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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2021, 9:40 PM CDT for Ellis 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
- Mar 24, 2021, 9:40 PM CDT (02:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2021, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Ellis County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 271 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
- 281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1372 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted.
697
WUUS54 KFWD 250240
SVRFWD
TXC139-250345-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0045.210325T0240Z-210325T0345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
940 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Ellis County in north central Texas...
* Until 1045 PM CDT.
* At 940 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Maypearl, or
11 miles southwest of Waxahachie, moving northeast at 25 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...
Waxahachie, Ennis, Midlothian, Red Oak, Ferris, Palmer, Italy,
Maypearl, Bardwell, Alma, Garrett, Milford and Pecan Hill.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 35E between mile markers 378 and 408.
Interstate 45 between mile markers 247 and 266.
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 3211 9698 3227 9709 3235 9709 3255 9676
3255 9653 3253 9651 3251 9650 3251 9651
3250 9650 3248 9651 3243 9648 3241 9644
3235 9645 3234 9643 3234 9644
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 239DEG 23KT 3226 9697
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Barnes1 follow-up statement
028
WWUS54 KFWD 250309 RRA
SVSFWD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1009 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021
TXC139-250345-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-210325T0345Z/
Ellis TX-
1009 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN ELLIS COUNTY...
At 1009 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Waxahachie,
moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Waxahachie, Ennis, Red Oak, Ferris, Palmer, Italy, Bardwell, Alma,
Garrett and Pecan Hill.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection stay inside a sturdy structure and keep away from
windows.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for central and
north central Texas.
LAT...LON 3216 9687 3243 9693 3247 9689 3255 9676
3255 9653 3253 9651 3251 9650 3251 9651
3250 9650 3248 9651 3243 9648 3241 9644
3235 9645 3234 9643 3234 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 239DEG 23KT 3236 9678
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BonnetteThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hamilton | 52 min |
| Mar 24, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 40 min |
| Mar 24, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 57 min |
| Mar 24, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 58 min |
| Mar 24, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 50 min |
| Mar 24, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Young | 40 min |
| Mar 24, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Johnson | 66 min |
| Mar 24, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 65 min |
| Mar 24, 8:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 36 hr |
| Mar 24, 8:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall | 37 hr |
| Mar 24, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Wise | 42 min |
| Mar 24, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Montague | 51 min |
| Mar 24, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 61 min |
| Mar 24, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Denton | 32 min |
| Mar 24, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Denton, Grayson | 52 min |
| Mar 24, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Kaufman | 59 min |
| Mar 24, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills | 39 min |
| Mar 24, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Van Zandt | 61 min |
| Mar 24, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 53 min |
| Mar 25, 12:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Montague | 48 min |
| Mar 25, 12:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 12:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Rains | 48 min |
| Mar 25, 12:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta | 39 min |
| Mar 25, 1:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Ellis | 31 min |
| Mar 25, 3:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Rockwall | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 3:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Van Zandt | 48 min |
| Mar 25, 3:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell | 31 min |
| Mar 25, 5:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Milam | 38 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.