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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2004, 7:43 AM CDT for Milam County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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 13, 2004, 7:43 AM CDT (12:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2004, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Milam County, TX
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 13, 7:35 AM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 7:35 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 4:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...UPDATED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 445 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2004 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-132200- ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA- DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON- HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS- LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO- PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT- WISE-YOUNG- 445 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BRING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTH TEXAS TODAY. THIS MORNING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF AN ATHENS TO CAMERON LINE. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS AS ANOTHER WEAK IMPULSE TRANSLATES ACROSS THE REGION AND A DRY LINE AND A COLD FRONT APPROACH. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A BONHAM...FORT WORTH...TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE. THE MAIN THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE THREAT WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL STILL PRESENT A HAZARD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MAY LINGER FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST OF A CANTON...HILLSBORO...TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS DRIER AND COOLER AIR FILTER IN BEHIND THE FRONT. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE AFTER 300 PM NORTHWEST OF A GAINESVILLE TO BRECKENRIDGE LINE AND NORTHWEST OF A BONHAM...FORT WORTH...TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE AFTER 600 PM.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 13, 6:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
656 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0652 AM FLASH FLOOD 11 E MILANO 30.71N 96.67W
05/13/2004 MILAM TX PRIVATE CITIZEN
WATER OVER ROADWAY IN GAUSE DOWNTOWN AREA ON U.S. 79
0703 AM FLASH FLOOD 7 N CAMERON 30.96N 96.98W
05/13/2004 MILAM TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
MINOR FLOODING ALONG U.S. 77 IN BEN ARNOLD AND
BVICINITY.
0809 AM FLASH FLOOD CAMERON 30.86N 96.98W
05/13/2004 MILAM TX EMERGENCY MNGR
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN CAMERON, ROCKDALE, MILANO AND
OTHER TOWNS. NUMEROUS CARS IN DITCHES.
0810 AM FLASH FLOOD 14 E TEMPLE 31.10N 97.13W
05/13/2004 BELL TX EMERGENCY MNGR
FLOODING ALONG HWY 2904 NEAR JOKER AND AIRVILLE. ALSO,
URBAN STREET FLOODING IN TEMPLE.
0821 AM FLOOD ROGERS 30.93N 97.23W
05/13/2004 BELL TX EMERGENCY MNGR
ROAD WASHED OUT NEAR ROGERS...SHAW ROAD AT INTERSECTION
OF HUNT HILL RD.
0826 AM FLASH FLOOD 7 SW LOTT 31.13N 97.12W
05/13/2004 FALLS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER ROAD ON FM 320 NEAR WESTPHALIA AND WEST.
0914 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 NW HEARNE 30.89N 96.61W
05/13/2004 ROBERTSON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
FLOODING ON HWY 6 AND FARM ROADS ACROSS COUNTY
0945 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 SW LOTT 31.15N 97.09W
05/13/2004 FALLS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS WESTERN FALLS COUNTY
CONTINUES..
0951 AM FLASH FLOOD TEMPLE 31.10N 97.36W
05/13/2004 BELL TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER ROADS CONTINUING AT THIS HOUR IN EASTERN AND
SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY.
0952 AM FLASH FLOOD HEARNE 30.88N 96.59W
05/13/2004 ROBERTSON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGH WATER RESCUE IN PROGRESS NEAR HEARNE. INFORMATION
FROM FALLS COUNTY.
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD HOLLAND 30.88N 97.40W
05/13/2004 BELL TX EMERGENCY MNGR
FLOODING IN THE CITY OF HO9LLAND REPORTED BY THE HOLLAND
POST OFFICE.
1006 AM FLASH FLD CAMERON 30.86N 96.98W
05/13/2004 MILAM TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROADS AND CREEKS FLOODED IN AND AROUND CAMERON
1010 AM FLASH FLOOD 10 WSW LEONA 31.10N 96.13W
05/13/2004 LEON TX POST OFFICE
WATER OVER ROADS EAST AND NORTH OF NORMANGEE ALONG THE
OSR AND FM 3.
1045 AM FLASH FLOOD HAEARNE 30.88N 96.59W
05/13/2004 ROBERTSON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGH WATER RESCUES CONTINUE WITH WIDSPREAD FLOODING.
CARS WASHING OFF ROADS.
1240 PM HAIL GRAHAM 33.10N 98.58W
05/13/2004 1.00 INCH YOUNG TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
IN GRAHAM... MOST OF THE HAIL WAS PEA SIZE.
0200 PM FLASH FLOOD ROGERS 30.93N 97.23W
05/13/2004 BELL TX EMERGENCY MNGR
FM 438 AT APPLE CIDER RD REMAINS UNDER WATER. FM 437
JUST NORTH OF ROGERS STILL HAS A FOOT OF WATER ACROSS THE
ROAD.
0216 PM FLASH FLOOD MILANO 30.71N 96.86W
05/13/2004 MILAM TX KRXT RADIO
FLOODING CONTINUES ON U.S. 77 FROM MILANO TO EAST OF
GAUSE. WATER IS DECREASING.
0355 PM HAIL OLNEY 33.36N 98.76W
05/13/2004 0.75 INCH YOUNG TX EMERGENCY MNGR
MOST OF THE HAIL WAS NEAR 1/2 INCH WITH A FEW DIME SIZE
MIXED IN. SEVERAL REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL.
0509 PM HAIL CRYSTAL FALLS 32.90N 98.90W
05/13/2004 0.50 INCH STEPHENS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER NEAR CRYSTAL FALLS. HE WILL GO TOWARD IVAN.
0503 PM HAIL 17 NW JACKSBORO 33.40N 98.36W
05/13/2004 0.50 INCH JACK TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
0540 PM TSTM WND GST CISCO 32.38N 98.98W
05/13/2004 40-50 MPH EASTLAND TX CISCO FIRE DEPT
0607 PM HAIL 3 NE ALEDO 32.73N 97.57W
05/13/2004 1.00 INCH PARKER TX TRAINED SPOTTER
NEAR ALEDO
0618 PM TSTM WND DMG EASTLAND 32.40N 98.82W
05/13/2004 EASTLAND TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINE DOWNED
0715 PM TSTM WND GST ENNIS 32.34N 96.63W
05/13/2004 45 MPH ELLIS TX TRAINED SPOTTER
45 MPH WIND GUSTS IN ENNISLocal storm report, May 13, 7:05 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
705 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0703 AM FLASH FLOOD 7 N CAMERON 30.96N 96.98W
05/13/2004 MILAM TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
MINOR FLOODING ALONG U.S. 77 IN BEN ARNOLD AND
BVICINITY.The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 7:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls, Milam, Robertson | 3 hr |
| May 13, 9:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 61 min |
| May 13, 9:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls, Leon, Milam, Robertson | 3 hr |
| May 13, 11:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Robertson | 3 hr |
| May 13, 12:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls, Milam, Robertson | 3 hr |
| May 13, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 63 min |
| May 13, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens, Young | 61 min |
| May 13, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 44 min |
| May 13, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 61 min |
| May 13, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 37 min |
| May 13, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 31 min |
| May 13, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 46 min |
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Sources
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