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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 342, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 30, 2015, 9:13 PM CDT for Eastland County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
- Oct 30, 2015, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2015, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Eastland County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 513 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 614 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
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 Oct 30, 6:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 6:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 30, 3:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 338 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-311200- 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- 338 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT MAINLY FROM THE WACO/TEMPLE/KILLEEN AREAS AND EAST OF THERE TO CANTON AND PALESTINE. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...SOME ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED. WIND SHEAR IS HIGH AND THERE IS A THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY ON SATURDAY. RESIDUAL FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE METROPLEX NORTHEAST TO PARIS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH TONIGHT IF THERE APPEARS TO BE ANY TORNADO THREAT. DUNN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 30, 4:31 PM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
431 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0426 PM FLASH FLOOD HEWITT 31.47N 97.20W
10/30/2015 MCLENNAN TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING OF STREETS/ROADS ONGOING IN THE CITY OF HEWITT.Local storm report, Oct 30, 4:34 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
434 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0426 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 S TROY 31.17N 97.30W
10/30/2015 BELL TX BROADCAST MEDIA
WATER WAS REPORTED OVER BOTH SIDES OF I-35 AT MM 306
WITH CARS STALLING JUST SOUTH OF TROY.Special weather statement, Oct 30, 4:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
435 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015
TXZ129-302215-
EASTLAND TX-
435 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTLAND COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM
CDT...
AT 435 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR RANGER TO NEAR LAKE
BROWNWOOD NEAR BYRDS STORE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTLAND...CISCO...RANGER...GORMAN...RISING STAR AND CARBON.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 330 AND 363.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3252 9898 3251 9847 3230 9848 3208 9893
3208 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 268DEG 12KT 3250 9874 3189 9898
30Special weather statement, Oct 30, 5:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 522 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015 TXZ141-302300- COMANCHE TX- 522 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL COMANCHE COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 521 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF BLANKET...OR 10 MILES WEST OF COMANCHE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COMANCHE AND DE LEON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH 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 3218 9850 3193 9832 3183 9876 3199 9887 TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 246DEG 21KT 3193 9877 JLDUNN
Special weather statement, Oct 30, 6:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
642 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015
TXZ130-310030-
ERATH TX-
642 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 641 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
STEPHENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STEPHENVILLE AND MORGAN MILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
NUISANCE FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3250 9807 3221 9794 3215 9790 3213 9827
3226 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 240DEG 25KT 3219 9824
JLDUNNSpecial weather statement, Oct 30, 7:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
748 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015
TXZ117-118-131-133-310130-
JOHNSON TX-PARKER TX-HOOD TX-TARRANT TX-
748 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 747 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES SOUTH OF ANNETTA...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRANBURY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
INTERSTATE 35W BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 67.
INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 418 AND 453.
INTERSTATE 820 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 35.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3298 9704 3255 9704 3255 9730 3232 9769
3256 9787 3278 9755 3299 9754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 237DEG 33KT 3256 9763
30The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 7:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Limestone, Navarro | 115 min |
| Oct 30, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 42 min |
| Oct 30, 8:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Comanche | 115 min |
| Oct 30, 8:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | McLennan | 2 hr |
| Oct 30, 8:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin, Dallas | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 9:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | McLennan | 111 min |
| Oct 30, 9:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Bell | 115 min |
| Oct 30, 9:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Limestone | 60 hr |
| Oct 30, 9:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 5 days |
| Oct 30, 9:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bosque, Erath, Johnson, Somervell | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 10:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 55 min |
| Oct 30, 10:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 10:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 10:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Anderson, Henderson | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 10:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, Ellis, Johnson, Somervell | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 10:38 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 18 hr |
| Oct 30, 10:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Hunt, Rockwall | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 11:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 20 hr |
| Oct 30, 11:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Hood | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 11:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 59 hr |
| Oct 31, 12:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 21 hr |
| Oct 31, 12:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Hamilton, Mills | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 1:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 1:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 1:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Kaufman | 4 hr |
| Oct 31, 1:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, Ellis, Johnson, Somervell | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 1:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell | 54 min |
| Oct 31, 1:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 4 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lampasas | 66 min |
| Oct 31, 2:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bosque, Ellis, Hill | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 44 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rockwall | 32 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Hood | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | McLennan | 65 min |
| Oct 31, 2:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Coryell | 63 min |
| Oct 31, 3:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 4 days |
| Oct 31, 3:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bell | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Navarro | 9 days |
| Oct 31, 4:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 4:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson, Somervell | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 4:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Limestone | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 4:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls, Milam | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 5:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Kaufman | 2 hr |
| Oct 31, 5:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Limestone | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 5:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Freestone, Leon, Robertson | 4 hr |
| Oct 31, 5:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 6:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 4 hr |
| Oct 31, 7:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson, Somervell | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 7:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Falls, Milam | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 8:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 5 days |
| Oct 31, 8:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Limestone | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 9:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Kaufman | 55 hr |
| Oct 31, 10:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 24 hr |
| Oct 31, 5:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 23 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.