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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 8, 2021, 11:21 PM CDT for Van Zandt County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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
- Apr 8, 2021, 11:21 PM CDT (04:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2021, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
County Van Zandt County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 630 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1855 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted.
952
WWUS84 KFWD 090421
SPSFWD
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1121 PM CDT Thu Apr 8 2021
TXZ121-122-090515-
Kaufman-Van Zandt-
1121 PM CDT Thu Apr 8 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN KAUFMAN AND
SOUTHWESTERN VAN ZANDT COUNTIES...
At 1120 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Kaufman,
moving east at 30 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Kaufman, Canton, Mabank, Kemp, Purtis Creek State Park, Oak Grove and
Oak Ridge.
This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 529 and 533.
LAT...LON 3236 9581 3236 9602 3247 9633 3264 9627
3255 9574
TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 277DEG 25KT 3254 9623
$$
HernandezThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls, McLennan | 64 min |
| Apr 8, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Navarro | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls, Milam, Robertson | 78 min |
| Apr 8, 9:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Limestone | 27 min |
| Apr 8, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Henderson | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 9:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Leon | 27 min |
| Apr 8, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Henderson | 41 min |
| Apr 8, 11:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson | 23 min |
| Apr 8, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Van Zandt | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 10:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta | 24 min |
| Apr 9, 11:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lamar | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 1:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Henderson | 40 min |
| Apr 9, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 29 min |
| Apr 9, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Johnson | 67 min |
| Apr 9, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson | 65 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.