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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 418, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 12, 2009Mills County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2009, 3:07 PM CDT for Mills County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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: Aug 12, 2009, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired: Aug 12, 2009, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Mills County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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 Aug 12, 12:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 12:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 1:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 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
Aug 12, 2:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Coryell	116 min
Aug 12, 2:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Mills	2 hr
Aug 12, 3:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lampasas	27 min
Aug 12, 3:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	34 min
Aug 12, 3:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Lampasas	116 min
Aug 12, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lampasas	23 min
Aug 12, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	29 min
Aug 12, 4:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Falls	37 min
Aug 12, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	McLennan	30 min
Aug 12, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, McLennan	43 min
Aug 12, 5:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell, McLennan	82 min
Aug 12, 5:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Milam	114 min
Aug 12, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	McLennan	29 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.