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Snow Advisory 3, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 7, 200830 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this snow advisory at Mar 7, 2008, 3:16 AM CST for 30 counties in Texas. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2008, 3:16 AM CST (09:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
All 30 counties

Anderson County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Collin County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Rains County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 5:56 PM CST, 9 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 5:56 PM CST, 9 hours 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 6, 4:12 AM CST, 23 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
412 AM CST THU MAR 6 2008

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-071200-
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-
412 AM CST THU MAR 6 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
RAIN WILL BEGIN MIXING WITH SNOW THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTH OF
I-20. A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM INTERSTATE 20 NORTHWARD
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1
TO NEARLY 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH
THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE RED RIVER. ELSEWHERE ACROSS NORTH
TEXAS...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM A TRACE TO AROUND HALF AN INCH.

AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A CAMERON TO PALESTINE LINE CAN
EXPECT PRIMARILY RAIN...BUT LIGHT SNOW CANNOT BE RULED OUT LATE
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
SNOW WILL BE ONGOING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF
NORTH TEXAS. ACCUMULATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY MORNING WILL
RANGE FROM A DUSTING TO AROUND 2 INCHES...WITH THE GREATER AMOUNTS
ACROSS NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS.

FLURRIES WILL LINGER AFTER SUNRISE FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS NORTH TEXAS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT REPORTS OF SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE APPRECIATED.

SCHULTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 7:31 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt37 hr
Mar 6, 7:31 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall38 hr
Mar 6, 7:49 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins60 hr

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.