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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 23, 2021, 12:45 PM CDT for Parker County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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 23, 2021, 12:45 PM CDT (17:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2021, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
County Parker County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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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 23, 5:32 AM CDT, 7 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 5:32 AM CDT, 7 hours 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 11:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 1111 AM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-241145- Montague-Cooke-Grayson-Fannin-Lamar-Young-Jack-Wise-Denton-Collin- Hunt-Delta-Hopkins-Stephens-Palo Pinto-Parker-Tarrant-Dallas- Rockwall-Kaufman-Van Zandt-Rains-Eastland-Erath-Hood-Somervell- Johnson-Ellis-Henderson-Comanche-Mills-Hamilton-Bosque-Hill-Navarro- Freestone-Anderson-Lampasas-Coryell-Bell-McLennan-Falls-Limestone- Leon-Milam-Robertson- 1111 AM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Thunderstorms are expected will increase in coverage and intensity this afternoon. Some storms will become severe, with large hail, damaging winds, and a few tornadoes all possible. The best storm chances will be along and east of Interstate 35, but severe storms are still possible west of I-35. A second round of storms will be possible along the cold front tonight near the Red River. Damaging winds will be the primary threat with these storms. Storms will come to an end from west to east early Saturday morning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Storm chances are expected again late Tuesday through early Thursday, and some strong to severe storms will be possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is likely this afternoon and evening, mainly along and east of the Interstate 35 corridor.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 12:45 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 1245 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021 TXZ117-118-131-133-231815- Hood TX-Parker TX-Tarrant TX-Johnson TX- 1245 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON... SOUTHEASTERN PARKER...SOUTHWESTERN TARRANT AND NORTHEASTERN HOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM CDT... At 1245 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles northeast of Granbury, moving northeast at 50 mph. Half inch hail will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Fort Worth, Burleson, Benbrook, White Settlement, Crowley, Granbury, River Oaks, Edgecliff Village, Aledo, Westworth Village, Oak Trail Shores, Westover Hills and Annetta South. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for north central Texas. LAT...LON 3281 9742 3256 9730 3239 9777 3253 9787 TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 234DEG 45KT 3253 9770 Sanchez
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, McLennan | 23 min |
| 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.