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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 9, 2006Collin County, Grayson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2006, 9:59 PM CDT for Collin County, Grayson County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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 9, 2006, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2006, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Collin County, TX, Grayson County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 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 May 9, 9:20 PM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 9:20 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 8:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...UPDATED/CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
841 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-101100-
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-
841 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT
A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ALONG AND
NORTHEAST OF A SHERMAN...GREENVILLE...SULPHUR SPRINGS LINE. VERY
LARGE HAIL TO BASEBALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 75 MPH ARE THE
MAIN THREATS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA
THROUGH LATE EVENING...AS LONG AS STORMS REMAIN DISCREET AND SUPER-
CELLULAR IN NATURE.

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND WILL EXTEND WEST TO A GRAHAM...MINERAL WELLS...
STEPHENVILLE...GOLDTHWAITE LINE OVERNIGHT.

RICH GULF MOISTURE REMAINS ENTRENCHED OVER THE SEVERE RISK AREAS...
SOUTH OF A COLD FRONT PUSHING THE RED RIVER AND EAST OF A DRYLINE
TROUGH OVER WEST-CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS IS RESULTING IN EXTREME
INSTABILITY...WITH STRONG WIND SHEAR PRESENT ALOFT. STORMS SHOULD
CONGEAL INTO A STORM COMPLEX OVERNIGHT...NAMELY ACROSS EASTERN
PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...WHERE DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BECOME THE MAIN THREATS THROUGH DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
STILL BE POSSIBLE...NAMELY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEKEND...INTO NEXT
MONDAY...AS ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS
COULD BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY OVER FAR EASTERN SECTIONS OF
NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT...WITH LIMITED ACTIVATION POSSIBLE OVER THE
THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA THROUGH DAYBREAK.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 9:09 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
909 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

0907 PM     HAIL             VAN ALSTYNE             33.42N  96.57W
05/09/2006  E0.75 INCH       GRAYSON            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED ALONG INTERSTATE 75.

Local storm report, May 9, 9:09 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
909 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

0907 PM     HAIL             VAN ALSTYNE             33.42N  96.57W
05/09/2006  E0.75 INCH       GRAYSON            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED ALONG U.S. 75.

Local storm report, May 9, 9:24 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
924 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

0923 PM     HAIL             5 N VAN ALSTYNE         33.49N  96.57W
05/09/2006  E0.75 INCH       GRAYSON            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            RELAYED BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS.

Local storm report, May 9, 9:42 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
942 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

0941 PM     HAIL             GUNTER                  33.45N  96.74W
05/09/2006  E1.00 INCH       GRAYSON            TX   AMATEUR RADIO

Special weather statement, May 9, 9:47 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
947 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

TXZ094-100315-

FANNIN-
947 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE...

AT 947 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHERMAN...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BAILEY...BONHAM...DODD
CITY...ECTOR...LEONARD AND BONHAM STATE PARK.

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

A SEVERE STORM WAS ALSO LOCATED OVER VAN ALSTYNE. IF THIS STORM
CONTINUES ON ITS PRESENT COURSE...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE
NEEDED FOR SOUTHERN FANNIN COUNTY.

Special weather statement, May 9, 9:58 PM CDT, 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
958 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

TXZ095-100330-

LAMAR-
958 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE...

AT 958 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DE QUEEN TO 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLARKSVILLE TO 27
MILES NORTHEAST OF DENISON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. STRONG
WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS MAY GUST UP
TO 50 MPH IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF LAMAR COUNTY.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE ARTHUR CITY...BLOSSOM...
BROOKSTON...PARIS...POWDERLY AND SUMNER.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND
PEA-SIZED HAIL...CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS.

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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
May 9, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lampasas	37 min
May 9, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	64 min
May 9, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Grayson	61 min
May 9, 10:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Grayson	3 hr
May 9, 10:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Collin	52 min
May 9, 10:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Fannin	39 min
May 9, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lamar	66 min
May 9, 10:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Grayson	24 min
May 9, 11:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Fannin	17 min
May 9, 11:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Lamar	41 min
May 10, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	62 min
May 10, 1:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Grayson	60 min
May 10, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	22 min
May 10, 1:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin	30 min
May 10, 3:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Grayson	58 min
May 10, 4:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lamar	76 min
May 10, 4:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin	28 min
May 10, 5:36 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	FWD	Cooke, Montague	65 min
May 10, 7:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin	37 min
May 10, 7:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lamar	40 min
May 10, 8:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lamar	15 min
May 10, 10:26 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more	9 hr

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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.