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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 9, 2016Fannin County, Lamar County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2016, 6:04 PM CDT for Fannin County, Lamar County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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 9, 2016, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
65.0 mph

Counties Fannin County, TX, Lamar County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 9, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 2016-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 128 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 465 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-238 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
465 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
489 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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 9, 3:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 3:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 3:04 PM CDT, 3 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
304 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-101200-
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-
304 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR
AREAS MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. AREAS FROM
GAINESVILLE TO BONHAM TO PARIS AND SOUTH TO SULPHUR SPRINGS HAVE
THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH LATE EVENING. LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

FARTHER SOUTH...ISOLATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE EVENING
WITH MAINLY A LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THREAT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE GENERALLY NOT EXPECTED WEST OF INTERSTATE 35
AFTER 5 PM THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20
LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE
DURING THIS TIME.

BETTER STORM CHANCES ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING
THIS TIME INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS LATE
FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH LATE EVENING GENERALLY
EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND ALONG THE RED RIVER.

DUNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland67 min
May 8, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Parker, Wise63 min
May 9, 12:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath29 min
May 9, 12:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson26 min
May 9, 3:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung24 min
May 9, 4:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young58 min
May 9, 4:52 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDYoung3 hr
May 9, 4:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague48 min
May 9, 5:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack, Montague52 min
May 9, 6:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens, Young54 min
May 9, 7:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack37 min
May 9, 7:52 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDJack3 hr
May 9, 8:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDWise5 days
May 9, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFannin, Lamar29 min
May 9, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar54 min
May 9, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar31 min

Nearby

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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.