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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 357, NWS Fort Worth, TX

July 13, 2008Henderson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2008, 4:59 PM CDT for Henderson County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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: Jul 13, 2008, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2008, 5:29 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Henderson 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 Jul 13, 3:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 3:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:06 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:10 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
410 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2008

TXZ105-121-122-132145-
HUNT TX-VAN ZANDT TX-KAUFMAN TX-
410 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL HUNT COUNTY
  NORTHEASTERN KAUFMAN COUNTY
  NORTHWESTERN VAN ZANDT COUNTY

AT 410 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 1 MILE WEST OF QUINLAN OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WILLS POINT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 13 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE QUINLAN...WILLS POINT AND
LAKE TAWAKONI STATE PARK.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND 1/2 INCH HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3275 9586 3270 9604 3287 9620 3295 9611
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 312DEG 11KT 3288 9611

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:56 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
456 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2008

TXZ122-132230-
VAN ZANDT TX-
456 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  CENTRAL VAN ZANDT COUNTY

AT 456 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF WILLS POINT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
7 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE EDGEWOOD AND FRUITVALE.

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

LAT...LON 3266 9575 3255 9586 3267 9600 3274 9590
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 308DEG 6KT 3268 9594

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 3:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rockwall	27 min
Jul 13, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rockwall	24 min
Jul 13, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rains	35 min
Jul 13, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Van Zandt	34 min
Jul 13, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	27 min
Jul 13, 6:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Navarro	37 min
Jul 13, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Navarro	39 min
Jul 13, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hill	32 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.