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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX

July 23, 2017Palo Pinto County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2017, 4:47 PM CDT for Palo Pinto County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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 23, 2017, 4:47 PM CDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2017, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX

County Palo Pinto County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 304 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 982 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -187 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1335 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 23, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 3:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:56 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:59 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 4:18 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 4:21 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
421 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2017

TXZ158-232145-
Bell TX-
421 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL BELL COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM
CDT...

At 421 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Temple, moving southwest at 15 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Temple, Belton, Nolanville, Morgan's Point Resort, Salado, Little
River-Academy and Troy.

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 3125 9736 3113 9720 3088 9737 3105 9762
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 039DEG 14KT 3114 9734

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 4:47 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
447 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2017

TXZ116-232215-
Palo Pinto TX-
447 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN PALO PINTO COUNTY
UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

At 447 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Gordon, or 17 miles northeast of Ranger, moving south at 5 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Gordon, Strawn and Mingus.

LAT...LON 3271 9857 3271 9829 3251 9830 3252 9857
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 017DEG 4KT 3261 9843

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 12:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	31 min
Jul 23, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Mills	28 min
Jul 23, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	36 min
Jul 23, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Van Zandt	36 min
Jul 23, 3:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke	34 min
Jul 23, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	37 min
Jul 23, 3:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Cooke	115 min
Jul 23, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	34 min
Jul 23, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke	31 min
Jul 23, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	27 min
Jul 23, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	24 min
Jul 23, 4:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bell	116 min
Jul 23, 4:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Eastland	2 hr
Jul 23, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Palo Pinto	31 min
Jul 23, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Van Zandt	24 min
Jul 23, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	37 min
Jul 23, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Henderson	24 min
Jul 23, 5:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Limestone	39 min
Jul 23, 5:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Henderson	2 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.