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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 27, 2018Denton County, Parker County, Tarrant County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2018, 6:15 AM CDT for Denton County, Parker County, Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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 27, 2018, 6:15 AM CDT (11:15 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2018, 6:44 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Denton County, TX, Parker County, TX, Tarrant County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:16 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 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 27, 3:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 3:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 4:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 27, 2:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 27, 5:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 27, 5:29 AM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 27, 6:03 AM CDT, 12 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 26, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	54 min
Mar 26, 7:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke	62 min
Mar 26, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	32 min
Mar 26, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens, Young	56 min
Mar 26, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	46 min
Mar 27, 2:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack	33 min
Mar 27, 5:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	28 min
Mar 27, 5:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Erath	31 min
Mar 27, 6:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hood, Parker	42 min
Mar 27, 6:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	38 min
Mar 27, 8:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	55 hr
Mar 27, 8:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	62 hr
Mar 27, 8:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	59 hr
Mar 27, 8:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	38 hr
Mar 27, 8:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	60 hr
Mar 27, 9:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	36 min
Mar 27, 2:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	40 hr

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.