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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Fort Worth, TX

February 9, 2020Anderson County, Freestone County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 9, 2020, 7:37 PM CST for Anderson County, Freestone County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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: Feb 9, 2020, 7:37 PM CST (01:37 UTC)
Expired: Feb 9, 2020, 8:15 PM CST
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Anderson County, TX, Freestone County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 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 Feb 9, 7:05 PM CST, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 7:05 PM CST, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 9, 7:05 PM CST, 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 9, 7:31 PM CST, 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
731 PM CST Sun Feb 9 2020

TXZ147-161-100200-
Limestone TX-Freestone TX-
731 PM CST Sun Feb 9 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN FREESTONE AND EAST
CENTRAL LIMESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CST...

At 730 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles south of Teague, moving northeast at 45 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts to 40 mph will be possible with this
storm.

 Locations impacted include...
Teague and Fairfield.

LAT...LON 3162 9588 3147 9611 3140 9627 3138 9631
      3149 9643 3179 9612
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 227DEG 37KT 3149 9629

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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
Feb 9, 7:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Freestone	29 min
Feb 10, 11:59 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	46 min
Feb 10, 4:28 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton	32 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.