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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 7, 2023Freestone County, Navarro County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2023, 12:26 AM CDT for Freestone County, Navarro County, Texas. It was in force for 40 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
May 7, 2023, 12:26 AM CDT (05:26 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2023, 1:06 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Freestone County, TX, Navarro County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:25 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
May 6, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 00:00Z on 2023-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3190 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 00:00Z on 2023-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3190 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
968 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Eastland63 min
May 6, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung62 min
May 6, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack49 min
May 6, 7:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDComanche, Eastland2 hr
May 6, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche28 min
May 6, 8:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDYoung2 hr
May 6, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague53 min
May 6, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath45 min
May 6, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Stephens61 min
May 6, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFWDHood, Palo Pinto, Parker57 min
May 6, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatFWDHood, Parker33 min
May 6, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Erath, Hood, Johnson, Somervell57 min
May 6, 10:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDEastland119 min
May 6, 10:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDErath, Hood, Somervell116 min
May 6, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFWDDallas, Ellis, Hill, Johnson, Tarrant64 min
May 6, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Hill, Navarro34 min
May 6, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFWDDallas, Ellis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro55 min
May 6, 11:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDJohnson3 hr
May 7, 12:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJohnson30 min
May 7, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill52 min
May 7, 1:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis, Navarro37 min
May 7, 1:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro28 min

Nearby

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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.