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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 303, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2015, 3:06 PM CDT for Young 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
- May 27, 2015, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Young County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 27, 12:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 12:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 2:52 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 252 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-281215- 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- 252 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED...ANY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL COULD EASILY LEAD TO FLOODING ISSUES. ONCE AGAIN...THE ACTIVITY WILL LINGER INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. DAILY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER EACH DAY. THE HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES WILL BE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WHEN WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
In the hours before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 27, 2:46 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 246 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015 TXZ100-272030- YOUNG TX- 246 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN YOUNG COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM CDT... AT 246 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRAHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GRAHAM AND NEWCASTLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 3326 9875 3318 9842 3295 9853 3296 9887 TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 219DEG 14KT 3305 9866 JLDUNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens | 3 hr |
| May 26, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 38 min |
| May 26, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Stephens | 67 min |
| May 26, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 62 min |
| May 26, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath | 31 min |
| May 26, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland | 42 min |
| May 26, 8:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Eastland, Erath | 3 hr |
| May 26, 8:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens | 3 hr |
| May 26, 8:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Tarrant | 3 hr |
| May 26, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 62 min |
| May 26, 8:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 3 hr |
| May 26, 9:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| May 26, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 66 min |
| May 26, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant | 64 min |
| May 26, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Somervell | 58 min |
| May 26, 9:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| May 26, 9:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland, Erath | 5 hr |
| May 26, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 51 min |
| May 26, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath | 62 min |
| May 26, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 57 min |
| May 26, 10:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| May 26, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Van Zandt | 52 min |
| May 26, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Comanche, Erath, Hamilton | 61 min |
| May 26, 10:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Kaufman | 3 hr |
| May 26, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Kaufman | 56 min |
| May 26, 10:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bosque, Comanche, Erath, Hamilton | 3 hr |
| May 26, 11:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Somervell | 3 hr |
| May 26, 11:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| May 26, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Coryell, Hamilton, Hill, McLennan | 53 min |
| May 26, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 65 min |
| May 26, 11:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto, Stephens | 6 hr |
| May 26, 11:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 3 hr |
| May 26, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 62 min |
| May 27, 12:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 6 days |
| May 27, 12:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton, Mills | 3 hr |
| May 27, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton, Mills | 61 min |
| May 27, 12:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Limestone, Navarro | 3 hr |
| May 27, 12:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Falls, Freestone, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro | 51 min |
| May 27, 12:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Henderson | 4 hr |
| May 27, 12:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 7 days |
| May 27, 12:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Parker | 9 days |
| May 27, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone, McLennan | 59 min |
| May 27, 12:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Falls, Limestone, McLennan | 3 hr |
| May 27, 1:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Anderson, Freestone | 3 hr |
| May 27, 1:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson, Bell, Falls, Freestone, Leon, Milam and 1 more | 40 min |
| May 27, 1:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall, Tarrant | 27 min |
| May 27, 2:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| May 27, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lampasas | 39 min |
| May 27, 2:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bell, Leon, Milam, Robertson | 3 hr |
| May 27, 3:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 31 hr |
| May 27, 3:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Coryell | 3 hr |
| May 27, 3:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | McLennan | 47 min |
| May 27, 3:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell | 39 min |
| May 27, 4:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 18 hr |
| May 27, 6:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 3 hr |
| May 27, 7:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Stephens | 18 hr |
| May 27, 8:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 50 hr |
| May 27, 8:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 3 hr |
| May 27, 10:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Coryell | 6 days |
| May 27, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Freestone | 38 min |
| May 27, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 44 min |
| May 27, 3:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Young | 2 hr |
| May 27, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Palo Pinto | 50 min |
| May 27, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hamilton | 45 min |
| May 27, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hood | 47 min |
| May 27, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Somervell | 51 min |
| May 27, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Somervell | 52 min |
| May 27, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 46 min |
| May 27, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood | 12 min |
| May 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Navarro | 44 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.