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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 332, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 24, 2015Dallas County, Kaufman County, Rockwall County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2015, 3:16 PM CDT for Dallas County, Kaufman County, Rockwall County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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 24, 2015, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dallas County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Rockwall County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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 23, 6:43 PM CDT, 20 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 6:43 PM CDT, 20 hours 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague42 min
Aug 24, 2:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis33 min
Aug 24, 3:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas, Kaufman, Rockwall59 min
Aug 24, 4:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas40 min
Aug 24, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Rockwall41 min
Aug 24, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDelta, Hopkins51 min
Aug 24, 4:48 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Dallas57 min
Aug 24, 5:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDelta, Hopkins57 min
Aug 24, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson46 min
Aug 24, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson29 min
Aug 24, 6:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBosque33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.