July 13, 2000 - Event NarrativeAn unusually strong upper level ridge of high pressure developed over North Texas in July, but there was just enough instability for isolated thunderstorms to develop during the heat of the afternoon.
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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.
The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
July 13, 2000 - Event NarrativeAn unusually strong upper level ridge of high pressure developed over North Texas in July, but there was just enough instability for isolated thunderstorms to develop during the heat of the afternoon.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A straight line wind was estimated at 90 mph. The wind blew down a large building under construction; crushing a truck. A tree was blown onto a car and a small store was destroyed.
Trees were blown down by high thunderstorm wind.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2000
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: 5163704, 5163705, 5163706.