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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 215, NWS Fort Worth, TX

September 18, 2001Wise County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 2001, 4:40 PM CDT for Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. 6 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: Sep 18, 2001, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired: Sep 18, 2001, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 18, 4:55 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52 E	Alvord, TX	Power lines and trees were blown down.
Sep 18, 5:15 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Decatur, TX	Trees and power lines were blown down.
Sep 18, 5:35 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Decatur, TX	A mobile home was unroofed in Bluett.
Sep 18, 5:43 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Decatur, TX
Sep 18, 5:45 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 58 E	Decatur, TX	A trained spotter estimated wind gusts to 58 knots.
Sep 18, 5:53 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Rhome, 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
Sep 18, 4:15 PM CDT	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.

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 18, 4:35 PM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 4:35 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 18, 12:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 15 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
Sep 17, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	50 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.