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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 429, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 21, 2009Erath County, Palo Pinto County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2009, 9:26 AM CDT for Erath County, Palo Pinto County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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 21, 2009, 9:26 AM CDT (14:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2009, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Erath County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:25 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 21, 6:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 6:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 3:58 AM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 21, 6:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 7:11 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 7:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 21, 8:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 8:32 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 8:54 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar41 min
Aug 20, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar31 min
Aug 20, 10:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDLamar113 min
Aug 20, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar56 min
Aug 20, 10:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLamar114 min
Aug 20, 11:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFannin115 min
Aug 20, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDelta, Fannin, Lamar27 min
Aug 21, 12:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin, Lamar4 hr
Aug 21, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin36 min
Aug 21, 2:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas24 min
Aug 21, 2:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins, Hunt, Rains36 min
Aug 21, 3:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt29 min
Aug 21, 5:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson23 min
Aug 21, 5:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDNavarro29 min
Aug 21, 5:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Navarro42 min
Aug 21, 6:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis29 min
Aug 21, 6:41 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas, Tarrant109 min
Aug 21, 6:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis33 min
Aug 21, 6:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant31 min
Aug 21, 6:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDNavarro31 min
Aug 21, 7:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas34 min
Aug 21, 7:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDNavarro31 min
Aug 21, 7:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas3 hr
Aug 21, 8:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDPalo Pinto28 min
Aug 21, 8:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto45 min
Aug 21, 8:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker36 min
Aug 21, 8:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Johnson, Parker47 min
Aug 21, 10:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland26 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.