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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 549, NWS Fort Worth, TX

September 20, 1996Coryell County, Hamilton County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 1996, 6:13 PM CDT for Coryell County, Hamilton County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min. 3 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
Sep 20, 1996, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 1996, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Coryell County, TX, Hamilton County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 20, 6:35 PM CDTHail 1Evant, TX
Sep 20, 6:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Bee House, TX
Sep 20, 7:10 PM CDTHail 0.75Topsey, 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

Local storm report, Sep 20, 5:30 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
515 PM CDT FRI SEP 20 1996

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

0325 PM    8 S PALO PINTO            TX   1 INCH HAIL
09/20/96   PALO PINTO

0345 PM    CHICOTA                   TX   .75 INCH HAIL
09/20/96   LAMAR

0345 PM    CHICOTA                   TX   WIND DAMAGE
09/20/96   LAMAR                          TREES DOWNED

0350 PM    6 NE GORDON               TX   .75 INCH HAIL
09/20/96   PALO PINTO

0410 PM    HUCKABAY                  TX   .88 INCH HAIL
09/20/96   ERATH

0435 PM    12 E MERIDIAN             TX   .75 INCH HAIL
09/20/96   BOSQUE

0440 PM    3 N WHITNEY               TX   WIND DAMAGE
09/2v0/96   HILL                           WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF HOUSE
Local storm report, Sep 20, 6:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 19, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell53 min
Sep 19, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Coryell57 min
Sep 19, 9:07 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBell, Coryell38 min
Sep 19, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan66 min
Sep 19, 9:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBell32 min
Sep 19, 9:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFalls, McLennan47 min
Sep 19, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBell33 min
Sep 19, 10:47 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFalls43 min
Sep 19, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam63 min
Sep 20, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro53 min
Sep 20, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt63 min
Sep 20, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto62 min
Sep 20, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath55 min
Sep 20, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar49 min
Sep 20, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath59 min
Sep 20, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Falls, Hill, McLennan68 min
Sep 20, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas37 min
Sep 20, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson41 min
Sep 20, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin61 min
Sep 20, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton68 min
Sep 20, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hill, McLennan60 min
Sep 20, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFannin, Lamar40 min
Sep 20, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar36 min
Sep 20, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar34 min
Sep 20, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam56 min
Sep 20, 6:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque66 min
Sep 20, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque66 min
Sep 20, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas55 min
Sep 20, 6:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCoryell2 hr
Sep 20, 6:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMilam2 hr

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.