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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX
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.
The area
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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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The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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</html>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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</html>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
58Special 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.
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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
STALLEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 7:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Montague | 36 min |
| Mar 18, 10:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lamar | 64 min |
| Mar 18, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 12:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lamar | 44 min |
| Mar 18, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 12:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lamar | 43 min |
| Mar 18, 4:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lampasas | 38 min |
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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.