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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 344, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 19, 2004Ellis County, Hill County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2004, 1:38 PM CDT for Ellis County, Hill County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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: Aug 19, 2004, 1:38 PM CDT (18:38 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2004, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Ellis County, TX, Hill County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 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 Aug 19, 9:20 AM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 9:20 AM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 4:10 AM CDT, 9 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 19, 7:48 AM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
748 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2004

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST   ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0645 AM     FLASH FLOOD     KELLER                   32.93N  97.23W
08/19/2004                  TARRANT             TX   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TWO CARS STRANDED IN HIGH WATER ALONG RUFE SNOW NEAR
            NORTH TARRANT PKWY

Local storm report, Aug 19, 11:07 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1107 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2004

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST   ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0650 AM     FLASH FLOOD     FORT WORTH               32.75N  97.34W
08/19/2004                  TARRANT             TX   NWS EMPLOYEE

            VEHICLES STRANDED AT UNDERPASS JUST EAST OF DOWNTOWN

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 11:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1139 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2004

TXZ103-118-191800-

DENTON-TARRANT-
1139 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2004

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE...

AT 1138 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN
AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF TARRANT COUNTY...AND
OVER SOUTHERN DENTON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS RAIN AREA IS NOT AS STRONG AS THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH AFFECTED
TARRANT AND DENTON COUNTIES EARLIER. HOWEVER...AN ADDITIONAL 3/4
INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE. THIS RAINFALL MAY AGGRAVATE ANY LINGERING
FLOODING OF INTERSECTIONS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID THESE AREAS AND
DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 11:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 12:46 PM CDT, 52 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
Aug 19, 6:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Tarrant	3 hr
Aug 19, 6:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	2 hr
Aug 19, 1:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Comanche, Hamilton, Mills	3 hr
Aug 19, 1:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Johnson	3 hr
Aug 19, 2:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Ellis	115 min
Aug 19, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman	41 min
Aug 19, 3:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Navarro	3 hr
Aug 19, 4:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Freestone	42 min
Aug 19, 4:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Comanche, Hamilton, Mills	2 hr
Aug 19, 4:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Freestone	3 hr
Aug 19, 5:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson	3 hr
Aug 19, 6:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Mills	115 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2004 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.