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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 8, 2021Comanche County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2021, 4:16 AM CDT for Comanche County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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: Jun 8, 2021, 4:16 AM CDT (09:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2021, 5:15 AM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX

County Comanche County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 488 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -212 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1123 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 Jun 8, 2:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 2:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 2:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:24 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
324 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

TXZ100-101-115-116-129-130-080900-
Palo Pinto TX-Erath TX-Stephens TX-Eastland TX-Young TX-Jack TX-
324 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR YOUNG...NORTHWESTERN ERATH...
EASTLAND...JACK...STEPHENS AND PALO PINTO COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM
CDT...

At 322 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong outflow winds along
a line from near Graham to Necessity to near Cisco. Movement was
southeast at 45 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible.

The strong winds will be near...
  Cisco around 330 AM CDT.
  Ranger around 335 AM CDT.
  Gorman around 400 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Heavy rainfall will follow the arrival of the outflow boundary,
which may reaggravate flooding issues. Do not drive your vehicle
through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3295 9910 3296 9895 3340 9895 3340 9842
      3347 9842 3347 9798 3283 9814 3232 9843
      3208 9894 3238 9912
TIME...MOT...LOC 0822Z 319DEG 41KT 3306 9857 3266 9874 3247 9905

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:16 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
416 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

TXZ130-141>143-081015-
Mills TX-Comanche TX-Erath TX-Hamilton TX-
416 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN HAMILTON...SOUTHWEST
ERATH...NORTHERN MILLS AND COMANCHE COUNTIES UNTIL 515 AM CDT...

At 413 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 7 miles north of De Leon, or 13 northwest of
Comanche. Movement was southeast at 60 mph.

Wind gusts between 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this line of
storms.

 Locations impacted include...
Stephenville, Comanche, Dublin, Hamilton, De Leon, Hico, Gorman,
Gustine and Mullin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3208 9892 3230 9848 3233 9847 3204 9796
      3201 9800 3183 9788 3157 9838 3155 9887
      3161 9878 3169 9876 3170 9867
TIME...MOT...LOC 0913Z 316DEG 53KT 3222 9854 3206 9883 3210 9944

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 8:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	5 days
Jun 7, 11:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	19 hr
Jun 8, 2:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Stephens, Young	21 min
Jun 8, 3:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland, Jack, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young	36 min
Jun 8, 7:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Falls, Hill, Limestone, McLennan	115 min
Jun 8, 7:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Falls, Limestone, Milam	47 min
Jun 8, 8:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	40 min
Jun 8, 8:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Freestone, Henderson, Limestone, Navarro	112 min
Jun 8, 8:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Limestone, Robertson	46 min
Jun 8, 8:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Leon, Limestone	66 min
Jun 8, 9:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Freestone, Limestone, Navarro	82 min
Jun 8, 10:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Leon	25 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.