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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 18, 2018Robertson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2018, 4:54 PM CDT for Robertson County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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: Mar 18, 2018, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2018, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Robertson County, TX

The radar

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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
Mar 18, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 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 Mar 18, 3:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 3:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 2:54 PM CDT, 2 hours before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 18, 11:19 AM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 18, 11:33 AM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 18, 4:22 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
422 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2018

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

0420 PM     HAIL             MINERVA                 30.73N 97.02W
03/18/2018  E1.00 INCH       MILAM              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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Special weather statement, Mar 18, 4:35 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
435 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2018

TXZ132-133-143>145-182215-
Bosque TX-Hill TX-Hamilton TX-Johnson TX-Somervell TX-
435 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN SOMERVELL...NORTHEASTERN
HAMILTON...SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON...CENTRAL BOSQUE AND WEST CENTRAL
HILL COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

At 435 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Iredell, or 21 miles northeast of Hamilton, moving northeast at 35
mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Meridian, Hico, Blum, Iredell, Cranfills Gap, Cleburne State Park,
Meridian State Park, Walnut Springs and Morgan.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
central and north central Texas.

LAT...LON 3204 9796 3209 9786 3211 9788 3232 9763
      3232 9762 3236 9758 3209 9735 3172 9780
      3198 9803
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 236DEG 29KT 3195 9790

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Local storm report, Mar 18, 4:45 PM CDT, 9 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
Mar 17, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Robertson	41 min
Mar 17, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls, Leon, Limestone, Robertson	53 min
Mar 17, 7:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Falls	33 min
Mar 17, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Robertson	32 min
Mar 17, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	34 min
Mar 17, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Milam	40 min
Mar 17, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Leon	29 min
Mar 17, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Leon	55 min
Mar 17, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam	45 min
Mar 18, 12:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Leon	119 min
Mar 18, 3:52 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	FWD	Comanche, Coryell, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton, Lampasas and 4 more	24 hr
Mar 18, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Milam, Robertson	57 min
Mar 18, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bosque	40 min
Mar 18, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque	51 min
Mar 18, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill, Johnson	61 min
Mar 18, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hill, McLennan	67 min
Mar 18, 5:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hill	33 min
Mar 18, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Milam, Robertson	66 min
Mar 18, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro	66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2018 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2018

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.