Flood and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 24, 2005

Name: Flood and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 24, 2005
Start: 2005-08-24T01:30
End: 2005-08-24T03:00
Location: Texas

August 24, 2005 · NWS FWD · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $7,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 Aug 23, 8:20 PM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 8:20 PM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
920 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2005

.UPDATED...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FIRE ON MULTIPLE OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES MOVING ACROSS THE METROPLEX AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.  STORMS
ARE VERY HIGH BASED AND HAVE DECENT DOWNBURST POTENTIAL BASED ON
INVERTED V SOUNDING FROM FWD AT 00Z.  WILL CONTINUE SOME 20 PERCENT
POPS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS 20 KNOT SOUTHERLY INFLOW
CONTINUE TO FEED THE STORMS.  A FEW STORMS MAY EVEN LINGER AFTER
MIDNIGHT BUT COVERAGE WILL BE VERY LIMITED.

WILL ISSUE AN UPDATE TO KEEP SOME VERY LOW POPS IN THE NORTH
OVERNIGHT.  WILL ALSO ADJUST HOURLY TEMPS/WINDS/CLOUDS BASED ON
CURRENT TRENDS.

FOR AVIATION...WILL ALSO KEEP SOME THUNDER MENTIONED ACROSS THE
METROPLEX TAF SITES THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

UPDATE WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.

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&&

.AVIATION DISCUSSION...
635 PM
AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY GENERATED EARLIER TODAY HAS MADE ITS WAY INTO
NORTH TEXAS.  SO FAR...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN HAVING A
HARD TIME SUSTAINING THEMSELVES OVER THE AREA...AS BETTER MOISTURE
AND INSTABILITY ARE LOCATED TO OUR EAST AND SOUTH.  A FEW STORMS MAY
DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TO OUR NE...BUT FELT THAT THE CHANCE OF THIS
ACTIVITY REACHING THE METROPLEX WAS TOO SLIM TO MENTION IN TAFS.

VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH ONLY SCATTERED CUMULUS EXPECTED
TOMORROW.  WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND SOUTHERLY THROUGH 18Z.  #13

&&

.241 PM CDT PUBLIC FORECAST DISCUSSION...

...HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

UPPER RIDGE H7/H5 WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF NORTH TEXAS WEATHER FOR
THE REST OF THE WEEK BEFORE RELEASING IT/S GRIP NEXT WEEK AS DEEP
TROUGHING OCCURS OVER THE WESTERN STATES. FOR THIS REASONING WE HAVE
BUMPED UP MAX/MIN TEMPS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND WILL BE ISSUING A
HEAT ADVISORY FOR TARRANT AND DALLAS COUNTIES THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.

WESTERLY WINDS AND AFTERNOON MIXING OF DEWPOINTS HAVE SAVED US FROM
EXCESSIVE HEAT DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS...BUT THIS SHOULD END AS
WINDS BECOME SOUTHERLY.

AS FOR PRECIPITATION... THIS MORNINGS OUTFLOW SHOULD PRODUCE A FEW
STORMS BY LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING OVER THE NORTHEAST COUNTIES.
FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK...ONLY THE EASTERN COUNTIES SEEM TO HAVE
ANY HOPE.  COME THIS WEEKEND...WE FOCUS ON THE RED RIVER VALLEY
WHERE STORMS/MCS OVER OKLAHOMA COULD SLIDE SOUTHWARD.  THE
SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES ALSO MAY SEE ISOLATED ACTIVITY OVER THE
WEEKEND. NEXT WEEK AS THE WESTERN U.S. TROUGH AMPLIFIES... STRONG
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE FROM ARIZONA TO NORTH DAKOTA THUS
KEEPING THE MAIN STORM TRACK AND POSSIBLE PRECIPITATION ELSEWHERE
BUT OVER NORTH TEXAS.

LOOKING TOWARDS NEXT MONTH...LATEST GFS SERIES CONTINUES WITH THE
RIDGE PLACEMENT OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND TROUGHS ALONG BOTH
COASTS. THIS PATTERN DOES NOT FAVOR SIGNIFICANT BENEFICIAL
PRECIPITATION FOR THE REGION DURING THE FIRST WEEK OR TWO OF
SEPTEMBER.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  80 101  79 101 /  20  10   0  10
WACO, TX              79 102  78 101 /  10  10   0  10
PARIS, TX             74  99  75 100 /  30  20  20  20
DENTON, TX            76 100  76 100 /  10  10   0  10
MCKINNEY, TX          75 100  75 101 /  20  20   0  10
DALLAS, TX            81 101  80 101 /  20  10   0  10
TERRELL, TX           75 100  77 101 /  30  20   0  10
CORSICANA, TX         75 101  77 101 /  20  10   0  10
TEMPLE, TX            75 102  76 101 /  10  10   0  10

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM WEDNESDAY FOR TXZ118-TXZ119.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 9:40 PM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1040 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2005

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-241100-
ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA-
DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON-
HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS-
LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO-
PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT-
WISE-YOUNG-
1040 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS ABOUT THE
NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS...ALONG AND NORTH OF A PALO
PINTO...DALLAS...TO CANTON LINE. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED BUT
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING WILL PRESENT A HAZARD.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA EAST OF A
SHERMAN...KAUFMAN...PALESTINE LINE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THERE IS
ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE RED RIVER SATURDAY...
THEN AGAIN SUNDAY ALONG WITH A CHANCE IN THE SOUTHEAST. LIGHTNING...
GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ONCE AGAIN POSE THE
PRIMARY HAZARDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 23, 9:58 PM CST, 3 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1058 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2005

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1052 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CUMBY                   33.13N  95.84W
08/23/2005                   HOPKINS            TX   PUBLIC

            TWO BARN TYPE STRUCTURES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND AN AWNING
            WAS BLOWN OFF A TRAILER.

Local storm report, Aug 23, 9:58 PM CST, 3 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED EVENT TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1058 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2005

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1015 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CUMBY                   33.13N  95.84W
08/23/2005                   HOPKINS            TX   PUBLIC

            TWO BARN TYPE STRUCTURES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND AN AWNING
            WAS BLOWN OFF A TRAILER.

Local storm report, Aug 24, 1:15 AM CST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
215 AM CDT WED AUG 24 2005

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0940 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FLOWER MOUND            33.03N  97.09W
08/23/2005                   DENTON             TX   RETIRED MET

            LARGE TRASH CANS BLOWN OVER IN STREET AND VARIOUS
            DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES DOWN (BRUTON RD @ FM 1171).

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Event by event

1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Hopkins

When: August 24, 1:30 AM CST to 3:00 AM CST
Where: Hopkins forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.617, -101.300

Portions of Interstate 30 were underwater. Street flooding was also reported in Sulphur Springs.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hunt

When: August 24, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Hunt County, Campbell
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated sustained
Property damage: $7,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 33.150, -95.950

High winds destroyed a barn and a storage shed.

What these are

Flood: Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
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

Every storm in Texas in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, August 2005

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: 5471417, 5471418.