A convective system which moved through Oklahoma arrived in north Texas around daybreak on the 30th. Numerous reports of large hail and wind damage were recieved as well as flash flooding.
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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 episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
A convective system which moved through Oklahoma arrived in north Texas around daybreak on the 30th. Numerous reports of large hail and wind damage were recieved as well as flash flooding. Storms formed again on the 31st as a strong low level jet helped initiate storms along boundaries left from storms the day before.
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 May 30, 5:15 AM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 615 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007 .AVIATION... A VERY COMPLEX AVIATION WEATHER SITUATION IS EXPECTED TODAY. THE MAIN CHALLENGES THIS MORNING WILL BE IFR CEILINGS AND MVFR VISIBILITIES AT ALL TAF SITES. TO COMPLICATE MATTERS...A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE RED RIVER AT 12Z AND APPROACH THE METROPLEX TAF SITES BETWEEN 13 AND 14Z. THE LINE OF STORMS SHOULD MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE METROPLEX TAF SITES AND WEAKEN BY LATE MORNING. THE PASSAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX SHOULD TEMPORARILY STABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE. EXPECT ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO NUMEROUS LINGERING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND STRONG INSTABILITY. STORMS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD NOT HAVE AS GREAT OF COVERAGE SO WILL NOT INCLUDE IN THE TAFS BEYOND 17Z. VFR CEILINGS SHOULD RETURN THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. && .UPDATE... 615 AM... QUICK UPDATE TO INCREASE FIRST PERIOD POPS AND REMOVE THE FOG WORDING. && .UPDATED... 435 AM WESTERN OKLAHOMA MCS IS HOLDING TOGETHER LONGER THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED AND IS NOW EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO AND THROUGH OUR NORTHWESTERN AND NORTH-CENTRAL CWA THIS MORNING...THEN THROUGH THE EASTERN CWA THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE INCREASED POPS TO LIKELY FOR THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH-CENTRAL...INCLUDING THE METROPLEX. NEW ZONES COMING OUT. 75 .DISCUSSION... 341 AM. WEAK MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR WEATHER SINCE LATE LAST WEEK IS SHIFTING EASTWARD AS DEEPENING TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES SLIDES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND LINGERS SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE EJECTING OUT THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES. PRESENTLY...OUR ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE AND IS PRIMED FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPC IS INDICATING A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS (HAIL AND WIND) OVER OUR NORTHWEST COUNTIES WERE 0-6KM SHEAR IS 25-30 KNOTS AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE 7-8 DEGREES. AREA PW/S ARE RUNNING ABOVE ONE INCH AND STEERING WINDS WILL BE WEAKENING...THUS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL/FLASH FLOODING REMAINS A CONCERN THROUGHOUT NORTH TEXAS THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A FRONT WILL MOVE INTO OUR NORTHWEST BY TONIGHT AND STALL OUT...THEN MOVE BACK NORTH THURSDAY AS A CENTRAL PLAINS MCS GEARS UP. A SECOND FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY NIGHT WITH AN ACTIVE PERIOD OF CONVECTION...SOME STRONG...SUNDAY AND MONDAY. WITH THE MAIN LONG WAVE TROUGH LOCATED OVER THE MIDWEST THIS WEEK...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO OUR WEST WILL AMPLIFY WITH RESULTANT NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. MODELS HAVE BEEN HINTING AT A NORTHWEST FLOW EVENT FOR SEVERAL DAYS...AND WE HAVE INCREASED POPS FOR DIURNAL EVENTS SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNINGS. THERE COULD BE A THIRD EVENT TUESDAY MORNING...BUT WE WILL NOT COMMIT TO IT NOW. TEMPERATURES WILL AVERAGE NEAR NORMAL THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. SOME LOWER 90S WILL CREEP BACK INTO THE CWA THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK. ALSO...HEAT INDICES WILL ALSO COME INTO PLAY THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK SINCE DEWPOINTS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED. SOME SOUTHERN COUNTIES WILL SEE HEAT INDICES OF 95+ DEGREES THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK. 75 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 85 68 87 72 88 / 30 20 20 10 10 WACO, TX 87 69 89 70 87 / 30 10 20 10 10 PARIS, TX 83 67 83 68 84 / 30 30 30 10 20 DENTON, TX 84 67 84 69 88 / 30 30 30 10 20 MCKINNEY, TX 84 67 85 69 86 / 30 30 30 10 20 DALLAS, TX 85 69 87 72 89 / 30 20 20 10 10 TERRELL, TX 84 69 87 69 86 / 30 20 20 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 85 69 87 70 87 / 30 10 20 10 10 TEMPLE, TX 89 68 87 69 88 / 20 10 20 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 79/75
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 450 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-311100- 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- 450 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... A COMPLEX OF STORMS WILL CROSS THE RED RIVER THIS MORNING AND BRING A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS...AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON . FORECASTED INSTABILITIES AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG NUMEROUS LEFT OVER OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS...AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WHEN A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. AGAIN...LARGE HAIL...DOWNBURST WINDS AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH MONDAY AS ENERGY FROM A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES EMBEDDED IN WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT INTERACTS WITH SUFFICIENT MOISTURE. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH ANY OF THESE EVENTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 BEFORE NOON. LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 405 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007 TXZ091-300930- MONTAGUE TX- 405 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTHEASTERN MONTAGUE COUNTY AT 405 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF NOCONA...ALONG THE RED RIVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3396 9780 3379 9775 3386 9749 3419 9746
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 523 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007 TXZ092-301100- COOKE TX- 523 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHEASTERN COOKE COUNTY AT 523 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GAINESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3359 9721 3345 9720 3344 9697 3372 9696
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 547 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007 TXZ093-301115- GRAYSON TX- 547 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL GRAYSON COUNTY AT 547 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF WHITESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE COLLINSVILLE...DORCHESTER... HOWE...KNOLLWOOD...SHERMAN AND WHITESBORO. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3368 9693 3353 9694 3347 9652 3375 9653
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 607 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007 TXZ094-301130- FANNIN TX- 607 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTHERN FANNIN COUNTY AT 607 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BONHAM...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. LAT...LON 3373 9637 3358 9636 3361 9587 3391 9585
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 180 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:37 UTC.
16 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 12 flash flood, 2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree fell on a power pole, causing electrical outages in the northern part of the county.
Tree limbs were blown down.
Lasted about 10 minutes.
Smith Street and other roads near Pecan Creek were submerged by several feet of water and barricaded. A few residents were asked to evacuate.
Large tree branches blown down.
A few trees and numerous large tree limbs downed.
Several streets were flooded in town.
A tree was blown down across a road.
A large tree was blown over, crushing a storage shed. At another residence, a tree fell over, sending one of its large limbs careening through the roof and into the living room. At least one house suffered water damage.
Trees downed.
A woman and four children had to be rescued when their SUV stalled in high water on Foundation Street near Highway 377. The water was halfway up the sides of the vehicle. Old Stony Road near the Wise County line was closed after parts of it washed out.
Large tree limbs downed.
Major street flooding was reported in Wolfe City, and a high water rescue was required in Cash.
The U.S. Highway 75 frontage road underpass was flooded just north of Weston Road. Several other intersections were closed throughout the day, including Howell and College Streets, Church Street and McDonald Avenue, CR 123 and Lake Forest Drive, and portions of Hardin and Woodlawn Roads. At least one home sustained water damage.
Water over six inches was flowing over the roads in Whitewright, and at least two roads had to be closed. In Van Alstyne, county roads and yards were underwater. A trailer was also flooded.
Occurred near the intersection of FM 2478 and FM 720.
Roof damage reported at Dallas North Tollway and Park.
Trees were downed and had to be removed at Dallas North Tollway and Highway 121, and also at Dead Man's Curve and Garza Lane in Little Elm.
In Argyle, lightning struck a house in the 800 block of FM 407. Estimated damages were $200,000. Lightning also struck a hot-water heater at Greenway Patio Homes in Denton. Lightning started two small fires in Corinth and Shady Shores.
Minor roof damage was reported to several buildings in town and at the Addison Airport.
Occurred on East Renner Road.
Reported by storm spotters.
A home on Glenwood Drive was struck by lightning. The fire did significant damage to the attic and roof of the home.
Flooding reported near Highway 121 and 360.
Flooding was reported on Trinity Boulevard in west Fort Worth.
Service roads along Loop 12 in northwest Dallas were flooded.
Tree limbs down south of Emory.
Flash flooding reported.
Nickel hail covered the ground on Highway 84.
Several trees and large branches downed. A large oak tree fell on a house, damaging the roof.
Several small creeks out of their banks.
Four feet of water was over the intersection of FM 581 and CR 2600.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 2007
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