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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2008, 12:26 AM CDT for Collin County, Dallas County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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
- Apr 9, 2008, 12:26 AM CDT (05:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2008, 1:13 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Collin County, TX, Dallas County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
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 Apr 8, 11:57 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 11:57 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 737 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-091100- 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- 737 PM CDT TUE APR 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...AND A BRIEF TORNADO OR TWO...WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING SOUTH OF INTERSTATES 20 AND 30. THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXPAND NORTH AND IN COVERAGE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS DURING THE OVERNIGHT. ALONG WITH SEVERE WEATHER THREATS... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WIDESPREAD STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND AND THURSDAY. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS..AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. THE THREAT OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER WILL END BY THURSDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH TONIGHT. 05/
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 8, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills | 57 min |
| Apr 8, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coryell | 64 min |
| Apr 8, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 61 min |
| Apr 8, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 64 min |
| Apr 8, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bell | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 62 min |
| Apr 8, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 16 min |
| Apr 8, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 10:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 58 min |
| Apr 8, 10:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 37 min |
| Apr 8, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 53 min |
| Apr 8, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 27 min |
| Apr 8, 11:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Coryell | 26 min |
| Apr 8, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 53 min |
| Apr 8, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lamar | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 11:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Rains | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 22 min |
| Apr 8, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 54 min |
| Apr 8, 11:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Palo Pinto | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 64 min |
| Apr 8, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Coryell | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 59 min |
| Apr 8, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Hunt | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 11:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Coryell | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 12:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 23 min |
| Apr 9, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 57 min |
| Apr 9, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 55 min |
| Apr 9, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 55 min |
| Apr 9, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hunt | 30 min |
| Apr 9, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 58 min |
| Apr 9, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 7 min |
| Apr 9, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 65 min |
| Apr 9, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 15 min |
| Apr 9, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 3:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Ellis | 30 min |
| Apr 9, 4:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Eastland and 14 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 23 min |
| Apr 9, 5:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 15 hr |
| Apr 9, 7:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 12 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 25 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rockwall | 58 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke | 25 min |
| Apr 9, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Stephens | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Stephens | 21 min |
| Apr 9, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Stephens | 43 min |
| Apr 9, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Palo Pinto | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 30 min |
| Apr 9, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Grayson | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 43 min |
| Apr 9, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker, Wise | 29 min |
| Apr 9, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lamar | 18 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.