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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Fort Worth, TX

July 15, 2002Denton County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2002, 2:22 PM CDT for Denton County, Texas. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 15, 2002, 2:22 PM CDT (19:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2002, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Denton County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 15, 12:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 12:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 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
Jul 14, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis	45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2002 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.