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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 13, 1997Fannin County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1997, 4:45 PM CDT for Fannin County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 1997, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 1997, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Fannin County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 13, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 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

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 12:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 12:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before

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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
Jun 12, 10:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Young	46 min
Jun 12, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	58 min
Jun 12, 11:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Jack	40 min
Jun 12, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wise	64 min
Jun 13, 12:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Jack	59 min
Jun 13, 12:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Wise	69 min
Jun 13, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Tarrant	76 min
Jun 13, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	76 min
Jun 13, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wise	60 min
Jun 13, 2:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	53 min
Jun 13, 2:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	3 hr
Jun 13, 2:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin	62 min
Jun 13, 3:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt	69 min
Jun 13, 4:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	60 min
Jun 13, 4:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin	54 min
Jun 13, 6:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Lamar	61 min
Jun 13, 6:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins	48 min
Jun 13, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	60 min
Jun 13, 4:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Lamar	63 min
Jun 13, 5:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Lamar	4 hr
Jun 13, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lamar	65 min
Jun 13, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta	60 min
Jun 13, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin	60 min
Jun 13, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Delta	30 min
Jun 13, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins	70 min
Jun 13, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt	65 min
Jun 13, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Hopkins	60 min
Jun 13, 6:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Fannin, Hunt	52 min
Jun 13, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta	60 min
Jun 13, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins	65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.