Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

May 27, 2009, 12:26 AM CDT (05:26 UTC)

Expired

May 27, 2009, 1:30 AM CDT

In force

64 min

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Wise County, TX

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

000 
WUUS54 KFWD 270526
SVRFWD
TXC497-270630-
/O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0252.090527T0526Z-090527T0630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1226 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WISE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1226 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF BOONSVILLE TO
  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOONSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BRIDGEPORT BY 1240 AM
  COTTONDALE BY 1245 AM
  DECATUR BY 100 AM
  BOYD BY 105 AM
  AURORA BY 110 AM

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND
STAY INSIDE...AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS STREETS...DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT.

&&

LAT...LON 3328 9739 3300 9739 3301 9791 3324 9791
TIME...MOT...LOC 0526Z 263DEG 26KT 3320 9788 3299 9788

$$

000 
WWUS54 KFWD 270628
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
128 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2009

TXC497-270638-
/O.EXP.KFWD.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-090527T0630Z/
WISE TX-
128 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WISE COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 130 AM CDT...

AT 128 AM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING MOVED
OUT OF THE AREA AND THE WARNING EXPIRED.

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE 
FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3324 9740 3300 9739 3301 9791 3320 9791
TIME...MOT...LOC 0628Z 266DEG 37KT 3308 9721

$$


85/NH

000 
WWUS54 KFWD 270559
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
159 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2009

TXC497-270630-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-090527T0630Z/
WISE TX-
159 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN WISE COUNTY...

AT 100 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BOYD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RHOME BY 105 AM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 3324 9740 3300 9739 3301 9791 3320 9791
TIME...MOT...LOC 0600Z 266DEG 37KT 3306 9755

$$


85/NH

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

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.