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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 21, 2014Ellis County, Hill County, Johnson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 2014, 7:04 PM CDT for Ellis County, Hill County, Johnson County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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: Apr 21, 2014, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired: Apr 21, 2014, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ellis County, TX, Hill County, TX, Johnson 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
Apr 21, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 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 Apr 21, 6:25 PM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 6:25 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 21, 3:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
348 PM CDT MON APR 21 2014

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-221100-
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-
348 PM CDT MON APR 21 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON...THIS EVENING...AND OVERNIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS.
HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY SOUTHEAST
OF A LINE FROM LAMPASAS...TO HILLSBORO...TO TERRELL. THE ACTIVITY
WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT
SWEEPS THROUGH THE REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY EVENING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. SOME SEVERE WEATHER
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER ACTIVITY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...PRIMARILY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GOLDTHWAITE...TO GLEN
ROSE...TO MUENSTER.

25

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 21, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
600 PM CDT MON APR 21 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0529 PM     HAIL             5 N MERIDIAN            31.99N  97.65W
04/21/2014  E1.00 INCH       BOSQUE             TX   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL 5 MILES NORTH OF MERIDIAN

Local storm report, Apr 21, 6:09 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
609 PM CDT MON APR 21 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0607 PM     HAIL             LAMPASAS                31.07N  98.18W
04/21/2014  E1.00 INCH       LAMPASAS           TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN LAMPASAS

Special weather statement, Apr 21, 6:21 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
621 PM CDT MON APR 21 2014

TXZ143>145-157-159-212345-
HAMILTON TX-HILL TX-MCLENNAN TX-BOSQUE TX-CORYELL TX-
621 PM CDT MON APR 21 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  BOSQUE COUNTY
  NORTH CENTRAL CORYELL COUNTY
  EAST CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY
  HILL COUNTY
  NORTHERN MCLENNAN COUNTY

AT 621 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF HILLSBORO TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAMILTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BLUM...BYNUM...CARL'S
CORNER...CLIFTON...COVINGTON...CRANFILLS GAP...CRAWFORD...
HILLSBORO...HUBBARD...IREDELL...ITASCA...LACY-LAKEVIEW...MERIDIAN...
NORTHCREST...VALLEY MILLS...WEST...WHITNEY...MERIDIAN STATE PARK AND
LAKE WHITNEY STATE PARK.

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

LAT...LON 3179 9821 3185 9789 3202 9800 3221 9763
      3220 9759 3218 9760 3218 9758 3215 9757
      3213 9752 3218 9747 3227 9709 3206 9695
      3206 9689 3182 9672 3171 9693 3164 9689
      3147 9774
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 315DEG 14KT 3187 9729 3174 9800

Special weather statement, Apr 21, 6:37 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 21, 6:46 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 21, 6:57 PM CDT, 7 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
Apr 21, 7:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hill	29 min
Apr 21, 7:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rains	24 min
Apr 21, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rains, Rockwall	46 min
Apr 21, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Hill	66 min
Apr 21, 7:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	31 min
Apr 21, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	37 min
Apr 21, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman	65 min
Apr 21, 8:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Kaufman, Van Zandt	94 min
Apr 21, 8:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Van Zandt	33 min
Apr 21, 8:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Van Zandt	36 min
Apr 21, 9:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson	38 min
Apr 21, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson	50 min
Apr 21, 10:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	24 min

Nearby

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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.