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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX

July 4, 2016Jack County, Wise County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2016, 4:32 AM CDT for Jack County, Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 4, 2016, 4:32 AM CDT (09:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2016, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX

Counties Jack County, TX, Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:31 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 2016-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2151 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 4, 4:05 AM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 4:05 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 12:22 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:05 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:32 AM CDT, 3 hours before
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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
326 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

TXZ102-103-040900-
WISE TX-DENTON TX-
326 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL WISE AND
SOUTHWESTERN DENTON COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT...

AT 326 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW FAIRVIEW...OR 12 MILES EAST OF DECATUR...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...SOUTHLAKE...CORINTH...HIGHLAND
VILLAGE...TROPHY CLUB...ROANOKE...ARGYLE...HICKORY CREEK...JUSTIN...DOUBLE
OAK...NORTHLAKE...HASLET...BARTONVILLE...COPPER CANYON...NEW FAIRVIEW...
CORRAL CITY...PONDER AND WESTLAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. SEEK
A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3310 9700 3298 9716 3299 9734 3316 9755
      3331 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 0826Z 309DEG 24KT 3320 9738

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:31 AM CDT, 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:32 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
432 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

TXZ091-101>103-116-117-041015-
PALO PINTO TX-MONTAGUE TX-PARKER TX-WISE TX-JACK TX-DENTON TX-
432 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN PARKER...WISE...WEST
CENTRAL DENTON...NORTHEASTERN PALO PINTO...SOUTHEASTERN MONTAGUE AND
SOUTHERN JACK COUNTIES UNTIL 515 AM CDT...

AT 432 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR FORESTBURG TO BRYSON. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DENTON...MINERAL WELLS...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...JACKSBORO...BRIAR...
SPRINGTOWN...NORTHLAKE...ALVORD...NEW FAIRVIEW...AURORA...BOYD...CHICO...
GRAFORD...BRYSON...PARADISE...POOLVILLE...BOONSVILLE...COTTONDALE AND
RHOME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3352 9749 3344 9749 3343 9741 3316 9717
      3275 9830 3316 9840
TIME...MOT...LOC 0932Z 337DEG 22KT 3347 9750 3313 9838

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague40 min
Jul 3, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDStephens, Young59 min
Jul 3, 8:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack, Montague65 min
Jul 3, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack54 min
Jul 3, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young56 min
Jul 3, 9:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise67 min
Jul 3, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung63 min
Jul 3, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young65 min
Jul 3, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas, Denton, Tarrant57 min
Jul 3, 11:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDJack, Young3 hr
Jul 3, 11:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack60 min
Jul 4, 12:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker25 min
Jul 4, 1:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker25 min
Jul 4, 1:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJohnson28 min
Jul 4, 3:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise42 min
Jul 4, 3:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton34 min
Jul 4, 4:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Denton, Tarrant37 min
Jul 4, 4:26 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas, Denton, Tarrant2 hr
Jul 4, 4:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke44 min
Jul 4, 6:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas37 min
Jul 4, 6:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas25 min
Jul 4, 6:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas21 hr
Jul 4, 6:35 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas, Tarrant3 hr
Jul 4, 8:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas60 hr
Jul 4, 9:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDAnderson, Freestone, Navarro3 hr
Jul 4, 6:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland43 min

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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.