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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX

July 19, 2021Bell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2021, 1:57 PM CDT for Bell County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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: Jul 19, 2021, 1:57 PM CDT (18:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2021, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX

County Bell County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 211 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: 884 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 982 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 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 Jul 19, 1:33 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 1:33 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 3:28 AM CDT, 10 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 1:16 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
116 PM CDT Mon Jul 19 2021

TXZ158-191900-
Bell TX-
116 PM CDT Mon Jul 19 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN BELL COUNTY UNTIL
200 PM CDT...

At 115 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Little River-Academy, moving south at 15 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and hail less than half an inch will be
possible with this storm.

 Locations impacted include...
Temple, Belton, Bartlett, Salado, Little River-Academy and Holland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3079 9743 3083 9752 3105 9752 3107 9734
      3090 9724 3089 9726 3075 9732
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 346DEG 12KT 3102 9743

Bonnette

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 1:57 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
157 PM CDT Mon Jul 19 2021

TXZ158-191930-
Bell TX-
157 PM CDT Mon Jul 19 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN BELL COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM
CDT...

At 156 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Killeen, moving southeast at 10 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.

 Locations impacted include...
Killeen, Copperas Cove, Harker Heights, Belton, Fort Hood, Nolanville
and Salado.

LAT...LON 3087 9763 3091 9783 3099 9788 3103 9791
      3107 9791 3121 9763 3093 9743 3083 9752
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 332DEG 10KT 3112 9769

Bonnette

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 12:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack, Young	52 min
Jul 19, 11:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Navarro	5 hr
Jul 19, 12:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Henderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt	3 hr
Jul 19, 1:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	44 min
Jul 19, 2:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell	42 min
Jul 19, 4:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant	3 hr
Jul 19, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bosque	43 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.