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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 26, 2009Lamar County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2009, 10:05 PM CDT for Lamar County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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 26, 2009, 10:05 PM CDT (03:05 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2009, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Lamar County, TX

The radar

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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 26, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 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 26, 6:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 6:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 5:22 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
522 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2009

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-271000-
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-
522 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH LATE
EVENING...MAINLY NORTH OF A COMANCHE...WACO...ATHENS LINE.
SEVERE DOWNBURST WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER
THREATS.

LATE TONIGHT...MORE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG
AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS.
DAMAGING OUTFLOW WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES WILL TAPER OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ON
WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO EXIT NORTH TEXAS. AN ISOLATED
SEVERE STORM WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED AT ANY TIME THROUGH TONIGHT

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 5:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 6:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 6:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 6:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 6:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 6:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 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 26, 7:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Tarrant	114 min
May 26, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	52 min
May 26, 7:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Wise	2 hr
May 26, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Johnson	47 min
May 26, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Wise	58 min
May 26, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	48 min
May 26, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Montague	49 min
May 26, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	21 min
May 26, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Johnson, Somervell	62 min
May 26, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin	43 min
May 26, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Grayson	54 min
May 26, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Denton	24 min
May 26, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wise	32 min
May 26, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Denton	62 min
May 26, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hill, Johnson, Somervell	65 min
May 26, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Eastland	56 min
May 26, 9:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hood, Johnson, Somervell	3 hr
May 26, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt	36 min
May 26, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	49 min
May 26, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Mills	36 min
May 26, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Lamar	42 min
May 26, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Erath, Hamilton	63 min
May 26, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	37 min
May 26, 10:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	25 min
May 26, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Hill, Johnson	61 min
May 26, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Somervell	64 min
May 26, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	41 min
May 26, 11:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Coryell	25 min
May 26, 11:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Palo Pinto	26 min
May 26, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	50 min
May 26, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	60 min
May 26, 11:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill, Johnson	43 min
May 27, 12:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	65 min
May 27, 12:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wise	64 min
May 27, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	43 min
May 27, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Navarro	28 min
May 27, 1:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	56 min
May 27, 1:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Navarro	32 min

Nearby

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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.