Alert archive / Texas / Snow Advisories in 2008
Snow Advisory 3, NWS Fort Worth, TX
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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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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 7:31 PM CST | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 37 hr |
| Mar 6, 7:31 PM CST | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rockwall | 38 hr |
| Mar 6, 7:49 PM CST | River Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 60 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.