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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 31, 2005Van Zandt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2005, 7:33 PM CST for Van Zandt County, Texas. It was in force for 42 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: Mar 31, 2005, 7:33 PM CST (01:33 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2005, 8:15 PM CST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Van Zandt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 31, 5:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 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 Mar 31, 6:59 PM CST, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 6:59 PM CST, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 5:24 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
524 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-011200-
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-
524 PM CST THU MAR 31 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH BOX 115 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR
AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS EAST OF A LINE FROM BONHAM...WAXAHACHIE...
TEMPLE. A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS IS EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT SOUTHEAST OF A EMORY...TERRELL...CORSICANA...
GROESBECK...HEARNE LINE. A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING IS EXPECTED AS FAR WEST AS A BOWIE...
WEATHERFORD...HAMILTON...SAN SABA LINE...AS A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL
SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED DRYLINE AND COLD FRONT CONTINUE
MOVING EAST ACROSS THE AREA.

THE MAIN THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...
AS TEMPERATURES ALOFT CONTINUE COOLING RAPIDLY IN ADVANCE OF AN
UPPER LOW. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
CANT BE RULED OUT IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA WHERE DEEPER MOISTURE
AND BETTER INSTABILITY RESIDE.

ELSEWHERE...BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...LOOK FOR GUSTY
NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY
WHEN WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL BE ONGOING NORTHEAST OF A SHERMAN
TO EMORY LINE AT DAYBREAK. GUSTY NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20
AND 30 MPH WILL LIKELY OCCUR MOST OF THE DAY FRIDAY...BEFORE
DIMINISHING BY EVENING.

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE NEXT TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT WITH
A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN. AT THIS TIME...IT IS TOO EARLY
TO ASSESS ANY SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WITH THIS SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING EAST OF
INTERSTATE 35 IN THE WATCH/MODERATE RISK AREA.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 5:54 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 6:10 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 6:12 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 6:30 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 7:14 PM CST, 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 7:19 PM CST, 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
Mar 31, 6:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls	56 min
Mar 31, 6:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone	42 min
Mar 31, 6:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Navarro	45 min
Mar 31, 6:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Milam	48 min
Mar 31, 7:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Robertson	68 min
Mar 31, 7:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone	16 min
Mar 31, 8:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson	30 min
Mar 31, 8:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Robertson	24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2005 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.