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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 289, NWS Fort Worth, TX

July 5, 2017Montague County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2017, 3:09 AM CDT for Montague County, Texas. It was in force for 81 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
Jul 5, 2017, 3:09 AM CDT (08:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2017, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
81 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Montague County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2017-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 172 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2017-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-298 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 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 Jul 4, 11:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 11:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:36 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 2:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague39 min
Jul 5, 2:47 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDLamar118 min
Jul 5, 4:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke, Montague31 min
Jul 5, 4:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson64 min
Jul 5, 6:13 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFannin, Grayson, Lamar3 hr
Jul 5, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant31 min
Jul 5, 5:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBosque119 min
Jul 5, 5:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDComanche, Hamilton, Mills114 min
Jul 5, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant33 min
Jul 5, 5:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDTarrant2 hr
Jul 5, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant29 min
Jul 5, 6:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant3 hr
Jul 5, 6:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant32 min
Jul 5, 6:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton31 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.