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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 13, 2004Milam County, Texas

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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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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Local storm report, May 13, 6:56 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
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 ENNIS
Local 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 7:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Falls, Milam, Robertson3 hr
May 13, 9:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon61 min
May 13, 9:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Falls, Leon, Milam, Robertson3 hr
May 13, 11:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDRobertson3 hr
May 13, 12:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Falls, Milam, Robertson3 hr
May 13, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung63 min
May 13, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens, Young61 min
May 13, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack44 min
May 13, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland61 min
May 13, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens37 min
May 13, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker31 min
May 13, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant46 min

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Sources

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