2 lightning, 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 Jun 13, 2:35 AM CST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 335 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003 VERY ACTIVE PATTERN CONTINUES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING AND THINGS WILL JUST GET EVEN MORE ACTIVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. CURRENT CONVECTION WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INTO THE 40 KT LLJ THIS MORNING SO WILL NEED TO HAVE HIGH POPS ACROSS THE NORTH HALF FOR MAINLY THIS MORNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOOK PRETTY GOOD AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS THERE WILL BE BOUNDARIES-A-PLENTY AROUND AND MODELS SHOW WEAK FRONT TO WORK INTO N TEXAS. H5 PVA WILL ENHANCE LIFT ALONG THE BOUNDARY THIS EVENING AND WITH CAPE 2-4K J/KG...STEEP LAPSE RATES AND LITTLE CIN...SEVERE THREAT ON A MODERATE LEVEL LOOKS GOOD. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP MAINLY OUT WEST...WITH ENOUGH SHEAR AND VEERING TO ALLOW SOME SUPERCELLS TO FORM. PRIMARY THREAT SHOULD BE LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. SYSTEM SHOULD EVOLVE INTO A LARGE MCS WITH SEVERE THREAT EVOLVING INTO A FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD THREAT OVERNIGHT. BELIEVE THE GFS QPF MAY BE A BIT OVERDONE WITH 5 INCHES...BUT THERE COULD BE SOME AREAS THAT GET THAT MUCH GIVEN PWAT NEAR 2 INCHES ON ETA FORECAST SOUNDINGS. CORFIDI VECTORS AND MINOR THETA-E AXIS ALONG W-E BOUNDARY SUGGEST MCS WILL INITIALLY PROPAGATE E BEFORE TURNING MORE SE AND THEN POSSIBLY S INTO THE MAJOR THETA-E AXIS CLOSER TO 12Z SATURDAY. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF RAIN RECENTLY...AND THE PRETTY LOW FFG...WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE A FFA FOR MOST OF N TEXAS FOR TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPS WILL BE TRICKY THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS THEY WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDANT UPON CONVECTION...OR LACK THEREOF...IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. H5 LOW LOOKS TO GET CUT-OFF UNDER WRN RIDGE AND THIS...COUPLED WITH THE WEAKENING SURFACE COLD FRONT/TROUGH AXIS...WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES AROUND INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. FCSTID = 80 DFW 88 70 86 72 / 70 90 60 50 ACT 90 70 87 73 / 40 90 60 50 PRX 87 70 84 71 / 70 90 60 50 DTO 88 70 85 72 / 70 100 60 50 TKI 88 70 85 72 / 70 90 60 50 DAL 89 70 86 72 / 70 90 60 50 TRL 89 68 85 72 / 70 80 60 50 CRS 89 69 86 72 / 50 80 60 50 TPL 91 70 87 73 / 40 90 60 50 .FWD... TX...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR ZONES TXZ091>095...TXZ100>107...TXZ115>123...TXZ129>134...TXZ141>145...TXZ1 56>160...TXZ174.
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-132300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 415 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...NORTHWEST OF A CAMERON...HILLSBORO...CANTON LINE ... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH...ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A GOLDTHWAITE... DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX...GAINESVILLE LINE...MAINLY AFTER 6 PM. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE. SCATTERED SUPERCELLS...WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP NEAR A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW OVER WEST-CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY ON. AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST...STORMS SHOULD FORM INTO AN INTENSE SQUALL LINE OR CONVECTIVE COMPLEX AFTER DARK...WITH THE ADDED THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS REGION OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A THREAT FOR FLOODING WILL PERSIST EARLY SATURDAY. OTHERWISE...THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY...AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 BY THIS EVENING...AND OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT. 05/
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1232 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003
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1210 AM MERIDIAN TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/13/03 BOSQUE REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
213 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003
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150 AM BOWIE TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/13/03 MONTAGUE REPORTED BY FIRE DEPARTMENTThe Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 22 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:31 UTC.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Three homes in Colleyville were hit by lightning. One home valued at 340,000 dollars, was completely destroyed. The other two homes were heavily damaged.
A lightning started fire completely destroyed a house.
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, June 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: 5365706, 5365707.