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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 1, 2021Ellis County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 5:21 PM CDT for Ellis County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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
Aug 1, 2021, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX

County Ellis County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2139 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
2139 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1284 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

917 
WWUS84 KFWD 012221
SPSFWD

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
521 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021
 
TXZ119-134-012300-
Ellis TX-Dallas TX-
521 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ELLIS AND SOUTHERN
DALLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

At 521 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Duncanville to near Midlothian. Movement was
east at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms.
  
 Locations impacted include...
Dallas, Grand Prairie, Desoto, Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Lancaster,
Waxahachie, Balch Springs, Midlothian, Glenn Heights, Red Oak,
Hutchins, Wilmer, Ovilla, Ferris, Oak Leaf, Cedar Hill State Park and
Pecan Hill.

LAT...LON 3237 9675 3240 9706 3255 9705 3255 9704
      3270 9704 3270 9663
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 280DEG 20KT 3266 9692 3247 9698 

$$

Hernandez

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 2:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHopkins32 min
Aug 1, 2:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHunt35 min
Aug 1, 3:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant35 min
Aug 1, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant33 min
Aug 1, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill, Johnson38 min
Aug 1, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas29 min
Aug 1, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant40 min
Aug 1, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMills45 min
Aug 1, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJohnson25 min
Aug 1, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant30 min
Aug 1, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker36 min
Aug 1, 4:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDJohnson, Tarrant3 hr
Aug 1, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Denton21 min
Aug 1, 5:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDParker3 hr
Aug 1, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise29 min
Aug 1, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Wise15 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.