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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 10, 2008Fannin County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2008, 7:07 PM CDT for Fannin County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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
May 10, 2008, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Fannin 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 1:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 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 May 10, 6:12 PM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 6:12 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
612 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

.AVIATION UPDATE...
DRYLINE JUST WEST OF KDFW AND WILL BEGIN TAF WITH WEST WIND AS THIS
BOUNDARY SHOULD MOVE THRU DFW PRIOR TO 00Z. SECONDARY WINDSHIFT TO A
NORTHWEST DIRECTION WILL AFFECT METROPLEX TAFS AROUND 02Z BASED ON
BOUNDARY EXTRAPOLATION FROM RADAR TRENDS. THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS
HAS ENDED AT ALL BUT KACT...BUT PROBABILITY IS VERY LOW AND HAVE
LEFT MENTION OF THUNDER OUT OF KACT TAF.  WILL MONITOR SHORT-TERM
TRENDS FOR POSSIBLE TAF UPDATE. THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS AT KACT WILL
END BY AROUND 04Z AS DRYLINE/WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. NO
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER REMAINDER OF TAF PERIOD.  07/BB

&&

.DISCUSSION...
251 PM CDT
UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH BEGINNING TO AMPLIFY AS IT MOVES
ACROSS THE PLAINS...WITH SURFACE DRY LINE NOW ENTERING THE
WESTERN ZONES. 18Z SOUNDING SHOWS SUBSTANTIAL CAP...BUT WITH
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO WARM INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S...CIN WILL
WEAKEN SUFFICIENTLY FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS TO DEVELOP.
THE MOST FAVORED LOCATION WILL BE ACROSS THE NE ZONES WHERE
DYNAMIC FORCING FROM SHORTWAVE WILL BE CLOSER. RUC FORECASTS WERE
USED FOR POSITIONING OF THE DRY LINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AT THE
TIME OF INITIATION...ALONG A LINE FROM GAINESVILLE TO ARLINGTON TO
HILLSBORO TO LAMPASAS. LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE DRY LINE
HAS AT LEAST A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
EXTREME INSTABILITY IS FORECAST...WITH MIXED LAYER CAPE EXCEEDING
3500 J/KG AND STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR OF 60-70 KT. OBVIOUSLY VERY
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE A THREAT. DESPITE THE WEAK
LOW LEVEL SHEAR...HIGH INSTABILITY WILL COMPENSATE AND ALLOW FOR
AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT AS WELL. STORMS WILL MOVE OFF INTO
EAST TEXAS LATER THIS EVENING...AND SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD
END BY MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE CWA WITH LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING.

STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH NORTH
WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO
THE 50S BY SUNRISE...WITH A MUCH COOLER DAY EXPECTED TOMORROW.
WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AND SKIES WILL CLEAR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
SET THE STAGE FOR A VERY COOL NIGHT. LOWS MONDAY MORNING WILL FALL
INTO THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S. GENERALLY NICE WEATHER IS EXPECTED
MONDAY...BUT WINDS WILL RETURN TO THE SOUTH BY MONDAY NIGHT WITH
CLOUDS AND MOISTURE ON THE INCREASE.

THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL CLOSE OFF AND SWING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL SEND A DRY LINE INTO THE WESTERN
COUNTIES TUESDAY AFTERNOON WHICH MAY PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN AND
STORMS WILL COME TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS THE UPPER LOW
MOVES OVER TEXAS. COPIOUS MOISTURE COMBINED WITH LIFT ALONG AND
AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT MEANS SOME WIDESPREAD/HEAVY
RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM.

HIGHLY AMPLIFIED UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL KEEP THINGS GENERALLY
MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOL WITH A DEEP TROUGH TRANSPORTING CANADIAN
AIR INTO THE MIDWEST. SOME LOW CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE
THURSDAY AS THE TROUGH AXIS SWINGS THROUGH...BUT IT IS A BIT
QUESTIONABLE ATTM. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY MODERATE BY NEXT
WEEKEND TO NEAR NORMAL.

TR.92

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  55  76  52  82  68 /  10   0   0   0  10
WACO, TX              58  78  49  82  69 /  20   0   0   0  10
PARIS, TX             52  73  49  81  64 /  40   0   0   0  10
DENTON, TX            53  76  47  82  68 /  10   0   0   0  10
MCKINNEY, TX          53  75  46  81  67 /  10   0   0   0  10
DALLAS, TX            56  76  53  82  70 /  10   0   0   0  10
TERRELL, TX           56  76  50  83  67 /  20   0   0   0  10
CORSICANA, TX         58  76  52  82  68 /  30   0   0   0  10
TEMPLE, TX            59  78  52  83  70 /  20   0   0   0  10

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 10:15 AM CDT, 8 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...RETRANSMITTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1015 AM CDT SAT MAY 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-
1015 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY TO THE EAST OF
A LINE FROM GAINESVILLE...TO ARLINGTON...TO HILLSBORO...TO LAMPASAS.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ALONG AND TO THE EAST A DRY LINE THIS AFTERNOON.  THE ATMOSPHERE IS
VERY UNSTABLE OVER NORTH TEXAS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP
WILL BECOME SEVERE. VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SLIGHT RISK AREA. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AND SHOULD BE OUT OF NORTH TEXAS BY
MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF
NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG
AND EAST OF A LINE FROM GAINESVILLE...TO ARLINGTON...TO
HILLSBORO...TO LAMPASAS.

92/13

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 10, 5:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
545 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

TXZ119-102315-
DALLAS TX-
545 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY

AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGHLAND PARK...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ADDISON...BALCH SPRINGS...
COCKRELL HILL...DALLAS...FARMERS BRANCH...GARLAND...HIGHLAND PARK...
MESQUITE...RICHARDSON...ROWLETT...SACHSE...SUNNYVALE AND UNIVERSITY
PARK.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.

IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING.

LAT...LON 3272 9697 3296 9693 3299 9655 3299 9652
      3269 9652
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 270DEG 22KT 3281 9680
Special weather statement, May 10, 6:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
604 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

TXZ120-102330-
ROCKWALL TX-
604 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  ROCKWALL COUNTY

AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ROWLETT...MOVING EAST AT 21 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FATE...HEATH...ROCKWALL AND
ROYSE CITY.

PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3299 9652 3299 9629 3298 9629 3283 9629
      3282 9630 3282 9651 3283 9652
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 259DEG 18KT 3291 9652

92
Special weather statement, May 10, 6:17 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
617 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

TXZ121-102345-
KAUFMAN TX-
617 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN KAUFMAN COUNTY

AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF SEAGOVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
28 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE COTTONWOOD...CRANDALL...
FORNEY...KAUFMAN AND TERRELL.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY.

LAT...LON 3261 9652 3282 9652 3283 9608 3257 9620
      3245 9640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 295DEG 24KT 3272 9653

92
Special weather statement, May 10, 6:33 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
633 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

TXZ093-110000-
GRAYSON TX-
633 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  CENTRAL GRAYSON COUNTY

AT 633 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES EAST OF WHITESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 32
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BELLS...KNOLLWOOD...SHERMAN
AND WHITEWRIGHT.

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND
GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.

IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING.

LAT...LON 3371 9637 3350 9639 3362 9686 3379 9681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 283DEG 28KT 3368 9672

SCHULTZ
Special weather statement, May 10, 6:42 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
642 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

TXZ121-110015-
KAUFMAN TX-
642 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHERN KAUFMAN COUNTY

AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF KAUFMAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 32
MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH
THIS STORM.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE KAUFMAN.

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.

IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING.

LAT...LON 3269 9609 3246 9608 3260 9643 3274 9633
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 295DEG 28KT 3264 9629

SCHULTZ
Special weather statement, May 10, 6:57 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar78 min
May 10, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin39 min
May 10, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hunt63 min
May 10, 8:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHopkins35 min
May 10, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins27 min
May 11, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone, Leon, Limestone57 min
May 11, 1:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLeon29 min
May 11, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon23 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.