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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 17, 1993Hamilton County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 1993, 7:25 PM CDT for Hamilton County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 17, 1993, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 1993, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Hamilton County, TX

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 17, 5:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
TXC143-180000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
553 PM CDT SAT APR 17 1993

AT 550 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF STEPHENVILLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS
BEEN INTENSIFYING DURING THE PAST 15 MINUTES AND MAY PRODUCE SOME
SMALL HAIL AS WELL AS BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVES
TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS WILL BRING THE
STORM THROUGH STEPHENVILLE DURING THE NEXT 15 MINUTES AND TO
NEAR HICO AROUND 630 PM.
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 5:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
TXC143-180000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
553 PM CDT SAT APR 17 1993

AT 550 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF STEPHENVILLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS
BEEN INTENSIFYING DURING THE PAST 15 MINUTES AND MAY PRODUCE SOME
SMALL HAIL AS WELL AS BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVES
TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS WILL BRING THE
STORM THROUGH STEPHENVILLE DURING THE NEXT 15 MINUTES AND TO
NEAR HICO AROUND 630 PM.
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 6:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
TXZ025-026-031-172345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX
610 PM CDT SAT APR 17 1993

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOMERVELL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 605 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS BOUNDED GENERALLY BY LAKE
WHITNEY...STEPHENVILLE...COMANCHE...AND HAMILTON. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH.

AT 608 PM CDT...MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED THREE (3) MILES EAST
OF STEPHENVILLE.

RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THIS STATION FOR LATER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 6:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
TXZ025-026-031-172345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX
610 PM CDT SAT APR 17 1993

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOMERVELL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 605 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS BOUNDED GENERALLY BY LAKE
WHITNEY...STEPHENVILLE...COMANCHE...AND HAMILTON. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH.

AT 608 PM CDT...MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED THREE (3) MILES EAST
OF STEPHENVILLE.

RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THIS STATION FOR LATER UPDATES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan66 min
Apr 17, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell58 min
Apr 17, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell66 min

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.