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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 3, 2024Van Zandt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2024, 7:31 PM CDT for Van Zandt County, Texas. It was in force for 18 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
Jun 3, 2024, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2024, 7:49 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Van Zandt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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 nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2024-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3347 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 2024-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 186 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3347 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
18.7

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jun 3, 7:26 PM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 7:26 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 2:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
239 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-041200-
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-
239 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected today. There will
be a low risk for large hail and damaging wind gusts. Strong to
severe storms could continue this evening into overnight tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.
Additional storm chances exist Tuesday through Wednesday morning and
again over the weekend with a weak cold front. Strong to severe
storms may be possible at times, so continue to check for updates.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
623 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024

TXZ105-121>123-032345-
Kaufman TX-Van Zandt TX-Hunt TX-Rains TX-
623 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southeastern Hunt,
northern Kaufman, northwestern Van Zandt and northwestern Rains
Counties through 645 PM CDT...

At 621 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms, the
leading outflow winds of which stretched from Greenville Club Lake
to Terrell. Movement was east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Terrell, Kaufman, West Tawakoni, Quinlan, Hawk Cove, New Terrell
  City Lake, Lake Tawakoni, and Greenville Club Lake around 625 PM
  CDT.
  East Tawakoni and Lake Tawakoni State Park around 630 PM CDT.

This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 495 and 514.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3267 9600 3251 9623 3261 9648 3274 9631
      3308 9607 3305 9586 3298 9586
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 283DEG 17KT 3300 9605 3273 9624 3264 9637

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 9:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDKaufman40 hr
Jun 4, 2:11 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryFWDBell, Coryell, Falls, Lampasas, McLennan, Milam and 2 more18 hr
Jun 4, 4:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Lamar39 min
Jun 4, 9:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt33 min
Jun 4, 10:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDSmith22 min
Jun 4, 12:45 PM CDTFlood WatchFWDAnderson, Collin, Delta, Fannin, Grayson, Henderson and 7 more21 hr

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.