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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 223, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2002, 8:22 AM CDT for Hopkins County, Rains County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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
- Aug 27, 2002, 8:22 AM CDT (13:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2002, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hopkins County, TX, Rains County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 8:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Emory, TX | A tree was blown down across County Road 3202 just north of Emory. |
| Aug 27, 8:35 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Sulphur Spgs, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
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 Aug 27, 7:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 7:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 5:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ083>094-098>105-114>122-128>135-139>148-154>162-174-175-272100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 551 AM CDT TUE AUG 27 2002 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS...EXCEPT FOR THE COUNTIES OF LAMAR...DELTA...HOPKINS... AND RAINS. A SQUALL LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTHWARD FROM THE RED RIVER THIS MORNING AND AFFECT MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS. STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL QUICKLY DECREASE ONCE THE INITIAL LINE OF STORMS MOVES THROUGH...HOWEVER...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY MIDDAY ONCE THE LOW LEVEL INFLOW WINDS DECREASE AND SOME DRIER AIR MIXES DOWN. MOTORIST SHOULD USE CAUTION DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE DUE TO WET AND SLICK ROADS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY IN HEAVY RAIN.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 7:32 AM CDT, 50 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 60 min |
| Aug 27, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 23 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 55 min |
| Aug 27, 5:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Wise | 52 min |
| Aug 27, 5:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 62 min |
| Aug 27, 5:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 61 min |
| Aug 27, 6:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 56 min |
| Aug 27, 6:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Tarrant | 61 min |
| Aug 27, 7:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2002Every 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.