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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 23, 2019Eastland County, Stephens County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2019, 6:47 PM CDT for Eastland County, Stephens County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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 23, 2019, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2019, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Eastland County, TX, Stephens County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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
Jun 23, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 327 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: 2987 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 252 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.0
Supercell composite: 16.9

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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 23, 2:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 2:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 3:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
341 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2019

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-241200-
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-
341 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.
A complex of thunderstorms will move across North Texas tonight,
bringing a threat for damaging winds, large hail and isolated
tornadoes. Heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding is also
possible. As the storms move south of the I-20 corridor late this
evening, the severe threat will begin to decrease, but the threat for
heavy rainfall and some flooding will continue.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.
Scattered thunderstorms are possible on Monday. A threat for strong
storms and additional heavy rainfall could exist through the day.

Low thunderstorm chances will continue Tuesday through Saturday,
mostly during the afternoon and evening hours each day. The greatest
chances will be along and east of I-35.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is likely north of the I-20 corridor through 10 PM
with some spotter activation possible south of I-20 late this evening
and overnight.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:55 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 6:35 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
635 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2019

TXZ091-092-240015-
Cooke TX-Montague TX-
635 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONTAGUE AND WESTERN COOKE
COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

At 634 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 7 miles west of Thackerville to near Bowie.
Movement was south at 15 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Gainesville, Bowie, Nocona, Muenster, St. Jo, Lindsay, Sunset,
Stoneburg, Forestburg and Valley View.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
north central Texas.

LAT...LON 3390 9758 3391 9746 3384 9746 3382 9743
      3382 9738 3384 9735 3386 9726 3391 9721
      3386 9717 3383 9718 3383 9720 3381 9721
      3373 9716 3342 9717 3344 9798 3374 9798
      3397 9761
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 340DEG 11KT 3376 9728 3350 9788

Hernandez

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 6:42 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
642 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2019

TXZ147-148-240015-
Anderson TX-Freestone TX-
642 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN FREESTONE AND
WESTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

At 642 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles east of Fairfield Lake State Park, or 15 miles northeast of
Fairfield, moving northeast at 30 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Palestine, Frankston and Fairfield Lake State Park.

LAT...LON 3160 9578 3162 9579 3161 9581 3180 9613
      3201 9605 3207 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 209DEG 26KT 3182 9594

Hernandez

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 9:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	59 hr
Jun 23, 9:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	49 hr
Jun 23, 10:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	41 hr
Jun 23, 10:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	62 hr
Jun 23, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	38 min
Jun 23, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	49 min
Jun 23, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	38 min
Jun 23, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	50 min
Jun 23, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke, Montague	40 min
Jun 23, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	65 min
Jun 23, 6:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	33 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.