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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 2, 2009Wise County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2009, 1:17 PM CDT for Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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
May 2, 2009, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2009, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 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 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 May 2, 12:34 PM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 12:34 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 11:12 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1112 AM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-031100-
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-
1112 AM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. IN ADDITION...THERE IS
THE POTENTIAL FOR A STORM TO BECOME TORNADIC NEAR OR SOUTH OF A
SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT.

THE GREATEST LIKELIHOOD OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NORTHEAST OF THE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THE THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY...WITH THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINING IN
EFFECT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...AND
AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 1:07 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 8:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDJack12 hr
May 2, 1:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise23 min
May 2, 1:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood29 min
May 2, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker61 min
May 2, 1:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton25 min
May 2, 2:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant27 min
May 2, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Johnson, Tarrant56 min
May 2, 2:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis33 min
May 2, 2:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton, Wise58 min
May 2, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis49 min
May 2, 2:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton, Tarrant115 min
May 2, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath52 min
May 2, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Denton63 min
May 2, 3:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague24 min
May 2, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas39 min
May 2, 3:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Dallas, Grayson3 hr
May 2, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood38 min
May 2, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Rockwall50 min
May 2, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas14 min
May 2, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCollin, Hunt, Rockwall43 min
May 2, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hood, Johnson, Parker45 min
May 2, 4:04 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFannin, Hunt, Rockwall3 hr
May 2, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Lamar, Rains52 min
May 2, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Lamar51 min
May 2, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Parker, Tarrant67 min
May 2, 4:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDelta, Hopkins, Lamar, Rains3 hr
May 2, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Erath, Hood, Somervell67 min
May 2, 4:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDTarrant2 hr
May 2, 5:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant3 hr
May 2, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant63 min
May 2, 5:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas5 hr
May 2, 6:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas3 hr
May 2, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton54 min
May 2, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall61 min
May 2, 6:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall4 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.