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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 17, 2013Young County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2013, 5:51 PM CDT for Young County, Texas. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 17, 2013, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2013, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Young County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 17, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 17, 3:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 3:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 3:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
326 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-181130-
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-
326 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING WEST OF A LINE FROM JACKSBORO TO LAMPASAS. THE ATMOSPHERE
WILL BE VERY UNSTABLE AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE GIANT HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY WEST OF A
GAINESVILLE TO WEATHERFORD TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE. SOME SEVERE
STORMS ARE POSSIBLE.

THERE IS A LOW CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND MONDAY GENERALLY
NORTHWEST OF A LAMPASAS TO ATHENS LINE. SEVERE STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE EACH DAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE EACH DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE WEST OF A LINE FROM JACKSBORO TO
LAMPASAS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 17, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 17, 5:14 PM CDT, 37 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
May 17, 7:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Navarro	31 min
May 17, 7:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Hill, Navarro	66 min
May 17, 8:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Freestone	29 min
May 17, 8:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone, Limestone	65 min
May 17, 9:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Leon	29 min
May 17, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Young	60 min
May 17, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	65 min
May 17, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	61 min
May 17, 6:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Young	88 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2013 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.