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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX

July 26, 2009Tarrant County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2009, 7:21 PM CDT for Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2009, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2009, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX

County Tarrant County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 7:01 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 7:04 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 26, 7:18 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 7:21 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague29 min
Jul 26, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas26 min
Jul 26, 7:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas, Tarrant2 hr
Jul 26, 7:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin67 min
Jul 26, 7:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas29 min
Jul 26, 7:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague25 min
Jul 26, 7:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis37 min
Jul 26, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant29 min
Jul 26, 7:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas31 min
Jul 26, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis28 min
Jul 26, 8:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRockwall33 min
Jul 26, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRockwall28 min
Jul 26, 9:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRockwall61 min
Jul 26, 10:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt37 min
Jul 26, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt15 min
Jul 26, 10:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin24 min
Jul 26, 10:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDelta, Hopkins35 min
Jul 26, 10:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRains34 min
Jul 26, 11:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHopkins65 min
Jul 26, 11:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHopkins2 hr
Jul 27, 8:35 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Grayson, Tarrant3 hr
Jul 27, 11:35 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Dallas, Rockwall3 hr
Jul 27, 11:46 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton119 min
Jul 27, 1:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton2 hr
Jul 27, 2:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Dallas, Rockwall119 min
Jul 27, 2:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHill34 min
Jul 27, 3:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchFWDCollin, Cooke, Delta, Denton, Fannin, Grayson and 5 more18 hr
Jul 27, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDNavarro36 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Texas, 2009Every special weather statement in 2009

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.