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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 16, 1997Wise County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1997, 4:55 PM CDT for Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report 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 16, 1997, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1997, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
65 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 21:56 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 5:30 PM CDTHail 0.75Boonsville, 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Stephens61 min
Jun 16, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker66 min
Jun 16, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise55 min
Jun 16, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant67 min
Jun 16, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton56 min
Jun 16, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke61 min
Jun 16, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.