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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 2026, 7:07 PM CDT for Mills County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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 12, 2026, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Mills County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1399 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
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 12, 6:07 PM CDT, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 6:07 PM CDT, 1 hour before
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Special weather statement, Apr 12, 2:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
238 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2026
TXZ156>158-122015-
Coryell TX-Lampasas TX-Bell TX-
238 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2026
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Coryell, southeastern Lampasas and northwestern Bell Counties through
315 PM CDT...
At 237 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Copperas Cove, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Killeen, Copperas Cove, and Fort Hood around 245 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this storm include King, Topsey, Maxdale,
The Grove, Owl Creek, Pidcoke, and Flat.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
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LAT...LON 3097 9787 3104 9791 3103 9801 3140 9799
3126 9747 3095 9783
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 207DEG 28KT 3106 9788
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
30Local storm report, Apr 12, 3:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 8:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Ellis | 37 min |
| Apr 12, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Mills | 33 min |
| Apr 12, 8:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 34 min |
| Apr 12, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lampasas | 31 min |
| Apr 12, 10:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Milam | 53 min |
| Apr 12, 10:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lampasas | 25 min |
| Apr 12, 11:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lampasas | 50 min |
| Apr 13, 12:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Lampasas | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 12:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | McLennan | 48 min |
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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.