2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 9, 8:10 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 910 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2003 .PUBLIC DISCUSSION... CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE FOR TONIGHT BUT DID DO SOME ADJUSTMENTS FOR TEMPERATURE TRENDS AND WIND DIRECTIONS. OTHERWISE...HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT MCS ACROSS NE EARLY THIS EVENING. WHILE THIS IS QUITE FAR AWAY FROM N TEXAS...NORTH FLOW WILL BRING IT SOUTH. 18Z MESO ETA SHOWS SOME QPF INTO OUR N ZONES BY MID AFTERNOON ON SUNDAY. WITH THIS IN MIND...HAVE INCREASED POPS TO 20 PERCENT ON SUNDAY. REST OF PACKAGE LEFT ALONE ATTM. 80 .00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION 650 PM CDT... CLOUD BANK BEGINNING TO EXIT REGION. OVERNIGHT...SKC WITH LIGHT N/E WINDS. SOME CI/CS POSSIBLE EARLY MORNING WITH STORMS OVER ROCKIES AND CENTRAL PLAINS. WITH WET SOIL...CU TO FORM BY MID-MORNING... 2-3KFT LIFTING TO 5-6KFT BY LATE AFTERNOON. LIGHT E/S WINDS SUNDAY. 25 .AFTERNOON PUBLIC DISCUSSION 355 PM CDT... A SIGNIFICANT MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM (MCS) HAS MOVED THROUGH OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT/THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE MCS HAS STABILIZED MOST OF THE AREA...WITH THE SIGNIFICANT INSTABILITY AND DEEP...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE PUSHED WELL TO THE SOUTH. FURTHERMORE...THE OKLAHOMA/KANSAS AREA HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN...WITH ONLY MODEST INSTABILITY AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WITHIN THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE MODELS AGREE THAT NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF AN MCS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT...EXCEPT POSSIBLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THUS...WE HAVE MINIMIZED POPS FOR TONIGHT...WITH 20 PERCENT CHANCES LEFT IN THE SOUTH. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION... AND POSSIBLY ANOTHER MCS...APPEARS TO BE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY. THE MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH A SHORT WAVE TROUGH AND A WEAK SURFACE FRONT OR LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS LATE SUNDAY AND EARLY MONDAY. WE HAVE RAISED POPS TO AS HIGH AS 40 PERCENT IN THE NORTHEAST AND 30 PERCENT ELSEWHERE FOR THIS EVENT. THESE POPS ARE LIABLE TO BE INCREASED IN SUBSEQUENT FORECASTS IF THE FAVORABLE OBSERVATIONS AND MODEL CONSENSUS CONTINUE. TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK...WE STAY MOIST...AND NOT SO HOT. THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMES LESS NORTHERLY AND MORE EASTERLY. THIS WILL DIMINISH CHANCES FOR NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY...WITH MOST OF THE CONVECTION BECOMING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING VARIETY. MOREOVER...THE BEST CHANCE FOR POPS MAY MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN ZONES...AS THE GFS ADVERTISES A SURFACE WIND SHIFT LINE OR WEAK FRONT BECOMING ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE SOUTH. BY NEXT WEEKEND...THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMES MORE SOUTHERLY...ALTHOUGH WE REMAIN WEDGED BETWEEN UPPER LEVEL RIDGES. WE HAVE LOWERED POPS TO 20 PERCENT VALUES IN THAT PERIOD...AND KEPT TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S. MANY OF US WILL RECEIVE ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION THIS WEEK...AS THE RESPITE FROM THE EXTREME HEAT AND DRYNESS CONTINUES. FCSTID = 26 DFW 72 97 75 95 / 10 10 20 40 ACT 72 97 73 95 / 20 20 20 30 PRX 72 94 75 94 / 0 10 30 40 DTO 71 96 75 95 / 0 10 30 40 TKI 71 96 75 95 / 0 10 30 40 DAL 73 97 76 95 / 10 10 20 40 TRL 74 95 76 94 / 0 10 20 40 CRS 73 96 76 94 / 20 20 20 30 TPL 72 97 75 95 / 20 20 20 30 .FWD... TX...NONE.
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-101100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 331 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF AN ATHENS...TO HILLSBORO...TO LAMPASAS LINE...MAINLY THIS EVENING. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY AFTERNOON...A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER OKLAHOMA...AND THEN MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS EARLY MONDAY MORNING. DEPENDING ON WHERE THE COMPLEX DEVELOPS...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OVER A PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS MONDAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...BUT SCATTERED WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX. OTHERWISE...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD....ESPECIALLY FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 30/SS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
800 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1030 AM GLEN ROSE TX WIND DAMAGE
08/09/03 SOMERVELL SHERIFF REPORTED ROOF OF
RESIDENCE PEELED UP...
SHINGLES BLOWN OFF ROOF...
CARPORT DAMAGED...
NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN...
DEBRIS ON ROADWAYS
1100 AM CLEBURNE TX WIND DAMAGE
08/09/03 JOHNSON LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED
TREES UPROOTED...WITH
PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES
25The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:32 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds caused roof and carport damage, with numerous tree limbs down, and debris on roadways.
Trees were blown down by high winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2003
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: 5379149, 5379150.