1 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 28, 5:04 PM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 604 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2006 .AVIATION UPDATE...VFR CONDS TO PREVAIL ALL TERMINALS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY. SFC HIGH OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO REMAIN IN PLACE RESULTING IN LIGHT/VRB SFC WINDS OVERNIGHT AND LIGHT SE WINDS/DRY CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY. SOME HIGH CLOUDINESS OVER WEST TEXAS WILL SPREAD EAST...MAINLY AFFECTING ACT LATER THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT. DUNN && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 352 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2006/ UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS FIRMLY PLANTED ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION AND WILL REMAIN THERE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AS A RESULT...MOISTURE WILL BE SLOW TO RETURN DESPITE THE SOUTHERLY WINDS IN PLACE. AS DEWPOINTS GRADUALLY INCREASE...LOWS WILL NOT BE NEAR AS COOL AND HIGHS IN THE MID 90S SHOULD BECOME INCREASINGLY MORE UNPLEASANT. A PIECE OF THE DEPARTING EAST COAST TROUGH WILL REMAIN ACROSS EASTERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS WEEK. THIS WEAKNESS SHOULD DEEPEN INTO A PRONOUNCED UPPER LEVEL LOW AS IT ATTACHES ITSELF TO A TUTT SITUATED ACROSS MEXICO. UNFORTUNATELY NORTH TEXAS WILL BE PLACED ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THIS FEATURE WHICH WILL RESULT IN STRONG SUBSIDENCE AS INDICATED BY DIVERGENT Q VECTOR PROGS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD GET A BOOST OVER THE WEEKEND ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA AS 850 TEMPS ARE FORECAST TO RISE BY ALL MODELS. MEX MOS LOOKS TOO COOL WITH HIGHS SAT-MON AND HAVE GONE A LITTLE WARMER FOR THESE PERIODS OVER THE NORTHERN ZONES. THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH WEAKENS SUNDAY AND THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SOME BETTER MOISTURE TO SNEAK UP INTO THE SOUTHERN ZONES. WILL CONTINUE WITH LOW POPS SOUTH SUN-TUE WHERE PRECIPITABLE WATER SHOULD BE HIGH ENOUGH FOR ISO AFTERNOON CONVECTION. ECMWF/GFS ARE SHOWING A MORE ZONAL PATTERN DEVELOPING WITH HEIGHTS DROPPING OFF TO NEAR 590 DM OVER THE REGION. THIS COMBINED WITH 1.7-2 INCH PWATS...MAY ALLOW THE CHANCES OF RAIN TO EXPAND FARTHER NORTH INTO WEDNESDAY. && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 254 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2006 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-292000- 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- 254 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH AND EAST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. 05/
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:56 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck and split a marble slab near the front entrance of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. The strike damaged the school's telephone and sprinkler systems. Most of the telephones and wiring on the campus had to be replaced.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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