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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2021, 5:42 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 63 min. 16 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 2021, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hood County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Parker County, TX, Tarrant County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 5:42 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 3 Ne Granbury, TX | REPORT FROM MPING: PING PONG BALL (1.50 IN.). |
| May 3, 5:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Ne Granbury, TX | REPORT FROM MPING: GOLF BALL (1.75 IN.). |
| May 3, 5:47 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 8 Nw Godley, TX | REPORT WAS FROM 1 S OF CRESSON. |
| May 3, 5:47 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 6 Ene Granbury, TX | REPORT FROM MPING: PING PONG BALL (1.50 IN.). |
| May 3, 6:02 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 E Granbury, TX | STORM CHASER VIDEO INDICATED BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN THAT LASTED FOR UNDER 1 MINUTE. DAMAGE OCCURRED TO TREES AND SHEDS/CARPORTS ON DAVIS ROAD SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 377. |
| May 3, 6:08 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 Ene Granbury, TX | REPORTED NE OF GRANBURY. |
| May 3, 6:19 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 2 E Granbury, TX | |
| May 3, 6:22 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 9 Nw Godley, TX | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). |
| May 3, 6:28 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Sse Granbury, TX | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). |
| May 3, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 S Granbury, TX | REPORTED SOUTH OF GRANBURY. |
| May 3, 6:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 5 Sse Aledo, TX | |
| May 3, 6:44 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Granbury, TX | |
| May 3, 6:46 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ssw Sanctuary, TX | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). |
| May 3, 6:46 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Wsw Annetta, TX | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). |
| May 3, 6:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 2 Ssw Sanctuary, TX | REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.). |
| May 3, 6:54 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 1 Wnw Sanctuary, TX | REPORT FROM MPING: HEN EGG (2.00 IN.). |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 1296 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -475 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 480 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 456 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
545
WUUS54 KFWD 032242
SVRFWD
TXC221-251-367-439-032345-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0110.210503T2242Z-210503T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
542 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Johnson County in north central Texas...
Southeastern Parker County in north central Texas...
Southwestern Tarrant County in north central Texas...
Northeastern Hood County in north central Texas...
* Until 645 PM CDT.
* At 541 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Granbury,
moving northeast at 25 mph. Trained spotters have reported golf
ball size hail with this storm north of Granbury.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Fort Worth, Arlington, Burleson, Weatherford, Benbrook, White
Settlement, Crowley, Forest Hill, Azle, Granbury, River Oaks,
Kennedale, Everman, Sansom Park, Lake Worth, Rendon, Pecan
Plantation, Willow Park, Reno and Edgecliff Village.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 35W between mile markers 39 and 51.
Interstate 20 between mile markers 413 and 445.
Interstate 30 between mile markers 1 and 16.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for north central
Texas.
For your protection get inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3244 9787 3293 9761 3267 9716 3234 9767
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 218DEG 21KT 3248 9773
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BonnetteThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Wise | 30 min |
| May 3, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Parker, Tarrant | 65 min |
| May 3, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Wise | 40 min |
| May 3, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bosque | 36 min |
| May 3, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton, Montague, Wise | 59 min |
| May 3, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Erath, Hood, Johnson, Somervell | 56 min |
| May 3, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson | 28 min |
| May 3, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Cooke, Denton, Grayson | 64 min |
| May 3, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill, Johnson | 55 min |
| May 3, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant | 63 min |
| May 3, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 44 min |
| May 3, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton, Montague, Wise | 53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.