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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 368, NWS Fort Worth, TX

November 17, 20154 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 17, 2015, 4:45 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 50 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: Nov 17, 2015, 4:45 AM CST (10:45 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2015, 5:35 AM CST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:45 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
Nov 16, 10:45 PM CST	Tornado 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 Nov 17, 4:06 AM CST, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 17, 4:06 AM CST, 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 17, 4:24 AM CST, 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 17, 3:04 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
304 AM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

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

0245 AM     TSTM WND DMG     6 S WEATHERFORD         32.68N  97.80W
11/17/2015                   PARKER             TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            AT CR 1708 AND TINTOP RD - ROOF BLOWN ONTO THE ROAD.
            ALSO MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

Special weather statement, Nov 17, 3:20 AM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
320 AM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

TXZ092-093-171000-
GRAYSON TX-COOKE TX-
320 AM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GRAYSON AND COOKE COUNTIES UNTIL
400 AM CST...

AT 319 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
LINDSAY...OR NEAR GAINESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHERMAN...DENISON...GAINESVILLE...WHITESBORO...VAN ALSTYNE...HOWE...
POTTSBORO...COLLINSVILLE...GUNTER...TOM BEAN...LINDSAY...
CALLISBURG...KNOLLWOOD...DORCHESTER...LAKE KIOWA...EISENHOWER STATE
PARK...RAY ROBERTS PARK JOHNSON BRANCH...SOUTHERN LAKE TEXOMA...
SOUTHMAYD AND TIOGA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST FOR NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3396 9691 3387 9688 3387 9680 3382 9676
      3384 9669 3392 9667 3389 9660 3385 9663
      3377 9647 3340 9650 3343 9732 3388 9733
      3386 9726 3391 9719 3376 9719 3372 9711
      3382 9705 3385 9709 3385 9701 3396 9698
TIME...MOT...LOC 0919Z 261DEG 33KT 3360 9719

CAVANAUGH

Local storm report, Nov 17, 3:27 AM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 17, 4:25 AM CST, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 17, 4:37 AM CST, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 17, 4:45 AM CST, 0 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
Nov 17, 12:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	53 min
Nov 17, 12:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	56 min
Nov 17, 1:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Stephens	64 min
Nov 17, 1:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	57 min
Nov 17, 2:39 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	51 min
Nov 17, 2:41 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton, Wise	49 min
Nov 17, 2:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hood, Johnson	44 min
Nov 17, 2:54 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FWD	Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton, Jack, Mills and 3 more	13 hr
Nov 17, 3:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	59 min
Nov 17, 3:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	60 min
Nov 17, 3:20 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	40 min
Nov 17, 3:22 AM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Tarrant	38 min
Nov 17, 3:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	62 min
Nov 17, 3:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	64 min
Nov 17, 3:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Collin, Denton	29 min
Nov 17, 3:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Johnson	61 min
Nov 17, 4:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin	58 min
Nov 17, 4:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Collin	32 min
Nov 17, 4:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Grayson	64 min
Nov 17, 4:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt	66 min
Nov 17, 5:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Fannin, Lamar	60 min
Nov 17, 6:02 AM CST	High Wind Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Leon	58 min
Nov 17, 6:06 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas	114 min
Nov 17, 7:51 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	29 hr
Nov 17, 7:51 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	32 hr
Nov 17, 8:52 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	28 hr
Nov 17, 8:52 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	4 days
Nov 17, 10:24 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Leon, Milam, Robertson	2 hr
Nov 17, 1:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins	71 hr
Nov 17, 1:32 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Leon	55 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.