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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2021, 8:55 PM CDT for Ellis County, Hill County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 2021, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ellis County, TX, Hill County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 3299 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1213 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 13.9
The text
As transmitted.
253
WUUS54 KFWD 040155
SVRFWD
TXC139-217-040300-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0124.210504T0155Z-210504T0300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
855 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Hill County in central Texas...
Southwestern Ellis County in north central Texas...
* Until 1000 PM CDT.
* At 855 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Blum, or 15
miles northwest of Hillsboro, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
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...
Hillsboro, Whitney, Italy, Itasca, Blum, Covington, Carl's Corner,
Lake Whitney State Park and Milford.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for central and
north central Texas.
For your protection get inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3186 9737 3188 9739 3189 9736 3193 9744
3198 9738 3199 9741 3203 9743 3201 9745
3201 9748 3206 9749 3210 9747 3213 9750
3216 9746 3218 9747 3230 9693 3211 9681
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 245DEG 34KT 3212 9732
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Dunn1 follow-up statement
847
WWUS54 KFWD 040207
SVSFWD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
907 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021
TXC139-217-040300-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-210504T0300Z/
Hill TX-Ellis TX-
907 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN HILL AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES...
At 907 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Whitney, or 11
miles west of Hillsboro, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 65 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Hillsboro, Whitney, Italy, Itasca, Blum, Covington, Carl's Corner,
Lake Whitney State Park and Milford.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection stay inside a sturdy structure and keep away from
windows.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for central and
north central Texas.
LAT...LON 3186 9737 3188 9739 3189 9736 3193 9744
3198 9738 3199 9741 3203 9743 3201 9745
3201 9748 3206 9749 3210 9747 3213 9750
3216 9746 3218 9747 3230 9693 3211 9681
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 265DEG 24KT 3202 9731
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...65MPH
$$
BonnetteThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Parker | 117 min |
| May 3, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Denton | 53 min |
| May 3, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill, Johnson | 43 min |
| May 3, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Collin | 43 min |
| May 3, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill, Johnson | 62 min |
| May 3, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Cooke, Denton, Fannin, Grayson | 61 min |
| May 3, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt | 42 min |
| May 3, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 64 min |
| May 3, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson | 30 min |
| May 3, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson, Somervell, Tarrant | 26 min |
| May 3, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Johnson | 38 min |
| May 3, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 61 min |
| May 3, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis | 45 min |
| May 3, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis, Kaufman | 59 min |
| May 3, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton, Grayson | 35 min |
| May 3, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Kaufman | 22 min |
| May 3, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill, Navarro | 31 min |
| May 3, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 24 min |
| May 3, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Henderson, Hill, Kaufman, Navarro, Van Zandt | 71 min |
| May 3, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell, Lampasas | 67 min |
| May 3, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 48 min |
| May 3, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens, Young | 41 min |
| May 3, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Coryell, Hamilton | 37 min |
| May 3, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 42 min |
| May 3, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar, Rains | 54 min |
| May 3, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls, McLennan | 43 min |
| May 3, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt | 44 min |
| May 4, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro, Van Zandt | 57 min |
| May 4, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Van Zandt | 37 min |
| May 4, 8:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Navarro | 52 hr |
| May 4, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Robertson | 59 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.