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Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 9, 202323 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this red flag warning at Aug 9, 2023, 2:57 PM CDT for 23 counties in Texas. It took effect at Aug 10, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 9, 2023, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 10, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 10, 2023, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX

All 23 counties

Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Falls County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Mills County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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 red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Aug 8, 6:07 PM CDT, 20 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 6:07 PM CDT, 20 hours 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 3:27 PM CDT, 23 hours 30 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
Aug 9, 2:19 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	FWD	Collin, Delta, Henderson, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman and 3 more	5 days
Aug 9, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	31 min
Aug 9, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	11 min
Aug 9, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	37 min
Aug 9, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Stephens	32 min
Aug 9, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	29 min
Aug 9, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke	43 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.