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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2017, 6:48 PM CDT for Milam County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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 11, 2017, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2017, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Milam County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 229 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 11, 3:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 11, 3:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 308 PM CDT Thu May 11 2017 .DISCUSSION... Thunderstorms have developed in advance of a dryline as lift from an upper low spreads overhead. The dryline has advanced to near the I-35 corridor, and the atmosphere has destabilized considerably through the course of the day ahead of the boundary. Convection should continue to increase in coverage and intensify generally along and east of I-35/35E. Overall shear is modest, but when combined with the 2000+ J/KG of CAPE, will be more than enough for several severe storms with large hail and damaging winds the primary threats. The upper upper low responsible for the precipitation is moving eastward across Oklahoma and will gradually transition into an open shortwave trough this evening. This feature should continue to provide enough lift for continued showers and storms into the early evening hours across counties east of I-35-35E. The brunt of this activity will push east of the forecast area around sunset as the upper trough axis shifts towards the TX/LA border. However, a cold front will be surging southeast through the region and may provide focus for additional development during the late evening and overnight hours. The front should sweep through the entire CWA by sunrise Friday, bringing cooler and drier air into North and Central Texas. The weather pattern will remain fairly quiet over the weekend as upper ridging dominates the Southern Plains, with sunny, warm days and clear, cool nights expected. By Monday, the upper ridge will have shifted east of the area while an upper trough deepens along the West Coast. The surface ridge will also be situated east of the region over the Lower MS Valley, leading to a return of south winds and increasing moisture across North and Central TX. The West Coast Trough will quickly swing across the Desert Southwest and into the Southern Plains late Tuesday. This will generate a round of scattered showers and storms Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday Night. The weather pattern will remain fairly active mid and late week as a series of shortwave troughs bring multiple chances of showers and storms area-wide. 30 && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 1254 PM CDT Thu May 11 2017/ Early this afternoon, the dryline is presently still off to our west (and farther west than much of the morning high-resolution guidance suggested). Surface analysis reveals it stretches from near a KETN-KMWL-K0F2 line and gradually mixing eastward. Ahead of this feature, the atmosphere is becoming moderately unstable and lingering inhibition continues to erode. Because of the latest analyzed dryline position, we've opted to include VCTS across all Metroplex TAF sites during the 19-21Z time frame (AFW, FTW, DFW) and 20-22Z to the east(DAL and GKY) which seems to encompass the most probable time for direct convective impacts. Storms will then gradually congeal into a line as additional storms begin to develop southwestward along the surging dryline. While direct thunder impacts should be relatively short-lived at Metroplex sites, major disruptions to eastern departures and the Bonham and Cedar Creek cornerposts appear likely into the late afternoon. At Waco, similar convective trends are expected, albeit a few hours delayed from the Metroplex sites. A cold front will then move through later this evening (03-04Z across the Metroplex and closer to 06Z at Waco), bringing about a gusty northwest wind shift. As the core of the upper-low slides just north of the Red River on Friday morning, some MVFR cigs appear probable, and have included these in the Metroplex TAFs before VFR returns during the afternoon. One lingering uncertainty revolves around whether additional convection will fire on the front as it moves through Waco. At this time, this possibility appears too low to warrant inclusion in their TAF, but we will monitor trends. Carlaw && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 63 80 59 82 62 / 10 5 0 0 0 Waco 61 81 56 83 60 / 20 0 0 0 0 Paris 59 75 55 78 57 / 30 10 0 0 0 Denton 60 77 54 80 59 / 5 5 0 0 0 McKinney 61 77 55 80 59 / 10 10 0 0 0 Dallas 64 80 60 82 62 / 10 5 0 0 0 Terrell 61 78 56 80 57 / 20 10 0 0 0 Corsicana 62 80 58 81 59 / 30 5 0 0 0 Temple 62 81 56 83 60 / 20 0 0 0 0 Mineral Wells 57 79 53 82 57 / 5 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && 90/30
Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 3:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 328 PM CDT Thu May 11 2017 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-121145- 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- 328 PM CDT Thu May 11 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected generally along and east of the Interstate 35 corridor through this evening. Some storms will be severe with large hail and damaging wind. Storms will linger across the Southeastern-most counties overnight along a cold front. A few of these storms could become strong to possibly severe. Storms should exit the forecast area Friday morning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Thunderstorm chances will return on Tuesday and continue into Wednesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is likely this afternoon and evening mainly east of Interstate 35/35E.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
447 PM CDT THU MAY 11 2017
TXZ095-106-107-112230-
Hopkins TX-Lamar TX-Delta TX-
447 PM CDT THU MAY 11 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN HOPKINS...SOUTHEASTERN
LAMAR AND CENTRAL DELTA COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...
At 447 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Cooper Lake Park South Sulphur, or 9 miles northwest of Sulphur
Springs, moving northeast at 40 mph.
Dime size hail will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Sulphur Springs, Cooper, Deport, Cooper Lake Park Doctors Creek,
Cooper Lake Park South Sulphur and Tira.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This storm may intensify, so closely monitor for additional
information or possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
north central Texas.
LAT...LON 3316 9568 3329 9581 3361 9548 3360 9531
3332 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 235DEG 36KT 3327 9567
HernandezSpecial weather statement, May 11, 4:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Stephens | 37 min |
| May 10, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Eastland, Stephens | 38 min |
| May 10, 10:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Eastland, Stephens | 31 min |
| May 10, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Stephens | 34 min |
| May 11, 12:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Eastland, Stephens | 47 min |
| May 11, 2:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Eastland, Stephens | 40 min |
| May 11, 2:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Comanche, Erath, Palo Pinto, Stephens | 34 min |
| May 11, 2:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 27 min |
| May 11, 3:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Erath, Hood, Jack, Parker, Somervell | 28 min |
| May 11, 3:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker | 50 min |
| May 11, 1:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson | 39 min |
| May 11, 2:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hunt | 38 min |
| May 11, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Hunt | 47 min |
| May 11, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Lamar | 54 min |
| May 11, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Kaufman | 52 min |
| May 11, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lamar | 28 min |
| May 11, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin | 34 min |
| May 11, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Van Zandt | 61 min |
| May 11, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Leon | 62 min |
| May 11, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 31 min |
| May 11, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Robertson | 55 min |
| May 11, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam, Robertson | 46 min |
| May 11, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta | 43 min |
| May 11, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Lamar | 36 min |
| May 11, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Falls, Limestone | 62 min |
| May 11, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 54 min |
| May 11, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Milam | 66 min |
| May 11, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Leon | 65 min |
| May 11, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 57 min |
| May 11, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Milam, Robertson | 55 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.