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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 9, 2015Eastland County, Erath County, Palo Pinto County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2015, 9:14 PM CDT for Eastland County, Erath County, Palo Pinto County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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 9, 2015, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2015, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 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
May 9, 1:21 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 2343 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1015 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 316 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 396 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 5.1
Supercell composite: 26.9

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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 9, 9:03 PM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 9:03 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 3:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
327 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-101200-
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-
327 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. IN
ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.
THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL TEXAS SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ON
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ACROSS
SEVERAL PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. SEVERE WEATHER WILL ALSO
BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY WITH A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING. ISOLATED
SEVERE STORMS MAY OCCUR MONDAY AND TUESDAY BUT THE CHANCES FOR
SEVERE STORMS MAY INCREASE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS.

JLDUNN

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 5:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
504 PM CDT SAT MAY 09 2015

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

0455 PM     TORNADO          3 W MANGUM              32.32N  98.90W
05/09/2015                   EASTLAND           TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TORNADO JUST WEST OF MANGUM

Local storm report, May 9, 5:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
511 PM CDT SAT MAY 09 2015

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

0504 PM     HAIL             EASTLAND                32.40N  98.82W
05/09/2015  E3.00 INCH       EASTLAND           TX   PUBLIC

            3.25 INCH DIAMETER HAIL REPORTED IN EASTLAND.

Special weather statement, May 9, 6:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
643 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

TXZ100-101-100030-
JACK TX-YOUNG TX-
643 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN YOUNG AND JACK
COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 642 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BRYSON...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JACKSBORO AND BRYSON.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3340 9848 3340 9842 3346 9842 3347 9806
      3316 9794 3306 9851 3326 9860
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 238DEG 25KT 3321 9844

STALLEY

Special weather statement, May 9, 6:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
648 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

TXZ129-100030-
EASTLAND TX-
648 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTLAND COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM
CDT...

AT 647 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF EASTLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTLAND...CISCO...RANGER...GORMAN...RISING STAR AND CARBON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 324 AND 363.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3241 9911 3251 9894 3251 9847 3230 9848
      3208 9892 3208 9911
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 240DEG 49KT 3231 9888

JLDUNN

Local storm report, May 9, 7:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
700 PM CDT SAT MAY 09 2015

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

0659 PM     TORNADO          12 NW STEPHENVILLE      32.35N  98.35W
05/09/2015                   ERATH              TX   STORM CHASER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO 12 MILES NW OF
            STEPHENVILLE

Local storm report, May 9, 7:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
706 PM CDT SAT MAY 09 2015

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

0706 PM     FLASH FLOOD      NEWCASTLE               33.20N  98.75W
05/09/2015                   YOUNG              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER OVER HWY 380 WEST OF NEWCASTLE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	40 min
May 9, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath, Hood, Palo Pinto	63 min
May 9, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FWD	Erath	30 min
May 9, 7:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Erath	115 min
May 9, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath, Hood, Parker, Somervell	60 min
May 9, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Erath, Hood	30 min
May 9, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	58 min
May 9, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	56 min
May 9, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant	65 min
May 9, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath, Hood, Somervell	60 min
May 9, 9:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Erath	2 hr
May 9, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	59 min
May 9, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath, Palo Pinto	48 min
May 9, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Johnson, Somervell	60 min
May 9, 10:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton, Grayson	37 min
May 9, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	61 min
May 9, 10:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Stephens	48 min
May 9, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood	63 min
May 9, 11:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	47 min
May 9, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	61 min
May 9, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Johnson, Somervell	63 min
May 9, 11:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Eastland, Erath, Hood	5 hr
May 10, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson	28 min
May 10, 12:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Grayson	41 min
May 10, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto	55 min
May 10, 12:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Johnson	3 hr
May 10, 3:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Eastland	66 min
May 10, 4:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	61 min
May 10, 4:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath, Palo Pinto	73 min
May 10, 4:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Eastland	23 min
May 10, 5:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Eastland, Erath, Hood	4 hr
May 10, 5:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Parker, Somervell	62 min
May 10, 5:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	48 min
May 10, 5:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Johnson	46 min
May 10, 6:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	3 hr
May 10, 6:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	48 min
May 10, 6:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton	44 min
May 10, 6:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Denton	23 min
May 10, 6:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	40 min
May 10, 6:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Cooke, Denton	3 hr
May 10, 6:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	48 min
May 10, 6:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Johnson	3 hr
May 10, 7:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	43 min
May 10, 7:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin	57 min
May 10, 7:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bosque, Ellis, Hill, Johnson	46 min
May 10, 7:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Ellis, Grayson, Rockwall	3 hr
May 10, 7:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill	53 min
May 10, 7:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas, Ellis	45 min
May 10, 7:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin, Grayson	42 min
May 10, 8:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson	3 hr
May 10, 8:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis, Kaufman	51 min
May 10, 8:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	16 hr
May 10, 8:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall	48 min
May 10, 9:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Erath, Hood	3 hr
May 10, 9:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Johnson	2 hr
May 10, 9:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	56 days
May 10, 9:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	44 min
May 10, 10:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	27 hr
May 10, 10:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Navarro	4 days
May 10, 10:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	56 days
May 10, 10:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hunt	38 min
May 10, 10:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	47 min
May 10, 10:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Denton, Tarrant	3 hr
May 10, 10:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins	41 hr
May 10, 10:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton, Tarrant	44 min
May 10, 10:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall	41 min
May 10, 11:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Fannin, Grayson	3 hr
May 10, 11:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Delta	41 min
May 10, 11:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Wise	114 min
May 10, 12:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	41 min
May 10, 12:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Denton, Wise	43 min
May 10, 12:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	50 min
May 10, 12:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	5 hr
May 10, 12:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke	46 min
May 10, 1:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Parker	3 hr
May 10, 1:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke, Denton	10 hr
May 10, 1:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton	41 min
May 10, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Grayson	45 min
May 10, 1:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise	63 min
May 10, 1:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	20 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.