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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 20, 2019Falls County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2019, 4:13 AM CDT for Falls County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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
Jun 20, 2019, 4:13 AM CDT (09:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2019, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Falls County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 00:00Z on 2019-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3350 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2019-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3350 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
18.2

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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 Jun 19, 6:38 PM CDT, 9 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 6:38 PM CDT, 9 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 3:26 PM CDT, 12 hours 47 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
326 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2019

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-201200-
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-
326 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Strong to severe thunderstorms are likely to develop late this
afternoon, near and to the northeast of the Dallas/Fort Worth
Metropolitan Area. The primary hazards will be very large hail and
damaging to possibly destructive winds. There will also be a risk for
tornadoes, namely for thunderstorms near any residual boundaries.
Heavy rainfall may result in localized flooding, particularly in
urban areas.

Late tonight, the risk for strong to severe storms will shift into
Central and East Texas. The main hazards will be large hail and
damaging winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Hot conditions are expected again on Thursday...especially across
Central Texas. Heat index values may climb to near or just above
105 degrees.

After a break in storm chances on Friday, more scattered
thunderstorms are possible over the upcoming weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be requested over most of North and
parts of Central Texas.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins66 min
Jun 19, 8:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLamar6 hr
Jun 19, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Coryell, Hamilton62 min
Jun 19, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar39 min
Jun 19, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills65 min
Jun 19, 9:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin25 min
Jun 19, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin62 min
Jun 19, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins65 min
Jun 19, 9:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCoryell, Lampasas, McLennan64 min
Jun 19, 9:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHunt30 min
Jun 19, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins42 min
Jun 19, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Johnson41 min
Jun 19, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Bosque, Coryell, Falls, Hill, Lampasas and 2 more72 min
Jun 19, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins, Rains64 min
Jun 19, 10:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFreestone47 min
Jun 19, 10:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMilam, Robertson54 min
Jun 19, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin43 min
Jun 19, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt, Kaufman, Van Zandt76 min
Jun 19, 11:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDAnderson, Leon52 min
Jun 19, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains61 min
Jun 19, 11:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins, Hunt3 hr
Jun 19, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar19 min
Jun 20, 1:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDSomervell49 min
Jun 20, 1:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt43 min
Jun 20, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Erath, Somervell66 min
Jun 20, 3:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan45 min
Jun 20, 3:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan39 min
Jun 20, 4:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson53 min
Jun 20, 4:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan32 min
Jun 20, 4:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone, Robertson57 min
Jun 20, 5:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon36 min
Jun 20, 7:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDNavarro27 min
Jun 20, 7:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFreestone56 min
Jun 20, 9:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDLeon, Robertson23 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.