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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 22, 2021Eastland County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Mar 22, 2021, 5:10 PM CDT for Eastland 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 22, 2021, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX

County Eastland County, TX

The radar

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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 22, 2:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 2:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 2:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
254 PM CDT Mon Mar 22 2021

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-231230-
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-
254 PM CDT Mon Mar 22 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.
Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and
evening. Some storms may become strong or severe with hail and
damaging winds as the main threats, especially across North Texas. A
low-end tornado threat will also exist.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.
Another round of thunderstorms will be possible on Wednesday. A
strong or marginally severe storm will be possible across the
southeast late Wednesday afternoon and evening.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is possible across North Texas this evening. The
most likely time for activation for locations west of I-35 will be
between 5 PM and 10 PM and between 8 PM and 1 AM east of I-35.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 22, 5:10 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
510 PM CDT Mon Mar 22 2021

TXZ129-141-222245-
Comanche TX-Eastland TX-
510 PM CDT Mon Mar 22 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN EASTLAND AND
NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

At 509 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Rising Star, or 22 miles south of Cisco, moving northeast at 40 mph.

Dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

 Locations impacted include...
Rising Star and Carbon.

LAT...LON 3215 9912 3238 9881 3206 9859 3199 9887
      3208 9893 3208 9912
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 239DEG 33KT 3206 9901

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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 22, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lampasas, Mills	57 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.