Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- July 30, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County, Ft Worth
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -97.350
A tree and some signs were blown down by high winds.
Damaging Wind in Texas, July 30, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- None recorded
- 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 forecasters said that day
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 30, 12:55 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 12:55 PM CST, 4 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 155 PM CDT TUE JUL 30 2002 WILL PUT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSRA ACROSS THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST THROUGH THURSDAY. AVN KEEPS SHEAR AXIS ACROSS NORTH AND NORTHWEST COUNTIES...AND SEEMS TO BE HANDLING THIS EVENT BETTER THAN THE ETA. WILL MAKE SOME TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENTS NORTH AND NORTHWEST DUE TO CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION CHANCES. FCSTID = 59 DFW 76 95 78 97 / 20 20 0 0 ACT 77 98 76 97 / 0 0 0 0 PRX 74 91 75 94 / 20 30 0 20 DTO 75 91 76 96 / 20 30 0 20 TKI 75 91 76 96 / 20 30 0 20 DAL 76 95 78 97 / 20 20 0 0 TRL 76 92 75 95 / 20 20 0 0 CRS 77 94 75 95 / 0 0 0 0 TPL 77 98 76 97 / 0 0 0 0 .FWD...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 2:20 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-311000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 320 PM CDT TUE JUL 30 2002 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT...GENERALLY NORTH OF A COMANCHE...CLEBURNE...CANTON LINE. WHILE NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...ISOLATED STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF WINDS TO 50 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS THAT MAY CAUSE BRIEF PROBLEMS IN FLOOD PRONE OR LOW LYING AREAS.
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:56 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, July 30, 2002
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, July 30, 2002
- Heat in Arkansas, July 30, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 30, 2002
- Hail in Nebraska, July 30, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 30, 2002
- Lightning Strikes in Tennessee, July 30, 2002
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Arkansas, July 30, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 30, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 30, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 30, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 30 to 31, 2002
More
Every storm in Texas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2002
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: 5304503.