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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 15, 2023Cooke County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2023, 7:04 PM CDT for Cooke County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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: Jun 15, 2023, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2023, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Cooke County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 15, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jun 15, 3:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 3:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 3:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 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
Jun 15, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	56 min
Jun 15, 7:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	47 min
Jun 15, 8:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Montague	44 min
Jun 15, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	61 min
Jun 15, 8:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	42 min
Jun 15, 8:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	3 hr
Jun 15, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Montague	61 min
Jun 15, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Collin, Fannin, Grayson	62 min
Jun 15, 9:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Collin, Fannin, Grayson	47 min
Jun 15, 9:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke, Montague	2 hr
Jun 15, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Collin, Cooke, Denton, Grayson	53 min
Jun 15, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Collin, Fannin, Hunt, Rockwall	62 min
Jun 15, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Montague	62 min
Jun 15, 10:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Collin, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt	46 min
Jun 15, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Denton	36 min
Jun 15, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Lamar	34 min
Jun 15, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Denton, Grayson	62 min
Jun 15, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Montague	64 min
Jun 15, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	54 min
Jun 15, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman and 4 more	63 min
Jun 15, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Collin, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt	39 min
Jun 15, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FWD	Hunt	14 min
Jun 15, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Cooke, Denton, Grayson	57 min
Jun 15, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FWD	Hopkins	21 min
Jun 15, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Cooke, Montague	47 min
Jun 15, 11:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	41 min
Jun 15, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Henderson, Rains, Van Zandt	52 min
Jun 16, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Collin, Cooke, Denton, Grayson	37 min
Jun 16, 12:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	39 hr
Jun 16, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Hunt	59 min
Jun 16, 12:38 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	FWD	Anderson, Bell, Coryell, Falls, Freestone, Henderson and 7 more	67 hr
Jun 16, 1:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	73 min
Jun 16, 1:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Hopkins, Hunt, Rains, Van Zandt	68 min
Jun 16, 2:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt	60 min
Jun 16, 2:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Hunt	51 min
Jun 16, 3:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt	60 min
Jun 16, 3:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt	54 min
Jun 16, 4:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Henderson, Van Zandt	65 min
Jun 16, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	McLennan	30 min
Jun 16, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill, Limestone, McLennan	54 min
Jun 16, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lampasas	37 min
Jun 16, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, Lampasas	62 min
Jun 16, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lampasas	65 min
Jun 16, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lampasas	33 min
Jun 16, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, Lampasas	58 min
Jun 16, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill, Limestone, McLennan	56 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.