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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Fort Worth, TX

January 8, 2008Bell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 8, 2008, 8:47 AM CST for Bell County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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
Jan 8, 2008, 8:47 AM CST (14:47 UTC)
Expired
Jan 8, 2008, 9:14 AM CST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Bell County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:50 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 Jan 8, 7:40 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 7:40 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 8:10 AM CST, 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
810 AM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-091200-
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-
810 AM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY THIS MORNING SOUTHEAST OF
OF A PARIS...TO CORSICANA...TO KILLEEN LINE. GUSTY WINDS...CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS
FROM THESE STORMS.

THERE IS AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ALONG AND WEST OF I-35 THROUGH
SUNSET DUE TO DECREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF NORTH
TEXAS TUESDAY MORNING...BEFORE A COLD FRONT PUSHES THE THREAT EAST
OF THE AREA.

THERE WILL BE AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE WESTERN THIRD OF
NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AND
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S.  THERE WILL
ALSO BE AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ON THURSDAY AS WE ONCE AGAIN SEE
GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BEHIND ANOTHER
COLD FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS MORNING SHOULD ANY OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS BECOME STRONG.

58/92

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 8, 4:11 AM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
411 AM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

TXZ133-081045-
JOHNSON TX-
411 AM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY

AT 411 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALVARADO...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ALVARADO AND VENUS.

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.

LAT...LON 3254 9709 3233 9710 3228 9738 3241 9730
TIME...MOT...LOC 1011Z 243DEG 30KT 3238 9726
Special weather statement, Jan 8, 4:33 AM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
433 AM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

TXZ134-081100-
ELLIS TX-
433 AM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHERN ELLIS COUNTY

AT 433 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF ALVARADO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FERRIS...GLENN HEIGHTS...
MAYPEARL...MIDLOTHIAN...OAK LEAF...OVILLA...PALMER...RED OAK AND
WAXAHACHIE.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3255 9709 3255 9653 3249 9649 3247 9650
      3245 9647 3242 9645 3229 9708
TIME...MOT...LOC 1033Z 247DEG 27KT 3241 9706
Special weather statement, Jan 8, 8:41 AM CST, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
841 AM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

TXZ158-081515-
BELL TX-
841 AM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL BELL COUNTY

AT 841 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF TEMPLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LITTLE RIVER-ACADEMY AND
ROGERS.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND 1/2 INCH HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3100 9743 3117 9720 3116 9718 3100 9708
      3093 9720 3093 9721 3092 9722 3088 9729
TIME...MOT...LOC 1441Z 245DEG 24KT 3097 9732

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 4:11 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJohnson34 min
Jan 8, 4:33 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis27 min
Jan 8, 8:41 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell34 min
Jan 8, 8:54 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFalls36 min
Jan 8, 9:07 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFalls23 min
Jan 8, 9:32 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRobertson28 min

Nearby

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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.