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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 11, 2009Tarrant County, Wise County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2009, 7:19 PM CDT for Tarrant County, Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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: Apr 11, 2009, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2009, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Tarrant County, TX, Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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 Apr 11, 6:58 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 6:58 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 3:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 6:43 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 11, 7:00 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
700 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2009

TXZ117-120030-
PARKER TX-
700 PM CDT SAT APR 11 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  PARKER COUNTY

AT 700 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF WEATHERFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ALEDO...ANNETTA...COOL...
HUDSON OAKS...RENO...SPRINGTOWN...WEATHERFORD...WILLOW PARK...
POOLVILLE AND MINERAL WELLS STATE PARK.

PEA TO HALF INCH SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
FROM THIS STORM.

IF THIS STORM CONTINUES ON ITS PRESENT COURSE...A SEVERE WEATHER
WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

LAT...LON 3300 9801 3298 9757 3297 9756 3294 9756
      3282 9754 3256 9767 3258 9775 3269 9806
      3291 9806
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 205DEG 40KT 3268 9773

Local storm report, Apr 11, 7:07 PM CDT, 12 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
Apr 11, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	30 min
Apr 11, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	26 min
Apr 11, 7:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	38 min
Apr 11, 10:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	29 min
Apr 11, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	24 min
Apr 11, 11:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lamar	27 min
Apr 12, 2:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	31 min
Apr 12, 3:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Comanche, Erath	35 min
Apr 12, 5:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Tarrant	2 hr
Apr 12, 5:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Tarrant	117 min
Apr 12, 5:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas, Ellis	3 hr
Apr 12, 6:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	31 min
Apr 12, 7:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson, Freestone	24 min
Apr 12, 7:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	9 hr
Apr 12, 8:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson, Henderson	27 min
Apr 12, 8:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	37 min
Apr 12, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	24 min
Apr 12, 4:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	36 min
Apr 12, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Parker, Tarrant, Wise	61 min
Apr 12, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton	25 min
Apr 12, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	52 min
Apr 12, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	59 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.