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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 27, 2021, 12:35 AM CDT for Eastland County, Stephens County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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 27, 2021, 12:35 AM CDT (05:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 55
Counties Eastland County, TX, Stephens County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:36 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted.
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NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Oct 26, 7:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 7:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 1223 AM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-280530- Montague-Cooke-Grayson-Fannin-Lamar-Young-Jack-Wise-Denton-Collin- Hunt-Delta-Hopkins-Stephens-Palo Pinto-Parker-Tarrant-Dallas- Rockwall-Kaufman-Van Zandt-Rains-Eastland-Erath-Hood-Somervell- Johnson-Ellis-Henderson-Comanche-Mills-Hamilton-Bosque-Hill-Navarro- Freestone-Anderson-Lampasas-Coryell-Bell-McLennan-Falls-Limestone- Leon-Milam-Robertson- 1223 AM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A line of thunderstorms will move across North and Central Texas late tonight after midnight. Some of these thunderstorms will be severe with damaging wind gusts being the primary hazard. Large hail and isolated tornadoes may be possible as well. Expect thunderstorms to begin impacting areas northwest of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex around 10 PM, reaching the Interstate 35 corridor by 3 AM, and into East Texas during the pre-dawn hours. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Thunderstorms will be ongoing Wednesday morning, primarily across East Texas. Damaging wind gusts will be the primary hazard. Storms will finally exit the area by around noon. Gusty west to northwest winds will develop by early afternoon across North and Central Texas. Sustained winds of around 25 MPH with gusts to over 35 MPH can be expected. These winds will create for hazardous driving conditions for high-profile vehicles, particularly on north- to-south oriented highways. This will also create hazardous conditions on area lakes. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is likely across North and Central Texas tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 27, 12:35 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1235 AM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021
TXZ115-129-270600-
Stephens TX-Eastland TX-
1235 AM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Eastland and Stephens
Counties through 100 AM CDT...
At 1234 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 7 miles east of Fort Griffin to 7 miles
southwest of Putnam. Movement was east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Breckenridge, Eastland, Cisco, Ranger, Necessity, Gunsight, Crystal
Falls and Carbon.
This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 324 and 363.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for
north central Texas.
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LAT...LON 3295 9909 3295 9858 3252 9858 3251 9847
3230 9848 3228 9851 3225 9912
TIME...MOT...LOC 0534Z 255DEG 37KT 3290 9911 3229 9927
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
BarnesThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 7:16 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FWD | Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell and 23 more | 27 hr |
| Oct 27, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Eastland, Palo Pinto, Stephens | 30 min |
| Oct 27, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young | 53 min |
| Oct 27, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker, Wise | 61 min |
| Oct 27, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hood, Somervell | 24 min |
| Oct 27, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 60 min |
| Oct 27, 2:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 37 min |
| Oct 27, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Cooke, Denton, Grayson | 57 min |
| Oct 27, 2:08 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FWD | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more | 34 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.