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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 13, 2021Palo Pinto County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2021, 11:48 PM CDT for Palo Pinto County, Texas. It was in force for 42 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 13, 2021, 11:48 PM CDT (04:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2021, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX

County Palo Pinto County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:50 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2021-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2512 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 2021-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2512 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 13, 6:48 PM CDT, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 6:48 PM CDT, 5 hours before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 11:14 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1114 PM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021

TXZ100-115-116-140445-
Palo Pinto TX-Stephens TX-Young TX-
1114 PM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN YOUNG...NORTHEASTERN
STEPHENS AND NORTHWESTERN PALO PINTO COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

At 1113 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Possum Kingdom State Park, or 9 miles south of Graham, moving
southeast at 15 mph.

Penny size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

 Locations impacted include...
Possum Kingdom State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Seek
a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3295 9877 3304 9857 3297 9834 3283 9843
      3276 9857
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 306DEG 15KT 3296 9861

Stalley
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 11:45 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1145 PM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021

TXZ115-116-140530-
Palo Pinto TX-Stephens TX-
1145 PM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS AND
SOUTHWESTERN PALO PINTO COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...

At 1144 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles south of Possum Kingdom State Park, or 19 miles east of
Breckenridge, moving south at 30 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Gordon, Strawn and Mingus.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to minor flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3285 9867 3286 9854 3251 9828 3252 9873
TIME...MOT...LOC 0444Z 355DEG 26KT 3274 9858

Bain
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 11:48 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1148 PM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021

TXZ116-140530-
Palo Pinto TX-
1148 PM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN PALO PINTO COUNTY UNTIL
1230 AM CDT...

At 1147 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Possum Kingdom State Park, or 14 miles southeast of Graham, moving
east at 15 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Mineral Wells and Graford.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to minor flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Seek
a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.

If on or near Possum Kingdom Lake, get out of the water and move
indoors or inside a vehicle. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Do not be caught on the water in a
thunderstorm.

Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until
this storm passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3295 9852 3295 9843 3301 9843 3300 9807
      3268 9806 3269 9807 3288 9855
TIME...MOT...LOC 0447Z 285DEG 15KT 3291 9846

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 10:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDMontague2 hr
Jun 13, 11:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDPalo Pinto31 min
Jun 13, 11:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDPalo Pinto45 min
Jun 13, 11:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant33 min
Jun 14, 1:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant32 min
Jun 14, 3:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDYoung3 hr
Jun 14, 3:56 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryFWDAnderson, Bell, Dallas, Ellis, Falls, Freestone and 13 more15 hr
Jun 14, 2:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJohnson35 min
Jun 14, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant20 min
Jun 14, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJohnson31 min
Jun 14, 3:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHill24 min
Jun 14, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant28 min
Jun 14, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBosque29 min
Jun 14, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHamilton33 min
Jun 14, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton51 min
Jun 14, 5:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMills34 min
Jun 14, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMills31 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.