2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 12, 2:30 PM CST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 330 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002 COMPLEX SURFACE PATTERN THIS AFTERNOON WITH NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE CWA IN AREA OF BEST CONVERGENCE AND SURFACE HEATING. EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS AS WE NEAR CONVECTIVE TEMPS. THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTHWARD THROUGH OKLAHOMA AND SHOULD REACH THE RED RIVER EARLY THIS EVENING. CONVERGENCE ON THE FRONT WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. HAVE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE IN ALL ZONES TONIGHT DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS AND THE DOWNBURST WIND POTENTIAL. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOST LIKELY SLOW OR STALL NEAR THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY MORNING AND BEGIN A SLOW RETREAT NORTHWARD DURING THE DAY. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ON SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY SUNDAY AS THE COLD FRONT BECOMES LESS DEFINED. NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN THROUGH MONDAY WITH LARGE SCALE RIDGE IN PLACE OVER THE WESTERN U.S. AND A BROAD TROUGH ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EAST. UPPER RIDGE IS PROGGED TO BUILD ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. BY TUESDAY AND THIS WILL BRING DECREASING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND WARMER TEMPERATURES TO NORTH TEXAS. FCSTID = 79 DFW 73 90 71 92 / 60 50 40 30 ACT 73 93 72 95 / 60 50 50 30 PRX 72 88 70 92 / 50 40 40 30 DTO 71 89 71 92 / 60 40 40 30 TKI 71 89 71 92 / 60 40 40 30 DAL 73 90 71 92 / 60 50 40 30 TRL 72 88 70 92 / 50 40 40 30 CRS 74 92 72 95 / 60 50 50 30 TPL 73 93 72 95 / 60 50 50 30 .FWD...NONE.
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-122100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1209 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002 THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL REMAIN OVER NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FROM THUNDERSTORMS LAST NIGHT WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE MOST NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED NEAR AN EASTLAND...WACO...TO CENTERVILLE LINE. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR A COLD FRONT IN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHWARD. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE RED RIVER THIS EVENING AND AFFECT MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT. THE MAJORITY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL ALSO BRING A THREAT OF LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION BETWEEN 2 AND 6 PM...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF AN EASTLAND...WACO...TO CENTERVILLE LINE. ADDITIONAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY AFTER SUNSET...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20.
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-122100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1209 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002 THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL REMAIN OVER NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FROM THUNDERSTORMS LAST NIGHT WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE MOST NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED NEAR AN EASTLAND...WACO...TO CENTERVILLE LINE. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR A COLD FRONT IN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHWARD. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE RED RIVER THIS EVENING AND AFFECT MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT. THE MAJORITY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL ALSO BRING A THREAT OF LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION BETWEEN 2 AND 6 PM...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF AN EASTLAND...WACO...TO CENTERVILLE LINE. ADDITIONAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY AFTER SUNSET...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 330 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002 THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. THE FIRST AREA OF CONCERN IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A JACKSBORO...TO CANTON LINE THROUGH LATE EVENING. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON GOING AT LATE AFTERNOON... AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 OR 10 PM THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME MARGINALLY SEVERE DURING THEY LIFE CYCLE DUE AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND STRONG AFTERNOON HEATING. THE SECOND AREA OF CONCERN IS BETWEEN THE RED RIVER AND THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER SOUTH OKLAHOMA AT MID AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH AND MOVE ACROSS THE RED RIVER BEFORE 6 PM. THESE STORMS MAY SPREAD INTO THE METROPLEX BY 8 PM. IF THESE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER OVERNIGHT... THEY MAY MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS AFTER 10 PM. THE MAJORITY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF SOME STORMS WILL ALSO BRING A THREAT OF LOCALIZED FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION BETWEEN 4 AND 8 PM.
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-131000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...CORRECTED FOR UGC CODING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 330 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002 THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. THE FIRST AREA OF CONCERN IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A JACKSBORO...TO CANTON LINE THROUGH LATE EVENING. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON GOING AT LATE AFTERNOON... AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 OR 10 PM THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME MARGINALLY SEVERE DURING THEY LIFE CYCLE DUE AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND STRONG AFTERNOON HEATING. THE SECOND AREA OF CONCERN IS BETWEEN THE RED RIVER AND THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER SOUTH OKLAHOMA AT MID AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH AND MOVE ACROSS THE RED RIVER BEFORE 6 PM. THESE STORMS MAY SPREAD INTO THE METROPLEX BY 8 PM. IF THESE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER OVERNIGHT... THEY MAY MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS AFTER 10 PM. THE MAJORITY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF SOME STORMS WILL ALSO BRING A THREAT OF LOCALIZED FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION BETWEEN 4 AND 8 PM.
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:33 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A church steeple was blown off and several trees were blown down 4 to 6 miles south of Granbury on Highway 144 near Indian Harbor.
Trees were blown down by high winds.
Lightning started a fire in the attic of a house.
Occurred at the intesection of Interstate 30 and Zion Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2002
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: 5304494, 5304419, 5304493, 5304495.