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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 21, 1996Throckmorton County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 1996, 3:29 PM CDT for Throckmorton County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 21, 1996, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired: Apr 21, 1996, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Throckmorton County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 21, 4:16 PM CDT	Hail 2.75	Throckmorton, TX

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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 21, 12:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 21, 12:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 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
Apr 20, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson	68 min
Apr 21, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jones, Taylor	58 min
Apr 21, 3:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Jones, Taylor	64 min
Apr 21, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Callahan, Shackelford	67 min
Apr 21, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Haskell	59 min
Apr 21, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Throckmorton	61 min
Apr 21, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jones	59 min
Apr 21, 4:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Shackelford	64 min
Apr 21, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Haskell	69 min
Apr 21, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Throckmorton	63 min
Apr 21, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	60 min
Apr 21, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Throckmorton	62 min
Apr 21, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	49 min
Apr 21, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	46 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.