Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Fort Worth, TX
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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</html>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 9706Special 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 9732The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 4:11 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Johnson | 34 min |
| Jan 8, 4:33 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Ellis | 27 min |
| Jan 8, 8:41 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell | 34 min |
| Jan 8, 8:54 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Falls | 36 min |
| Jan 8, 9:07 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Falls | 23 min |
| Jan 8, 9:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Robertson | 28 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.