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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 214, NWS Fort Worth, TX

September 17, 2001Montague County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 17, 2001, 7:25 PM CDT for Montague County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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: Sep 17, 2001, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired: Sep 17, 2001, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Montague County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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
Sep 17, 7:45 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 58 E	Bowie, TX	Widespread trees and power lines blown down, roof damage to homes, and an 18 wheeler blown over in town. One house was destroyed, three with major damage, and sixty-eight with light to moderate damage. Two businesses were destroyed, fifteen with major damage,

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.

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.

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 17, 5:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 17, 5:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 17, 3:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-180400-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
330 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2001

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...AND EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS
NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM COMANCHE...TO MINERAL WELLS...TO
GAINESVILLE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TO THE SOUTH AND
EAST OF THIS LINE. ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY
BELOW SEVERE LEVELS...BUT CAN PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND
BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON
TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE RED RIVER. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP
ON TUESDAY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND
STRONG WINDS.

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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
Sep 18, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wise	65 min
Sep 18, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	62 min
Sep 18, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wise	47 min
Sep 18, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	53 min
Sep 18, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	60 min
Sep 18, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2001 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.