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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 4, 2017Fannin County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2017, 6:21 PM CDT for Fannin County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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
Aug 4, 2017, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX

County Fannin County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 2017-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 910 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
910 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1087 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

781 
WWUS84 KFWD 042321
SPSFWD

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
621 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 2017
 
TXZ094-050000-
Fannin TX-
621 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN FANNIN COUNTY UNTIL
700 PM CDT...

At 621 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Ector, or 9 miles southwest of Bonham, moving south at 10 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Bonham, Leonard, Whitewright, Ector, Bailey and Trenton. 

LAT...LON 3338 9612 3334 9638 3344 9639 3347 9639
      3348 9638 3357 9638 3360 9618
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 351DEG 8KT 3349 9628 

$$

Carlaw

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson39 min
Aug 4, 4:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin39 min
Aug 4, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin30 min
Aug 4, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas45 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.