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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 8, 2009Cooke County, Montague County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2009, 10:14 PM CDT for Cooke County, Montague County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2009, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cooke County, TX, Montague County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:16 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 8, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 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, 10:04 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 10:04 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 8:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
800 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-100100-
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-
800 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...
ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. LARGE HAIL AND
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING IN ALSO POSSIBLE.

.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 TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE
INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 9:19 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
919 PM CDT FRI MAY 08 2009

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

0905 PM     HAIL             8 SW GRAFORD            32.85N  98.35W
05/08/2009  E1.00 INCH       PALO PINTO         TX   PUBLIC

            NICKEL TO QUARTER HAIL AT POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE
Special weather statement, May 8, 9:34 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
934 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

TXZ092-090300-
COOKE TX-
934 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN COOKE COUNTY

AT 935 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES EAST OF NOCONA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3387 9724 3382 9720 3380 9720 3364 9748
      3383 9748 3385 9747 3386 9746 3383 9744
      3383 9739 3389 9731
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 234DEG 20KT 3379 9744

82/JLD
Local storm report, May 8, 9:45 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
945 PM CDT FRI MAY 08 2009

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

0941 PM     HAIL             5 NE NOCONA             33.83N  97.67W
05/08/2009  E0.75 INCH       MONTAGUE           TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZE HAIL IN SPANISH FORT
Local storm report, May 8, 9:51 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
951 PM CDT FRI MAY 08 2009

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

0950 PM     HAIL             7 N NOCONA              33.88N  97.73W
05/08/2009  E1.00 INCH       MONTAGUE           TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL 7 MILES NORTH OF NOCONA
Local storm report, May 8, 9:53 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 8, 10:09 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack55 min
May 8, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche63 min
May 8, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague59 min
May 8, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Eastland23 min
May 8, 8:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDComanche118 min
May 8, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague61 min
May 8, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens38 min
May 8, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills58 min
May 8, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMontague30 min
May 8, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Stephens66 min
May 8, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague61 min
May 8, 9:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDMontague117 min
May 8, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Palo Pinto27 min
May 8, 9:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke26 min
May 8, 10:02 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMontague28 min
May 8, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Grayson55 min
May 8, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson29 min
May 8, 10:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCooke, Grayson3 hr
May 8, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Grayson58 min
May 8, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Grayson61 min
May 8, 11:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDGrayson3 hr
May 8, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke41 min
May 8, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt60 min
May 9, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke60 min
May 9, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton26 min
May 9, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Hunt62 min
May 9, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Grayson61 min
May 9, 1:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDelta25 min
May 9, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Grayson61 min
May 9, 2:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDelta, Lamar27 min
May 9, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Lamar53 min
May 9, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Hunt18 min
May 9, 12:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar59 min
May 9, 12:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin34 min
May 9, 12:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar33 min
May 9, 1:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar58 min
May 9, 1:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHopkins35 min
May 9, 1:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin, Grayson34 min
May 9, 2:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin, Grayson26 min
May 9, 2:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar32 min
May 9, 2:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin59 min
May 9, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar59 min
May 9, 3:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchFWDCollin, Cooke, Delta, Fannin, Grayson, Hopkins and 3 more47 hr
May 9, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Lamar48 min
May 9, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar54 min
May 9, 5:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDLamar85 min
May 9, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar23 min
May 9, 6:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDLamar119 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.