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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 225, NWS Fort Worth, TX

September 20, 2001Comanche County, Erath County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 2001, 10:34 PM CDT for Comanche County, Erath County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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 20, 2001, 10:34 PM CDT (03:34 UTC)
Expired: Sep 20, 2001, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Comanche County, TX, Erath County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 20, 11:00 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 54 E	Comanche, TX	Trees and power lines were blown down.

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 20, 3:29 PM CDT, 7 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 3:29 PM CDT, 7 hours 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 20, 7:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 20, 8:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-210500-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
820 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2001

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ALONG AND
WEST OF A SHERMAN...DALLAS...TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE.

A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH AN
APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL AFFECT MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS
TONIGHT.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE EAST AND
AFFECT LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A GAINESVILLE TO EASTLAND LINE BY
10 PM...AND LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A SHERMAN...DALLAS...TO
GOLDTHWAITE LINE BY MIDNIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH
THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING BURSTS OF WIND AND LARGE HAIL.  AS
THE STORMS MOVE EAST INTO SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE AIR...LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BECOME THE MAIN THREATS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 20, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	55 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.