Low level moisture was in place across North Texas as an upper level low pressure system moved into the western half of the state. Large hail reports along with damaging winds and flash flooding were common throughout this twelve-hour event.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Low level moisture was in place across North Texas as an upper level low pressure system moved into the western half of the state. Large hail reports along with damaging winds and flash flooding were common throughout this twelve-hour event.
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 24, 10:02 AM CST, 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1102 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON... .UPDATE... NWS FORT WORTH WILL CONDUCT A LIVE NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCAST ON THE DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION AT 1145 AM. UPPER LEVEL LOW IS NOW TRANSLATING INTO THE WESTERN TX PANHANDLE AND WESTERN KS. WARM AIR ADVECTION LIFT AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM HAS RESULTED IN A RATHER BROAD AREA OF LIGHT RAIN/SPRINKLES ACROSS THE CWA THIS MORNING. OVERALL LIFT IS ENHANCING...EVIDENT BY LIGHTING RETURNS BETWEEN MWL AND DFW. VISIBLE SATELLITE IS SHOWING A BREAK IN CLOUD COVER DEVELOPING FROM WICHITA FALLS...TO NEAR MINERAL WELLS...AND SOUTHWEST TOWARD SAN ANGELO. DRY LINE/PACIFIC COLD FRONT HAS TRIGGERED A BROKEN LINE OF ACTIVITY FROM SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA TO SAN ANGELO. DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO 70F ARE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...AND TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY INCREASE IN THE AREA OF BKN/SCT CLOUD COVER. STRONG WINDS RUN A LARGE DEPTH OF THE ATMOSPHERE...AS EXPECTED. REGIONAL PROFILERS INDICATE 40-45KTS AT 850MB...30KTS AT 700MB AND 55-60KTS AT 500MB PUNCHING INTO WESTERN TX. SEVERE WEATHER LOOKS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CWA...BUT CONVECTIVE MODE IS STILL UNCERTAIN. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN OVER OUR EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES...WITH WIDESPREAD AREAS OF 2 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3-4 INCHES POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...UNCERTAINTIES STILL EXIST ON WHERE EXACTLY THE BAND OF HIGHEST RAINFALL WILL SET UP. COLLABORATION STILL ONGOING WITH THE RFC AND WE WILL RECONSIDER THE NEED FOR A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WITH ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE THIS AFTERNOON. WE HAVE UPDATED POPS/WX GRIDS AND MADE A FEW TWEAKS TO HOURLY PARAMETERS. UPDATES ALREADY AVAILABLE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 651 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007/ TIMING OF CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT AND CIGS ARE MAIN CONCERNS THIS TAF PACKAGE. MVFR CIGS PREVAILING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WITH OVC017 MOST AREAS. EXPECT THE LOW CLOUDS TO PERSIST THROUGH LATE MORNING...THEN SOME IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED BY AFTN. WILL MAINTAIN MVFR THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTN AT BKN030 BUT MAY SEE SOME SCATTERING LATE IN THE AFTN AS DRYLINE MIXES EASTWARD. STRONG UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHWEST US WILL ALSO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATER TODAY. ALL TERMINALS ARE UNDER A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY. NORTH TEXAS IS STRONGLY CAPPED PER 9Z ACARS SOUNDINGS...BUT WITH EXPECTED HEATING LATER TODAY AND INCREASING UPWARD VERTICAL VELOCITIES AHEAD OF APPROACHING SYSTEM...CAP WILL WEAKEN AND SHOULD SEE CONVECTION DEVELOP ALONG/AHEAD OF DRYLINE LATE THIS AFTN/EARLY EVENING. FOR NOW...WILL TEMPO +TSRA IN THE 23-01Z TIMEFRAME FOR THE METROPLEX SITES...AS IT APPEARS THAT CAPPING WILL LIMIT CONVECTION UNTIL THEN. MAY SEE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOP UNDER THE CAP THROUGHOUT THE DAY...BUT WILL LEAVE OUT FOR NOW...AS TIMING/LOCATION WILL BE HARD TO NAIL DOWN. AT WACO...WILL PREVAIL TSRA EARLY EVENING...WITH ACTIVITY DIMINISHING BEFORE MIDNIGHT. 91/DUNN DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 339 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007/ AN UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS AREA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT. AS IT DOES...THE DRY LINE WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE TEXAS/NEW MEXICO BORDER AT 08Z...INTO NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. MODEL FORECAST CAPES...AND VERTICAL WIND PROFILES CONTINUE TO INDICATE A GOOD POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. HAVE JUST KEPT 20 PERCENT POPS AREAWIDE FOR THIS MORNING FOR WHATEVER SHOWERS DEVELOP. THE MAIN CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE 00Z RAOB SHOWED PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF 1.33 INCHES AT KFWD WHICH IS 157 PERCENT OF NORMAL. AS THE STORMS MOVE EAST INTO EVEN DEEPER MOISTURE TONIGHT...WE WILL SEE GENERAL 1 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME 2 TO 3 INCH RAIN TOTALS ACROSS THE AREAS SOUTHEAST OF AN TEMPLE...TO EMORY LINE. WILL MENTION THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS THE OTHER SEVERE ELEMENTS IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...BUT NO FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED AT THIS TIME. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL END LATE TONIGHT...BUT WE WILL STILL SEE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN ZONES AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS KANSAS INTO MISSOURI. THE TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH NORTH TEXAS ON WEDNESDAY...BRINGING DRIER COOLER AIR TO THE REGION. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE IS EXPECTED TO WORK ITS WAY SOUTHEAST IN THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH MOISTURE MAY BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED...THIS SYSTEM LOOKS IMPRESSIVE ENOUGH TO RE-INTRODUCE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. AFTERWARDS...IT LOOKS DRY FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH A WARMING TREND AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS. #58 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 78 62 75 54 75 / 60 50 20 10 10 WACO, TX 78 65 78 52 78 / 60 70 20 10 0 PARIS, TX 76 64 74 53 74 / 60 70 50 10 10 DENTON, TX 77 63 77 52 76 / 60 50 20 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 76 62 74 52 75 / 60 60 30 10 10 DALLAS, TX 78 63 75 55 76 / 60 60 20 10 10 TERRELL, TX 78 63 75 55 74 / 60 80 20 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 77 64 77 55 76 / 60 80 20 10 0 TEMPLE, TX 78 64 83 52 79 / 40 80 20 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 445 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-251100- 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- 445 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY. A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHWESTERN US AND ACROSS THE PLAINS LATER TODAY RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL INITIALLY REMAIN CAPPED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WITH ABUNDANT LOW CLOUD COVER THROUGH THE MORNING...HOWEVER THE CLOUDINESS IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. CONTINUED HEATING WILL LEAD TO A HIGHLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS BY LATE AFTERNOON. A DRYLINE WILL ADVANCE EASTWARD TODAY AND SHOULD BE ALONG A WICHITA FALLS TO BRECKENRIDGE TO JUNCTION LINE BY LATE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON ALONG AND SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE...AND SHOULD RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE. WIND SHEAR WILL INCREASE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE RED RIVER...AND WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES. A FEW TORNADOES COULD BE STRONG TODAY. IN ADDITION...DESTRUCTIVE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL PERSIST INTO TONIGHT. LATER TONIGHT...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...SOUTH AND EAST OF A TEMPLE TO EMORY LINE. RESIDENTS OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD VERY CLOSELY MONITOR THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND BE AWARE OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAINLY ACROSS THE EAST AND NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. A FEW STORMS COULD REMAIN STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED THROUGHOUT ALL OF NORTH TEXAS BY THIS AFTERNOON. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION THROUGHOUT THE REGION. DUNN
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 160 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:30 UTC.
25 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, 8 flash flood, 3 tornado, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees downed. Some power lines were pulled down.
Large trees down in the city park.
Roof damage to a house east of Pecan Plantation.
A tornado moved through the community of Pecan Plantation, causing damage to trees, tree limbs, roofs, windows, playground sets, and fences. The most significant damage occurred to a brick home on the north side of Equestrian Drive. Portions of the roof were removed, a tree in the front yard was uprooted, the garage door was blown in, and windows were broken. Wind speeds were estimated at 95-100 MPH.
A tree was uprooted, falling on a fence and blocking a street in Pelican Bay.
The tornado touched down near the community of Lincoln Park. Damage was concentrated to a small area and was mainly inflicted on a restaurant and adjacent grounds. Roof damage to the restaurant was significant. Trees limbs were snapped and a gas station sign was damaged. A nearby trailer was rolled about 20 feet. Wind speeds were estimated at 70-75 MPH.
Measured at sheriff's office.
Tree limbs broken. Estimated wind speeds of 65-70 MPH.
The southbound service road on Interstate 820 was closed due to high water in Hurst. In addition, Pafford, Berry, and McCart Streets were closed in Fort Worth.
Major flash flooding was reported across the county, and more than 60 people were rescued from floodwaters. One observer reported over 10 inches of rain for the day. A roof of an elementary school collapsed due to the weight of the water. About a half foot of water was reported over streets in Shady Shores, Little Elm, the University of North Texas campus, and along I-35 east service roads. A nursing home and a mobile home park were both evacuated due to threatening flood waters. Several roads remained closed for more than 24 hours, including Corbin Road, Mayhill Road, and East Hickory Street. Several roads and guardrails were damaged by the water. Denton County was declared a disaster area and was therefore able to recieve federal aid. At least a hundred people reported flood damage to their local jurisdictions. Some had water 3 feet high in their homes and businesses.
Shingles were blown off a house.
Golfball-size hail reported near Blue Ridge.
Tree limbs down.
Lightning struck a house on Blue Sage Drive and caused damage to the electrical system.
One mobile home was destroyed and another damaged. One person was hit in the face and cut by flying debris from the mobile homes.
Portions of Highway 287 near Decatur were closed due to high water. Also, CR 3585 south of town was flooded.
An awning at a gas station was damaged one mile east of the intersection of Highway 5 and Interstate 20.
Numerous roads were closed and barricaded due to high water.
Trees and power lines were blown down.
Hail the size of hen eggs was reported.
This tornado touched down in Flower Mound, near Bolo Lane just north of Lake Grapevine. Significant tree damage occurred in this area, and a house lost part of it's roof. The damage continued about a half mile east-northeast to Couer Du Lac Lane where the tornado caused substantial roof damage to two homes. Trees, fences, and a horse barn were also damaged in this area. Sporadic tree damage continued east-northeast almost a mile. Here, another subdivision suffered roof damage. Wind speeds were estimated to be 80-85 MPH.
Golfball-size hail reported.
Flooded roadways were barricaded in both the Authon and Peaster areas.
Barricades were needed over Highway 56, FM 121, and other streets in Tioga and Van Alstyne due to high water.
Numerous trees and power lines downed as storms swept through the area. A large tree also fell onto a house, causing significant damage.
Winds destroyed a garage building at a residence off County Road 411.
Large trees were uprooted and several buildings damaged. Power lines were also downed.
Water was reported over roads in Celina and Blue Ridge.
A 60 MPH wind gust was measured in Midlothian, and a tower was blown down in Waxahachie.
Large trees were blown down.
Trees and limbs blown down.
Trees and power lines blown down by winds estimated at 70 MPH.
Flooding was reported on roads in town.
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