9 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 22, 10:12 AM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1112 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 2006 .UPDATE... OUTFLOW BOUNDARY HAS PUSHED SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE METROPLEX THIS MORNING...AND ROUGHLY EXTENDS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR FROM SULPHUR SPRINGS...WESTWARD TO ARLINGTON AND CISCO. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF STRONG SUBSIDENCE ALOFT...EXPECT THIS FEATURE TO WEAKEN AND BECOME DIFFUSE BY EARLY AFTERNOON WHILE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING AND/OR OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES BECOME REESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE RED RIVER AND INTERSTATE 20. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTH OF WEAK LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE ZONE IN THIS AREA. HOWEVER...AREAL COVERAGE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE GREATEST CLOSER TO THE RED RIVER...WHERE EFFECTS OF MID AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BE MUCH LESS. WILL MAINTAIN HIGHEST POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES...WITH ISOLATED ACTIVITY ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS. MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH CURRENTLY ACROSS EAST TEXAS WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED AS IT APPROACHES THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AND POPS MAY NEED TO BE INCREASED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST IF THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE INCREASES MORE THAN IS CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED. OTHERWISE...MINOR CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO LOWER TEMPERATURES BY 1-3 DEGREES FROM THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR NORTHWARD TO THE RED RIVER...WHERE RESIDUAL OUTFLOW AIR AND MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER WILL LIMIT THE DIURNAL TEMPERATURE INCREASE. CHANGES WILL ALSO BE MADE TO DEWPOINT/WIND/CLOUD COVER GRIDS TO REFLECT CURRENT POSITION OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. UPDATED PRODUCTS WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY. 65/DD && .AVIATION... BOUNDARY STILL DRAPED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WILL OFFER A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION LATER TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE APPROACHES. MODELS HAVE RELATIVELY HIGH POPS TOWARDS THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...AND WILL COVER PRECIP CHANCES WITH A VCTS FOR THE METROPLEX FROM 02Z TO 06Z. AFTER THAT...HAVE ADDED A PROB30 GROUP TO ACCOUNT FOR CHANCES FROM 06 TO 10Z. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT THRU THE PERIOD...BUT WILL BECOME NORTHERLY...THEN ENE...THEN VARIABLE AGAIN AROUND 06Z FOR THE METROPLEX AS THE BOUNDARY VACILLATES. ACT WINDS WILL ALSO BE LIGHT AND WILL BACK FROM SOUTHERLY TO EASTERLY THRU THE DAY. EXPECT MORE SCT CU TODAY WITH AN INCREASE IN MID AND HIGH CLOUDS AS ATMOSPHERE BECOMES MORE SATURATED. /13 && .DISCUSSION... 417 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 2006 THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO HOLD IN ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EXTENDED JUST SOUTH OF A PARIS...TO MCKINNEY...TO DENTON...TO ABILENE LINE AS OF 08Z. RAIN CHANCES TODAY WILL BE HIGHEST NEAR THE RED RIVER NORTHWARD INTO OKLAHOMA...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE CONTINUING DOWN TO THE I-20 CORRIDOR AND ALSO EAST OF I-35. SIMILAR TO THE LAST FEW DAYS...HAVE LEANED TOWARD THE NAM SOLUTION FOR PRECIPITATION...VERSUS THE WETTER GFS...AS THE NAM HAS BEEN PERFORMING BETTER OVER NORTH TEXAS. GIVEN THAT...HAVE KEPT THE BEST POPS NORTH OF I-20 FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...BUT DID PLACE 20S ACROSS THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA AS THE RIDGE MAY GET SQUEEZED A LITTLE TO THE SOUTH AS THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE WESTERLIES SINK A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH. FOR THURSDAY...RAIN CHANCES WILL BE MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR AS A WEAK SHORTWAVE SLIDES SOUTHEAST IN THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. IT STILL LOOKS LIKE WE MAY SEE A COLD FRONT SLIDE INTO NORTH TEXAS ON SUNDAY. THUS HAVE KEPT A MENTION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. TEMPERATURE WISE...HAVE CONTINUED THE TREND OF GOING WARMER THAN THE GFS MOS GUIDANCE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. #58 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 100 79 98 78 / 20 20 20 30 WACO, TX 101 77 100 79 / 10 20 20 20 PARIS, TX 97 73 94 73 / 30 30 50 40 DENTON, TX 99 75 98 75 / 20 30 30 30 MCKINNEY, TX 98 74 97 74 / 20 30 30 30 DALLAS, TX 100 80 98 79 / 20 20 20 30 TERRELL, TX 101 76 98 76 / 20 20 20 30 CORSICANA, TX 100 76 99 76 / 20 20 20 20 TEMPLE, TX 99 74 100 75 / 10 20 20 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && /58
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 501 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 2006 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-231100- 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- 501 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AFFECT THE REGION. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD FROM THE IMMEDIATE RED RIVER VALLEY THIS MORNING TO INCLUDE ALL OF NORTH TEXAS BY THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY OVER ALL OF NORTH TEXAS...AND WILL END WEST TO EAST...ONLY INCLUDING AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM SHERMAN...TO KAUFMAN...TO HEARNE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LINGER OVER EASTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN THREATS. SEA BREEZE INDUCED THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM BONHAM...TO CORSICANA...TO HEARNE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL EXPAND TO INCLUDE ALL OF NORTH TEXAS SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. A HIGH WILD FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK...GIVEN THE SEVERITY OF THE ONGOING DROUGHT...LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING STRIKES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 13
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 243 PM CDT TUE AUG 22 2006 TXZ123-222015- RAINS- 243 PM CDT TUE AUG 22 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... RAINS COUNTY AT 243 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EMORY...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE EMORY. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. LAT...LON 3278 9564 3296 9564 3298 9592 3275 9592 92
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:44 UTC.
9 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Roof damage occurred at several buildings including an apartment complex and a restaurant. Damage to trees was also reported.
58 MPH wind gust measured by Terrell ASOS.
A barn was blown down about 1 mile southwest of Sulphur Springs. In downtown Suphur Springs, winds blew down several power lines on North Locust Street, Gilmer Street, and College Street. At least three trees blew onto three different main power lines in Sulphur Springs and Martin Springs, leaving about 3,000 customers without power. Lightning strikes caught two trees on fire and also struck the radio tower used by the sheriff's office, knocking out the primary communication channel for the city. A survey the next morning revealed that parts of the repeater were badly damaged and would need to be replaced.
Trees down on Johnson Lane along the Dallas/Ellis County line.
Trees down on Johnson Lane along the Dallas/Ellis County line.
A tree was blown down near the intersection of Coit Road and Highway 190, causing traffic delays of more than 2 hours in either direction. Large limbs were blown down at the intersection of Custer Road and Plano Parkway on the west side of Plano. The traffic control box was also knocked down. Power lines were reported down throughout the city, knocking power out to 5,000 people. Spotters reported wind gusts as high as 46 MPH.
Trees and large limbs blown down in town.
A chimney was damaged by thunderstorm winds; report relayed by the media.
61 MPH wind gust reported at the Lockheed Martin building located in the west part of town.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2006
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: 5528260, 5528261, 5528262, 5528263, 5528495, 5528264, 5528492, 5528493, 5528494.