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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 447, NWS Fort Worth, TX

September 6, 2009Cooke County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 2009, 4:26 PM CDT for Cooke County, Texas. It was in force for 20 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
Sep 6, 2009, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 2009, 4:46 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Cooke County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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 Sep 6, 2:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 2:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
237 PM CDT SUN SEP 6 2009

.DISCUSSION...
POPCORN CONVECTION EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE
LIGHT AND VARIABLE BELOW 20K FEET AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE
WEAK...SO EXPECT NO SEVERE. BOUNDARY COLLISIONS WILL LIKELY
DETERMINE WHERE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OCCURS...AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS
WILL BE VERY SPOTTY.

PRECIP CHANCES REMAIN LOW MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...WHEN A FRONT STALLING IN OKLAHOMA PROVIDES A SLIGHT
CHANCE NEAR THE RED RIVER. COLD FRONT NOW PROGGED BY GFS & ECMWF
TO MOVE THROUGH SATURDAY...AND HAVE FORECAST POPS AREA WIDE TO
COVER THAT SITUATION.

WITH THE MOISTURE REMAINING IN PLACE AND SUNNY SKIES
EXPECTED...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN A BIT ABOVE AVERAGE UNTIL
SATURDAY WHEN THE COLD FRONT SHOULD COOL THE AREA DOWN A BIT.  84

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  70  95  72  93  71 /  10  10   5   5  10
WACO, TX              70  95  72  94  71 /  10  10  10  10  10
PARIS, TX             66  92  68  92  67 /  10  20   5   5  10
DENTON, TX            67  94  71  92  70 /  10  10   5   5  10
MCKINNEY, TX          65  94  69  92  69 /  10  10   5   5  10
DALLAS, TX            70  94  72  92  71 /  10  10   5   5  10
TERRELL, TX           68  94  70  92  71 /  10  20   5   5  10
CORSICANA, TX         70  94  71  93  71 /  10  20   5   5  10
TEMPLE, TX            70  94  72  94  70 /  10  20  10  10  10

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 6, 2:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 6, 3:37 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
337 PM CDT SUN SEP 6 2009

TXZ095-062100-
LAMAR TX-
337 PM CDT SUN SEP 6 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY

AT 337 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3344 9547 3345 9552 3347 9555 3349 9565
      3361 9578 3374 9563 3354 9535
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 315DEG 12KT 3361 9563

85/NH
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 4:19 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 3:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar23 min
Sep 6, 4:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke26 min
Sep 6, 4:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton24 min
Sep 6, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke29 min
Sep 6, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise29 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.