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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 8, 2015Cooke County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2015, 8:35 PM CDT for Cooke County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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: May 8, 2015, 8:35 PM CDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2015, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Cooke 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
May 8, 12:51 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
May 8, 7:27 PM CDT	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 May 8, 7:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 7:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 3:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
344 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2015

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-091200-
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-
344 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE.
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FLASH FLOODING...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE THE THREATS.

THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE ALONG
AND NORTH OF I-20 TO THE RED RIVER WHERE GROUNDS ARE ALREADY
SATURATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTH TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. IN ADDITION...FLASH
FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME.

SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES DIMINISH HEADED INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

JLDUNN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 8, 6:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 8, 6:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
624 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2015

TXZ145-090015-
HILL TX-
624 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HILL COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 623 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG WINDS OVER HILL
COUNTY. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HILLSBORO...WHITNEY...ITASCA...HUBBARD...BLUM...COVINGTON...BYNUM...
CARL'S CORNER...ABBOTT...MOUNT CALM...MALONE...PENELOPE AND AQUILLA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
 INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 355 AND 369.
 INTERSTATE 35W BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 13.
 INTERSTATE 35E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 371 AND 378.

LAT...LON 3171 9693 3186 9704 3178 9723 3214 9749
      3215 9747 3217 9746 3226 9708 3206 9694
      3206 9692 3182 9672
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 195DEG 17KT 3197 9704

JLDUNN

Special weather statement, May 8, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 8, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
647 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2015

TXZ094-095-090030-
LAMAR TX-FANNIN TX-
647 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN LAMAR AND
NORTHEASTERN FANNIN COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 647 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
HONEY GROVE...OR 18 MILES WEST OF PARIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HONEY GROVE...DODD CITY AND WINDOM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
AREAS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3393 9556 3387 9555 3349 9578 3356 9617
      3388 9592 3384 9583 3386 9581 3384 9577
      3385 9576 3388 9576 3390 9575 3388 9570
      3391 9566 3391 9564 3394 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 206DEG 26KT 3366 9586

JLDUNN

Local storm report, May 8, 7:46 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 8, 8:02 PM CDT, 33 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
May 8, 7:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	3 hr
May 8, 7:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Young	43 min
May 8, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	39 min
May 8, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Montague	50 min
May 8, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens, Young	58 min
May 8, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	60 min
May 8, 7:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro	3 hr
May 8, 7:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Young	3 hr
May 8, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young	57 min
May 8, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Montague	15 min
May 8, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	47 min
May 8, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young	59 min
May 8, 8:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Stephens	3 hr
May 8, 9:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke	3 hr
May 8, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young	62 min
May 8, 9:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	48 min
May 8, 10:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Montague	3 hr
May 8, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Palo Pinto, Young	26 min
May 8, 10:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke	3 hr
May 8, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	42 min
May 8, 10:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Young	3 hr
May 8, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	62 min
May 8, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	47 min
May 8, 11:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lamar	43 min
May 8, 11:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Stephens	3 hr
May 9, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	39 min
May 9, 3:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Stephens	6 hr
May 9, 5:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	44 min
May 9, 6:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	35 min
May 9, 6:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack	47 min
May 9, 6:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	50 min
May 9, 7:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	38 min
May 9, 8:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	51 min
May 9, 8:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Montague	3 hr
May 9, 8:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	44 hr
May 9, 9:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	23 min
May 9, 9:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Wise	2 hr
May 9, 9:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Young	28 hr
May 9, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	27 hr
May 9, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	3 days
May 9, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	5 days
May 9, 9:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton	41 min
May 9, 10:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Cooke, Denton	114 min
May 9, 10:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin, Denton, Grayson	67 min
May 9, 10:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Cooke, Denton, Grayson	6 hr
May 9, 10:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	119 min
May 9, 11:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	61 min
May 9, 12:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Fannin	3 hr
May 9, 12:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	41 min
May 9, 12:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	3 hr
May 9, 12:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	45 min
May 9, 1:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Grayson	26 min
May 9, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Grayson	34 min
May 9, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	56 min
May 9, 2:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Grayson	39 min
May 9, 2:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Lamar	115 min
May 9, 3:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Fannin	3 hr
May 9, 3:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Wise	117 min
May 9, 3:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	51 hr
May 9, 3:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	17 hr
May 9, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	61 min
May 9, 4:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Lamar	3 hr
May 9, 4:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Eastland	47 min
May 9, 4:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Denton	3 hr
May 9, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	64 min
May 9, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	64 min
May 9, 4:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FWD	Eastland	29 min
May 9, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke	43 min
May 9, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FWD	Cooke	35 min
May 9, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	55 min
May 9, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Lamar	20 min
May 9, 5:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Eastland	6 hr
May 9, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	63 min
May 9, 5:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Eastland	33 min
May 9, 5:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Cooke	22 min
May 9, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	61 min
May 9, 5:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Young	32 min
May 9, 5:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Young	2 hr
May 9, 6:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Grayson	24 min
May 9, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto	66 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.