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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 347, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 25, 2008Henderson County, Navarro County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2008, 6:20 PM CDT for Henderson County, Navarro County, Texas. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2008, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Henderson County, TX, Navarro County, TX

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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 25, 5:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 5:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 3:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
316 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-261100-
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-
316 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WILL REACH STRONG TO SEVERE
LIMITED THROUGH SUNSET STRONG WITH GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS...HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. SMALL HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE AS WELL...AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE DRIFTS ACROSS
WEST-CENTRAL TEXAS. STORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS FAR WESTERN
AND SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS DURING THIS TIME.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE NEAR THE RED RIVER AND
OVER FAR EASTERN NORTH TEXAS THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT.
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR EASTERN
PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING.

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST PARTS
OF NORTH TEXAS BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER ACROSS NAMELY THE
EASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE
WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH SUNSET FOR
ISOLATED...STRONG STORMS CONTAINING DOWNBURSTS WITH VERY GUSTY WINDS.

05/

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
208 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008

TXZ091-251945-
MONTAGUE TX-
208 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHERN MONTAGUE COUNTY

AT 208 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF NOCONA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
14 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE VALLEY VIEW.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
SOME SMALL HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3397 9760 3391 9758 3391 9749 3372 9780
      3384 9790 3389 9780 3399 9767
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 225DEG 12KT 3384 9776

82/JLD
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 25, 3:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:48 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
548 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008

TXZ162-252315-
LEON TX-
548 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LEON COUNTY

AT 548 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES NORTH OF MADISONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 13 MPH. OTHER ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS ARE LOCATED ACROSS
SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF LEON COUNTY.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN LEON
COUNTY.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3128 9571 3120 9575 3116 9573 3114 9578
      3110 9577 3109 9600 3124 9601 3145 9572
      3133 9565
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 246DEG 11KT 3123 9586

82/JLD
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:17 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
617 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008

TXZ135-146-252345-
HENDERSON TX-NAVARRO TX-
617 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN NAVARRO COUNTY
  WESTERN HENDERSON COUNTY

AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF GUN BARREL CITY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 9 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CANEY CITY...ENCHANTED
OAKS...GUN BARREL CITY...KERENS...TOOL AND TRINIDAD.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3226 9589 3202 9617 3214 9634 3236 9613
      3236 9604 3236 9603
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 216DEG 8KT 3216 9618

82/JLD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 2:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague37 min
Jun 25, 2:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague34 min
Jun 25, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague41 min
Jun 25, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLeon27 min
Jun 25, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson28 min
Jun 25, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt34 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.