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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 509, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 29, 2009Dallas County, Ellis County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 29, 2009, 11:48 AM CDT for Dallas County, Ellis County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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
Oct 29, 2009, 11:48 AM CDT (16:48 UTC)
Expired
Oct 29, 2009, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Dallas County, TX, Ellis County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 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 Oct 29, 10:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 29, 10:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 29, 4:23 AM CDT, 7 hours 25 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 29, 11:13 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 29, 11:34 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 29, 1:00 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDHill, Johnson45 min
Oct 29, 3:36 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFWDAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Ellis, Falls and 15 more12 hr
Oct 29, 7:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin13 hr
Oct 29, 9:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins48 hr
Oct 29, 9:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton, Tarrant3 hr
Oct 29, 10:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas34 hr
Oct 29, 10:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas11 hr
Oct 29, 11:04 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas3 hr
Oct 29, 11:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas32 min
Oct 29, 11:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis26 min
Oct 29, 11:53 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin2 hr
Oct 29, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall35 min
Oct 29, 1:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHopkins25 min
Oct 29, 2:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson26 min
Oct 29, 2:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar23 min
Oct 29, 2:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson, Van Zandt35 min
Oct 29, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFreestone28 min

Nearby

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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.