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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 8, 2026Montague County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2026, 10:28 PM CDT for Montague 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: May 8, 2026, 10:28 PM CDT (03:28 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2026, 11:09 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Montague County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 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
May 8, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

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 May 8, 7:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 7:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 8, 10:25 PM CDT, 3 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
May 8, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Montague	55 min
May 8, 10:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin	35 min
May 8, 10:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hopkins	51 min
May 8, 11:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins	23 min
May 8, 11:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hopkins, Hunt	3 hr
May 8, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Young	33 min
May 8, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	45 min
May 8, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Young	62 min
May 9, 1:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	29 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.