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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 13, 2008Delta County, Lamar County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2008, 9:43 PM CDT for Delta County, Lamar 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: Mar 13, 2008, 9:43 PM CDT (02:43 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2008, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Delta County, TX, Lamar County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 13, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 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 Mar 13, 9:04 PM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 9:04 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
904 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2008

.UPDATE...
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM 50-60 MILES NORTH OF THE RED RIVER
OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. SINCE THE NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES REMAIN IN
AN AREA OF LIFT...WE WILL KEEP THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
/WW109/ GOING FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS. OTHERWISE...THE DRY
LINE HAS NEARLY STALLED ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR...EXTENDING JUST
EAST OF GAINESVILLE....DFW...KILLEEN LINE AS OF 02Z. THE DEWPOINT
AT DFW FELL FROM 58 DEGREES TO 49 DEGREES BETWEEN 01 AND 02Z.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES HAVE ENDED FOR TONIGHT FARTHER TO THE
SOUTHWEST...SO HAVE JUST LEFT A MENTION OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE WATCH AREA...AND THE EXTREME EASTERN ZONES. #58

&&

.SHORT TERM...

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  54  85  52  72  47 /  10   5   5   5   5
WACO, TX              53  90  54  78  48 /  10   5   5   0   5
PARIS, TX             52  79  51  68  43 /  10  10  10   5   5
DENTON, TX            51  84  50  70  43 /  10   5   5   5   5
MCKINNEY, TX          50  83  50  70  43 /  10   5   5   5   5
DALLAS, TX            56  85  52  72  47 /  10   5   5   5   5
TERRELL, TX           55  83  53  73  46 /  10   5   5   5   5
CORSICANA, TX         56  84  55  76  48 /  10   5   5   5   5
TEMPLE, TX            58  90  57  79  51 /  10   5   5   0   5

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ100>102-115>118-129>133-141>145-156>160-174.

&&

58/58

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 5:17 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 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
Mar 13, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Lamar	29 min
Mar 13, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Rains	31 min
Mar 13, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Rains	31 min
Mar 13, 11:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Van Zandt	36 min
Mar 13, 11:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson	25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.