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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 29, 2016Anderson County, Freestone County, Henderson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2016, 1:09 PM CDT for Anderson County, Freestone County, Henderson County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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, 1:09 PM CDT (18:09 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2016, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Anderson County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Henderson County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 29, 1:08 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2369 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.6
Supercell composite: 14.9

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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 Apr 29, 12:50 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 12:50 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 5:15 AM CDT, 7 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
515 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-301100-
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-
515 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...THEY ARE
MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON WHEN A DRYLINE INVADES
FROM THE WEST. IN ADVANCE OF THE BOUNDARY...A VERY UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE WILL BE LARGELY UNCAPPED AT PEAK HEATING...AS AN
APPROACHING UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE PROVIDES LIFT TO HELP INITIATE
STORMS. STRONG VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL AID IN STORM MAINTENANCE
AND MAY RESULT IN SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES.

THE ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING.
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AFTER DARK
BUT GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS THE NIGHT
PROGRESSES...TRAINING CELLS MAY ENHANCE THE THREAT OF FLOODING...
PARTICULARLY IN EAST TEXAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
A COLD FRONT WILL EVENTUALLY OVERTAKE THE DRYLINE...AND THE
RESULTING BOUNDARY MAY LINGER ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ALONG THE STALLED FRONT...BUT A LACK OF FORCING MAY LIMIT
THE EXTENT AND INTENSITY OF THE ACTIVITY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED.

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. THE SEVERE THREAT
DURING THIS PERIOD APPEARS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 12:27 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1227 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

TXZ135-146-291800-
NAVARRO TX-HENDERSON TX-
1227 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN NAVARRO AND
HENDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT...

AT 1227 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
TRINIDAD...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF GUN BARREL CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...MABANK...CHANDLER...MALAKOFF...TOOL...KERENS...
SEVEN POINTS...BROWNSBORO...EUSTACE...BERRYVILLE...TRINIDAD...EDOM...
ENCHANTED OAKS...COFFEE CITY...CANEY CITY...PAYNE SPRINGS...LOG CABIN...
MURCHISON AND STAR HARBOR.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO CLOSELY MONITOR FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
FORT WORTH.

LAT...LON 3201 9605 3208 9607 3204 9615 3219 9627
      3223 9622 3225 9624 3225 9628 3230 9630
      3233 9643 3235 9645 3236 9545 3229 9545
      3223 9549 3218 9546 3215 9548 3209 9543
TIME...MOT...LOC 1727Z 232DEG 37KT 3217 9614

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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 12:32 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1232 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

TXZ122-123-291800-
RAINS TX-VAN ZANDT TX-
1232 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VAN ZANDT AND SOUTHERN RAINS
COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT...

AT 1231 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
GRAND SALINE...OR 9 MILES WEST OF MINEOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CANTON...WILLS POINT...GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD...FRUITVALE...EDOM...
LAKE TAWAKONI STATE PARK AND PURTIS CREEK STATE PARK.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO CLOSELY MONITOR FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
FORT WORTH.

LAT...LON 3236 9607 3284 9608 3284 9593 3282 9592
      3277 9585 3277 9577 3275 9576 3273 9569
      3279 9564 3272 9564 3268 9559 3248 9560
      3236 9545
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 215DEG 39KT 3261 9564

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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 1:04 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
104 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

TXZ147-161-162-175-291830-
ROBERTSON TX-LIMESTONE TX-LEON TX-FREESTONE TX-
104 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN LIMESTONE...ROBERTSON...
FREESTONE AND LEON COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...

AT 103 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19
MILES NORTHEAST OF FRANKLIN...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GROESBECK...
MOVING NORTH AT 65 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HEARNE...TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD...BUFFALO...FRANKLIN...CALVERT...WORTHAM...
BREMOND...CENTERVILLE...FAIRFIELD LAKE STATE PARK...JEWETT...NORMANGEE...
OAKWOOD...MARQUEZ...STREETMAN...LEONA AND KIRVIN.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO CLOSELY MONITOR FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
FORT WORTH.

LAT...LON 3110 9683 3130 9644 3158 9635 3180 9650
      3201 9605 3179 9598 3169 9578 3160 9577
      3160 9576 3165 9574 3165 9573 3163 9572
      3146 9575 3132 9566 3127 9573 3109 9577
      3109 9598 3096 9626 3075 9646 3070 9657
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 199DEG 56KT 3128 9633

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The office that day

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, 2:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Montague	41 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, 1:33 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 Tornado observed	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.