1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 6, 2:39 PM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 339 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE MAJORITY OF STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES WILL BE LEFT IN PLACE FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY UNCHANGED THROUGH MID WEEK WITH THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS ANCHORED NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS AND A BROAD TROUGH MEANDERING NEAR AND WEST OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SINCE THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN MOIST AND UNSTABLE...WE WILL KEEP LOW POPS (20 TO 30 PERCENT) EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC WILL BUILD WESTWARD LATE IN THE WEEK AND BRING DRIER AND SLIGHTLY WARMER CONDITIONS && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 74 96 74 95 / 30 30 30 30 WACO, TX 73 95 73 94 / 30 40 30 30 PARIS, TX 71 94 73 93 / 30 30 30 30 DENTON, TX 72 96 74 95 / 30 30 30 30 MCKINNEY, TX 73 96 74 95 / 30 30 30 30 DALLAS, TX 74 96 75 95 / 30 30 30 30 TERRELL, TX 73 96 73 95 / 30 30 30 30 CORSICANA, TX 74 95 73 94 / 30 40 30 30 TEMPLE, TX 73 95 73 94 / 30 40 30 30 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. && 79/
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 400 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-071100- MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL- NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS- LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- 400 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE MAJORITY OF STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTH TEXAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. LATER IN THE WEEK...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL END THE STORM CHANCES FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... VERY LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 208 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 TXZ142-061930- MILLS- 208 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 203 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOLDTHWAITE. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY AND HAS PRODUCED NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL BETWEEN HIGHWAY 16 AND CARADAN. THIS STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 535 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 TXZ118-119-062300- DALLAS-TARRANT- 535 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 535 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF PANTEGO...OR 3 MILES EAST OF ARLINGTON...STATIONARY. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ARLINGTON...DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS...DUNCANVILLE...GRAND PRAIRIE...PANTEGO AND CEDAR HILL STATE PARK. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 541 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 TXZ103-119-062315- DALLAS-DENTON- 541 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE... AT 541 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HEBRON...OR OVER COPPELL... STATIONARY. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ADDISON...CARROLLTON... COPPELL...COPPER CANYON...DOUBLE OAK...FARMERS BRANCH...FLOWER MOUND...HEBRON...HIGHLAND VILLAGE...IRVING AND LEWISVILLE. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 25 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:47 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Roof of an apartment complex was damaged.
Lightning caused an apartment fire at the 5300 block of Fossil Creek Boulevard.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2005
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: 5471208, 5471209.