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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 21, 2014Bell County, Coryell County, Lampasas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 2014, 4:21 PM CDT for Bell County, Coryell County, Lampasas County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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 21, 2014, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 2014, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bell County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Lampasas County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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
Apr 21, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 12:00Z on 2014-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 113 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 12:00Z on 2014-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 206 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
113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 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 Apr 21, 3:46 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 3:46 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
346 PM CDT MON APR 21 2014

.DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH
TEXAS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE
REGION. CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS INDICATED THE CAP HAD ERODED AS OF 3
PM WITH CAPE ON THE ORDER OF 1000 TO 1500 J/KG. THE BREAKS IN THE
CLOUDS ACROSS THE WESTERN COUNTIES DURING THE AFTERNOON HAVE
HELPED TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE. THEREFORE...WE EXPECT SOME
SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP THERE INITIALLY. THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL
BE FROM DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND HAIL. THE TORNADO POTENTIAL
IS LOW OVERALL SINCE THERE IS NO REAL MECHANISM TO BACK THE
SURFACE WINDS...BUT THERE IS ALWAYS A CHANCE OF INTERSECTING
OUTFLOWS AND A BRIEF TORNADO.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TONIGHT WITH
THE PASSING COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL BE RELATIVELY WEAK AND
BRING LITTLE MORE THAN A DOSE OF DRIER AIR TO THE REGION.
OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT WILL COOL INTO THE 50S AND LOWER 60S.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER TEXAS ON TUESDAY AND BRING CLEAR
SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. TEMPERATURES WILL STILL MANAGE TO WARM INTO
THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S.

THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION WEDNESDAY WHILE
ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM ORGANIZES OVER THE WESTERN CONUS.
SURFACE LEE TROUGHING ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WILL RESULT
IN A RAPID RETURN OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WEDNESDAY. LARGE SCALE
LIFT WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AS
THE UPPER TROUGH TRANSLATES FROM THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS. THE COMBINATION OF LIFT AND MOISTURE WILL BRING
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY.

PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL DECREASE THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN A COLD
FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. HOWEVER...THE FRONT WILL MOST LIKELY
STALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ZONES THURSDAY NIGHT AND LIFT NORTHWARD
ON FRIDAY IN RESPONSE TO ANOTHER DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN
THE WEST. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THIS
SYSTEM BOTH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS PROGGED BY THE GFS TO
DEEPEN NEAR THE FOUR CORERS REGION ON SATURDAY AND BRING A LATE
SEASON SNOW STORM TO THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES AND
RAIN/THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTH TEXAS. THE ECMWF SOLUTION IS MUCH
FARTHER NORTH WITH THE UPPER LOW AND KEEPS THE BULK OF THE
PRECIPITATION NORTH OF THE REGION. FOR NOW WE WILL KEEP CHANCE
POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY AND AWAIT SOME MODEL CONSISTENCY.
IF THE GFS SOLUTION DOES VERIFY...NORTH TEXAS COULD SEE SOME
APPRECIABLE RAINFALL SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK.

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&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  61  81  60  85  63 /  50   5   5   5  20
WACO, TX              62  81  59  84  63 /  60  10   5   5  20
PARIS, TX             59  76  55  79  61 /  60   5   5   5  20
DENTON, TX            58  81  57  85  63 /  30   5   5   5  30
MCKINNEY, TX          57  78  55  82  62 /  50   5   5   5  20
DALLAS, TX            62  80  62  84  63 /  50   5   5   5  20
TERRELL, TX           60  79  57  82  62 /  60   5   5   5  20
CORSICANA, TX         62  80  60  83  62 /  60  10   5   5  20
TEMPLE, TX            62  82  59  84  63 /  60  10   5   5  20
MINERAL WELLS, TX     57  81  54  85  62 /  20   5   5   5  30

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 21, 3:48 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
348 PM CDT MON APR 21 2014

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-221100-
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-
348 PM CDT MON APR 21 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON...THIS EVENING...AND OVERNIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS.
HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY SOUTHEAST
OF A LINE FROM LAMPASAS...TO HILLSBORO...TO TERRELL. THE ACTIVITY
WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT
SWEEPS THROUGH THE REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY EVENING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. SOME SEVERE WEATHER
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER ACTIVITY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...PRIMARILY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GOLDTHWAITE...TO GLEN
ROSE...TO MUENSTER.

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Special weather statement, Apr 21, 4:18 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
418 PM CDT MON APR 21 2014

TXZ156-212145-
LAMPASAS TX-
418 PM CDT MON APR 21 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  LAMPASAS COUNTY

AT 418 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMPASAS...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LAMPASAS.

NICKEL-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 3120 9857 3125 9854 3146 9818 3107 9790
      3104 9792 3103 9844 3107 9849 3108 9846
      3111 9846 3112 9850 3110 9853 3112 9855
      3116 9850
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 285DEG 15KT 3121 9809

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton29 min
Apr 21, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas28 min
Apr 21, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCoryell26 min
Apr 21, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar38 min
Apr 21, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLampasas27 min
Apr 21, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis23 min
Apr 21, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan30 min
Apr 21, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis33 min
Apr 21, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCoryell30 min
Apr 21, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell57 min
Apr 21, 4:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHill23 min
Apr 21, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis55 min
Apr 21, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque57 min
Apr 21, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Lamar53 min
Apr 21, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLampasas37 min
Apr 21, 5:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDelta, Hopkins24 min
Apr 21, 5:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLampasas34 min
Apr 21, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Navarro64 min
Apr 21, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHunt31 min
Apr 21, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Hunt, Rains58 min
Apr 21, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Coryell, Lampasas56 min
Apr 21, 6:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBosque, Hill24 min
Apr 21, 6:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis38 min
Apr 21, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, McLennan53 min
Apr 21, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis51 min
Apr 21, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell54 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.