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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 13, 2021Bell County, Coryell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT for Bell County, Coryell County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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: Oct 13, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

Counties Bell County, TX, Coryell County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 377 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: 1651 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 867 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 7.0

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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 Oct 13, 6:57 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 6:57 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 5:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 13, 1:24 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
124 PM CDT WED OCT 13 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1030 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 WNW DODD CITY         33.59N 96.11W
10/10/2021                   FANNIN             TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 2
            WNW DODD CITY. MEDIUM-SIZED SHOP BUILDING
            WITH MAJOR DAMAGE; DEBRIS SCATTERED OVER
            1/4TH MILE BACK TO THE NORTHEAST. TALL GRASS
            ALMOST FLATTENED IN BOTH THE N AND NE
            DIRECTIONS NEARBY THE SHOP.

&&

PRATER

Local storm report, Oct 13, 1:26 PM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
126 PM CDT WED OCT 13 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1010 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GLENN HEIGHTS           32.55N 96.86W
10/10/2021                   ELLIS              TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION WAS DAMAGED.
            TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. BUILDING IS LOCATED
            ON THE 2500 BLOCK OF S. HAMPTON RD.

&&

PRATER

Local storm report, Oct 13, 1:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
127 PM CDT WED OCT 13 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1030 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 WNW DODD CITY         33.59N 96.11W
10/10/2021                   FANNIN             TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 2
            WNW DODD CITY. CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND
            DMG REPORT FROM 2 WNW DODD CITY.
            MEDIUM-SIZED SHOP BUILDING WITH MAJOR
            DAMAGE; DEBRIS SCATTERED OVER 1/4TH MILE
            BACK TO THE NORTHEAST. TALL GRASS ALMOST
            FLATTENED IN BOTH THE N AND NE DIRECTIONS
            NEARBY THE SHOP. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

PRATER

Local storm report, Oct 13, 1:28 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
128 PM CDT WED OCT 13 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1010 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 ENE MAYPEARL          32.33N 96.96W
10/10/2021                   ELLIS              TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DAMAGED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF FM 66 AND
            OAK BRANCH RD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

PRATER

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 3:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
339 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

TXZ100-101-116-132115-
Palo Pinto TX-Young TX-Jack TX-
339 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Young,
southwestern Jack and northwestern Palo Pinto Counties through 415 PM
CDT...

At 337 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Possum Kingdom State Park, or 19 miles south of Graham, moving north
at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

This storm will impact Possum Kingdom Lake.

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 3314 9852 3314 9834 3305 9822 3270 9844
      3275 9858 3296 9858
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 201DEG 38KT 3282 9851

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Local storm report, Oct 13, 4:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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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
Oct 13, 9:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bell, Coryell, Lampasas	3 hr
Oct 13, 9:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas	6 hr
Oct 13, 10:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bell	92 min
Oct 13, 11:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bell	3 hr
Oct 14, 1:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Milam, Robertson	3 hr
Oct 14, 3:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Leon	3 hr

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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.