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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 314, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 2, 1996Fisher County, Mitchell County, Nolan County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1996, 3:59 PM CDT for Fisher County, Mitchell County, Nolan County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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: Jun 2, 1996, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 1996, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Fisher County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 2, 4:07 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Loraine, 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, Jun 2, 11:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before

TXZ091>095-098>107-113>123-127>135-139>148-154>162-174-175-030000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1150 AM CDT SUN JUN 2 1996

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. A FEW CITIES INCLUDED IN THE RISK
AREA ARE ABILENE...BROWNWOOD...MINERAL WELLS...WACO...TEMPLE...
KILLEEN...SHERMAN...PARIS AND THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX.

A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINED IN PLACE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AT
MIDDAY. A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT STRETCHED ACROSS THE REGION FROM
LONGVIEW TO HILLSBORO TO NEAR ABILENE.  MEANWHILE...A WEAK UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS MOVING INTO WEST TEXAS.  THE COMBINATION OF
THESE FEATURES WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER
WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:12 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
310 PM CDT SUN JUN 02 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0215 PM    5 E DING DONG             TX   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/02/96   BELL

0215 PM    5 E DING DONG             TX   .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/96   BELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Nolan	66 min
Jun 2, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell	37 min
Jun 2, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Nolan	58 min
Jun 2, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Mitchell	67 min
Jun 2, 4:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Nolan	4 hr
Jun 2, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jones, Taylor	55 min
Jun 2, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Haskell	63 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.