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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 11, 2014Freestone County, Limestone County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2014, 12:44 PM CDT for Freestone County, Limestone County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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 11, 2014, 12:44 PM CDT (17:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2014, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Freestone County, TX, Limestone County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 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 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 11, 10:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 10:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 3:47 AM CDT, 8 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
347 AM CDT MON AUG 11 2014

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-120900-
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-
347 AM CDT MON AUG 11 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY.
A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE LIMITED TO AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
I-20 TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM GOLDTHWAITE TO PALESTINE ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 11, 12:30 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 8:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDYoung3 hr
Aug 11, 12:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFreestone60 min
Aug 11, 1:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFalls20 min
Aug 11, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls59 min
Aug 11, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone, Leon, Limestone66 min
Aug 11, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell26 min
Aug 11, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson57 min
Aug 11, 2:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell24 min
Aug 11, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell39 min
Aug 11, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone38 min
Aug 11, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon27 min
Aug 11, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson51 min
Aug 11, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRobertson23 min
Aug 11, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell37 min
Aug 11, 3:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan25 min
Aug 11, 3:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCoryell23 min
Aug 11, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMills30 min
Aug 11, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell37 min
Aug 11, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCoryell34 min
Aug 11, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan25 min
Aug 11, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLampasas31 min
Aug 11, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHamilton30 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.