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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2020, 7:29 PM CDT for Van Zandt County, Texas. It was in force for 16 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 22, 2020, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2020, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Van Zandt County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 2660 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
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 22, 3:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 3:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 3:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 303 PM CDT Fri May 22 2020 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-231230- 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- 303 PM CDT Fri May 22 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Thunderstorms are expected to develop near the Red River and Big County this afternoon. Large hail, damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes are possible in these regions. Shortly after developing, these storms should form into a complex that moves south and southeast with a threat for damaging winds and hail. The main threat for severe weather should remain along and north of I-20, although a damaging wind threat exists as far south as a line extending from Killeen to Waco to Canton. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Thunderstorms will be possible each day as an unsettled weather pattern prevails over the region. Heavy rainfall will be the greatest concern, with flooding issues arising as early as Sunday and Monday. Excessive rain may result in the flooding of creeks and streams. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is possible this afternoon and tonight, generally along and north of I-20.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 22, 7:08 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
708 PM CDT Fri May 22 2020
TXZ122-135-230045-
Van Zandt TX-Henderson TX-
708 PM CDT Fri May 22 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN VAN ZANDT AND
NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
At 707 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Brownsboro, or 15 miles west of Tyler, moving north at 25 mph.
Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Chandler, Van, Brownsboro and Edom.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This storm may intensify, so closely monitor for additional
information or possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 3226 9547 3225 9547 3223 9549 3222 9549
3221 9560 3249 9584 3254 9559 3248 9560
3241 9551 3239 9550 3235 9545 3233 9546
3229 9545
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 170DEG 22KT 3233 9557
BarnesThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Henderson | 37 min |
| May 22, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 57 min |
| May 22, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Rains | 64 min |
| May 22, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Montague | 48 min |
| May 22, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Montague, Wise | 66 min |
| May 22, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Montague | 47 min |
| May 22, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Young | 48 min |
| May 22, 9:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Montague | 6 hr |
| May 22, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton, Montague, Wise | 81 min |
| May 22, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 39 min |
| May 22, 10:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Jack, Wise | 5 hr |
| May 22, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Wise | 35 min |
| May 22, 11:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Cooke, Denton | 3 hr |
| May 22, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 58 min |
| May 22, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Montague, Wise | 64 min |
| May 22, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Young | 63 min |
| May 22, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Wise | 56 min |
| May 23, 12:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 4 days |
| May 23, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 80 min |
| May 23, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker, Wise | 82 min |
| May 23, 12:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin | 58 min |
| May 23, 1:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin | 23 min |
| May 23, 1:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 54 hr |
| May 23, 1:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Denton | 30 hr |
| May 23, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto, Young | 66 min |
| May 23, 1:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin, Hunt, Rockwall | 25 min |
| May 23, 1:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Denton, Rockwall | 3 hr |
| May 23, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker | 23 min |
| May 23, 2:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Denton, Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 3 hr |
| May 23, 2:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack, Wise | 47 min |
| May 23, 2:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hopkins | 43 min |
| May 23, 3:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Jack, Montague, Wise | 4 hr |
| May 23, 3:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 4 hr |
| May 23, 3:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 35 min |
| May 23, 4:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 42 hr |
| May 23, 4:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Jack | 4 days |
| May 23, 8:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Wise | 25 min |
| May 23, 6:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 28 hr |
| May 23, 6:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 11 days |
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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.