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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 13, 1997Hunt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1997, 9:15 PM CDT for Hunt County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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: Jun 13, 1997, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 1997, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Hunt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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	Remark
Jun 13, 9:45 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Greenville, TX	A brief tornado was reported.
Jun 13, 10:00 PM CDT	Hail 1	Muddig, TX
Jun 13, 10:00 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Muddig, TX	Strong winds damaged the roof and a wall of a home.

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.

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

Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 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 13, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt	62 min
Jun 13, 7:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Hunt	4 hr
Jun 13, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins	2 hr
Jun 13, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt	64 min
Jun 13, 8:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Hunt	59 min
Jun 13, 9:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Hunt	70 min
Jun 13, 9:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Rains	60 min
Jun 13, 9:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	4 hr
Jun 13, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Van Zandt	64 min
Jun 13, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	65 min
Jun 13, 10:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Van Zandt	4 hr
Jun 13, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	66 min
Jun 13, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Van Zandt	62 min
Jun 13, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Kaufman	61 min
Jun 14, 12:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Navarro	60 min
Jun 14, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson	59 min
Jun 14, 1:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson	27 min
Jun 14, 1:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson	45 min
Jun 14, 3:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Leon	55 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.