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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 10, 2021Leon County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 10, 2021, 1:15 AM CDT for Leon County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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 10, 2021, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2021, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX

County Leon County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:16 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 209 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3129 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
3129 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
11.7

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 9, 11:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 11:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 12:57 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 9, 10:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1017 PM CDT FRI APR 9 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1014 PM     HAIL             2 SW PALESTINE          31.73N 95.67W
04/09/2021  E1.00 INCH       ANDERSON           TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&
Local storm report, Apr 9, 10:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1018 PM CDT FRI APR 9 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1013 PM     HAIL             1 WSW PALESTINE         31.75N 95.67W
04/09/2021  E0.70 INCH       ANDERSON           TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 10:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1033 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021

TXZ105>107-100415-
Hunt TX-Hopkins TX-Delta TX-
1033 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HUNT...HOPKINS AND DELTA COUNTIES
UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

At 1033 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms from near Celeste to Pecan Gap, moving southeast at 45
mph.

Pea size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

 Locations impacted include...
Greenville, Sulphur Springs, Commerce, Cooper, Wolfe City, Caddo
Mills, Celeste, Cumby, Como, Campbell, Cooper Lake Park South
Sulphur, Cooper Lake Park Doctors Creek, Josephine, Lone Oak, Tira,
Pecan Gap and Neylandville.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
north central Texas.

LAT...LON 3298 9629 3335 9629 3341 9586 3346 9586
      3346 9583 3350 9577 3347 9568 3349 9562
      3347 9559 3348 9556 3345 9553 3345 9548
      3339 9538 3338 9531 3297 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 297DEG 41KT 3332 9596

Dunn
Local storm report, Apr 9, 11:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1109 PM CDT FRI APR 9 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1033 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N SUN VALLEY          33.74N 95.42W
04/09/2021                   LAMAR              TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREES DOWN NEAR FAUGHT, TX. FD ON SCENE
            CLEARING TREES.

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JH
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 12:22 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas44 min
Apr 9, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Hill, Navarro63 min
Apr 9, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall49 min
Apr 9, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Grayson82 min
Apr 9, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas49 min
Apr 9, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro82 min
Apr 9, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Kaufman, Rockwall30 min
Apr 9, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Henderson, Van Zandt54 min
Apr 9, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Grayson65 min
Apr 9, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson71 min
Apr 9, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Lamar78 min
Apr 9, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Leon75 min
Apr 9, 10:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDelta, Hopkins, Hunt42 min
Apr 9, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Hunt46 min
Apr 9, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt47 min
Apr 9, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt63 min
Apr 10, 12:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDAnderson53 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.