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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 230, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 14, 2013McLennan County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2013, 8:55 PM CDT for McLennan 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: Aug 14, 2013, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 2013, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County McLennan 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 Aug 14, 7:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 7:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 7:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 5:55 PM CDT, 3 hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
555 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2013

TXZ118-133-142330-
JOHNSON TX-TARRANT TX-
555 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY
  SOUTHEASTERN TARRANT COUNTY

AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FOREST HILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ARLINGTON...BURLESON...
CROWLEY...DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS...EDGECLIFF...EVERMAN...FOREST
HILL...KENNEDALE...MANSFIELD...PANTEGO AND RENDON.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3269 9703 3255 9704 3254 9709 3249 9709
      3249 9717 3248 9738 3270 9739 3277 9706
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 327DEG 18KT 3266 9723

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 6:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
605 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2013

TXZ119-142330-
DALLAS TX-
605 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTY

AT 605 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF GRAND PRAIRIE...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CEDAR HILL...DESOTO...
DUNCANVILLE...GLENN HEIGHTS...GRAND PRAIRIE...LANCASTER AND CEDAR
HILL STATE PARK.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.

IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

LAT...LON 3256 9663 3254 9684 3257 9704 3276 9704
      3276 9703
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 306DEG 16KT 3265 9703

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 6:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 7:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 8:40 PM CDT, 15 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
Aug 14, 7:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis	38 min
Aug 14, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Hill	65 min
Aug 14, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	McLennan	35 min
Aug 15, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	33 min
Aug 15, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	35 min
Aug 15, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Stephens	25 min
Aug 15, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	81 min
Aug 15, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lampasas	67 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.