1 tornado, 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 Jul 1, 1:45 PM CST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED TO INCLUDE VALUES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 245 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2003 WEAK UPPER TROF BARELY VISIBLE ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY HAS KICKED OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTHERN THROUGH EASTERN ZONES. CELLS SHOULD MOVE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AND WEAKEN SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. WARMING TREND OVER NEXT FEW DAYS STILL LOOKS ON TRACK. THE ETA GENERATES HIGHS OF 100 ON WED AND THU BUT IT HAS BEEN SHOWING A WARM BIAS LATELY SO WILL STAY WITH UPPER 90S. WINDS WILL STAY LIGHT...SWITCHING TO LIGHT SOUTH TOMORROW AND THEN GETTING BACK TO OUR AVERAGE SOUTH FLOW ON THURSDAY. POPS IN THE EXTENDED LOOK LIKE MORE OF THE SAME...THE PATTERN REMAINING WEAK WITH A FAIRLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO FIRE OFF ON ANY DISTURBANCE THAT MAY MOVE THROUGH. SEVERE SEEMS UNLIKELY GIVEN WEAK FLOW. MODELS HAVE A HARD TIME CATCHING THESE WEAK DISTURBANCES SO WE WILL HAVE TO REMAIN VIGILANT. FCSTID = 25 DFW 74 97 75 97 / 20 10 0 10 ACT 73 97 75 98 / 0 10 0 10 PRX 73 94 75 96 / 20 10 0 10 DTO 73 96 75 97 / 20 10 0 10 TKI 73 96 75 97 / 20 10 0 10 DAL 73 96 75 97 / 20 10 0 10 TRL 73 96 75 97 / 20 10 0 10 CRS 74 96 75 98 / 10 10 0 10 TPL 74 98 76 98 / 0 10 0 10 .FWD... TX...NONE. 25/ OD
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-020700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 200 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF A BOWIE...TO CLEBURNE...TO PALESTINE LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX. WITH ANY STRONGER STORMS...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL UP TO ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:49 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A land spout was reported and confirmed by photo imagery in Frisco at Highway 121 and Legacy drive.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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