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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 325, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 17, 2008Dallas County, Tarrant County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2008, 11:30 AM CDT for Dallas County, Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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: Jun 17, 2008, 11:30 AM CDT (16:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2008, 12:30 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Dallas County, TX, Tarrant County, TX

The radar

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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 Jun 17, 9:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 9:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 10:43 AM CDT, 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 10:50 AM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:05 AM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:16 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:25 AM CDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 11:26 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lamar	26 min
Jun 16, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins	50 min
Jun 16, 7:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hopkins	94 min
Jun 16, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins	44 min
Jun 16, 8:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hopkins	115 min
Jun 16, 9:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Hopkins	3 hr
Jun 17, 1:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Hopkins	6 hr
Jun 17, 9:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke, Montague	36 min
Jun 17, 10:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Grayson	29 min
Jun 17, 10:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke, Montague	29 min
Jun 17, 10:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	32 min
Jun 17, 10:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton	25 min
Jun 17, 11:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin	25 min
Jun 17, 11:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Denton	62 min
Jun 17, 11:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	29 min
Jun 17, 11:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	35 min
Jun 17, 11:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Lamar, Rockwall	26 min
Jun 17, 11:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis, Johnson	28 min
Jun 17, 11:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall	54 min
Jun 17, 11:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Johnson	64 min
Jun 17, 11:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin	3 hr
Jun 17, 12:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Delta, Hopkins	33 min
Jun 17, 12:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Rains, Van Zandt	69 min
Jun 17, 12:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hill	29 min
Jun 17, 12:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins	66 min
Jun 17, 12:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro	76 min
Jun 17, 1:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hopkins	114 min
Jun 17, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Henderson	67 min
Jun 17, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone	34 min
Jun 17, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Leon	69 min
Jun 17, 2:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Hopkins	3 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.