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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 2, 2019Comanche County, Erath County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2019, 1:37 PM CDT for Comanche County, Erath County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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 2, 2019, 1:37 PM CDT (18:37 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2019, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Comanche County, TX, Erath County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2019-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2019-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1332 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 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 May 2, 12:51 PM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 12:51 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 12:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1229 PM CDT Thu May 2 2019

TXZ129-141-021830-
Comanche TX-Eastland TX-
1229 PM CDT Thu May 2 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTLAND AND NORTHWESTERN
COMANCHE COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...

At 1228 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles south of Cisco, moving southeast at 40 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Eastland, Cisco, De Leon, Gorman, Rising Star and Carbon.

LAT...LON 3237 9911 3241 9848 3230 9847 3226 9855
      3204 9840 3186 9878 3208 9893 3208 9912
TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 303DEG 34KT 3225 9892

Hernandez
Local storm report, May 2, 1:37 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
137 PM CDT THU MAY 02 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0122 PM     HAIL             4 NW DE LEON            32.16N  98.60W
05/02/2019  M1.00 INCH       COMANCHE           TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAMS REPORT VIA PHONE CALL. QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
            ON HWY 6 BETWEEN GORMAN AND DE LEON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 7:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton, Jack, Wise114 min
May 1, 7:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke, Grayson, Montague36 min
May 1, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCoryell33 min
May 1, 7:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJack, Montague, Wise6 hr
May 1, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Grayson, Lamar60 min
May 1, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Coryell, Hamilton57 min
May 1, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung24 min
May 1, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young67 min
May 1, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson35 min
May 1, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHamilton51 min
May 1, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Montague, Wise64 min
May 1, 8:27 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFWDBosque, Coryell, Hamilton48 min
May 1, 8:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDYoung3 hr
May 1, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Hunt, Rockwall54 min
May 1, 9:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHopkins29 min
May 1, 9:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin5 hr
May 1, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Hunt, Rains69 min
May 1, 9:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDelta, Hopkins, Hunt, Rains3 hr
May 1, 9:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise47 min
May 1, 9:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDJack, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Wise, Young3 hr
May 1, 9:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton3 hr
May 1, 9:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas3 hr
May 1, 9:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker37 min
May 1, 10:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton3 hr
May 1, 10:13 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDWise46 hr
May 1, 10:13 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDJack22 hr
May 1, 10:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDParker, Tarrant3 hr
May 1, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRains, Van Zandt42 min
May 1, 11:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDParker, Tarrant2 hr
May 1, 11:42 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDCooke, Grayson, Jack, Montague, Wise3 hr
May 1, 11:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDEllis, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Somervell3 hr
May 2, 12:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDTarrant3 hr
May 2, 12:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDEllis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro, Van Zandt3 hr
May 2, 12:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHopkins, Hunt, Rains3 hr
May 2, 12:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDStephens58 min
May 2, 12:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis, Hill, Navarro53 min
May 2, 1:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFreestone, Limestone, McLennan59 min
May 2, 2:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDWise21 days
May 2, 2:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDenton23 hr
May 2, 2:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDenton3 days
May 2, 6:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin33 hr
May 2, 9:17 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman59 hr
May 2, 10:26 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDEllis3 hr
May 2, 12:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland61 min
May 2, 12:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Eastland54 min
May 2, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton, Mills40 min
May 2, 2:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDSomervell28 min
May 2, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell32 min
May 2, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan31 min
May 2, 4:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDMcLennan3 hr
May 2, 5:00 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningFWDTarrant33 min
May 2, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas51 min
May 2, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMilam, Robertson64 min
May 2, 5:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDMilam3 hr
May 2, 6:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLeon64 min
May 2, 6:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDLeon, Robertson3 hr
May 2, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis30 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.