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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 616, NWS Fort Worth, TX

November 7, 1996Ellis County, Limestone County, Navarro County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 7, 1996, 12:23 AM CST for Ellis County, Limestone County, Navarro County, Texas. It was in force for 52 min. 5 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: Nov 7, 1996, 12:23 AM CST (06:23 UTC)
Expired: Nov 7, 1996, 1:15 AM CST
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Ellis County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Navarro County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:22 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

Time	Report	Where
Nov 7, 12:43 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Midlothian, TX
Nov 7, 12:53 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Ferris, TX
Nov 7, 1:05 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Waxahachie, TX
Nov 7, 1:05 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Corsicana, TX
Nov 7, 1:10 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Groesbeck, 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, Nov 6, 8:22 PM CST, 4 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
821 PM CST WED NOV 06 1996

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

0800 PM    3 N POTTSBORO             TX   FLOODING
11/06/96   GRAYSON                        HIGHWAY 120 CLOSED DUE TO
                                          HIGH WATER

0812 PM    ANTELOPE                  TX   .75 INCH HAIL
11/06/96   JACK

Special weather statement, Nov 6, 11:35 PM CST, 48 minutes before

TXZ115>117-129-070545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1133 PM CST WED NOV 6 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS CLEARED STEPHENS...
PALO PINTO AND EASTLAND COUNTIES FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 1111.
THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED IN THESE COUNTIES.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF
NORTH TEXAS SOUTH AND EAST OF THESE COUNTIES THROUGH 4 AM.
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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
Nov 6, 6:50 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Grayson	4 hr
Nov 6, 7:50 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	3 hr
Nov 6, 8:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Young	60 min
Nov 6, 8:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	27 min
Nov 6, 8:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin	49 min
Nov 6, 10:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche	66 min
Nov 6, 10:45 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Parker	3 hr
Nov 6, 10:55 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Denton, Grayson	4 hr
Nov 6, 11:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hamilton	57 min
Nov 6, 11:55 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	4 hr
Nov 6, 11:55 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Tarrant	4 hr
Nov 6, 11:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque	33 min
Nov 7, 12:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell, McLennan	55 min
Nov 7, 12:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill	55 min
Nov 7, 12:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls	52 min
Nov 7, 12:54 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Fannin	4 hr
Nov 7, 12:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt	47 min
Nov 7, 1:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone, Navarro	50 min
Nov 7, 1:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls, Milam, Robertson	50 min
Nov 7, 2:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson	41 min
Nov 7, 2:50 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Denton, Grayson	2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.