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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 26, 2016Cooke County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 26, 2016, 7:13 PM CDT for Cooke County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 26, 2016, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cooke County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 00:00Z on 2016-10-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 242 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
242 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

As transmitted.

367 
WUUS54 KFWD 270013
SVRFWD
TXC097-270100-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0310.161027T0013Z-161027T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
713 PM CDT WED OCT 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL COOKE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 713 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  THACKERVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF MARIETTA...MOVING SOUTH AT 25
  MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GAINESVILLE AROUND 735 PM CDT. 
  LINDSAY AROUND 745 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE VALLEY
VIEW.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 490 AND 503.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION GET INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3389 9718 3384 9717 3383 9720 3380 9721
      3376 9719 3372 9714 3373 9709 3380 9710
      3382 9705 3384 9709 3385 9709 3386 9706
      3384 9705 3384 9702 3352 9695 3355 9737
      3386 9727 3387 9725 3390 9725 3392 9723
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 004DEG 22KT 3381 9715 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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2 follow-up statements
187 
WWUS54 KFWD 270037
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
737 PM CDT WED OCT 26 2016

TXC097-270100-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-161027T0100Z/
COOKE TX-
737 PM CDT WED OCT 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL COOKE COUNTY...

AT 736 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
THACKERVILLE... OR 8 MILES NORTH OF GAINESVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15
MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GAINESVILLE AROUND 755 PM CDT. 
  LINDSAY AROUND 800 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE VALLEY
VIEW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION STAY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND KEEP AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3382 9724 3381 9721 3380 9721 3376 9719
      3372 9714 3373 9709 3380 9710 3379 9705
      3353 9705 3355 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 021DEG 13KT 3376 9719 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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153 
WWUS54 KFWD 270052
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
752 PM CDT WED OCT 26 2016

TXC097-270102-
/O.EXP.KFWD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-161027T0100Z/
COOKE TX-
752 PM CDT WED OCT 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL COOKE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3382 9724 3381 9721 3380 9721 3376 9719
      3372 9714 3373 9709 3380 9710 3379 9705
      3353 9705 3355 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 004DEG 22KT 3367 9720 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague34 min
Oct 26, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Montague, Wise63 min
Oct 27, 2:53 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryFWDCollin, Cooke, Delta, Denton, Fannin, Grayson and 8 more4 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.