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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Fort Worth, TX

November 4, 2022Grayson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 4, 2022, 1:05 PM CDT for Grayson 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 4, 2022, 1:05 PM CDT (18:05 UTC)
Expired
Nov 4, 2022, 1:38 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Grayson County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 31, 10:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC353 days
Nov 4, 1:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 2022-11-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 399 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 12:00Z on 2022-11-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 235 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
399 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-223 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 4, 11:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 4, 11:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 4, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant50 min
Nov 4, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant53 min
Nov 4, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Denton31 min
Nov 4, 2:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHill33 min
Nov 4, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt58 min
Nov 4, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis, Hill, Navarro33 min
Nov 4, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant43 min
Nov 4, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Tarrant40 min
Nov 4, 3:24 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis, Navarro36 min
Nov 4, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis, Kaufman38 min
Nov 4, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Hunt, Lamar46 min
Nov 4, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant46 min
Nov 4, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Denton, Grayson40 min
Nov 4, 3:54 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman36 min
Nov 4, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFannin, Lamar49 min
Nov 4, 4:16 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDNavarro44 min
Nov 4, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt47 min
Nov 4, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Fannin, Grayson, Rockwall, Tarrant46 min
Nov 4, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFreestone, Limestone, Navarro29 min
Nov 4, 4:38 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFWDLamar22 min
Nov 4, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Limestone47 min
Nov 4, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt31 min
Nov 4, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFreestone, Limestone, Navarro50 min
Nov 4, 5:07 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFWDHopkins, Hunt, Rains23 min
Nov 4, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHenderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt45 min
Nov 4, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFreestone, Limestone43 min
Nov 4, 5:23 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatFWDHopkins22 min
Nov 4, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Fannin, Hunt, Rockwall66 min
Nov 4, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHenderson, Navarro46 min
Nov 4, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCollin, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall27 min
Nov 4, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Fannin, Lamar53 min
Nov 4, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Lamar35 min
Nov 4, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHopkins, Rains, Van Zandt21 min
Nov 4, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar37 min
Nov 4, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDVan Zandt35 min
Nov 4, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDelta, Fannin, Hunt, Lamar16 min
Nov 4, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHopkins16 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.