Northwest flow aloft steered upper level disturbances towards north Texas. Several rounds of convection were the result.
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Northwest flow aloft steered upper level disturbances towards north Texas. Several rounds of convection were the result.
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 Aug 14, 11:06 AM CST, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1206 PM CDT THU AUG 14 2008 .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THE METROPLEX AIRPORTS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY. SOME LOW CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT AND SOME OF THEM MAY MOVE INTO THE WACO AREA BEFORE DAYBREAK. SOME OF THE COMPUTER MODELS ATTEMPT TO BRING A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX SOUTHEAST INTO THE METROPLEX BY DAYBREAK. CONFIDENCE IN THIS SOLUTION IS LOW AT THIS TIME SO WILL JUST MENTION CB IN THE TAFS. #58 && .UPDATE... INCREASED DEWPOINTS ABOUT 5 TO 8 DEGREES ACROSS EASTERN HALF OF CWA. SENT WEB IMAGES...BUT NO ZFP UPDATE NEEDED AT THIS TIME. 77/TLD && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 353 AM CDT THU AUG 14 2008/ ANOTHER RATHER HOT DAY IS IN STORE FOR NORTH TEXAS DUE TO LIGHT WINDS AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S. HAVE PUSHED SOME HIGHS TO OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE 100 DEGREES. AFTER TODAY...THINGS WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE AS WAS MENTIONED IN YESTERDAY/S DISCUSSION. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF REMAIN IN SYNC THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THEN THEY BEGIN TO DIVERGE SOMEWHAT DURING THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK. A CANADIAN UPPER LOW WILL DROP SOUTH INTO COLORADO BY SATURDAY THEN TAKE UP A POSITION OVER OKLAHOMA FOR THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BASE OF THE LOW... RESULTING IN AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF UNSETTLED WEATHER FOR NORTH TEXAS STARTING EARLY FRIDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH MID NEXT WEEK. GIVEN THE DIFFER MODEL SOLUTIONS FOR RAINFALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...THERE IS THERE LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERAL MCS COMPLEXES THAT WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE...BENEFICIAL RAINFALL FOR A GOOD PART OF NORTH TEXAS....ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN HALF. CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK IS STILL EVIDENT IN THE ECMWF...BUT NOT SO MUCH IN THE GFS AS COMPARED TO LAST NIGHT/S RUN. OUR THINKING IS 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE A GOOD NUMBERS FOR THE CWA WITH SOME COUNTIES SEEING UPWARDS OF 4 OR 5 INCHES. THE ELEVATED 850MB FRONT DOES NOT COME INTO PLAY UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT..WHICH SHOULD BE CONVECTIVELY VERY ACTIVE. AS FOR SEVERE WEATHER...MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND SPEED SHEAR WILL BE MODEST DURING THE PERIOD (LIMITING SEVERE WEATHER). BUT...LI/S OF -2 TO -4 AND CAPES VALUES BETWEEN 1000 AND 200+ J/KG DO SUGGEST SOME STRONG STORMS AT TIMES. HAVE CONTINUED TO TRIM HIGH TEMPS DOWNWARD UNDER CLOUDY SKIES AND PRECIPITATION THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK. LOOKS LIKE MUCH OF THE AREA WILL BE 6 TO 12 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL SUNDAY AND MONDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL ALSO BE COOLER WITH THE NORTHWEST CWA IN THE MID 60S SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNINGS. 75 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 101 76 97 74 89 / 0 10 20 40 40 WACO, TX 100 74 98 75 93 / 0 0 10 20 20 PARIS, TX 94 70 92 70 89 / 0 5 20 40 40 DENTON, TX 98 73 94 73 89 / 0 20 20 50 50 MCKINNEY, TX 98 71 93 72 90 / 0 10 20 50 40 DALLAS, TX 101 76 96 74 90 / 0 10 20 40 40 TERRELL, TX 100 72 95 73 91 / 0 5 20 30 30 CORSICANA, TX 99 73 96 73 92 / 0 5 10 20 20 TEMPLE, TX 100 72 97 74 93 / 0 0 10 20 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 58/77
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 345 PM CDT THU AUG 14 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-152045- 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- 345 PM CDT THU AUG 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS WITH THE BEST CHANCES BEING ALONG AND NORTH OF I-20. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER HAZARDS. A FEW OF THE STORMS THROUGH THROUGH THIS EVENING MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:02 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
At least one large tree was broken off halfway up its trunk on Springfield Road. Several other trees had limbs broken off.
Several trees were blown down and shingles were blown off roofs.
A Bradford pear tree was split into pieces by thunderstorm winds and a trampoline was lofted into a neighboring yard and damaged.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2008
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: 133871, 131840, 133873.