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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 377, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 30, 2004Parker County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 30, 2004, 9:37 PM CDT for Parker County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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: Oct 30, 2004, 9:37 PM CDT (02:37 UTC)
Expired: Oct 30, 2004, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Parker County, TX

The radar

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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 Oct 30, 9:35 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 9:35 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 30, 8:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
805 PM CDT SAT OCT 30 2004

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-311200-
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-
805 PM CDT SAT OCT 30 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...BEST
CHANCES ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL SHOULD
BE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST THIRD...HOWEVER SIGNIFICANT FLOOD ISSUES ARE
NOT ANTICIPATED.  ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ATHENS TO
GOLDTHWAITE...WITH NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS THE
MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS MAINLY
THE NORTHWEST TWO THIRDS OF NORTH TEXAS...WITH A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS REMAINING IN THE SOUTHEAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS SUNDAY EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED FLOODING ISSUES ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN COINCIDES WITH
SATURATED SOILS.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY...WITH
CHANCES LINGERING ALONG THE RED RIVER MONDAY NIGHT. A FRONTAL
PASSAGE MONDAY NIGHT WILL SPELL AN END TO THE PRECIPITATION.
SUBSEQUENT COLD FRONTS WILL USHER IN INCREASINGLY COOLER AND DRIER
AIR...BUT WILL OTHERWISE BE RAINFREE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

25/92

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 30, 7:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
729 PM CDT SAT OCT 30 2004

TXZ115-129-310130-

EASTLAND-STEPHENS-
729 PM CDT SAT OCT 30 2004

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE...

AT 729 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF GUNSIGHT...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF
CISCO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

CISCO...EASTLAND...GUNSIGHT...HARPERSVILLE AND RANGER ARE IN THE PATH
OF THIS STORM.

PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

Special weather statement, Oct 30, 7:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
759 PM CDT SAT OCT 30 2004

TXZ093-310200-

GRAYSON-
759 PM CDT SAT OCT 30 2004

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE...

AT 759 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF POTTSBORO...OR 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DENISON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HENDRIX...DENISON AND POTTSBORO ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

Special weather statement, Oct 30, 8:40 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
840 PM CDT SAT OCT 30 2004

TXZ116-310245-

PALO PINTO-
840 PM CDT SAT OCT 30 2004

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE...

AT 840 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF METCALF GAP...OR 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PALO PINTO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

METCALF GAP...MINERAL WELLS...PALO PINTO AND SALESVILLE ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM.

PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

Local storm report, Oct 30, 9:16 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 30, 9:17 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 30, 9:22 PM CDT, 15 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
Oct 30, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche	55 min
Oct 30, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	59 min
Oct 30, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Denton	40 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.