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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 29, 1997Stephens County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 1997, 6:54 PM CST for Stephens County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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: Mar 29, 1997, 6:54 PM CST (00:54 UTC)
Expired: Mar 29, 1997, 7:45 PM CST
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Stephens County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 29, 6:55 PM CST	Hail 1.75	Ivan, TX
Mar 29, 7:06 PM CST	Hail 1	Ivan, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 29, 4:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm 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, Mar 29, 1:45 PM CST, 5 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 29, 1:50 PM CST, 5 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 29, 6:07 PM CST, 47 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
Mar 29, 6:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	48 min
Mar 29, 7:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	43 min
Mar 29, 7:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker	62 min
Mar 29, 7:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wise	57 min
Mar 29, 8:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Denton	57 min
Mar 29, 9:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin	60 min
Mar 29, 9:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	McLennan	59 min
Mar 29, 10:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	56 min
Mar 29, 10:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt	60 min
Mar 29, 10:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins	69 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.