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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Fort Worth, TX

July 5, 2026Rains County, Van Zandt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2026, 4:58 PM CDT for Rains County, Van Zandt County, Texas. It was in force for 20 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
Jul 5, 2026, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2026, 5:18 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Rains County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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
Jul 5, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 314 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2026-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 333 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2026-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 245 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
333 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-385 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
430 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
10.8

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 12:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin, Grayson, Lamar45 min
Jul 5, 12:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke45 min
Jul 5, 12:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin, Delta, Fannin, Grayson, Hopkins, Hunt and 1 more63 min
Jul 5, 1:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas, Kaufman, Tarrant47 min
Jul 5, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke31 min
Jul 5, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt23 min
Jul 5, 2:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRockwall27 min
Jul 5, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt30 min
Jul 5, 3:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDVan Zandt3 hr
Jul 5, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman, Van Zandt48 min
Jul 5, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt43 min
Jul 5, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack27 min
Jul 5, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack47 min
Jul 5, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt36 min
Jul 5, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young72 min
Jul 5, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens, Young58 min
Jul 5, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens, Young78 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.