Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- July 23, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County, Arlington
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -97.120
Damaging Wind in Texas, July 23, 1996
Trees were uprooted and large limbs were blown down by high winds. The roof was also blown off an apartment complex.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Trees were uprooted and large limbs were blown down by high winds. The roof was also blown off an apartment complex.
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 24 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:00 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5557876.