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Heat Advisory 1, NWS Fort Worth, TX

July 20, 201222 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this heat advisory at Jul 20, 2012, 2:57 PM CDT for 22 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jul 20, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 52 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 2012, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 20, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 22, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
52 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
All 22 counties

Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 20, 12:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 12:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin, Rockwall29 min
Jul 20, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton, Jack, Wise28 min
Jul 20, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin25 min
Jul 20, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton, Jack, Wise24 min
Jul 20, 4:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin, Dallas, Rockwall29 min
Jul 20, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack, Young34 min
Jul 20, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDKaufman37 min
Jul 20, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDPalo Pinto, Young26 min
Jul 20, 5:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas, Tarrant23 min
Jul 20, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker33 min
Jul 20, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant25 min
Jul 20, 6:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas, Tarrant25 min
Jul 20, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJohnson31 min
Jul 20, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker28 min
Jul 20, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas24 min
Jul 20, 6:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas, Johnson, Tarrant37 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.