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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2013, 6:51 PM CDT for Cooke County, Grayson 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 29, 2013, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2013, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cooke County, TX, Grayson County, TX
The radar
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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 29, 6:29 PM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 6:29 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 629 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 .AVIATION... TSRA HAVE AFFECTED THE METROPLEX TAF SITES LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH MORE TO THE SOUTH. EXPECTING THE CURRENT ACTIVITY TO PUSH NORTH OF THE TAF SITES BY 00Z BUT ANOTHER CLUSTER TO THE SOUTH SHOULD BE ARRIVING ABOUT THE SAME TIME. THUS WILL CONTINUE TSRA/VCTS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH 02Z ACROSS THE METROPLEX SITES. KACT SHOULD SEE SOME ON AND OFF AGAIN ACTIVITY AS WELL THROUGH 02Z. WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY VCSH 02-08Z AT ALL TERMINALS WITH A RETURN OF MVFR CIGS 07-09Z. MVFR CIGS SHOULD TRANSITION TO VFR CIGS 19-20Z ON THURSDAY. 75 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 314 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013/ CURRENT RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHWEST TEXAS FROM NEAR CHILDRESS TO SWEETWATER. MORE ISOLATED SHOWERS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER NORTH TEXAS. AS OF 20Z THE MOST ACTIVE AREAS CONTINUE TO BE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST...AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES. EXPECT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE...LIKELY THROUGH SUNSET. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES ARE ADDING UNFOCUSED LIFT TO THE REGION. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT AS THE SURFACE TROUGH AXIS MOVES INTO THE AREA AND BEGINS TO SWEEP THE LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE TO THE NORTHEAST. SLIGHT CHANCES FOR SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...MAINLY WITH SPOTTY LIGHT RAINFALL. BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP WILL BE ALONG THE RED RIVER TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BEFORE GOING COMPLETELY DRY ON FRIDAY. A BRIEF RETURN TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND A WARMING TREND FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. WITH RESPECT TO THE NEXT WEATHER CHANGE...NUMERICAL WEATHER MODELS REMAIN CONSISTENT...ON THE LATE SEASON COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING/EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTH TEXAS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND ANOTHER WARMING TREND ARE IN THE FORECAST FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. VANSPEYBROECK && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 73 87 74 91 74 / 40 20 10 0 10 WACO, TX 73 88 75 90 75 / 40 20 5 0 10 PARIS, TX 70 83 72 86 73 / 40 20 20 0 10 DENTON, TX 72 87 73 90 72 / 50 20 10 0 10 MCKINNEY, TX 72 85 74 88 73 / 40 20 10 0 10 DALLAS, TX 74 86 77 90 77 / 40 20 10 0 10 TERRELL, TX 72 86 75 89 74 / 40 20 10 0 10 CORSICANA, TX 72 87 75 90 76 / 40 20 5 0 10 TEMPLE, TX 72 87 75 90 75 / 40 20 5 0 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 71 87 72 92 72 / 50 20 10 0 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 75/
Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 3:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 320 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-301230- 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- 320 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 EAST CORRIDOR. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...THOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH MORE DISCRETE SEVERE STORMS. IN ADDITION...LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING WHERE STORMS TRAIN ACROSS. THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD LESSEN OVERNIGHT...AS THE THE UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVES NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 380 CORRIDOR FROM GRAHAM TO SULPHUR SPRINGS. THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES WILL RETURN TO AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 LATE SATURDAY...THEN ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 EAST CORRIDOR. 05/
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 29, 12:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Denton, Rockwall, Tarrant | 54 min |
| May 29, 4:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 28 min |
| May 29, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Johnson | 33 min |
| May 29, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 25 min |
| May 29, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 49 min |
| May 29, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 65 min |
| May 29, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 48 min |
| May 29, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 37 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.