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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX

July 26, 2012Cooke County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2012, 4:59 PM CDT for Cooke County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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 26, 2012, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX

County Cooke County, TX

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 26, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 3:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
314 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-271130-
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-
314 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND
NORTH OF A LINE FROM COMANCHE...TO HILLSBORO...TO ATHENS.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE DAMAGING
WIND THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE GREATEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH
OF A LINE FROM CISCO TO CLEBURNE TO ATHENS ON FRIDAY. WHILE
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...ANY THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
326 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

TXZ091-262100-
MONTAGUE TX-
326 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHERN MONTAGUE COUNTY

AT 325 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF NOCONA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE NOCONA AND BELCHERVILLE.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...HALF
INCH-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.

LAT...LON 3397 9760 3391 9759 3390 9755 3392 9750
      3392 9748 3378 9749 3354 9798 3388 9798
      3389 9794 3386 9788 3386 9783 3392 9778
      3399 9766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 231DEG 4KT 3377 9787

82/JLD
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 26, 4:04 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:30 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:59 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 8:34 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDTarrant76 min
Jul 26, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack32 min
Jul 26, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague34 min
Jul 26, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague46 min
Jul 26, 3:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung35 min
Jul 26, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke30 min
Jul 26, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack28 min
Jul 26, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson32 min
Jul 26, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack28 min
Jul 26, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton26 min
Jul 26, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson47 min
Jul 26, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin26 min
Jul 26, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise27 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Texas, 2012Every 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.