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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 9, 1997Wise County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1997, 9:54 PM CDT for Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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
Jun 9, 1997, 9:54 PM CDT (02:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1997, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 10:09 PM CDTHail 1.75Bridgeport, TX
Jun 9, 10:25 PM CDTHail 1Paradise, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

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, Jun 9, 8:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 9, 8:56 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
855 PM CDT MON JUN 09 1997

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

0805 PM    PILOT GROVE               TX   3 INCH HAIL
06/09/97   GRAYSON

0805 PM    PILOT GROVE               TX   WIND DAMAGE
06/09/97   GRAYSON                        ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES

0805 PM    PILOT GROVE               TX   WIND DAMAGE
06/09/97   GRAYSON                        MOBILE HOME DESTROYED

0820 PM    DENISON                   TX   70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/97   GRAYSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson53 min
Jun 9, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Fannin, Grayson61 min
Jun 9, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt63 min
Jun 9, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin60 min
Jun 9, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas69 min
Jun 9, 9:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Dallas3 hr
Jun 9, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall60 min
Jun 9, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt69 min
Jun 9, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise56 min
Jun 10, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland56 min
Jun 10, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath66 min
Jun 10, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche64 min
Jun 10, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath44 min
Jun 10, 1:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hill67 min
Jun 10, 2:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan40 min
Jun 10, 3:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills54 min
Jun 10, 3:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan40 min
Jun 10, 3:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Limestone58 min
Jun 10, 3:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone51 min
Jun 10, 4:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon41 min
Jun 10, 4:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills39 min
Jun 10, 4:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson48 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.