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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Fort Worth, TX
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.
| 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, 10:04 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 10:04 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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</html>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 LAKESpecial 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/JLDLocal 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 FORTLocal 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 NOCONALocal storm report, May 8, 9:53 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 55 min |
| May 8, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 63 min |
| May 8, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 59 min |
| May 8, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 23 min |
| May 8, 8:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Comanche | 118 min |
| May 8, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 61 min |
| May 8, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 38 min |
| May 8, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 58 min |
| May 8, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Montague | 30 min |
| May 8, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens | 66 min |
| May 8, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 61 min |
| May 8, 9:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Montague | 117 min |
| May 8, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto | 27 min |
| May 8, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke | 26 min |
| May 8, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Montague | 28 min |
| May 8, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 55 min |
| May 8, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 29 min |
| May 8, 10:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 3 hr |
| May 8, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 58 min |
| May 8, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 61 min |
| May 8, 11:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Grayson | 3 hr |
| May 8, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 41 min |
| May 8, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt | 60 min |
| May 9, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 60 min |
| May 9, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 26 min |
| May 9, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Hunt | 62 min |
| May 9, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Grayson | 61 min |
| May 9, 1:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta | 25 min |
| May 9, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 61 min |
| May 9, 2:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 27 min |
| May 9, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 53 min |
| May 9, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Hunt | 18 min |
| May 9, 12:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lamar | 59 min |
| May 9, 12:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin | 34 min |
| May 9, 12:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lamar | 33 min |
| May 9, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 58 min |
| May 9, 1:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hopkins | 35 min |
| May 9, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 34 min |
| May 9, 2:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 26 min |
| May 9, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lamar | 32 min |
| May 9, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin | 59 min |
| May 9, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lamar | 59 min |
| May 9, 3:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | Collin, Cooke, Delta, Fannin, Grayson, Hopkins and 3 more | 47 hr |
| May 9, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Lamar | 48 min |
| May 9, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 54 min |
| May 9, 5:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Lamar | 85 min |
| May 9, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lamar | 23 min |
| May 9, 6:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Lamar | 119 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.