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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 29, 2009Montague County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2009, 6:30 PM CDT for Montague County, Texas. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2009, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2009, 7:03 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Montague County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 29, 12:36 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 29, 6:19 PM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 6:19 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 3:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 29, 4:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 4:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 5:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 5:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 5:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 6:28 PM CDT, 2 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
Apr 28, 7:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Freestone	4 hr
Apr 28, 7:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Robertson	3 hr
Apr 29, 8:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Leon	37 hr
Apr 29, 9:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	34 min
Apr 29, 10:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	35 min
Apr 29, 10:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	73 min
Apr 29, 11:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Montague	3 hr
Apr 29, 11:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Grayson	35 min
Apr 29, 11:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke	20 min
Apr 29, 11:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke	3 hr
Apr 29, 12:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Grayson	27 min
Apr 29, 12:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	24 min
Apr 29, 12:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Grayson	3 hr
Apr 29, 1:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	67 min
Apr 29, 1:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	3 hr
Apr 29, 2:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Montague	3 hr
Apr 29, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	55 min
Apr 29, 2:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke, Montague	3 hr
Apr 29, 3:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Fannin, Grayson	6 hr
Apr 29, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Wise	66 min
Apr 29, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	61 min
Apr 29, 3:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hopkins, Hunt	3 hr
Apr 29, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	62 min
Apr 29, 5:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke, Montague	3 hr
Apr 29, 5:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Jack, Wise	3 hr
Apr 29, 6:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Denton	3 hr
Apr 29, 6:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke	14 hr
Apr 29, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	32 min

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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.