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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 10, 2006Fannin County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2006, 7:08 AM CDT for Fannin County, Texas. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
May 10, 2006, 7:08 AM CDT (12:08 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2006, 7:45 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fannin County, TX

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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 10, 3:08 AM CDT, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 3:08 AM CDT, 4 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
308 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

.DISCUSSION...
AT 2 AM FRONT LIES SHERMAN...GRAHAM MOVING SOUTH. EVEN THOUGH
FRONT IS PROVIDING SOME LIFT...ATMOSPHERE FARTHER SOUTH IS LESS
UNSTABLE THAN IT WAS UP NORTH EARLIER. THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF POPS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON IN THE EAST AS THE FRONT
CONTINUES THROUGH THE CWA. AFTER TODAY/S 90S...THE REST OF THE
WEEK WILL SEEM MILD WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S NORTH WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY. NEXT FRONT MOVES THOUGH SATURDAY...BRINGING A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF POPS FOR SATURDAY AND A CHANCE SOUTH ON SUNDAY MORNING
AS THE FRONT ENCOUNTERS MORE MOISTURE. WITH NORTHWEST FLOW IN
PLACE NEXT WEEK...MCS POSSIBLE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH
UPPER DISTURBANCE FOLLOWING LATER IN THE DAY...SO HAVE POPS FOR
WEDNESDAY IN THE EXTENDED AS WELL.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  82  56  81  55 /  10  10   0   0
WACO, TX              87  56  82  54 /  20  10   0   0
PARIS, TX             78  53  77  51 /  40  10   0   0
DENTON, TX            81  48  80  52 /  20  10   0   0
MCKINNEY, TX          79  49  79  50 /  20  10   0   0
DALLAS, TX            82  57  80  56 /  20  10   0   0
TERRELL, TX           81  54  78  52 /  20  10   0   0
CORSICANA, TX         84  55  80  55 /  20  10   0   0
TEMPLE, TX            86  57  83  54 /  20  10   0   0

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE

&&

91/84/42
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 5:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 10, 2:01 AM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
201 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

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

1030 PM     TORNADO          WESTMINSTER             33.36N  96.46W
05/09/2006                   COLLIN             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            *** 3 FATAL, 3 INJ *** AN ELDERLY COUPLE AND A TEENAGER
            WERE KILLED IN THE TOWN OF WESTMINSTER WITH EXTENSIVE
            DAMAGE IN AND AROUND TOWN. TIME ESTIMATED. DAMAGE SURVEY
            WILL BE CONDUCTED WEDNESDAY MORNING.
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:19 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
319 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

TXZ093-100845-

GRAYSON-
319 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE...

AT 319 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING 4 MILES NORTH OF DENISON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS ACTIVITY MAY CONGEAL INTO A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NEXT HOUR AND WILL BE MONITORED VERY CLOSELY.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE HENDRIX...DENISON...
KNOLLWOOD...POTTSBORO AND EISENHOWER STATE PARK.

PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM IF IT CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY.
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:44 AM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
344 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

TXZ095-100915-

LAMAR-
344 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE...

AT 344 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF BONHAM
IN EXTREME SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BROOKSTON...PETTY AND
SUMNER.

IF THIS LINE OF STORMS CONTINUES ON ITS PRESENT COURSE...A SEVERE
WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED BY 5 AM CDT.

05/
Special weather statement, May 10, 5:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
514 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

TXZ091-101045-

MONTAGUE-
514 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE...

AT 514 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
THUNDERSTORM GUST FRONT FROM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES
NORTH OF HENRIETTA TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA FALLS...MOVING EAST
AT 55 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BOWIE...FORESTBURG...
MONTAGUE...NOCONA...RINGGOLD...ST. JO AND STONEBURG.

ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS THEMSELVES MAY STAY IN OKLAHOMA...WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS GUST FRONT.
Special weather statement, May 10, 6:35 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas37 min
May 9, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson64 min
May 9, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Grayson61 min
May 9, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Grayson61 min
May 9, 10:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDGrayson3 hr
May 9, 10:08 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCollin52 min
May 9, 10:36 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFannin39 min
May 9, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar66 min
May 9, 10:51 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDGrayson24 min
May 9, 11:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFannin17 min
May 9, 11:19 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar41 min
May 10, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson62 min
May 10, 1:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDGrayson60 min
May 10, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson22 min
May 10, 1:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin30 min
May 10, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Grayson58 min
May 10, 4:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar76 min
May 10, 4:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin28 min
May 10, 5:36 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningFWDCooke, Montague65 min
May 10, 7:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar40 min
May 10, 8:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar15 min
May 10, 10:26 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFWDAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more9 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.