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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 23, 2017Anderson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2017, 4:25 PM CDT for Anderson County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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: May 23, 2017, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2017, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Anderson County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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
May 23, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm 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 May 23, 4:00 PM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 4:00 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 3:59 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 3:54 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 3:55 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 4:00 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 4:14 PM CDT, 11 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
May 22, 10:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Grayson	39 min
May 22, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	50 min
May 22, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Denton, Montague, Wise	50 min
May 23, 12:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Wise	45 min
May 23, 1:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	37 min
May 23, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant	21 min
May 23, 1:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Denton	119 min
May 23, 1:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Eastland, Erath	50 min
May 23, 1:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin, Rockwall	28 min
May 23, 2:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Erath	29 min
May 23, 7:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	31 min
May 23, 8:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Comanche	49 min
May 23, 9:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	38 min
May 23, 9:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	51 min
May 23, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam	36 min
May 23, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	31 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.