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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 372, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 1, 2008Erath County, Palo Pinto County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2008, 5:31 PM CDT for Erath County, Palo Pinto County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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: Aug 1, 2008, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2008, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Erath County, TX, Palo Pinto 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 Aug 1, 3:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 3:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 5:03 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:05 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
505 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2008

TXZ130-012230-
ERATH TX-
505 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ERATH COUNTY

AT 505 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF STEPHENVILLE...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 7 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3251 9842 3252 9841 3252 9822 3221 9824
      3234 9847 3251 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 144DEG 6KT 3241 9832

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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
Jul 31, 7:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Coryell	34 min
Jul 31, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell	60 min
Jul 31, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	McLennan	35 min
Jul 31, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	McLennan	60 min
Jul 31, 8:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Coryell	2 hr
Jul 31, 8:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	McLennan	2 hr
Aug 1, 12:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Fannin, Hunt	3 hr
Aug 1, 1:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hunt	2 hr
Aug 1, 3:20 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	FWD	Anderson, Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis and 22 more	24 hr
Aug 1, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Erath	25 min
Aug 1, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	34 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.