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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 4, 2006Stephens County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2006, 11:57 PM CDT for Stephens County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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 4, 2006, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2006, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stephens 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 May 4, 10:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 10:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 3:35 PM CDT, 8 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
335 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2006

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-051100-
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-
335 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS...WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO
POSSIBLE MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35.
IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO
PRESENT WEATHER HAZARDS TO ALL OF THE REGION.

THERE ARE TWO AREAS OF CONCERN FOR NORTH TEXAS THROUGH
TONIGHT. FIRST...THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A COLD FRONT IN SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE RED RIVER THIS EVENING.
SECOND...AT THE SAME TIME THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED ALONG THE
DRYLINE IN WEST TEXAS WILL MOVE EAST TOWARD OUR REGION. AS THESE TWO
LINES OF STORMS CONVERGE LATER THIS EVENING...A LARGE COMPLEX OF
STORMS WILL EVOLVE AND MOVE EAST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS
OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THERE IS A CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BOTH DAYS. LARGE
HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS
ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTH.

THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BY EARLY EVENING WEST
OF INTERSTATE 35 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...AND OVER THE REMAINDER
OF NORTH TEXAS LATER TONIGHT.

42

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 4, 8:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 4, 8:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 4, 9:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 4, 9:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 4, 11:03 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1103 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2006

TXZ100-050430-

YOUNG-
1103 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE...

AT 1103 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF GRAHAM...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GRAHAM...MURRAY AND SOUTH
BEND.

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

IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
A SECOND STORM IS FORMING NORTHWEST OF GRAHAM...AND THIS MAY BECOME
SEVERE AS WELL.
Local storm report, May 4, 11:05 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1105 PM CDT THU MAY 04 2006

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

1052 PM     HAIL             GUNSIGHT                32.54N  98.94W
05/04/2006  E1.00 INCH       STEPHENS           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque67 min
May 4, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill64 min
May 4, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Stephens60 min
May 4, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung67 min
May 4, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens48 min
May 4, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack54 min
May 5, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto66 min
May 5, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack44 min
May 5, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens56 min
May 5, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Wise67 min
May 5, 1:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDParker, Wise2 hr
May 5, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Stephens56 min
May 5, 1:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson53 min
May 5, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath49 min
May 5, 2:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Somervell53 min
May 5, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker35 min
May 5, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant72 min
May 5, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Denton78 min
May 5, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson66 min
May 5, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas57 min
May 5, 3:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas39 min
May 5, 4:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman51 min
May 5, 4:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRockwall34 min
May 5, 4:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains32 min
May 5, 5:22 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Parker and 2 more77 min
May 5, 5:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains23 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.