A strong upper level trough and jet streak moved over North Texas during the afternoon and evening hours. there were several reports of large hail amd damaging winds.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
A strong upper level trough and jet streak moved over North Texas during the afternoon and evening hours. As a result...there were several reports of large hail amd damaging winds.
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 Apr 17, 2:17 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 317 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 .DISCUSSION... UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER WEST TEXAS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. SUBSTANTIAL CLOUD COVER/FOG/DRIZZLE HAS LIMITED INSTABILITY OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CWA TODAY...BUT PARTIAL CLEARING WILL REACH THE WESTERN ZONES BEFORE SUNSET. THIS IS WHERE THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE AND IT IS WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL WITH 500 MB TEMPS FALLING BELOW -20C AND FREEZING LEVELS NEAR 10000 FT. MUCAPE PROGS SHOW ENOUGH INSTABILITY AVAILABLE FOR ELEVATED HAIL STORMS TO THE EAST OF THE CURRENT WATCH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...HOWEVER WEAKER UPDRAFT STRENGTH WILL LIKELY LIMIT HAIL SIZES TO MARGINALLY SEVERE IN THIS AREA. THIS TYPE OF SETUP CAN BE NOTORIOUS FOR PRODUCING STORMS WITH TREMENDOUS QUANTITIES OF SMALL HAIL WHICH COULD COMPLETELY COVER THE GROUND WHERE THE STRONGEST STORMS TRACK. WILL NOT MENTION ANY SEVERE THREAT OVER THE NORTHEAST 1/3RD OF THE CWA WHERE INSTABILITY BECOMES TOO WEAK FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN PEA SIZE HAIL. AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS THE BEST CHANCES OF RAIN TONIGHT WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES WHERE OVERRUNNING WILL BE ENHANCED BEHIND A WEAK SOUTHWARD MOVING FRONT. THE UPPER LOW WILL QUICKLY PUSH EAST AND RAIN CHANCES WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. RATHER PLEASANT AND SEASONABLE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE SETTLES INTO THE REGION. RETURN FLOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS THE NEXT TROUGH ENTERS THE PLAINS. IT APPEARS THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL BE TOO FAR NORTH FOR ANY DECENT CHANCE OF RAIN FOR THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND...BUT THE PROLONGED SOUTHERLY FLOW MEANS THAT TEMPERATURES WILL INCH UP TO ABOVE NORMAL ALONG WITH THE HUMIDITY. GENERALLY THE MEX MOS APPEARS REASONABLE...BUT DID BUMP TEMPS UP A COUPLE DEGREES. THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL RETURN BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH THE GFS/ECMWF INDICATING A POWERFUL UPPER LOW MUCH LIKE THE LAST TWO AFFECTING THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY. WILL KEEP POPS LOW AT THIS TIME UNTIL WE GET MORE MODEL CONSISTENCY. TR.92 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 54 72 54 80 59 / 70 0 0 0 0 WACO, TX 53 75 53 81 58 / 30 0 0 0 0 PARIS, TX 54 70 53 77 56 / 90 10 0 0 0 DENTON, TX 53 72 49 80 57 / 80 0 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 54 71 49 79 57 / 80 0 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 54 72 54 80 61 / 70 0 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 54 71 53 79 58 / 70 0 0 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 56 72 55 80 58 / 50 0 0 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 53 76 52 82 58 / 20 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 320 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-181200- 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- 320 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...PRIMARILY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND MONDAY ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THROUGHOUT NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. DUNN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 351 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 TXZ100-172115- YOUNG TX- 351 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHERN YOUNG COUNTY AT 351 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES EAST OF THROCKMORTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GRAHAM. HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 3320 9895 3296 9895 3296 9843 3318 9842 DUNN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 449 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 TXZ142-172215- MILLS TX- 449 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTHERN MILLS COUNTY AT 449 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROWNWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BUFFALO AND MULLIN. SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 3166 9916 3143 9915 3144 9835 3172 9848 DUNN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
518 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007
TXZ116-130-141-172315-
PALO PINTO TX-ERATH TX-COMANCHE TX-
518 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY
ERATH COUNTY
PALO PINTO COUNTY
AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR POSSUM KINGDOM STATE
PARK TO NEAR COMANCHE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE COMANCHE...DE LEON...
DUBLIN...GORDON...GRAFORD...GUSTINE...MINERAL WELLS AND STEPHENVILLE.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE
THROUGH.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3221 9866 3230 9847 3250 9847 3251 9857
3273 9857 3300 9839 3299 9807 3248 9806
3211 9788 3194 9818 3190 9821 3186 9818
3177 9835 3178 9867
DUNNThe Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:45 UTC.
11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A roof was blown off a house and a tree fell on a car in Stephenville.
Large limbs blown down.
A section of fence was blown down with the posts broken off at the ground.
Two trees blown down near Glen Rose.
Picture of a tornado which touched down near Haslet provided by a spotter. A carport and some lawn furniture were thrown and twisted.
Numerous tree were blown down.
Winds were out of the southwest.
Three empty RVs were overturned near Navarro Mills Lake.
Trees were blown down across roads in Ennis and Waxahachie.
Near Interstate 35 and Red Oak Boulevard.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 2007Warnings in Texas, April 2007
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: 24496, 24497, 24498, 24499, 24495, 24492, 24493, 24502, 24503, 24504, 24500, 24501, 24506, 24494, 24505.