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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 13, 2012Jack County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2012, 9:59 PM CDT for Jack 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: Oct 13, 2012, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2012, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX

County Jack County, TX

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The text

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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 Oct 13, 9:41 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 9:41 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 8:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 13, 9:11 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 13, 9:17 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
917 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0905 PM     TSTM WND GST     7 N WHITESBORO          33.76N 96.90W
10/13/2012  E60.00 MPH       GRAYSON            TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            60 TO 65 MPH WIND GUST AT HWY 377 AND DIXIE RD

&&

MBISHOP

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 9:33 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
933 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

TXZ092-093-140300-
GRAYSON TX-COOKE TX-
933 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  EASTERN COOKE COUNTY
  WESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY

AT 933 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GAINESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CALLISBURG...COLLINSVILLE...
GAINESVILLE...GUNTER...LINDSAY AND WHITESBORO.

PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3384 9676 3383 9676 3384 9671 3342 9669
      3343 9731 3367 9722 3373 9714 3372 9711
      3377 9709 3386 9696
TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 254DEG 32KT 3357 9702

Local storm report, Oct 13, 9:57 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 13, 9:59 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack	30 min
Oct 13, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke	64 min
Oct 13, 7:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	29 min
Oct 13, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	66 min
Oct 13, 8:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	33 min
Oct 13, 8:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack	37 min
Oct 13, 9:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Cooke, Montague	3 hr
Oct 13, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	26 min
Oct 13, 9:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke	27 min
Oct 13, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	53 min
Oct 13, 10:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	27 min
Oct 13, 10:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Grayson	2 hr
Oct 13, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin	56 min
Oct 13, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wise	37 min
Oct 13, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	35 min
Oct 13, 11:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	35 min
Oct 13, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker, Wise	59 min
Oct 13, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	64 min
Oct 13, 11:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	36 min
Oct 14, 12:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hood	27 min
Oct 14, 12:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	30 min
Oct 14, 12:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	33 min
Oct 14, 12:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	31 min
Oct 14, 1:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Johnson	33 min
Oct 14, 1:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	35 min
Oct 14, 2:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis	34 min
Oct 14, 4:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Henderson, Van Zandt	96 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.