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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 19, 2023Comanche County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2023, 8:41 PM CDT for Comanche 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
May 19, 2023, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2023, 9:14 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Comanche County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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 19, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 344 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2023-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 890 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2023-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
890 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 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 19, 7:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHill42 min
May 19, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill, McLennan50 min
May 19, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Erath24 min
May 19, 8:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHill, McLennan2 hr
May 19, 8:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDComanche36 min
May 19, 8:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDErath, Hood, Somervell118 min
May 19, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Eastland41 min
May 19, 9:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDComanche3 hr
May 19, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland21 min
May 19, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, Hamilton45 min
May 19, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Bosque, Coryell, McLennan24 min
May 19, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath32 min
May 19, 11:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan40 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.