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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 21, 2022Comanche County, Eastland County, Erath County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 21, 2022, 2:49 PM CDT for Comanche County, Eastland County, Erath County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
Mar 21, 2022, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
Mar 21, 2022, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Comanche County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 21, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2022-03-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2022-03-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 389 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
389 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
466 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 Mar 21, 12:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 12:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1245 PM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-221200-
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-
1245 PM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.
Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible today across much of
North and Central Texas. Large hail, damaging winds, and several
tornadoes will be possible. A few tornadoes may be strong.

Heavy rain will be possible this afternoon and tonight. Minor
flooding may occur across East Texas.

In addition to the severe weather threat, strong southeasterly non-
thunderstorm winds gusting to 45 mph will be possible along and east
of I-35.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.
No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is likely this afternoon throughout North and
Central Texas.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 1:35 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFWDAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Cooke, Coryell and 25 more17 hr
Mar 21, 8:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt13 hr
Mar 21, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Stephens60 min
Mar 21, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJack, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young24 min
Mar 21, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJack, Palo Pinto, Young35 min
Mar 21, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Erath, Palo Pinto49 min
Mar 21, 3:36 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath, Palo Pinto, Parker24 min
Mar 21, 3:46 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFWDJack44 min
Mar 21, 4:18 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMontague42 min
Mar 21, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Erath40 min
Mar 21, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDenton, Wise49 min
Mar 21, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMontague21 min
Mar 21, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hood, Parker31 min
Mar 21, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas65 min
Mar 21, 5:12 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke48 min
Mar 21, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Wise65 min
Mar 21, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant62 min
Mar 21, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDTarrant17 min
Mar 21, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant42 min
Mar 21, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Coryell, Ellis, Hamilton, Hill, Johnson and 2 more63 min
Mar 21, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke, Grayson22 min
Mar 21, 6:01 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFWDBell44 min
Mar 21, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Grayson40 min
Mar 21, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Denton64 min
Mar 21, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant45 min
Mar 21, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant9 min
Mar 21, 6:26 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatFWDBell, Milam49 min
Mar 21, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBell, Falls, McLennan45 min
Mar 21, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMilam50 min
Mar 21, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Ellis, Hill, Johnson, McLennan, Navarro63 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.