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Snow Advisory 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 6, 200829 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this snow advisory at Mar 6, 2008, 3:43 AM CST for 29 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 6, 2008, 10:26 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 6, 2008, 3:43 AM CST (09:43 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 6, 2008, 10:26 AM CST
Expired: Mar 6, 2008, 7:59 PM CST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX

All 29 counties

Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this snow advisory 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 snow advisory went out at Mar 6, 3:16 AM CST, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 3:16 AM CST, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 10:35 PM CST, 5 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 5, 10:07 PM CST, 5 hours 36 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 6, 11:15 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens and 1 more	60 min
Mar 6, 11:31 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FWD	Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 18 more	8 hr
Mar 6, 11:44 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke, Denton, Eastland, Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker and 3 more	61 min
Mar 6, 12:44 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin, Cooke, Denton, Eastland, Grayson, Jack and 6 more	61 min
Mar 6, 12:50 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	25 min
Mar 6, 1:20 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	25 min
Mar 6, 1:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas, Denton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise	50 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.