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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2015, 11:29 PM CDT for Erath 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, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2015, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Erath County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 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, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 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
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, 11:00 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 11:00 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 9:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 935 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- 935 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY NORTH AND WEST OF A GOLDTHWAITE...TO HILLSBORO...TO DALLAS...TO GAINESVILLE LINE OVERNIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE. HIGHEST RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 EAST. MAIN HAZARDS INCLUDE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE TORNADO THREAT IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT WHEN ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY AND MAY RESULT IN CONTINUED 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 IS MOST LIKELY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 EAST...BUT LOW ELSEWHERE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 9, 9:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, May 9, 11:10 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1110 PM CDT SAT MAY 09 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1019 PM TSTM WND GST DENTON 33.22N 97.15W
05/09/2015 M60 MPH DENTON TX ASOS
MEASURED WIND GUST BY KDTO ASOS. STRONG WINDS FROM ANVIL
PRECIPITATION NOT REACHING THE GROUND.Local storm report, May 9, 11:15 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1115 PM CDT SAT MAY 09 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1111 PM HAIL 2 S TOLAR 32.37N 97.90W
05/09/2015 E1.75 INCH HOOD TX AMATEUR RADIOSpecial weather statement, May 9, 11:28 PM CDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1128 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015
TXZ117-118-133-100515-
JOHNSON TX-PARKER TX-TARRANT TX-
1128 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN PARKER...
NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON AND SOUTHERN TARRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM
CDT...
AT 1128 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR GODLEY...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOSHUA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...BURLESON...CLEBURNE...BENBROOK...WHITE
SETTLEMENT...CROWLEY...FOREST HILL...RIVER OAKS...KENNEDALE...
EVERMAN...JOSHUA...RENDON...EDGECLIFF VILLAGE...WESTWORTH VILLAGE...
GODLEY...CROSS TIMBER...EDGECLIFF...WESTOVER HILLS AND BRIAROAKS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3270 9713 3238 9742 3250 9762 3255 9762
3256 9764 3280 9752
TIME...MOT...LOC 0428Z 219DEG 20KT 3252 9752
CAVANAUGHThe 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 | 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, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto | 61 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, 11:42 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.