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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 9, 20194 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2019, 5:41 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 49 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 9, 2019, 5:41 AM CST (11:41 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2019, 6:30 AM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Collin County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hunt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:44 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 9, 3:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 225 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2019-03-09Temperature 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2019-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 233 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1328 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
317 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 Mar 9, 3:47 AM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 3:47 AM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 4:13 AM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
413 AM CST Sat Mar 9 2019

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-101015-
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-
413 AM CST Sat Mar 9 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.
Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible mainly east of I-35
and north of I-20 through mid-morning. Additional sub-severe storms
will be possible south of I-20. Large hail and damaging winds will be
the primary threats, but an isolated tornado can't be ruled out
northeast of a Sulphur Springs to Bonham line.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.
Thunderstorm chances will return on Monday and continue through the
first half of the week. Some strong or severe storms may be possible
throughout this time period, and flooding concerns may also arise
after multiple days of rainfall.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Limited spotter activation may be requested through mid-morning for
areas east of Interstate 35.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 9, 5:18 AM CST, 23 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 9, 5:24 AM CST, 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 2:49 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDStephens41 min
Mar 9, 3:05 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland40 min
Mar 9, 3:46 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton29 min
Mar 9, 3:48 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood27 min
Mar 9, 3:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker51 min
Mar 9, 4:11 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke, Denton34 min
Mar 9, 4:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Denton, Grayson, Wise43 min
Mar 9, 4:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Tarrant41 min
Mar 9, 4:40 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood35 min
Mar 9, 4:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hood26 min
Mar 9, 5:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant40 min
Mar 9, 5:19 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant26 min
Mar 9, 6:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Fannin, Hunt, Lamar46 min
Mar 9, 6:32 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood, Somervell28 min
Mar 9, 6:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Johnson, Somervell47 min
Mar 9, 7:10 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas35 min
Mar 9, 7:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Hill, Johnson39 min
Mar 9, 7:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Kaufman, Rockwall36 min
Mar 9, 7:47 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHunt28 min
Mar 9, 7:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains and 2 more63 min
Mar 9, 8:02 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis43 min
Mar 9, 8:46 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHopkins29 min
Mar 9, 8:48 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson57 min
Mar 9, 8:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson61 min
Mar 9, 9:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt27 min
Mar 9, 5:11 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt21 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.