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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2019, 3:29 AM CDT for Jack County, Montague County, Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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
- Mar 13, 2019, 3:29 AM CDT (08:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2019, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Jack County, TX, Montague County, TX, Wise County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 80 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 402 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Mar 13, 3:20 AM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 3:20 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 10:24 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 1024 PM CDT Tue Mar 12 2019 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-140330- Montague-Cooke-Grayson-Fannin-Lamar-Young-Jack-Wise-Denton-Collin- Hunt-Delta-Hopkins-Stephens-Palo Pinto-Parker-Tarrant-Dallas- Rockwall-Kaufman-Van Zandt-Rains-Eastland-Erath-Hood-Somervell- Johnson-Ellis-Henderson-Comanche-Mills-Hamilton-Bosque-Hill-Navarro- Freestone-Anderson-Lampasas-Coryell-Bell-McLennan-Falls-Limestone- Leon-Milam-Robertson- 1024 PM CDT Tue Mar 12 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A line of severe storms has developed across West Texas. This line will continue moving eastward through the night. Damaging winds will be the primary hazard, but a brief tornado can't be ruled out. Although the storms may produce heavy rain, the fast- moving nature of the line should limit flooding concerns. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. At daybreak Wednesday morning, a line of strong thunderstorms may be ongoing east of the I-35 corridor. Gusty winds and frequent lightning will be the primary hazards. The storms will move east of the region by midday Wednesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Limited spotter activation may be requested after midnight tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 3:19 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young | 70 min |
| Mar 13, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 59 min |
| Mar 13, 2:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 3:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell | 78 min |
| Mar 13, 3:17 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FWD | Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 20 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack, Montague, Wise | 56 min |
| Mar 13, 3:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Comanche, Coryell, Erath, Hamilton, Lampasas and 1 more | 52 min |
| Mar 13, 4:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Johnson, Tarrant | 52 min |
| Mar 13, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 4:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 72 min |
| Mar 13, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Grayson | 51 min |
| Mar 13, 5:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 10 min |
| Mar 13, 5:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 69 min |
| Mar 13, 5:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Rockwall | 54 min |
| Mar 13, 5:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Hunt | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 60 min |
| Mar 13, 6:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Lamar, Rains, Van Zandt | 51 min |
| Mar 13, 7:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 13 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 8 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.