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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 375, NWS Fort Worth, TX

July 20, 2009Henderson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2009, 1:45 AM CDT for Henderson 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

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The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 2009, 1:45 AM CDT (06:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2009, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Henderson County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 20, 12:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 12:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 12:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 20, 12:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1206 AM CDT MON JUL 20 2009

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

0230 PM     HAIL             5 SE DENTON             33.16N  97.07W
07/19/2009  E1.75 INCH       DENTON             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORT OF GOLFBALL HAIL 1 MILE ESE OF THE
            INTERSECTION OF TEASLEY AND ROBINSON ROAD

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 1:33 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 20, 1:39 AM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
139 AM CDT MON JUL 20 2009

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

0225 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 E PLANO               33.05N  96.68W
07/19/2009  E58 MPH          COLLIN             TX   PUBLIC

0230 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 E PLANO               33.05N  96.68W
07/19/2009                   COLLIN             TX   PUBLIC

            NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS AND CAR DEALERSHIP AWNING IN THE
            AIR. METAL ROOF TRYING TO LIFT OFF OF BUILDING.

0244 PM     HAIL             GARLAND                 32.91N  96.63W
07/19/2009  E1.75 INCH       DALLAS             TX   PUBLIC

            QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN GARLAND.

0249 PM     HAIL             SACHSE                  32.97N  96.58W
07/19/2009  E1.00 INCH       DALLAS             TX   PUBLIC

0250 PM     HAIL             6 E PLANO               33.05N  96.64W
07/19/2009  E0.75 INCH       COLLIN             TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            INTERSECTION OF 5484 AND MURPHY RD.

0250 PM     HAIL             6 E PLANO               33.05N  96.64W
07/19/2009  E0.75 INCH       COLLIN             TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            INTERSECTION OF 5484 AND MURPHY RD.

0257 PM     HAIL             GARLAND                 32.91N  96.63W
07/19/2009  E1.00 INCH       DALLAS             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NW KELLER             32.96N  97.26W
07/19/2009                   TARRANT            TX   NWS EMPLOYEE

            A RESIDENTIAL FENCE WAS BLOWN DOWN BY HIGH WINDS

0345 PM     HAIL             3 NW KELLER             32.96N  97.26W
07/19/2009  E0.75 INCH       TARRANT            TX   NWS EMPLOYEE

0401 PM     TSTM WND GST     KELLER                  32.93N  97.23W
07/19/2009  E60 MPH          TARRANT            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ALONG WITH PEA SIZE HAIL

0515 PM     TSTM WND GST     7 W FORT WORTH          32.75N  97.46W
07/19/2009  E61 MPH          TARRANT            TX   AWOS

            MEASURED AT FT WORTH NAVAL AIRSTATION

0602 PM     HAIL             BERRYVILLE              32.09N  95.47W
07/19/2009  E0.75 INCH       HENDERSON          TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            PENNY SIZE HAIL IN BERRYVILLE

0604 PM     HAIL             BERRYVILLE              32.09N  95.47W
07/19/2009  E1.00 INCH       HENDERSON          TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            HAIL SIZE HAS INCREASED TO QUARTERS

0606 PM     HAIL             FRANKSTON               32.06N  95.50W
07/19/2009  E1.75 INCH       ANDERSON           TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN FRANKSTON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 1:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson	27 min
Jul 20, 2:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Navarro	67 min
Jul 20, 3:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Freestone	32 min
Jul 20, 4:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Freestone	3 hr
Jul 20, 4:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson	3 hr
Jul 20, 5:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone	39 min
Jul 20, 7:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone	32 min
Jul 20, 11:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Navarro	34 min
Jul 20, 12:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Navarro	83 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.