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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Fort Worth, TX

February 27, 1996Collin County, Hunt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 27, 1996, 10:03 AM CST for Collin County, Hunt County, Texas. It was in force for 72 min. 2 reports 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
Feb 27, 1996, 10:03 AM CST (16:03 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 1996, 11:15 AM CST
In force
72 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Collin County, TX, Hunt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 27, 10:15 AM CSTHail 0.75Copeville, TX
Feb 27, 10:40 AM CSTHail 1.75White Rock, 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 8:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas55 min
Feb 27, 9:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt50 min
Feb 27, 10:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Lamar60 min
Feb 27, 11:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Lamar60 min
Feb 27, 12:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson35 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.