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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX

December 4, 201333 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this winter storm warning at Dec 4, 2013, 3:12 PM CST for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 5, 2013, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 27 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 4, 2013, 3:12 PM CST (21:12 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 5, 2013, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 6, 2013, 3:20 PM CST
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX

All 33 counties

Bosque County, TX, Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Mills County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Dec 4, 12:05 PM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 12:05 PM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 4, 4:30 AM CST, 10 hours 42 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
Dec 4, 3:12 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Bell, Coryell, Falls, Freestone, Henderson and 7 more	48 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Texas, 2013 Every winter storm 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.