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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 24, 2021Hamilton County, Lampasas County, Mills County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2021, 11:09 PM CDT for Hamilton County, Lampasas County, Mills County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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, 11:09 PM CDT (04:09 UTC)
Expired: Mar 24, 2021, 11:48 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Mills County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:10 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, 9:52 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 311 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: 479 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 317 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

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The text

As transmitted.

657 
WUUS54 KFWD 250409
SVRFWD
TXC193-281-333-250500-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0048.210325T0409Z-210325T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1109 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Hamilton County in central Texas...
  Northwestern Lampasas County in central Texas...
  Mills County in central Texas...

* Until midnight CDT.

* At 1107 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of 
  Goldthwaite moving east at 30 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...
  Goldthwaite, Mullin, Bazar, Castor, Center City, Star and Scallorn. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for central Texas.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3174 9820 3125 9815 3123 9856 3127 9858
      3125 9860 3128 9863 3129 9860 3132 9859
      3131 9863 3132 9862 3132 9864 3135 9864
      3137 9865 3134 9870 3141 9870 3143 9874
      3139 9875 3138 9877 3155 9877
TIME...MOT...LOC 0407Z 265DEG 27KT 3138 9867 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$

Bonnette

1 follow-up statement

087 
WWUS54 KFWD 250448
SVSFWD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1148 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021

TXC193-281-333-250455-
/O.CAN.KFWD.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-210325T0500Z/
Hamilton TX-Lampasas TX-Mills TX-
1148 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON...
NORTHWESTERN LAMPASAS AND MILLS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe 
limits. Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for central Texas.

LAT...LON 3174 9820 3125 9815 3123 9856 3127 9858
      3125 9860 3128 9863 3129 9860 3132 9859
      3131 9863 3132 9862 3132 9864 3135 9864
      3137 9865 3134 9870 3141 9870 3143 9874
      3139 9875 3138 9877 3155 9877
TIME...MOT...LOC 0442Z 265DEG 27KT 3140 9833 

$$

Bonnette

The 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 Tornado observed	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, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis	65 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, 11:44 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.