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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX

November 12, 2018Freestone County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Nov 12, 2018, 1:08 AM CST for Freestone County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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: Nov 12, 2018, 1:08 AM CST (07:08 UTC)
Expired: Nov 12, 2018, 1:45 AM CST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX

County Freestone County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

642 
WWUS84 KFWD 120708
SPSFWD

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
108 AM CST MON NOV 12 2018
 
TXZ147-161-162-175-120745-
Robertson TX-Limestone TX-Leon TX-Freestone TX-
108 AM CST MON NOV 12 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN ROBERTSON...SOUTHERN
FREESTONE...NORTHWESTERN LEON AND SOUTHEASTERN LIMESTONE COUNTIES
UNTIL 145 AM CST...

At 108 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles northeast of Bremond, or 18 miles south of Groesbeck, moving
northeast at 65 mph.

Nickel size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Teague, Fairfield, Buffalo, Jewett and Marquez. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Seek
a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.

This storm may intensify, so closely monitor for additional
information or possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3113 9642 3124 9659 3177 9619 3153 9586
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 216DEG 54KT 3126 9645 

$$

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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
Nov 11, 7:51 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	36 hr
Nov 11, 8:11 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	42 hr
Nov 11, 9:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	45 min
Nov 11, 9:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	McLennan	38 min
Nov 11, 10:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	30 min
Nov 11, 10:24 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Navarro	36 min
Nov 11, 10:38 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	McLennan	37 min
Nov 11, 10:50 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Limestone	25 min
Nov 11, 11:08 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lampasas	37 min
Nov 12, 12:29 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	McLennan	31 min
Nov 12, 12:40 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Robertson	35 min
Nov 12, 1:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone, Leon, Limestone	48 min
Nov 12, 1:29 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Freestone, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro	4 hr
Nov 12, 1:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone, Limestone	28 min
Nov 12, 1:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	30 min
Nov 12, 8:34 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	25 hr
Nov 12, 9:22 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Parker	11 hr
Nov 12, 9:22 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Limestone	49 hr
Nov 12, 2:36 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	5 days

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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.