A slow moving cold front and upper level low pressure system triggered numerous thunderstorms late in the day on the 15th and in the early morning hours of the 16th. Hail between nickel and golfball-size was a common occurrence.
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A slow moving cold front and upper level low pressure system triggered numerous thunderstorms late in the day on the 15th and in the early morning hours of the 16th. Hail between nickel and golfball-size was a common occurrence.
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 Feb 14, 10:59 PM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1059 PM CST THU FEB 14 2008 .AVIATION... 1059 PM STRATUS MOVING INTO ACT NOW...WILL CONTINUE WITH PREVIOUS TAF TRENDS. NEW MODELS COMING IN A BIT DRIER FOR FRIDAY...SO WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY PRECIP IN TAFS THROUGH 06Z. IFR CONDITIONS WILL STILL DOMINATE AFTER FROPA NEAR SUNRISE AND NO CLEARING OR LIFTING TREND EXPECTED. 84 && .UPDATE... 832 PM HAVE UPDATED THE FORECAST TO REFLECT A SLIGHTLY SLOWER FRONTAL PASSAGE. FRONT IS GRADUALLY MOVING SOUTH...PRIMARILY AS A DENSITY CURRENT WITH LITTLE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FOR SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE WESTERN COUNTIES WHERE COLD AIR DAMMING AGAINST THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL AUGMENT ITS MOTION. HAVE LOWERED POPS FOR TONIGHT WITH THE FRONT NOT MAKING IT INTO THE METROPLEX UNTIL 12Z. HAVE ACCORDINGLY RAISED LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THE SOUTHERN ZONES TONIGHT. LATEST MODELS CONTINUE TO TREND WARMER...AND TOWARD A POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER EVENT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE CWA SATURDAY. HAVE UPDATED THE HWO/SPS EARLIER TO INCLUDE A MENTION OF TORNADOES IN THE SOUTHEAST ZONES SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD CONVECTION WILL LIMIT TORNADO POTENTIAL...BUT LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL BE ABSURD IN THE PRESENCE OF WEAK SURFACE INSTABILITY. SITUATION BEARS WATCH. TR.92 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 508 PM CST THU FEB 14 2008/ PREV AVIATION... 508 PM EXPECT STRATUS TO RETURN THIS EVENING WITH CONTINUED MOISTURE ADVECTION. FRONTAL TIMING A BIT TRICKY BUT HAVE STUCK WITH ABOUT 10Z AT METROPLEX AND 13Z AT ACT. HAVE REMOVED MORNING PRECIPITATION...THERE MAY BE SOME DRIZZLE...SPRINKLES...OR LIGHT RAIN WITH FROPA BUT SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL NOT OCCUR UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM OVERRUNNING THE COOL AIR. HAVE DROPPED CEILINGS TO IFR BY MORNING. IT IS LIKELY CEILINGS MAY BOUNCE BETWEEN IFR AND MVFR DURING THE DAY BUT EXPECT IFR MAJORITY OF TIME. 84 SHORT TERM... 345 PM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING/ PRESSURE GRADIENT IS ALREADY BEGINNING TO RELAX AND WILL EXPIRE THE WIND ADVISORY AT 4 PM. A FEW SPOTS MAY STILL REMAIN AROUND 20 MPH THROUGH 6 PM BUT MOST LOCATIONS WILL HAVE SUSTAINED WINDS BELOW 20 MPH WITH GUSTS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. COLD FRONT CURRENTLY STRETCHES FROM JUST WEST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OKC...TO FREDRICK OK...TO PLAINVIEW TEXAS. UPPER LEVEL TOUGH AND CUT-OFF LOW IS DIGGING INTO SOUTHERN NEVADA AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH A LARGE POSITIVE TILT TO IT. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE TRACK AND TIMING OF THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AND SURFACE TROF/LOW OVER THE WEEKEND. UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE INTO WEST TEXAS ON SATURDAY AND THEN OVER NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING. THE SURFACE LOW IS PROGGED TO MOVE RIGHT DOWN THE RIO GRANDE RIVER WITH AN INVERTED TROUGH SETTING UP ALONG THE TEXAS COAST SATURDAY. HEAVY RAIN IS STILL LIKELY THIS WEEKEND WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN COMING SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A TOTAL OF 1.5 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS THIS WEEKEND. COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO NOW BE A FEW HOURS SLOWER THAN PREVIOUS FORECAST BUT SHOULD BE THROUGH ALL OF NORTH TEXAS BY MID AFTERNOON TOMORROW. BASED ON THIS SLOWER TIMING...HAVE ADJUSTED OVERNIGHT LOWS UP WHERE APPROPRIATE. A TEMPERATURE GRADIENT WILL PERSIST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS ALL WEEKEND WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTHWEST AND WARMER TEMPERATURES IN THE SOUTHEAST. CONTINUE TO UNDERCUT GUIDANCE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN TWO- THIRDS...FOR THE WEEKEND. WITH MODELS CONTINUING TO TREND WARMER WITH EACH RUN...HAVE REMOVED ALL MENTION OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION FROM THIS FORECAST. ANY CHANGES IN FUTURE MODEL RUNS MAY REQUIRE FREEZING PRECIPITATION TO BE REINTRODUCED INTO THE FORECAST...IN PARTICULAR THE NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS ARE NOW POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HAIL BUT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. 82/JLD LONG TERM... 345 PM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/ NORTH TEXAS WILL REMAIN DRY UNDERNEATH NW FLOW ALOFT THROUGH TUESDAY WITH NO RAIN EXPECTED. HIGH TEMPS WILL SLOWLY MODIFY THROUGH MID WEEK BACK INTO THE 60S/70S...AS RETURN FLOW BEGINS IN ERNEST LATER TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...AHEAD OF THE NEXT APPROACHING COLD FRONT SLATED FOR WED NIGHT/EARLY THURSDAY. SOME WAA/ISENTROPIC ASCENT EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT OVER EAST HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. FOR NOW ...A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/ THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 LOOKS REASONABLE...AS CONFIDENCE SOMEWHAT LOW ON MOISTURE RETURN AND STORM TRACK THIS FAR OUT. POPS. WINDS SHOULD BE PRETTY BRISK BOTH AHEAD AND BEHIND THE MID WEEK COLD FRONT. COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED BOTH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT FOLLOWING THE ECMWF SOLUTION...BUT WE MAY BE TOO CONSERVATIVE ON THE STRENGTH OF CAA. WELL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND ADJUST IN FUTURE FORECASTS. 05/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 41 42 38 46 41 / 20 40 70 100 80 WACO, TX 56 56 47 54 42 / 10 50 80 100 90 PARIS, TX 44 44 38 47 41 / 20 40 60 100 90 DENTON, TX 36 40 36 45 39 / 20 40 60 100 80 MCKINNEY, TX 41 43 38 46 41 / 20 40 60 100 90 DALLAS, TX 43 44 38 47 42 / 20 40 70 100 90 TERRELL, TX 57 57 39 51 42 / 10 40 70 100 90 CORSICANA, TX 57 57 47 56 43 / 10 50 70 100 90 TEMPLE, TX 56 57 54 55 43 / 10 50 80 100 90 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 445 PM CST THU FEB 14 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-151200- 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 PM CST THU FEB 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON...A THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL EXIST SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM TEMPLE TO ATHENS. OTHERWISE...HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THIS SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. 92
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:41 UTC.
11 hail, 2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning destroyed a house on the 5100 block of Iroquis Drive. The total damage to the 4,600 square foot house and its contents was estimated at $500,000.
Relayed via media.
Nickel to golfball-size hail was reported.
Quarter-size hail was reported near Custer Road and FM 720.
Golfball-size hail was reported near Highway 75 and FM 455 west of Anna.
Lightning caused a fire at the Paris Independent School District building Saturday afternoon. The fire was limited to a maintenance area.
Penny to nickel-size hail was covering Highway 77.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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