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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 24, 2021Bosque County, Hamilton County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2021, 6:26 PM CDT for Bosque County, Hamilton County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min. 3 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 24, 2021, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired: Mar 24, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bosque County, TX, Hamilton County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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 24, 6:38 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Hamilton, TX	TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.
Mar 24, 7:03 PM CDT	TORNADO	7 E Hamilton, TX	A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY MULTIPLE STORM CHASERS TO THE EAST OF HAMILTON. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED, BUT THE TORNADO WAS VERIFIED BY VIDEO AND PICTURES. THIS WILL BE RATED AN EF-UNKNOWN FOR NOW.
Mar 24, 7:32 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Ene Cranfills Gap, TX	A TORNADO WAS REPORTED AND VERIFIED BY STORM CHASER PICTURES. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. THE TORNADO WAS INTERMITTENT FOR ABOUT 3 MINUTES. THIS WILL BE RATED AN EF-UNKNOWN.

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 24, 4:38 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1705 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 362 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

795 
WUUS54 KFWD 242326
SVRFWD
TXC035-193-250030-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0034.210324T2326Z-210325T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
626 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Hamilton County in central Texas...
  Western Bosque County in central Texas...

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 625 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hamilton,
  moving northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong 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...
  Clifton, Hamilton, Iredell, Cranfills Gap and Meridian State Park. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central and
north central Texas.

For your protection get inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.

&&

LAT...LON 3151 9821 3167 9834 3210 9784 3177 9754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 223DEG 28KT 3167 9818 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$

Barnes

1 follow-up statement

470 
WWUS54 KFWD 242350
SVSFWD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
650 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021

TXC035-193-250030-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-210325T0030Z/
Hamilton TX-Bosque TX-
650 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN HAMILTON AND WESTERN BOSQUE COUNTIES...

At 650 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hamilton,
moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Clifton, Hamilton, Iredell, Cranfills Gap and Meridian State Park. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection stay inside a sturdy structure and keep away from
windows.

&&

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central and
north central Texas.

LAT...LON 3155 9810 3172 9824 3210 9784 3177 9754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 232DEG 20KT 3173 9806 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Barnes

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 24, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Mills	64 min
Mar 24, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt	60 min
Mar 24, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall	66 min
Mar 24, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, Hamilton, Mills	62 min
Mar 24, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills	45 min
Mar 24, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Van Zandt	31 min
Mar 24, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Rains	24 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.