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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Fort Worth, TX

February 10, 2013Bell County, Milam County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 2013, 3:55 AM CST for Bell County, Milam County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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: Feb 10, 2013, 3:55 AM CST (09:55 UTC)
Expired: Feb 10, 2013, 4:45 AM CST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bell County, TX, Milam County, TX

The radar

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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
Feb 9, 11:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Feb 10, 1:33 AM CST	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 Feb 10, 2:48 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 2:48 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 3:20 AM CST, 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 10, 3:15 AM CST, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 10, 3:24 AM CST, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 10, 3:25 AM CST, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 10, 3:39 AM CST, 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 10, 3:52 AM CST, 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
352 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

TXZ135-146-101045-
HENDERSON TX-NAVARRO TX-
352 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NAVARRO COUNTY
  HENDERSON COUNTY

AT 349 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG WINDS ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF A COMPLEX OF THUNDERTORMS.  THE
STRONGEST WINDS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF NAVARRO
COUNTY AND ACROSS CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY. SOUTH WINDS OF 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 5 AM.

LAT...LON 3225 9547 3201 9600 3201 9606 3180 9649
      3180 9652 3191 9679 3195 9681 3236 9590
      3230 9544
TIME...MOT...LOC 0949Z 262DEG 13KT 3223 9570 3183 9659

Local storm report, Feb 10, 3:53 AM CST, 2 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
Feb 10, 12:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	48 min
Feb 10, 12:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Eastland	45 min
Feb 10, 12:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	65 min
Feb 10, 12:59 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack	31 min
Feb 10, 1:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Eastland, Erath	62 min
Feb 10, 1:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	66 min
Feb 10, 1:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath, Hood, Somervell	64 min
Feb 10, 2:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	57 min
Feb 10, 2:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Hamilton, Mills	65 min
Feb 10, 2:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson	63 min
Feb 10, 2:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	45 min
Feb 10, 2:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Grayson	63 min
Feb 10, 2:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell	59 min
Feb 10, 2:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls, McLennan	54 min
Feb 10, 2:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	66 min
Feb 10, 3:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Rockwall	34 min
Feb 10, 3:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt	53 min
Feb 10, 3:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls	62 min
Feb 10, 3:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman	58 min
Feb 10, 3:52 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	53 min
Feb 10, 4:22 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Limestone	23 min
Feb 10, 4:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone	64 min
Feb 10, 4:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls, Milam	67 min
Feb 10, 5:00 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	30 min
Feb 10, 5:23 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Limestone	37 min
Feb 10, 5:26 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	34 min
Feb 10, 5:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Freestone, Leon, Limestone	49 min
Feb 10, 6:02 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	28 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.