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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 382, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 6, 2008Comanche County, Erath County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 6, 2008, 4:13 PM CDT for Comanche County, Erath County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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: Oct 6, 2008, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired: Oct 6, 2008, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Comanche County, TX, Erath 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 Oct 6, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 6, 2:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 6, 3:50 PM CDT, 23 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
Oct 6, 1:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack	25 min
Oct 6, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Comanche	25 min
Oct 6, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Limestone	61 min
Oct 6, 5:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	McLennan	111 min
Oct 6, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Erath, Hamilton	47 min
Oct 6, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	31 min
Oct 6, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Palo Pinto	27 min
Oct 6, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Mills	33 min
Oct 6, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Stephens	29 min
Oct 6, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	65 min
Oct 6, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hamilton, Mills	43 min
Oct 6, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Somervell	28 min
Oct 6, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Palo Pinto	26 min
Oct 6, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone, McLennan	33 min
Oct 6, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hill, Johnson	40 min
Oct 6, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	31 min
Oct 6, 6:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Freestone, Limestone	47 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.