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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 16, 20244 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2024, 12:28 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 47 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 16, 2024, 12:28 PM CDT (17:28 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2024, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Coryell County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Mills County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 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 16, 10:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 384 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 12:00Z on 2024-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1178 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 12:00Z on 2024-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
1178 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-176 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1111 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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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 May 15, 3:45 PM CDT, 20 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 3:45 PM CDT, 20 hours 43 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 6:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung41 min
May 16, 6:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young25 min
May 16, 6:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Palo Pinto, Parker, Young33 min
May 16, 8:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDPalo Pinto, Parker3 hr
May 16, 9:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDErath, Hood5 hr
May 16, 9:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood32 min
May 16, 9:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDLimestone57 hr
May 16, 9:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDSomervell32 min
May 16, 10:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Johnson, Somervell5 hr
May 16, 11:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBosque, Hill5 hr
May 16, 11:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills61 min
May 16, 11:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLimestone64 min
May 16, 11:58 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDLimestone, McLennan, Navarro3 hr
May 16, 12:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Freestone, Hill, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro31 min
May 16, 12:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls, Freestone, Limestone, McLennan5 hr
May 16, 1:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, Lampasas25 min
May 16, 1:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHamilton, Lampasas, Mills3 hr
May 16, 1:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCoryell3 hr
May 16, 2:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Coryell, Lampasas, McLennan3 hr
May 16, 2:12 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDErath, Hood4 hr
May 16, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFalls52 min
May 16, 2:29 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDMilam6 hr
May 16, 2:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFalls74 min
May 16, 2:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell29 min
May 16, 3:14 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDBosque, Johnson, Somervell3 hr
May 16, 3:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMilam26 min
May 16, 3:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls95 min
May 16, 4:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMilam36 min
May 16, 4:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Milam, Robertson99 min
May 16, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMilam17 min
May 16, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMilam, Robertson49 min
May 16, 4:58 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDFalls, McLennan2 hr
May 16, 5:14 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDBell, Coryell, McLennan2 hr
May 16, 5:19 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDFalls116 min
May 16, 5:59 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDBell, Milam, Robertson76 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.