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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 10, 2008Hopkins County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2008, 5:46 AM CDT for Hopkins County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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 10, 2008, 5:46 AM CDT (10:46 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2008, 6:15 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Hopkins County, TX

The radar

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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 9, 10:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 10, 3:54 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 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 10, 5:29 AM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 5:29 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 4:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
427 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-111100-
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-
427 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ROUGHLY THE
EASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS AS A STRONG SQUALL LINE MOVES THROUGH.
THE HAZARDS THROUGH THIS MORNING WILL BE VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 20 THROUGH THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 4
INCHES POSSIBLE.

BEHIND THE SYSTEM...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL
OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 10, 4:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 10, 4:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
432 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

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

0431 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ADDISON                 32.96N  96.84W
04/10/2008                   DALLAS             TX   PUBLIC

            DAMAGE TO SEVERAL CARPORTS AND 1-FT. DIAMETER TREE
            KNOCKED DOWN.

Local storm report, Apr 10, 4:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 10, 4:52 AM CDT, 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 10, 5:17 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
517 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

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

0516 AM     TSTM WND DMG     TERRELL                 32.73N  96.29W
04/10/2008                   KAUFMAN            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONE LARGE TIN BUILDING ON MR. BS BLVD.

Local storm report, Apr 10, 5:23 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
523 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

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

0255 AM     TSTM WND DMG     10 SW BENBROOK          32.58N  97.58W
04/10/2008                   PARKER             TX   NWS EMPLOYEE

            BEDROOM WINDOWS BLOWN INTO HOUSE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Jack, Wise	47 min
Apr 9, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	31 min
Apr 9, 7:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke, Denton	27 min
Apr 9, 7:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Denton, Wise	42 min
Apr 9, 8:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Cooke, Denton	38 min
Apr 9, 8:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	53 min
Apr 9, 9:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	115 min
Apr 10, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	60 min
Apr 10, 1:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	56 min
Apr 10, 1:29 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more	18 hr
Apr 10, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	53 min
Apr 10, 2:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche	46 min
Apr 10, 2:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	32 hr
Apr 10, 2:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	43 hr
Apr 10, 2:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack	34 min
Apr 10, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	46 min
Apr 10, 2:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	39 min
Apr 10, 2:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke	35 min
Apr 10, 2:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Erath	25 min
Apr 10, 2:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke	4 hr
Apr 10, 2:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	39 min
Apr 10, 2:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Somervell	39 min
Apr 10, 2:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hamilton	43 min
Apr 10, 3:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Somervell	15 min
Apr 10, 3:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson, Parker, Tarrant	57 min
Apr 10, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lampasas	39 min
Apr 10, 3:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Johnson	35 min
Apr 10, 3:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Wise	44 min
Apr 10, 3:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill	57 min
Apr 10, 3:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis	64 min
Apr 10, 3:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant	28 min
Apr 10, 3:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas	36 min
Apr 10, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin	63 min
Apr 10, 3:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	24 min
Apr 10, 3:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls, Milam	49 min
Apr 10, 3:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	31 min
Apr 10, 4:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls, Hill, Limestone, McLennan	56 min
Apr 10, 4:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman, Rockwall	67 min
Apr 10, 4:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Hunt	60 min
Apr 10, 4:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls	44 min
Apr 10, 4:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Henderson, Navarro	67 min
Apr 10, 4:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone	72 min
Apr 10, 4:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Lamar	54 min
Apr 10, 4:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone	47 min
Apr 10, 5:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	52 hr
Apr 10, 5:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Rains, Van Zandt	63 min
Apr 10, 5:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone	38 min
Apr 10, 5:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson	52 min
Apr 10, 5:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	91 min
Apr 10, 6:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam, Robertson	26 min
Apr 10, 6:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson	36 min
Apr 10, 6:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls, Limestone, Robertson	30 min
Apr 10, 9:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	34 hr

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.