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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 19, 2015Palo Pinto County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2015, 6:48 PM CDT for Palo Pinto County, Texas. It was in force for 42 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 19, 2015, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2015, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Palo Pinto County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 19, 5:56 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 19, 3:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 3:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 4:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 6:09 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
609 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015

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

0609 PM     HAIL             ANTELOPE                33.43N  98.37W
05/19/2015  E1.00 INCH       JACK               TX   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN ANTELOPE

Local storm report, May 19, 6:18 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
618 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015

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

0617 PM     HAIL             ANTELOPE                33.43N  98.37W
05/19/2015  M1.75 INCH       JACK               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN ANTELOPE

Local storm report, May 19, 6:22 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
622 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015

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

0620 PM     HAIL             4 E ANTELOPE            33.43N  98.30W
05/19/2015  E2.75 INCH       JACK               TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BASEBALL SIZE HAIL

Local storm report, May 19, 6:27 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
627 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015

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

0622 PM     TORNADO          2 ENE PALO PINTO        32.78N  98.27W
05/19/2015                   PALO PINTO         TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2 TORNADOS ON THE GROUND

Local storm report, May 19, 6:36 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 19, 6:37 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
637 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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0630 PM     TORNADO          2 NE PALO PINTO         32.79N  98.28W
05/19/2015                   PALO PINTO         TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 7:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell, Falls, McLennan	2 hr
May 18, 8:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Milam	117 min
May 18, 8:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bell	2 hr
May 18, 8:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Limestone	40 hr
May 18, 8:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	49 min
May 18, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	28 min
May 18, 10:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell, Robertson	46 min
May 19, 3:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	FWD	Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 24 more	32 hr
May 19, 2:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hill	38 min
May 19, 2:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis	40 min
May 19, 3:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hill	3 hr
May 19, 3:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Ellis	36 min
May 19, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill, Johnson	41 min
May 19, 4:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	34 hr
May 19, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	57 min
May 19, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	44 min
May 19, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	49 min
May 19, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Palo Pinto	50 min
May 19, 5:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FWD	Jack, Young	27 min
May 19, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	50 min
May 19, 5:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Young	3 hr
May 19, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Jack	49 min
May 19, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	63 min
May 19, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	46 min
May 19, 6:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FWD	Palo Pinto	49 min
May 19, 6:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Jack	3 hr
May 19, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Young	58 min
May 19, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Young	49 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.