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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 10, 2026Bell County, Milam County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2026, 9:39 PM CDT for Bell County, Milam 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
May 10, 2026, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2026, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bell County, TX, Milam County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 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 10, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 2026-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 199 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 2026-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 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
199 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-297 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1024 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell54 min
May 10, 7:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan45 min
May 10, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan24 min
May 10, 8:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCoryell, McLennan87 min
May 10, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Coryell13 min
May 10, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Milam42 min
May 10, 9:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell3 hr
May 10, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon40 min
May 10, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam55 min
May 10, 10:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell111 min
May 10, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon12 min
May 10, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam24 min
May 10, 11:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDMilam3 hr
May 10, 11:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt29 hr

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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.