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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 30, 2013Montague County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2013, 5:55 PM CDT for Montague County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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 30, 2013, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Montague County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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 30, 2:51 PM CDT	Tornado 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 30, 3:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 3:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
305 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-311230-
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-
305 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING
MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR. SOME STORMS NORTH OF
AN EASTLAND TO DECATUR TO COOPER LINE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO
IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEKEND. THE BEST CHANCES
WILL OCCUR SATURDAY EVENING. A FEW SEVERE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE
WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...MAINLY
NORTH OF EASTLAND TO DECATUR TO COOPER LINE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Denton, Montague, Wise	52 min
May 29, 8:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	30 min
May 29, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague, Wise	61 min
May 29, 8:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Montague, Wise	37 min
May 30, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Montague	61 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.