Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2021, 6:06 AM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 54 min. 2 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
- Mar 17, 2021, 6:06 AM CDT (11:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Delta County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Rains County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 6:27 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 62 | Grand Saline, TX | |
| Mar 17, 6:44 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 W Lone Oak, TX | 4-6 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN IN WEILAND OFF OF CR 3153. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 4:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 1277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1084 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS54 KFWD 171106
SVRFWD
TXC119-223-231-379-467-171200-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0016.210317T1106Z-210317T1200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
606 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Hunt County in north central Texas...
Van Zandt County in north central Texas...
Hopkins County in north central Texas...
Rains County in north central Texas...
Delta County in north central Texas...
* Until 700 AM CDT.
* At 605 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Greenville to Canton, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Greenville, Sulphur Springs, Commerce, Canton, Wills Point, Grand
Saline, Van, Cooper, West Tawakoni, Edgewood, Wolfe City, Emory,
East Tawakoni, Cumby, Como, Campbell, Fruitvale, Edom, Purtis Creek
State Park and Cooper Lake Park Doctors Creek.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 20 between mile markers 513 and 542.
Interstate 30 between mile markers 98 and 142.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection get inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning can kill.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 9531 3296 9566 3272 9564 3268 9559
3248 9560 3236 9545 3236 9607 3338 9606
3341 9586 3342 9546 3338 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 1105Z 243DEG 47KT 3322 9612 3244 9593
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Stalley2 follow-up statements
791
WWUS54 KFWD 171133
SVSFWD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
633 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
TXC231-171142-
/O.CAN.KFWD.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210317T1200Z/
Hunt TX-
633 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HUNT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area.Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 AM CDT for
north central Texas.
LAT...LON 3296 9531 3296 9566 3272 9564 3268 9559
3249 9560 3247 9560 3236 9545 3236 9598
3288 9584 3342 9546 3338 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 1132Z 255DEG 43KT 3315 9554 3251 9559
$$
TXC119-223-379-467-171200-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210317T1200Z/
Van Zandt TX-Hopkins TX-Rains TX-Delta TX-
633 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT
FOR VAN ZANDT...HOPKINS...RAINS AND EAST CENTRAL DELTA COUNTIES...
At 632 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Sulphur Springs to near Van, moving east at 50
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Sulphur Springs, Canton, Grand Saline, Van, Edgewood, Emory, Como,
Fruitvale and Edom.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection stay inside a sturdy structure and keep away from
windows.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 9531 3296 9566 3272 9564 3268 9559
3249 9560 3247 9560 3236 9545 3236 9598
3288 9584 3342 9546 3338 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 1132Z 255DEG 43KT 3315 9554 3251 9559
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Stalley361
WWUS54 KFWD 171150
SVSFWD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
650 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
TXC119-223-379-467-171200-
/O.EXP.KFWD.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210317T1200Z/
Van Zandt TX-Hopkins TX-Rains TX-Delta TX-
650 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR VAN ZANDT...HOPKINS...RAINS
AND EAST CENTRAL DELTA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 AM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning are moving out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 AM CDT for
north central Texas.
LAT...LON 3296 9531 3296 9566 3272 9564 3268 9559
3249 9560 3247 9560 3236 9545 3236 9598
3288 9584 3342 9546 3338 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 1150Z 243DEG 47KT 3325 9531 3261 9536
$$
StalleyThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton, Mills | 79 min |
| Mar 17, 3:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 46 min |
| Mar 17, 3:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Erath, Hill, Hood, Johnson, Somervell | 67 min |
| Mar 17, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 65 min |
| Mar 17, 4:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis, Hill, Johnson, Tarrant | 82 min |
| Mar 17, 4:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls, Freestone, Hill, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro | 48 min |
| Mar 17, 5:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 116 min |
| Mar 17, 5:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall, Van Zandt | 56 min |
| Mar 17, 6:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Henderson | 53 min |
| Mar 17, 6:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell | 50 min |
| Mar 17, 6:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 21 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.