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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Fort Worth, TX

January 20, 200924 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this red flag warning at Jan 20, 2009, 3:45 AM CST for 24 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 20, 2009, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 20, 2009, 3:45 AM CST (09:45 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 20, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 20, 2009, 5:00 PM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX

All 24 counties

Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Falls County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Mills County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Parker County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Tarrant County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 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 red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Jan 19, 5:02 PM CST, 10 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 5:02 PM CST, 10 hours 43 minutes before

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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.