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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 396, NWS Fort Worth, TX

November 10, 2008Erath County, Palo Pinto County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 2008, 4:46 PM CST for Erath County, Palo Pinto County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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
Nov 10, 2008, 4:46 PM CST (22:46 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2008, 5:30 PM CST
In force
44 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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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 10, 12:25 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

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 Nov 10, 3:27 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 10, 3:27 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 10, 2:25 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
225 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-111200-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-
FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-
LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
225 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60
MPH ARE POSSIBLE SOUTHWEST OF A BOWIE...TO FORT WORTH...TO PALESTINE
LINE THROUGH MID-EVENING. STRONG UPPER LEVEL ENERGY AND A SLOW...NORTH-
MOVING WARM FRONT WILL BE THE MAIN COMPONENTS FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT ACROSS THIS AREA... WITH STORM ROTATION AND LOCALIZED TORNADIC
POTENTIAL THE GREATEST IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE WARM FRONT.
NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT CLOSER TO THE RED RIVER VALLEY...LARGE HAIL
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...AS THE LOW-LEVEL
AIRMASS REMAINS COOL AND STABLE.

A STORM COMPLEX WILL LIKELY EVOLVE BY MID-EVENING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...
WITH A LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND FLOOD THREAT...NAMELY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
HALF OF NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT...AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
MOVES THROUGH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
THE THUNDERSTORMS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL
DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE MORNING HOURS TUESDAY...WITH A
LOCALIZED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT REMAINING ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST PORTIONS
OF NORTH TEXAS WHERE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL REMAIN. THE PRIMARY
THREATS FROM STORMS ON TUESDAY WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...
THOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANT BE RULED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS
SOUTHEAST OF A TEMPLE TO ATHENS LINE.

OTHERWISE...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE TUESDAY
EVENING ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

05/

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 10, 2:09 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
209 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008

TXZ130-102045-
ERATH TX-
209 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008

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

AT 209 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF STEPHENVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3252 9838 3252 9807 3250 9805 3246 9804
      3229 9847 3246 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 235DEG 27KT 3241 9837
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 2:21 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 10, 2:42 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
242 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008

TXZ116-102115-
PALO PINTO TX-
242 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHERN PALO PINTO COUNTY

AT 242 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR STRAWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

A SECOND STRONG THUNDERSTOM WAS LOCATED NEAR SANTO...ALSO MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE GORDON AND MINERAL WELLS.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

IF THESE STORMS INTENSIFY...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3265 9857 3285 9824 3284 9806 3252 9806
      3252 9857
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 232DEG 32KT 3254 9850
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 4:18 PM CST, 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 10, 4:19 PM CST, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
419 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008

TXZ129-102245-
EASTLAND TX-
419 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  EASTERN EASTLAND COUNTY

AT 419 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF RANGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH. SEVERAL OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS THE EASTERN
PARTS OF THE COUNTY...ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE GORMAN AND RISING STAR.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3208 9910 3252 9862 3252 9847 3230 9847
      3208 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 232DEG 25KT 3246 9855

82/JLD
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 4:37 PM CST, 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 12:29 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland31 min
Nov 10, 12:47 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDComanche28 min
Nov 10, 1:20 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland25 min
Nov 10, 2:09 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath36 min
Nov 10, 2:21 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland24 min
Nov 10, 2:42 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDPalo Pinto33 min
Nov 10, 3:04 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDHood, Palo Pinto, Parker41 min
Nov 10, 3:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath55 min
Nov 10, 3:47 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDErath, Hood28 min
Nov 10, 4:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker38 min
Nov 10, 4:18 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker27 min
Nov 10, 4:19 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland26 min
Nov 10, 4:37 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath23 min
Nov 10, 4:49 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton26 min
Nov 10, 4:53 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland37 min
Nov 10, 5:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath26 min
Nov 10, 5:10 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDErath, Palo Pinto2 hr
Nov 10, 5:14 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton31 min
Nov 10, 5:29 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDErath31 min
Nov 10, 5:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Palo Pinto, Parker59 min
Nov 10, 5:43 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton2 hr
Nov 10, 5:48 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Parker3 hr

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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.