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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 307, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 27, 2015Hood County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2015, 6:44 PM CDT for Hood County, Texas. It was in force for 12 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, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2015, 6:56 PM CDT
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Hood County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 2015-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 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
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

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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 27, 6:42 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 6:42 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 2:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 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

Special weather statement, May 27, 4:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
415 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

TXZ141-143-272200-
COMANCHE TX-HAMILTON TX-
415 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN COMANCHE AND CENTRAL
HAMILTON COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

AT 415 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF HAMILTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAMILTON.

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 3194 9823 3192 9821 3192 9820 3194 9817
      3196 9811 3178 9796 3163 9826 3182 9841
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 234DEG 8KT 3178 9825

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Special weather statement, May 27, 4:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
458 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

TXZ130>132-143-272245-
HOOD TX-HAMILTON TX-ERATH TX-SOMERVELL TX-
458 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL HOOD...NORTHERN
HAMILTON...WESTERN SOMERVELL AND SOUTHEASTERN ERATH COUNTIES UNTIL
545 PM CDT...

AT 457 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
HICO...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STEPHENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRANBURY...PECAN PLANTATION...GLEN ROSE...HICO...DINOSAUR VALLEY
STATE PARK...OAK TRAIL SHORES AND TOLAR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
AREAS OF FLOODING OR NUISANCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. 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 3202 9830 3254 9790 3239 9763 3205 9794
      3202 9800 3200 9799 3193 9805
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 212DEG 33KT 3205 9809

JLDUNN
Local storm report, May 27, 6:06 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 27, 6:24 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 27, 6:31 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 27, 6:41 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Stephens3 hr
May 26, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack38 min
May 26, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Stephens67 min
May 26, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath62 min
May 26, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath31 min
May 26, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland42 min
May 26, 8:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEastland, Erath3 hr
May 26, 8:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Stephens3 hr
May 26, 8:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDTarrant3 hr
May 26, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath62 min
May 26, 8:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant3 hr
May 26, 9:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas3 hr
May 26, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland66 min
May 26, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant64 min
May 26, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Somervell58 min
May 26, 9:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas3 hr
May 26, 9:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche, Eastland, Erath5 hr
May 26, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker51 min
May 26, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Erath62 min
May 26, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis57 min
May 26, 10:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant3 hr
May 26, 10:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt52 min
May 26, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Comanche, Erath, Hamilton61 min
May 26, 10:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDKaufman3 hr
May 26, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman56 min
May 26, 10:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBosque, Comanche, Erath, Hamilton3 hr
May 26, 11:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Johnson, Somervell3 hr
May 26, 11:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDKaufman, Van Zandt3 hr
May 26, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Coryell, Hamilton, Hill, McLennan53 min
May 26, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche65 min
May 26, 11:26 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDEastland, Erath, Palo Pinto, Stephens6 hr
May 26, 11:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBosque, Hill3 hr
May 26, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Van Zandt62 min
May 27, 12:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDComanche6 days
May 27, 12:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche, Hamilton, Mills3 hr
May 27, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Hamilton, Mills61 min
May 27, 12:36 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDEllis, Hill, Limestone, Navarro3 hr
May 27, 12:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFalls, Freestone, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro51 min
May 27, 12:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHenderson4 hr
May 27, 12:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto7 days
May 27, 12:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDParker9 days
May 27, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Limestone, McLennan59 min
May 27, 12:56 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFalls, Limestone, McLennan3 hr
May 27, 1:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDAnderson, Freestone3 hr
May 27, 1:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDAnderson, Bell, Falls, Freestone, Leon, Milam and 1 more40 min
May 27, 1:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas, Kaufman, Rockwall, Tarrant27 min
May 27, 2:15 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDKaufman, Van Zandt3 hr
May 27, 2:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLampasas39 min
May 27, 2:37 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBell, Leon, Milam, Robertson3 hr
May 27, 3:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHamilton31 hr
May 27, 3:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCoryell3 hr
May 27, 3:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan47 min
May 27, 3:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell39 min
May 27, 4:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDComanche18 hr
May 27, 6:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis3 hr
May 27, 7:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDStephens18 hr
May 27, 8:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt50 hr
May 27, 8:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis3 hr
May 27, 10:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCoryell6 days
May 27, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFreestone38 min
May 27, 2:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung44 min
May 27, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung54 min
May 27, 3:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDYoung2 hr
May 27, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDPalo Pinto50 min
May 27, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHamilton45 min
May 27, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood47 min
May 27, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hood, Somervell51 min
May 27, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hood, Somervell52 min
May 27, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker46 min
May 27, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDNavarro44 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.