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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Fort Worth, TX

February 21, 201529 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this winter storm warning at Feb 21, 2015, 3:58 PM CST for 29 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 22, 2015, 3:50 PM CST. It was in force for 23 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 21, 2015, 3:58 PM CST (21:58 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 22, 2015, 3:50 PM CST
Expired: Feb 23, 2015, 2:52 PM CST
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX

All 29 counties

Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 21, 3:47 PM CST, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 3:47 PM CST, 11 minutes before

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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.