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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 9, 2008Cooke County, Grayson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2008, 8:57 PM CDT for Cooke County, Grayson County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 9, 2008, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2008, 9:50 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cooke County, TX, Grayson County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 9, 3:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2061 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 237 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 337 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.9
Supercell composite: 22.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KFWD 100200
TORFWD
TXC097-181-100300-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0020.080410T0157Z-080410T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
859 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN COOKE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTHERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 857 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED  
  TO DETECT ROTATION WITHIN A THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF           
  COLLINSVILLE..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 34 MPH. A TORNADO COULD QUICKLY  
  DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. THIS WARNING WILL REPLACE THE PREVIOUS        
  WARNING FOR COOKE COUNTY.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COLLINSVILLE AND CALLISBURG BY 910 PM CDT...
  WHITESBORO BY 915 PM CDT...
  SADLER BY 925 PM CDT...
  SOUTHMAYD BY 930 PM CDT...
  SHERMAN BY 935 PM CDT...
  POTTSBORO BY 945 PM CDT...

TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT...OR ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME IN 
AN INTERIOR CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS FOR COVER.

IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE AND 
DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3374 9710 3385 9707 3387 9700 3395 9698
      3395 9689 3386 9686 3386 9679 3383 9672
      3391 9667 3392 9663 3363 9648 3347 9707
      3372 9714
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 233DEG 30KT 3353 9703

$$

82/JLD

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KFWD 100217
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
915 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

TXC097-181-100300-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080410T0300Z/
GRAYSON TX-COOKE TX-
915 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
COOKE AND NORTHERN GRAYSON COUNTIES...

AT 915 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE 
MONITORING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 
TORNADOES. A NEW CIRCULATION IN THE STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF COLLINSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 24 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CALLISBURG BY 920 PM CDT...
  WHITESBORO BY 925 PM CDT...
  SADLER BY 935 PM CDT...
  SOUTHMAYD BY 940 PM CDT...
  POTTSBORO...EISENHOWER STATE PARK...AND DENISON BY 1000 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY 
WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3374 9710 3385 9707 3387 9700 3395 9698
      3395 9689 3386 9686 3383 9672 3391 9667
      3392 9663 3368 9651 3351 9707 3371 9714
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 228DEG 21KT 3359 9694

$$

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000 
WWUS54 KFWD 100237
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
936 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

TXC097-100244-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080410T0300Z/
COOKE TX-
936 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN COOKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO HAS MOVED INTO GRAYSON COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3395 9693 3395 9689 3386 9686 3386 9679
      3383 9672 3391 9667 3392 9663 3375 9654
      3367 9666 3365 9693
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 220DEG 36KT 3376 9676

$$

TXC181-100300-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080410T0300Z/
GRAYSON TX-
936 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY...

AT 936 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE 
CONTINUING TO MONITOR A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF 
PRODUCING TORNADOES. A TORNADO IS STILL POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME 
NORTHEAST OF SADLER. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 42 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO 
POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 3395 9693 3395 9689 3386 9686 3386 9679
      3383 9672 3391 9667 3392 9663 3375 9654
      3367 9666 3365 9693
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 220DEG 36KT 3376 9676

$$

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000 
WWUS54 KFWD 100250
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
950 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

TXC181-100310-
/O.CAN.KFWD.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080410T0300Z/
GRAYSON TX-
950 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 950 PM...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO 
WARNING HAS EXITING TEXAS...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN GRAYSON COUNTY 
UNTIL 1130 PM.

LAT...LON 3395 9693 3395 9689 3386 9686 3386 9679
      3383 9672 3391 9667 3392 9663 3375 9654
      3367 9666 3365 9693
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 220DEG 36KT 3387 9664

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Apr 9, 8:15 PM CDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 8:15 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
815 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

.UPDATE...
TOR WATCH #178 FOR THE WRN 1/3 OF N TX WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8
PM CDT...PER LULL EXPECTED UNTIL DISTURBANCE NEGATIVELY TILTING
ACROSS FAR W TX PUSHES DRY-LINE TOWARD N TX LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT
AND THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. HOWEVER...WITH SUPERCELL
TORNADIC STORM BETWEEN DENTON AND BOWIE...AND WITH OTHER ACTIVITY
NEAR YOUNG/JACK COUNTIES...HAVE ADDED JACK/YOUNG/WISE/AND MONTAGUE
TO TOR WATCH #179 FURTHER TO THE EAST...TO EXTEND THE WATCH FOR
THOSE COUNTIES THROUGH 11 P.M CDT. WITH ALL THIS IN MIND WITH THE
BRIEF RESPITE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AND STRONGER CAP OVER S/SE
COUNTIES...HAVE ADJUSTED HIGHEST POPS TO MAINLY ALONG/N OF I-20
FOR THIS EVENING...BEFORE SQUALL LINE RACES IN FROM THE WEST
BEFORE DAYBREAK THURS A.M. HAVE TONED POPS DOWN S OF I-20 TO LOW
CHANCE AND SLIGHT CHANCE WORDING...AS LIFT COULD STILL INITIATE A
FEW DISCRETE STORMS THROUGH THE CAP.

UPDATES SENT. HAZARDOUS WX OUTLOOK AND WEB GRAPHICS TO BE UPDATED
SHORTLY.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 613 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008/

AVIATION...
/00Z TAFS/
DIFFICULT FORECAST IN REGARDS TO TIMING OF STORMS OVER TERMINALS.
LIGHT SHOWERS SHOULD CONTINUE ACROSS ALL SITES DURING THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS...WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS.

STILL EXPECT A ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO IMPACT
AIRPORTS...ESPECIALLY METRO SITES AFTER 01Z. WILL LIKELY NEED
AMENDMENTS TO BETTER TIME APPROACH OF STRONGEST STORMS THROUGHOUT
THE EVENING.

EXPECT PERIODS OF STORMS DURING THE NIGHT. STORMS WILL FINALLY
CLEAR OUR SITES BETWEEN 13 AND 16Z THURSDAY.

MVFR CIGS WILL PREVAIL...THOUGH POCKETS OF IFR WILL BE POSSIBLE.

SCHULTZ

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 400 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008/

DISCUSSION...
400 PM CDT

STRONG SW WINDS AHEAD OF APPROACHING SYSTEM (700-600MB) HAVE
CREATED SIGNIFICANT CAP AT 700MB (10C)...EVIDENT ON 18Z FWD
SOUNDING. ACARS SOUNDINGS SHOWING CAP OF AT LEAST 8C NEAR 700MB AS
RECENT AS 2 PM. THIS HAS KEPT THE SFC LAYER UNTAPPED...THOUGH
SOME ELEVATED CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED NORTH OF DFW...AIDED BY THE
ENHANCED MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES (7-8C/KM) OWING TO WARM/DRY
ADVECTION WITHIN ELEVATED INVERSION. ACARS GIVING EVIDENCE OF
LARGE SCALE LIFT RAISING/COOLING INVERSION AT A RATE OF 25MB/HR.
AT THIS RATE...EROSION MAY OCCUR AS EARLY AS 6 PM...WITH SUDDEN
INITIATION OF SFC-BASED CONVECTION THEREAFTER.

AS ANTICIPATED...BEST TORNADIC PARAMETERS ARE TO THE WEST. 0-1KM
SHEAR IS NEAR 50KTS AT INTERSECTION OF LUB/OUN/SJT COUNTY WARNING
AREAS...SEVERAL HUNDRED 0-1KM SRH. 100MB MLCAPE VALUES IN EXCESS
OF 2000J/KG WHERE SFC TEMPS ARE WELL INTO THE 80S (SAN ANGELO...
PAINT ROCK...IVIE RESERVOIR). CERTAINLY FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT
FURTHER EAST WITHIN FWD PORTION OF TOR WATCH 178...LCL AOB 2KFT
WEST OF I-35 CORRIDOR. SUPERCELL NEAR ABILENE ROOTED IN THE
BOUNDARY LAYER WILL CONTINUE TO FIND ABUNDANT UNTAPPED FUEL AS IT
APPROACHES FWD CWA. AT THIS TIME...CIN SHOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVELY
ERODING IN WESTERN REACHES OF CWA.

CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS. A BREAK
IS LIKELY TO OCCUR OVERNIGHT BEFORE DRYLINE SURGE AND ASSOCIATED
SQUALL LINE BLOWS THROUGH CWA. LINE SHOULD BE NEAR I-35 CORRIDOR
NEAR OR AFTER DAYBREAK...INTO EASTERN ZONES MIDDAY INTO THE
AFTERNOON. TRANSITION FROM SIGNIFICANT POPS TO MINIMAL CLOUDCOVER
WILL BE RAPID IN REALITY...BUT MORE CONSERVATIVE IN GRIDS DUE TO
SOME UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING. THURSDAY WORDING IN ZFP MAY BE
MISLEADING.

COLD FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT...REINFORCING COOL AIR THROUGHOUT THE
WEEKEND...BUT PLEASANT AFTERNOON TEMPS NONETHELESS. DEBATE AMONG
MODELS AND BETWEEN MODEL RUNS ABOUT FROPA MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
FOR NOW...HAVE CHOSEN TO KEEP NORTH TEXAS IN SOUTHERLY FLOW DAYS
5-7 (MON-WED). 25

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  77  63  78  52  70 /  70  90  50   5   0
WACO, TX              73  66  82  53  74 /  50  60  50   5   0
PARIS, TX             77  64  75  48  69 /  60  90  60  10   0
DENTON, TX            75  62  79  47  69 /  70  90  50   5   0
MCKINNEY, TX          74  63  77  50  70 /  70  90  50   5   0
DALLAS, TX            77  64  78  54  71 /  70  90  50   5   0
TERRELL, TX           77  65  77  53  72 /  60  80  50  10   0
CORSICANA, TX         78  65  79  55  75 /  50  60  50  10   0
TEMPLE, TX            74  67  83  54  75 /  50  50  40   5   0

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: TXZ091>095-100>107-115>120-129.

&&

05/25

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 6:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
600 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-101100-
ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA-
DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON-
HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS-
LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO-
PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT-
WISE-YOUNG-
600 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF NORTH
TEXAS TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT HOURS. TORNADOES...LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...HEAVY RAINFALL IS
FORECAST AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF NORTH TEXAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE
LIKELY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING ALONG AND AHEAD OF AN EASTWARD MOVING COLD FRONT. THE SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT INCLUDES FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...
AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL END FROM WEST
TO EAST NEAR MIDDAY THURSDAY.

STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON BEHIND THE FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT.

SCHULTZ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO TIME IN 1ST PARA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
733 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

TXZ092-103-100100-
COOKE TX-DENTON TX-
733 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHERN COOKE COUNTY
  DENTON COUNTY

AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
VERY DANGEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER DECATUR...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 39 MPH. ON ITS PRESENT COURSE...THIS STORM WILL ENTER SOUTHERN
COOKE AND WESTERN DENTON COUNTIES AFTER 755 PM...AND WILL CROSS
INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN DENTON AND GAINESVILLE BETWEEN 8 PM AND 830 PM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING TORNADOES...BASEBALL-SIZE HAIL
AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING WILL
BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF COOKE AND DENTON COUNTIES AS THIS STORM
APPROACHES.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ARGYLE...AUBREY...CORINTH...
CROSS ROADS...DENTON...GAINESVILLE...HACKBERRY...KRUGERVILLE...
KRUM...LAKE DALLAS...LINDSAY...LITTLE ELM...PILOT POINT...SANGER...
SHADY SHORES...RAY ROBERTS PARK ISLE DU BOIS...RAY ROBERTS PARK
JOHNSON BRANCH AND LAKE LEWISVILLE.

TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOW TO PREPARE FOR THE APPROACH OF THIS STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3371 9695 3357 9692 3356 9693 3343 9693
      3342 9690 3312 9684 3311 9737 3361 9740
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 240DEG 34KT 3324 9759

07/BB

Local storm report, Apr 9, 7:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
735 PM CDT WED APR 09 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0655 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E GRAFORD             32.94N  98.16W
04/09/2008                   PALO PINTO         TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            DAMAGE IN ORAN AT ORAN AND JOHNSON ROADS. POSSIBLE
            TORNADO DAMAGE. RELAYED BY MEDIA

Local storm report, Apr 9, 7:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
736 PM CDT WED APR 09 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0736 PM     HAIL             DECATUR                 33.23N  97.59W
04/09/2008  E1.00 INCH       WISE               TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            IN DECATUR

Local storm report, Apr 9, 7:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
748 PM CDT WED APR 09 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0738 PM     HAIL             5 SE BRIDGEPORT         33.16N  97.70W
04/09/2008  E2.75 INCH       WISE               TX   PUBLIC

            BASEBALL SIZE HAIL

Local storm report, Apr 9, 7:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
750 PM CDT WED APR 09 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0720 PM     HAIL             5 SE BRIDGEPORT         33.16N  97.70W
04/09/2008  E2.75 INCH       WISE               TX   PUBLIC

            BASEBALL HAIL NEAR BALSORA. CORRECTED TIME.

Local storm report, Apr 9, 8:01 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
801 PM CDT WED APR 09 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0752 PM     HAIL             DECATUR                 33.23N  97.59W
04/09/2008  E2.50 INCH       WISE               TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTERS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Jack, Wise	47 min
Apr 9, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	31 min
Apr 9, 7:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke, Denton	27 min
Apr 9, 7:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Denton, Wise	42 min
Apr 9, 8:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Cooke, Denton	38 min
Apr 9, 9:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	115 min
Apr 10, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	60 min
Apr 10, 1:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	56 min
Apr 10, 1:29 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more	18 hr
Apr 10, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	53 min
Apr 10, 2:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche	46 min
Apr 10, 2:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	32 hr
Apr 10, 2:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	43 hr
Apr 10, 2:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack	34 min
Apr 10, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	46 min
Apr 10, 2:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	39 min
Apr 10, 2:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke	35 min
Apr 10, 2:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Erath	25 min
Apr 10, 2:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke	4 hr
Apr 10, 2:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	39 min
Apr 10, 2:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Somervell	39 min
Apr 10, 2:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hamilton	43 min
Apr 10, 3:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Somervell	15 min
Apr 10, 3:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson, Parker, Tarrant	57 min
Apr 10, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lampasas	39 min
Apr 10, 3:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Johnson	35 min
Apr 10, 3:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Wise	44 min
Apr 10, 3:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill	57 min
Apr 10, 3:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis	64 min
Apr 10, 3:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant	28 min
Apr 10, 3:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas	36 min
Apr 10, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin	63 min
Apr 10, 3:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	24 min
Apr 10, 3:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls, Milam	49 min
Apr 10, 3:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	31 min
Apr 10, 4:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls, Hill, Limestone, McLennan	56 min
Apr 10, 4:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman, Rockwall	67 min
Apr 10, 4:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Hunt	60 min
Apr 10, 4:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls	44 min
Apr 10, 4:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Henderson, Navarro	67 min
Apr 10, 4:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone	72 min
Apr 10, 4:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Lamar	54 min
Apr 10, 4:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone	47 min
Apr 10, 5:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	52 hr
Apr 10, 5:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Rains, Van Zandt	63 min
Apr 10, 5:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone	38 min
Apr 10, 5:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson	52 min
Apr 10, 5:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins	29 min
Apr 10, 5:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	91 min
Apr 10, 6:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam, Robertson	26 min
Apr 10, 6:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson	36 min
Apr 10, 6:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls, Limestone, Robertson	30 min
Apr 10, 9:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.