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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 8, 2024Palo Pinto County, Stephens County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2024, 10:54 PM CDT for Palo Pinto County, Stephens County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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: Apr 8, 2024, 10:54 PM CDT (03:54 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2024, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Palo Pinto County, TX, Stephens County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:56 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 8, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Apr 8, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 352 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1580 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2227 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

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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 Apr 8, 7:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 7:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 2:57 PM CDT, 7 hours 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 8, 10:31 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 8, 10:33 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 8, 10:43 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 8, 10:45 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 8, 10:46 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 8, 10:47 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall	34 min
Apr 8, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall	37 min
Apr 8, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone, Limestone, Navarro	49 min
Apr 8, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Hunt	47 min
Apr 8, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin	26 min
Apr 8, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Tarrant	29 min
Apr 8, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin	50 min
Apr 8, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	33 min
Apr 8, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Fannin	31 min
Apr 8, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Tarrant, Wise	28 min
Apr 8, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Denton, Grayson	47 min
Apr 8, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Denton	31 min
Apr 8, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young	42 min
Apr 8, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	53 min
Apr 8, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Young	61 min
Apr 8, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Jack, Young	54 min
Apr 8, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Montague, Wise	40 min
Apr 8, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Parker, Wise	48 min
Apr 8, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Montague, Wise	62 min
Apr 8, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Cooke, Denton, Wise	55 min
Apr 8, 11:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Palo Pinto, Parker	68 min
Apr 9, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Denton, Grayson	47 min
Apr 9, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Denton, Montague, Wise	16 min
Apr 9, 12:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Parker	17 min
Apr 9, 1:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Denton, Wise	3 hr
Apr 9, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Denton, Grayson	65 min
Apr 9, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Denton	64 min
Apr 9, 1:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Fannin, Grayson	4 hr
Apr 9, 2:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	43 min
Apr 9, 3:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	49 min
Apr 9, 3:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Dallas	3 hr
Apr 9, 4:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	17 hr
Apr 9, 6:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	2 hr
Apr 9, 7:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Freestone, Limestone	8 hr
Apr 9, 7:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson	3 hr
Apr 9, 8:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Fannin	4 hr
Apr 9, 8:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	33 min
Apr 9, 9:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell	44 min
Apr 9, 9:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls, McLennan	40 min
Apr 9, 9:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bell, Falls, Limestone, McLennan	3 hr
Apr 9, 9:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hill, Navarro	3 hr
Apr 9, 10:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls, McLennan	3 hr
Apr 9, 10:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hill, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro	3 hr
Apr 9, 10:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Van Zandt	41 min
Apr 9, 10:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell, McLennan	2 hr
Apr 9, 11:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Henderson, Van Zandt	15 min
Apr 9, 11:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Henderson	3 hr
Apr 9, 11:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Bell	3 hr
Apr 9, 12:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas	65 min
Apr 9, 12:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Falls	3 hr
Apr 9, 1:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	49 min
Apr 9, 1:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson	2 hr
Apr 9, 1:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	20 hr
Apr 9, 1:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Robertson	34 min
Apr 9, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Leon	45 min
Apr 9, 3:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Limestone	53 hr
Apr 9, 3:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	5 days
Apr 9, 3:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Leon	3 days
Apr 9, 4:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Limestone	3 hr
Apr 9, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lampasas	61 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.