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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at May 20, 2011, 10:54 AM CDT for Lamar County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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
- May 20, 2011, 10:54 AM CDT (15:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2011, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
County Lamar County, TX
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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 May 20, 10:23 AM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 10:23 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 312 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-210815- 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- 312 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WHEREVER THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCATION MULTIPLE TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. LOW THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE FROM SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ACROSS VARIOUS PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS EACH DAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 20, 8:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1020 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011
TXZ092-103-201545-
DENTON TX-COOKE TX-
1020 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN COOKE COUNTY
NORTHWESTERN DENTON COUNTY
AT 1019 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF SANGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GAINESVILLE...LINDSAY...
SANGER AND RAY ROBERTS PARK JOHNSON BRANCH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3384 9716 3382 9720 3376 9718 3373 9716
3372 9711 3375 9709 3379 9711 3381 9709
3342 9694 3324 9732 3324 9739 3343 9739
3388 9718
TIME...MOT...LOC 1519Z 220DEG 40KT 3338 9734
42/MMSpecial weather statement, May 20, 10:23 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1023 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011
TXZ092-201600-
COOKE TX-
1023 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWESTERN COOKE COUNTY
AT 1023 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAINESVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MUENSTER.
PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3390 9717 3385 9716 3385 9705 3383 9706
3384 9714 3382 9706 3377 9709 3385 9716
3382 9720 3376 9718 3371 9712 3353 9749
3392 9748 3389 9744 3383 9744 3383 9737
3389 9733 3387 9726 3392 9722
TIME...MOT...LOC 1523Z 233DEG 44KT 3377 9732
42/MMSpecial weather statement, May 20, 10:54 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1054 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011
TXZ094-095-201630-
FANNIN TX-LAMAR TX-
1054 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHEASTERN FANNIN COUNTY
LAMAR COUNTY
AT 1054 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES EAST OF BONHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE HONEY GROVE AND PARIS.
PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3365 9542 3346 9591 3361 9604 3385 9586
3384 9583 3387 9581 3385 9577 3388 9577
3390 9575 3389 9569 3391 9568 3391 9558
TIME...MOT...LOC 1554Z 234DEG 34KT 3359 9588
42/MMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 8:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 23 min |
| May 20, 9:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Erath | 33 min |
| May 20, 10:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke | 25 min |
| May 20, 12:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Mills | 23 min |
| May 20, 12:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Mills | 28 min |
| May 20, 12:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Wise | 24 min |
| May 20, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Wise | 59 min |
| May 20, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton, Mills | 45 min |
| May 20, 1:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke, Denton | 27 min |
| May 20, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton | 41 min |
| May 20, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 36 min |
| May 20, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas | 47 min |
| May 20, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 44 min |
| May 20, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas | 52 min |
| May 20, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Grayson | 35 min |
| May 20, 2:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 119 min |
| May 20, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hood | 32 min |
| May 20, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin | 37 min |
| May 20, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 35 min |
| May 20, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 30 min |
| May 20, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Leon | 58 min |
| May 20, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hunt, Rockwall | 31 min |
| May 20, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Denton | 27 min |
| May 20, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 48 min |
| May 20, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Hunt | 62 min |
| May 20, 4:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt | 3 hr |
| May 20, 4:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| May 20, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Coryell | 23 min |
| May 20, 5:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Leon | 3 hr |
| May 20, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 27 min |
| May 20, 5:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin | 3 hr |
| May 20, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rains, Van Zandt | 66 min |
| May 20, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | McLennan | 34 min |
| May 20, 5:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Leon | 6 hr |
| May 20, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 60 min |
| May 20, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 66 min |
| May 20, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | McLennan | 34 min |
| May 20, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Lamar | 33 min |
| May 20, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 58 min |
| May 20, 6:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Limestone | 3 hr |
| May 20, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Navarro | 52 min |
| May 20, 6:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar, Rains | 3 hr |
| May 20, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Falls | 25 min |
| May 20, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman | 57 min |
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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.