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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2009, 10:13 PM CDT for Grayson County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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
- Aug 5, 2009, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2009, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
County Grayson County, TX
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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.
NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 5, 6:13 PM CDT, 4 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 6:13 PM CDT, 4 hours before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 225 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-061200- MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO- FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE- LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- 225 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE METROPLEX AND ALSO LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WACO TO PALESTINE FOR AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES NEAR 105 DEGREES AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 70S. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES ALONG THE RED RIVER. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE METROPLEX AND ALSO LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WACO TO PALESTINE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS ON THURSDAY...AND OVER AREAS GENERALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 THROUGH THIS EVENING. SCHULTZ
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 5, 5:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 9:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin | 24 min |
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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.