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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 24, 2021Rains County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2021, 6:50 PM CDT for Rains County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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: Mar 24, 2021, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired: Mar 24, 2021, 7:14 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Rains County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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.

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, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

297 
WUUS54 KFWD 242350
SVRFWD
TXC379-250030-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0035.210324T2350Z-210325T0030Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Rains County in north central Texas...

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 649 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fruitvale, or
  15 miles east of Wills Point, moving northeast at 20 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...
  Emory.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3272 9564 3271 9566 3275 9571 3275 9573
      3276 9574 3275 9576 3277 9577 3278 9580
      3277 9581 3278 9585 3298 9570 3298 9567
      3296 9566 3275 9564
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 219DEG 19KT 3275 9576 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$

Dunn

1 follow-up statement

929 
WWUS54 KFWD 250014
SVSFWD

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

TXC379-250024-
/O.CAN.KFWD.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210325T0030Z/
Rains TX-
714 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN RAINS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

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

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
north central Texas.

LAT...LON 3272 9564 3271 9566 3275 9571 3275 9573
      3276 9574 3275 9576 3277 9577 3278 9580
      3277 9581 3278 9585 3298 9570 3298 9567
      3296 9566 3275 9564
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 219DEG 19KT 3286 9566 

$$

Dunn

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, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hamilton	64 min
Mar 24, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Van Zandt	31 min

Nearby

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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.