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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 8, 2009Palo Pinto County, Stephens County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2009, 5:30 PM CDT for Palo Pinto County, Stephens County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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 8, 2009, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2009, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Palo Pinto County, TX, Stephens County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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
May 8, 5:08 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 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 May 8, 5:22 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 5:22 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 3:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
331 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-091000-
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-
331 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED TORNADOES...BEGINNING
BEFORE SUNSET OVER THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES AND MOVING EAST
SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM INTO A COMPLEX THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS
NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL LAST WEEK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEKEND AND
INTO MONDAY...MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN HALF...AS THE COLD FRONT
FLUCTUATES AROUND NORTH TEXAS. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS
WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY BY THIS EVENING GENERALLY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 20.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 8, 4:40 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 8, 5:02 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
502 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

TXZ115-129-082230-
STEPHENS TX-EASTLAND TX-
502 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN EASTLAND COUNTY
  SOUTHERN STEPHENS COUNTY

AT 502 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF EASTLAND...MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS ALSO QUICKLY DEVELOPING TO THE WEST
OF THE FIRST STORM.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE EASTLAND...RANGER AND
GUNSIGHT.

PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

LAT...LON 3252 9912 3253 9911 3259 9911 3260 9910
      3261 9887 3262 9868 3240 9867 3239 9913
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 282DEG 15KT 3253 9890

82/JLD

Local storm report, May 8, 5:16 PM CDT, 14 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
May 8, 4:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	35 min
May 8, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young	46 min
May 8, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	28 min
May 8, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	23 min
May 8, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	53 min
May 8, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	51 min
May 8, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Stephens	57 min
May 8, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	65 min
May 8, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	42 min
May 8, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	43 min
May 8, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto, Stephens	60 min
May 8, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	45 min
May 8, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Eastland	60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2009 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.