AMATEUR RADIOLocal storm report, Apr 13, 8:53 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
853 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0848 PM HAIL 3 S KILLEEN 31.09N 97.73W
04/13/2014 E1.00 INCH BELL TX BROADCAST MEDIA
INTERSECTION OF 195 AND 201 SOUTH OF KILLEENLocal storm report, Apr 13, 9:09 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
909 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0908 PM HAIL 3 NW SALADO 30.96N 97.57W
04/13/2014 E0.75 INCH BELL TX AMATEUR RADIOLocal storm report, Apr 13, 9:14 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
914 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0857 PM HAIL 6 N POTTSBORO 33.84N 96.67W
04/13/2014 E0.75 INCH GRAYSON TX AMATEUR RADIOSpecial weather statement, Apr 13, 9:19 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
919 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
TXZ093-094-140245-
FANNIN TX-GRAYSON TX-
919 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHERN FANNIN COUNTY
EAST CENTRAL GRAYSON COUNTY
AT 918 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF DENISON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE DENISON.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3356 9594 3363 9638 3370 9661 3383 9659
3382 9652 3378 9650 3379 9642 3370 9636
3370 9632 3377 9629 3376 9619 3380 9616
3381 9618 3384 9615 3386 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 277DEG 41KT 3376 9644The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bosque | 24 min |
| Apr 13, 7:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Montague | 26 min |
| Apr 13, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Montague | 55 min |
| Apr 13, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell, Lampasas | 66 min |
| Apr 13, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton, Grayson, Montague, Wise | 61 min |
| Apr 13, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 63 min |
| Apr 13, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin | 26 min |
| Apr 13, 9:26 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FWD | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 13, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Lamar | 50 min |
| Apr 13, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Milam | 30 min |
| Apr 13, 11:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta, Hunt, Lamar | 28 min |
| Apr 13, 11:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta, Hunt | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 12:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 3:13 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | FWD | Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Delta and 24 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 14, 8:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Kaufman | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 8:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Navarro | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 8:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro | 58 min |
| Apr 14, 8:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Van Zandt | 61 min |
| Apr 14, 9:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | McLennan | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 9:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill, Limestone, McLennan | 58 min |
| Apr 14, 9:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 9:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell | 23 min |
| Apr 14, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls, McLennan | 60 min |
| Apr 14, 10:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 56 min |
| Apr 14, 10:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Limestone | 23 min |
| Apr 14, 10:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Rains | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 11:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 3:19 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FWD | Anderson, Bell, Dallas, Ellis, Falls, Freestone and 10 more | 18 hr |
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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.