Isolated strong convection caused wind damage across Bell County.
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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.
Isolated strong convection caused wind damage across Bell County.
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 Jul 14, 11:19 AM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1219 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008 .AVIATION... DIFFICULT FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 6 TO 10 HOURS TRYING TO PINPOINT EXACTLY WHERE CONVECTION MAY FORM. CURRENT BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS LIES ALONG A LINE FROM BKD TO SEP TO DKR. INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST BUT MODELS SUGGEST THE FORCING RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS LINE TO SHIFT SOUTHWARD. THUNDERSTORM CURRENTLY SE OF SEP MAY AFFECT WACO IN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS. SITUATION FOR THE METROPLEX TAF LOCATIONS IS MUCH TOUGHER. CU FIELD IN THE NORTHWEST TRACON IS IMPRESSIVE FOR THIS TIME OF DAY. A WEAK VORT MAX WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST WHICH MAY ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE INCLUDED A VCTS GROUP INTO ALL METRO LOCATIONS FROM 19Z TO 00Z TO ACCOUNT FOR ANY ACTIVITY WHICH WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BUT OVERALL CONFIDENCE IS LOW. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND AMEND THE TAFS IF NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...RAIN CHANCES ARE POSSIBLE BEYOND 00Z...BUT PROBABILITIES ARE TOO LOW TO MENTION. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO VEER BACK TO THE SOUTHEAST LATER THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 85/NH && .UPDATE... 1014 AM HAVE INCREASED POPS A BIT TODAY ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL AREAS WHERE ONGOING CONVECTION LOOKS LIKE IT WILL LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON. 84 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1013 AM CDT MON JUL 14 2008/ 410 AM CDT SFC WIND FIELD SHOWS COLD FRONT CURRENTLY DRAPED ACROSS SE ZONES. LITTLE IF ANY TEMP/DP GRADIENT...AND NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS ARE FAIRLY LIGHT. NONETHELESS...BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN TODAY. FRONT WILL LIKELY AID IN DAYTIME CONVECTIVE INITIATION. ELEVATED CONVECTION OVERNIGHT HAS BEEN RATHER BENIGN...WITH ONLY WEAK UPGLIDE OVER FRONTAL LAYER IN EAST CENTRAL ZONES. CONVEYOR OF PACIFIC MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...MAINTAINING LOW END RAIN CHANCES. MODELS ARE SOMEWHAT IMPRESSED WITH CONVERGENCE WITH RETREATING BOUNDARY ON TUESDAY. WEAK SFC BOUNDARY COINCIDES WITH 850/700MB FRONT...AND ELEVATED CONVECTION MAY BE ONGOING TUESDAY MORNING...WESTERN AND SOUTHERN ZONES. THINK GUIDANCE FOR AREAL COVERAGE AND QPF IS OVERDONE...BUT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...THERE IS REMARKABLY GOOD AGREEMENT AMONG MODELS WITH TIMING AND POSITION OF BOUNDARIES. BEYOND EARLY WEEK PRECIP CHANCES...700/500MB HEIGHTS WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL. ALTHOUGH MODELS ARE YIELDING MAX TEMPS THAT ARE QUITE ORDINARY FOR MID-JULY...DROUGHT-STRICKEN AREAS SHOULD EASILY EXCEED GUIDANCE. SOME LOCATIONS WILL FLIRT WITH THE 100-DEGREE MARK LATER IN THE WEEK. 25 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 97 77 96 75 96 / 30 20 20 20 10 WACO, TX 96 75 96 72 96 / 40 30 20 20 10 PARIS, TX 90 69 94 69 93 / 20 20 10 10 10 DENTON, TX 94 73 95 71 97 / 20 20 20 20 10 MCKINNEY, TX 94 72 94 70 96 / 20 20 20 20 10 DALLAS, TX 96 77 95 75 96 / 30 20 20 20 10 TERRELL, TX 94 73 95 71 95 / 30 20 20 20 10 CORSICANA, TX 96 73 95 72 96 / 40 30 20 20 10 TEMPLE, TX 97 72 96 71 95 / 20 30 20 20 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 85/84/21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 400 AM CDT MON JUL 14 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-151100- ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA- DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON- HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS- LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO- PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT- WISE-YOUNG- 400 AM CDT MON JUL 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. ALTHOUGH ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TODAY...PARTICULARLY SOUTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR. 13
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1239 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008
TXZ143-144-157-141815-
BOSQUE TX-HAMILTON TX-CORYELL TX-
1239 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL BOSQUE COUNTY
NORTH CENTRAL CORYELL COUNTY
EAST CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY
AT 1239 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRANFILLS GAP...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 23 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CRANFILLS
GAP...MOSHIEM...AND TURNERSVILLE.
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 3185 9780 3166 9748 3164 9751 3159 9760
3157 9758 3152 9756 3146 9761 3169 9799
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 307DEG 20KT 3172 9779
85/NHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1248 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008
TXZ145-141815-
HILL TX-
1248 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
WESTERN HILL COUNTY
AT 1248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF HILLSBORO...MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BLUM...CARLS CORNER...
COVINGTON...HILLSBORO AND ITASCA.
VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE
LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3207 9749 3209 9747 3210 9748 3221 9737
3221 9735 3222 9732 3212 9701 3186 9716
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 292DEG 18KT 3211 9730
85/NHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
112 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008
TXZ145-141845-
HILL TX-
112 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
CENTRAL HILL COUNTY
AT 112 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF HILLSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BYNUM...CARLS CORNER AND
HILLSBORO.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3184 9703 3185 9702 3186 9704 3186 9706
3196 9732 3213 9725 3205 9687 3202 9686
3182 9696
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 290DEG 13KT 3202 9718
SCHULTZSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
215 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008
TXZ158-174-141945-
BELL TX-MILAM TX-
215 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL BELL COUNTY
SOUTHWESTERN MILAM COUNTY
AT 215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTH OF GRANGER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
21 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE HOLLAND AND THORNDALE.
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3057 9715 3063 9724 3064 9723 3066 9725
3069 9726 3075 9729 3081 9746 3084 9750
3098 9736 3084 9698
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 298DEG 18KT 3087 9736The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:13 UTC.
1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck an oak tree in a driveway, busting some of the concrete and exposing steel rebar.
Power lines were blown down on Main Street and Smith Dairy Road in Belton. Numerous trees and large limbs were also blown down across the city...including several on FM 439 near Lake Belton.
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, July 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: 123943, 123941.