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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 17, 2017Jack County, Young County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2017, 12:30 PM CDT for Jack County, Young County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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 17, 2017, 12:30 PM CDT (17:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jack County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2017-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 430 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 2017-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
940 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Apr 17, 11:36 AM CDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 11:36 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 11:51 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1151 AM CDT Mon Apr 17 2017

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-181215-
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-
1151 AM CDT Mon Apr 17 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.
There is a chance of thunderstorms across all of North and Central
Texas today. The highest chances early this afternoon will be near
and north of the I-20 corridor, and then gradually shifting south of
I-20 and into portions of Central Texas later this afternoon and
evening. A few storms could become strong with gusty downburst winds
and small hail, but with negligible wind shear, the threat of
widespread severe storms is low. These weak steering currents will
result in slow-moving storms that will be capable of heavy rainfall
leading to localized flash flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.
Thunderstorm chances will end on Tuesday as the upper disturbances
responsible for this recent bout of unsettled weather move east of
the region.

A cold front will approach the Red River Thursday night and Friday,
bringing a chance of thunderstorms to areas mainly north of the I-20
corridor. The storm chances will increase Friday night into Saturday
as a strong storm system swings through the Plains and a cold front
surges through North and Central Texas. A line of storms may
accompany the front. Some of these storms could be severe.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 17, 10:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 17, 10:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 17, 10:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 3:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson31 min
Apr 17, 4:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin, Grayson, Lamar28 min
Apr 17, 5:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke25 min
Apr 17, 6:08 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFannin, Lamar3 hr
Apr 17, 6:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin, Lamar5 hr
Apr 17, 6:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise34 min
Apr 17, 6:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke24 min
Apr 17, 8:57 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDGrayson2 hr
Apr 17, 9:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson51 min
Apr 17, 9:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke42 min
Apr 17, 10:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague45 min
Apr 17, 10:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack40 min
Apr 17, 10:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke41 min
Apr 17, 10:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCooke, Montague3 hr
Apr 17, 10:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung41 min
Apr 17, 11:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke, Montague3 hr
Apr 17, 12:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise42 min
Apr 17, 12:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack, Young37 min
Apr 17, 1:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack, Wise, Young45 min
Apr 17, 1:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack, Wise39 min
Apr 17, 2:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas3 hr
Apr 17, 2:04 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas116 min
Apr 17, 2:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDStephens41 min
Apr 17, 2:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise23 min
Apr 17, 2:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker48 min
Apr 17, 2:48 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDParker, Wise117 min
Apr 17, 3:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas3 hr
Apr 17, 3:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant41 min
Apr 17, 3:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas, Tarrant2 hr
Apr 17, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBosque, Hill44 min
Apr 17, 5:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDNavarro35 min
Apr 17, 5:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDEllis, Navarro2 hr
Apr 17, 6:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDNavarro2 hr

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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.