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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 18, 2016Cooke County, Grayson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Mar 18, 2016, 9:02 AM CDT for Cooke County, Grayson County, Texas. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Mar 18, 2016, 9:02 AM CDT (14:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 18, 2016, 9:45 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX

Counties Cooke County, TX, Grayson County, TX

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 18, 7:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 7:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 4:17 AM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
417 AM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-190930-
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-
417 AM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND MOVES THROUGH THE REGION...THERE
WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OF ALL OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL. DAMAGING WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STORMS THIS
AFTERNOON SOUTH OF I-20. SOME SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
SOUTH OF A COMANCHE TO ATHENS LINE THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS IN ADDITION TO
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND THEN START
TO SHIFT SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A
GOLDTHWAITE TO ATHENS LINE MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING SOUTH OF A
GOLDTHWAITE TO ATHENS LINE. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY EAST OF THE I-35
CORRIDOR...AND AREA WIDE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ACROSS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH
OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR THIS MORNING...AND PRIMARILY ALONG AND SOUTH
OF I-20 THIS AFTERNOON. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED SOUTH
OF A GOLDTHWAITE TO ATHENS LINE THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 18, 7:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
754 AM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016

TXZ091-181330-
MONTAGUE-
754 AM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN MONTAGUE COUNTY...

AT 754 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OSCAR...OR 9
MILES NORTH OF NOCONA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
MONTAGUE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3395 9759 3392 9760 3390 9758 3390 9755
      3392 9751 3391 9748 3378 9748 3377 9749
      3385 9785 3388 9782 3388 9780 3390 9780
      3390 9778 3392 9778 3391 9776 3394 9776
      3394 9773 3399 9769 3399 9766
TIME...MOT...LOC 1254Z 283DEG 34KT 3393 9774

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Special weather statement, Mar 18, 9:02 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
902 AM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016

TXZ092-093-181445-
GRAYSON TX-COOKE TX-
902 AM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL GRAYSON AND NORTHEASTERN
COOKE COUNTIES UNTIL 945 AM CDT...

AT 901 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES EAST OF THACKERVILLE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARIETTA...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHERMAN...DENISON...GAINESVILLE...WHITESBORO...POTTSBORO...LINDSAY...
CALLISBURG...KNOLLWOOD...EISENHOWER STATE PARK...SOUTHERN LAKE TEXOMA...
LAKE KIOWA...SOUTHMAYD AND SADLER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 494 AND 503.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3396 9691 3387 9688 3385 9685 3387 9680
      3382 9676 3384 9669 3392 9667 3390 9659
      3385 9663 3378 9647 3358 9649 3360 9734
      3379 9719 3372 9716 3373 9709 3380 9710
      3382 9705 3385 9709 3385 9701 3396 9698
TIME...MOT...LOC 1401Z 269DEG 30KT 3383 9702

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 7:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague36 min
Mar 18, 10:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar64 min
Mar 18, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar45 min
Mar 18, 12:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar44 min
Mar 18, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar45 min
Mar 18, 12:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar43 min
Mar 18, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLampasas38 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.