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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 6, 2012Denton County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2012, 4:04 PM CDT for Denton County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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: Aug 6, 2012, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2012, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX

County Denton County, TX

The radar

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The text

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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 Aug 6, 3:46 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 3:46 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 3:17 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 3:19 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
319 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

TXZ103-062045-
DENTON TX-
319 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN DENTON COUNTY

AT 319 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DENTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CORINTH...DENTON...KRUM...
SANGER AND SHADY SHORES.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3315 9703 3310 9733 3333 9738 3341 9714
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 347DEG 9KT 3326 9722

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 3:27 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 3:53 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
353 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

TXZ103-104-062115-
DENTON TX-COLLIN TX-
353 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL COLLIN COUNTY
  EAST CENTRAL DENTON COUNTY

AT 352 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF FRISCO...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ALLEN...FRISCO...
HACKBERRY...LITTLE ELM...MCKINNEY...PROSPER...THE COLONY AND LAKE
LEWISVILLE.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3306 9665 3306 9686 3313 9701 3331 9690
      3324 9664
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 013DEG 12KT 3320 9680

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 4:04 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
404 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

TXZ103-062130-
DENTON TX-
404 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DENTON COUNTY

AT 405 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DENTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 5
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ARGYLE...BARTONVILLE...
CORRAL CITY...JUSTIN...NORTHLAKE...ROANOKE AND TROPHY CLUB.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3322 9714 3298 9713 3299 9739 3319 9740
      3323 9739
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 003DEG 4KT 3315 9725

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 5, 8:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Delta	33 min
Aug 5, 9:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Delta	24 min
Aug 5, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	31 min
Aug 6, 3:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton	26 min
Aug 6, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin	33 min
Aug 6, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin	22 min
Aug 6, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	33 min
Aug 6, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack	27 min
Aug 6, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	24 min
Aug 6, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Grayson	30 min
Aug 6, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise	39 min
Aug 6, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt	48 min
Aug 6, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Grayson	29 min
Aug 6, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	36 min
Aug 6, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lamar	29 min
Aug 6, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hunt	31 min
Aug 6, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt	34 min
Aug 6, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lamar	29 min
Aug 6, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Lamar	42 min
Aug 6, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	30 min
Aug 6, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Fannin, Lamar	29 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.