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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 316, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 21, 2011Hamilton County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2011, 2:51 PM CDT for Hamilton County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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
May 21, 2011, 2:51 PM CDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2011, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Hamilton County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 21, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

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 May 21, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 1:55 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
155 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-221215-
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-
155 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A BOWIE TO MINERAL
WELLS AND COMANCHE LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SOME OF
THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE AND THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS
WILL BE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE
THE MAIN THREATS BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY BE POSSIBLE ON
TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 21, 1:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 21, 1:54 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 21, 2:41 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
241 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

TXZ143-212015-
HAMILTON TX-
241 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  HAMILTON COUNTY

AT 241 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF HAMILTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE HAMILTON AND HICO.

NICKEL-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3183 9818 3185 9816 3191 9821 3200 9805
      3201 9800 3167 9777 3142 9827 3169 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 230DEG 20KT 3170 9821

DUNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 7:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDKaufman, Van Zandt3 hr
May 20, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt57 min
May 20, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone49 min
May 20, 7:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Limestone, Robertson3 hr
May 20, 7:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMilam, Robertson22 min
May 20, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam, Robertson54 min
May 20, 7:37 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas4 hr
May 20, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone62 min
May 20, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon63 min
May 20, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam, Robertson64 min
May 20, 9:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMilam, Robertson3 hr
May 20, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam, Robertson64 min
May 20, 9:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt11 hr
May 20, 9:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall11 hr
May 20, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Leon63 min
May 20, 11:47 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Leon3 hr
May 21, 12:13 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDMilam, Robertson3 hr
May 21, 4:20 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryFWDBell, Bosque, Collin, Cooke, Coryell, Dallas and 17 more5 hr
May 21, 1:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMills36 min
May 21, 2:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHamilton34 min
May 21, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath47 min
May 21, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills38 min
May 21, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Somervell66 min
May 21, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, Hamilton64 min
May 21, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCoryell, Hamilton, Lampasas38 min
May 21, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas67 min
May 21, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills21 min
May 21, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCoryell, Hamilton63 min
May 21, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell61 min
May 21, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas65 min
May 21, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton56 min
May 21, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell53 min
May 21, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell64 min
May 21, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas47 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.