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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 163, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 15, 2003Stephens County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2003, 9:44 PM CDT for Stephens County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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: May 15, 2003, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2003, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stephens County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 15, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 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 May 15, 7:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 7:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 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
May 15, 10:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	44 min
May 15, 10:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	45 min
May 15, 10:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	56 min
May 15, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	66 min
May 16, 2:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	61 min
May 16, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	63 min
May 16, 9:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lamar	28 min
May 16, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins	36 min
May 16, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Navarro	52 min
May 16, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Van Zandt	45 min
May 16, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson	59 min
May 16, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone, Navarro	60 min
May 16, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson	45 min
May 16, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson	54 min
May 16, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone	45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2003 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

Sources

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