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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 23, 2021Bosque County, McLennan County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2021, 3:46 PM CDT for Bosque County, McLennan County, Texas. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report 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: Apr 23, 2021, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2021, 4:09 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Bosque County, TX, McLennan County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 23, 3:51 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	2 Sw Mcgregor, TX	REPORT FROM MPING: DIME (0.75 IN.).

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
Apr 23, 12:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 397 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

919 
WUUS54 KFWD 232046
SVRFWD
TXC035-309-232145-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0089.210423T2046Z-210423T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
346 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021

The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central McLennan County in central Texas...
  Southeastern Bosque County in central Texas...

* Until 445 PM CDT.

* At 345 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over McGregor,
  moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is possible.

* Locations impacted include...
  Waco, Hewitt, Bellmead, Woodway, Lacy-Lakeview, McGregor, West,
  Beverly Hills, Crawford, Northcrest, Gholson, Leroy and Ross.

This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 333 and 354.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3147 9752 3150 9754 3184 9732 3185 9729
      3184 9728 3183 9728 3178 9733 3176 9730
      3175 9727 3186 9704 3172 9694 3171 9693
      3135 9734
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 211DEG 35KT 3145 9737 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$

Sanchez

1 follow-up statement

753 
WWUS54 KFWD 232109
SVSFWD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
409 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021

TXC035-309-232119-
/O.CAN.KFWD.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-210423T2145Z/
McLennan TX-Bosque TX-
409 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MCLENNAN AND
SOUTHEASTERN BOSQUE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits. Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for
central Texas.

LAT...LON 3147 9752 3150 9754 3184 9732 3185 9729
      3184 9728 3183 9728 3178 9733 3176 9730
      3175 9727 3186 9704 3172 9694 3171 9693
      3135 9734
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 211DEG 35KT 3165 9723 

$$

Sanchez

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 12:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	30 min
Apr 23, 1:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	32 min
Apr 23, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	28 min
Apr 23, 1:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack	31 min
Apr 23, 1:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas, Rockwall	28 min
Apr 23, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Montague, Wise	42 min
Apr 23, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	37 min
Apr 23, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Rockwall	63 min
Apr 23, 2:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	42 hr
Apr 23, 2:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall	38 hr
Apr 23, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Montague	39 min
Apr 23, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt	63 min
Apr 23, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Johnson	29 min
Apr 23, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	McLennan	47 min
Apr 23, 3:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	14 hr
Apr 23, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke	35 min
Apr 23, 4:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	28 min
Apr 23, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	25 min
Apr 23, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Comanche	35 min
Apr 23, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lampasas	57 min
Apr 23, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Comanche, Erath, Hamilton	57 min
Apr 23, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Coryell	35 min
Apr 23, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Johnson	26 min
Apr 23, 6:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bosque	37 min
Apr 23, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Denton	19 min
Apr 23, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	33 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.