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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2015, 3:57 PM CDT for Palo Pinto County, Stephens County, Young County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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 18, 2015, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2015, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Palo Pinto County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 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 18, 2:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 2:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 3:22 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 322 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2015 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-191245- 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- 322 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING IN THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR...AND ACROSS THE REST OF THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 3:02 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Johnson | 33 min |
| Apr 17, 7:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 50 min |
| Apr 17, 8:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 2 hr |
| Apr 17, 8:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Falls | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Dallas | 2 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls, Milam, Robertson | 2 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rockwall | 21 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens, Young | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 57 min |
| Apr 18, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 53 min |
| Apr 18, 5:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 62 min |
| Apr 18, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton, Mills | 56 min |
| Apr 18, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 60 min |
| Apr 18, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 6:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Somervell | 66 min |
| Apr 18, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 64 min |
| Apr 18, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hood, Parker | 19 min |
| Apr 18, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 52 min |
| Apr 18, 6:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Cooke, Montague, Wise | 2 hr |
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.