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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 391, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 17, 1995Denton County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1995, 8:48 AM CDT for Denton County, Texas. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 17, 1995, 8:48 AM CDT (13:48 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 1995, 9:30 AM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Denton County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, May 17, 6:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 17, 8:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	31 min
May 17, 8:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	49 min
May 17, 9:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin	52 min
May 17, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson	55 min
May 17, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis	69 min
May 17, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	68 min
May 17, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell	66 min
May 17, 6:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Bell	40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1995 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.