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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 10, 20217 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 10, 2021, 7:54 PM CDT for 7 counties in Texas. It was in force for 66 min. 4 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
Oct 10, 2021, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired
Oct 10, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cooke County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 10, 8:10 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 604 Nnw Bowie, TX60 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED ON HWY 81.
Oct 10, 8:20 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Mineral Wells, TXMINERAL WELLS ASOS REPORTED 60 MPH WINDS AT 8:20PM.
Oct 10, 8:58 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 N Rhome, TXPOSSIBLE 5TH WHEEL DESTROYED; MULTIPLE STRUCTURES DAMAGED OR COLLAPSED. REPORT CAME IN 10/11 AT 2:04 PM; RADAR ESTIMATED TIME IS 8:58 PM.
Oct 10, 9:03 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Annetta South, TX60 MPH GUSTS REPORTED IN ANNETTA SOUTH.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 10, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 80 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-10-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1814 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-10-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
1814 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1524 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
11.2

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The text

As transmitted.

298 
WUUS54 KFWD 110054
SVRFWD
TXC097-221-237-337-363-367-497-110200-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0243.211011T0054Z-211011T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
754 PM CDT Sun Oct 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Montague County in north central Texas...
  Wise County in north central Texas...
  Jack County in north central Texas...
  Parker County in north central Texas...
  Palo Pinto County in north central Texas...
  Western Cooke County in north central Texas...
  Northern Hood County in north central Texas...

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 753 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Newport to near Graford to near Gorman, moving
  east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Weatherford, Mineral Wells, Azle, Decatur, Bridgeport, Bowie,
  Jacksboro, Nocona, Briar, Pecan Acres, Willow Park, Reno, Aledo,
  Springtown, Hudson Oaks, Muenster, Alvord, Annetta, New Fairview
  and Aurora.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 20 between mile markers 369 and 422.
 Interstate 30 near mile marker 1.

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.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for north central
Texas.

&&

LAT...LON 3395 9759 3390 9758 3391 9746 3382 9745
      3382 9737 3388 9733 3343 9737 3343 9738
      3299 9740 3299 9754 3267 9755 3251 9762
      3251 9857 3293 9839 3347 9821 3347 9798
      3389 9798 3385 9785 3399 9766
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 262DEG 43KT 3350 9804 3295 9830 3229 9863 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Godwin

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 10, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Stephens57 min
Oct 10, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Erath, Palo Pinto, Stephens46 min
Oct 10, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young37 min
Oct 10, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Eastland, Erath48 min
Oct 10, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFWDJack, Parker, Wise52 min
Oct 10, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFWDPalo Pinto, Parker47 min
Oct 10, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Comanche, Erath, Hamilton, Hood, Mills and 1 more67 min
Oct 10, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Grayson, Parker and 2 more55 min
Oct 10, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFWDCollin, Cooke, Denton, Grayson39 min
Oct 10, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Ellis, Hill, Johnson, Somervell59 min
Oct 10, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJohnson33 min
Oct 10, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt and 3 more65 min
Oct 10, 10:03 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis, Hill, Johnson27 min
Oct 10, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Freestone, Henderson, Hill, Kaufman, Limestone and 2 more65 min
Oct 10, 10:24 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis36 min
Oct 10, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Lamar and 3 more56 min
Oct 10, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson, Kaufman, Limestone, Navarro and 1 more56 min
Oct 10, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar, Rains, Van Zandt47 min
Oct 10, 11:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson63 min
Oct 11, 1:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLeon36 min
Oct 11, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon, Robertson49 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.