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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX

July 11, 2012Leon County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2012, 4:48 PM CDT for Leon County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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 11, 2012, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX

County Leon County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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.

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 10, 6:27 PM CDT, 22 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 6:27 PM CDT, 22 hours 21 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 7:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	25 min
Jul 10, 8:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	28 min
Jul 11, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Robertson	30 min
Jul 11, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	26 min
Jul 11, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Limestone	28 min
Jul 11, 6:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Van Zandt	23 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Texas, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

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.