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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2016, 2:04 AM CDT for Cooke County, Montague County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
- Apr 29, 2016, 2:04 AM CDT (07:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2016, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Cooke County, TX, Montague County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -442 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2160 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 Apr 28, 11:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 11:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 3:18 PM CDT, 10 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 318 PM CDT THU APR 28 2016 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-291200- 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- 318 PM CDT THU APR 28 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN LATE THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AS A WARM FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY NORTH ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. THE GREATEST CHANCES WILL BE AFTER MIDNIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR. RICH GULF MOISTURE SURGING NORTH WITH THE WARM FRONT WILL RESULT IN STEADILY INCREASING INSTABILITY... ESPECIALLY ALOFT. THE INCREASING INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WIND SHEAR WITH HEIGHT FOR ELEVATED SUPERCELL STRUCTURES CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING AT DAYBREAK FRIDAY MORNING... PARTICULARLY ACROSS AREAS ALONG THE RED RIVER VALLEY. LARGE HAIL WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH MORNING STORMS...BUT BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING ISSUES THAT MAY IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END BEFORE MIDDAY. A DRYLINE WILL INVADE FROM THE WEST FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING LIFT...A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WITH LITTLE CAPPING IN PLACE AT PEAK HEATING...AND STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL PROMOTE THE FORMATION OF SEVERE STORMS AND POSSIBLY SUPERCELLS. ANY SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST LATE ON SATURDAY. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN AS EARLY AS SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ON MONDAY...BEFORE COMING TO AN END ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED OVERNIGHT FOR LARGE HAIL REPORTS AND ANY LOCALIZED FLOODING.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 28, 8:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
855 PM CDT THU APR 28 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0852 PM HAIL 2 ESE BELTON 31.06N 97.44W
04/28/2016 E2.00 INCH BELL TX BROADCAST MEDIA
2 INCH SIZE HAIL REPORTED WEST OF BELTON NEAR STILLHOUSE
HOLLOW LAKE.Local storm report, Apr 28, 8:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
857 PM CDT THU APR 28 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0849 PM HAIL BELTON 31.07N 97.47W
04/28/2016 E1.25 INCH BELL TX BROADCAST MEDIA
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN BELTONLocal storm report, Apr 28, 9:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
907 PM CDT THU APR 28 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0901 PM HAIL MORGAN'S POINT RESORT 31.16N 97.45W
04/28/2016 E1.00 INCH BELL TX AMATEUR RADIO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN MORGAN'S POINT RESORT.Local storm report, Apr 28, 9:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell, McLennan | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell, McLennan | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 10:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bell, Coryell, McLennan | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Montague | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 9:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 5 days |
| Apr 29, 9:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 53 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rockwall | 40 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 51 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Henderson | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 12:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Van Zandt | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 1:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Freestone, Leon, Robertson | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Henderson | 66 min |
| Apr 29, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 1:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Comanche, Erath, Hood | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Wise | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 25 min |
| Apr 29, 2:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Anderson, Delta, Freestone, Henderson, Hopkins, Leon and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Palo Pinto, Parker | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 2:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell, McLennan | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bosque, Hill, Somervell | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Wise | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill, Johnson | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro, Van Zandt | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Leon, Limestone | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Grayson | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 4:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Fannin, Henderson, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Tarrant | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Grayson | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Denton | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hamilton | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 5:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 66 min |
| Apr 29, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Erath, Hamilton | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 5:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill, Johnson, Somervell | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque | 37 min |
| Apr 29, 6:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hamilton | 61 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.