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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 26, 2023Ellis County, Navarro County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2023, 12:10 AM CDT for Ellis County, Navarro County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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: Apr 26, 2023, 12:10 AM CDT (05:10 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2023, 12:41 AM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, TX, Navarro County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:13 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 Apr 25, 7:09 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 7:09 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 7:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 11:15 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 12:01 AM 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
Apr 25, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	30 min
Apr 25, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman, Van Zandt	51 min
Apr 25, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt	39 min
Apr 26, 12:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis	44 min
Apr 26, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	58 min
Apr 26, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson	38 min
Apr 26, 1:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Navarro	25 min
Apr 26, 1:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson	35 min
Apr 26, 1:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Henderson	54 min
Apr 26, 3:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Stephens	37 min
Apr 26, 4:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Delta	41 min
Apr 26, 5:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	34 min
Apr 26, 6:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson	30 min
Apr 26, 8:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall	19 hr
Apr 26, 8:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	24 hr
Apr 26, 1:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas, Rockwall	114 min
Apr 26, 1:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	13 hr
Apr 26, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Van Zandt	19 min
Apr 26, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	77 min
Apr 26, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	26 min
Apr 26, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hamilton	64 min
Apr 26, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Comanche, Erath	51 min
Apr 26, 4:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Bosque	44 min
Apr 26, 4:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Bosque, Coryell, McLennan	44 min
Apr 26, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Eastland	40 min
Apr 26, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hill	65 min
Apr 26, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FWD	Bosque, Erath, Hamilton, Somervell	48 min
Apr 26, 5:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bosque	3 hr
Apr 26, 5:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hill, McLennan	46 min
Apr 26, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FWD	Mills	59 min
Apr 26, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FWD	Bosque, Comanche, Erath, Hamilton	48 min
Apr 26, 5:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	McLennan	47 min
Apr 26, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FWD	Bosque, Erath, Somervell	38 min
Apr 26, 5:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Erath	2 hr
Apr 26, 6:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hill	2 hr
Apr 26, 6:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Mills	42 min
Apr 26, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hamilton	43 min
Apr 26, 6:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Falls, Limestone, McLennan	48 min
Apr 26, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Bosque, Hill	62 min
Apr 26, 6:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Mills	2 hr
Apr 26, 6:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hill	3 hr
Apr 26, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FWD	Bosque, Hill, McLennan	65 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.