Isolated thunderstorms caused wind damage near Turnersville, TX.
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Isolated thunderstorms caused wind damage near Turnersville, TX.
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 23, 6:01 PM CST, 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 701 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 .UPDATE... SUBSIDENCE REGION LOCATED BETWEEN OUTSKIRTS OF DOLLYS CIRCULATION CENTER OVER DEEP S TX AND AND NW FLOW OVER THE OZARKS/MS VALLEY SEEN VERY WELL BY DRY LAYER ON WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY ALONG/N OF I-20. THIS HAS RESULTED IN RAPID DISSIPATION OF EARLIER STORMS THAT WERE MOVING SWWD OVER LAMAR/FANNIN COUNTIES. THUS WILL ONLY KEEP A THIN SLIVER OF SLIGHT CHANCE POPS AHEAD OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY DRAPED FROM SHERMAN/GAINESVILLE TO MCKINNEY/GREENVILLE THROUGH MID- EVENING/SUNSET. FURTHER SOUTH...TRACKS OF HIGHER INSTABILITY ACROSS THE FAR NE REACHES OF DOLLY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS SOUTH OF A COMANCHE... HILLSBORO...ATHENS LINE THROUGH SUNSET/MID-EVENING. LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING/INSTABILITY SHOULD DIMINISH COVERAGE ACROSS SRN PORTIONS OF N TX BY MID-EVENING/SUNSET AS WELL. FOCUS OF CONVECTION WILL SQUEEZE IN MUCH CLOSER TO DOLLYS CENTER OF CIRCULATION...OR ALONG/SOUTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO/HOUSTON BY MIDNIGHT /AFTER. THIS IS TYPICAL OF WARM CORE/TROPICAL SYSTEMS AT NIGHT. HAVE SENT UPDATES ALREADY AND DONT EXPECT FUTURE UPDATES UNLESS SOMETHING UNEXPECTED HAPPENS WITH STORM COVERAGE AND/OR TEMPERATURES. /05 && .AVIATION... 538 PM CDT CONVECTION IN NORTHEAST TEXAS DIMINISHING RAPIDLY AS IT ENTERS SUBSIDENCE ZONE OF DOLLY. CU ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EXHIBITING SIGNIFICANT SUPPRESSION...AND CONVECTION WILL POSE NO THREAT TO METRO TAF SITES. SOME CONVECTION WILL AFFECT TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF CENTRAL TEXAS AIRPORTS THROUGH SUNSET. SHRA AND ISO TSRA MAY BRIEFLY IMPACT KACT TERMINAL OR VICINITY ZONE THEREOF...BUT WINDOW FOR ACTIVITY WILL BE CLOSING SOON (EARLY IN 00Z TAF PERIOD) WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. NOCTURNAL CONVECTION WILL BE MUCH CLOSER TO DOLLY. 25 && .PREV UPDATE... 513 PM CDT QUICK UPDATE TO INCREASE RAIN CHANCES NE OF A GAINESVILLE...MCKINNEY...EMORY LINE THROUGH MID-EVENING/SUNSET...AS SW MOVING OUTFLOW CONTINUES TO PROPAGATE TOWARD SHERMAN/PARIS/COOPER AREAS. MADE TIGHT GRADIENT ON POPS...BUT ADMITTINGLY FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO DISCERN WHEN SUBSIDENT REGION FROM DOLLY WOULD START AFFECTING THE CONVECTION...THUS EXPANDED MORE SO THAN LIKELY NEEDED FOR A LITTLE BIT OF A CUSHION JUST IN CASE. IMAGINE THERE WILL LIKELY BE AN UPDATE BY 8 PM OR SO TO RE-UPDATE FCST...AS LOSS OF STRONG DIURNAL HEATING AND SUBSIDENT AREA SPELLS THE FINAL DOOM FOR THIS ACTIVITY TO PERSIST. ALSO...LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE IN SOUTH FOR OUTER AFFECTS FROM DOLLY...BUT MAY REMOVE THIS ON NEXT UPDATE AS CONVECTION CONSTRICTS MORE TOWARD CENTER OF EYE WHICH IS WELL DOWN IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. I WOULDN/T SUSPECT MUCH N OF I-10 CORRIDOR AFTER DARK. UPDATES SENT. /05 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 213 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008/ DOLLY TO MAKE LANDFALL BY MID AFTERNOON AS IT CONTINUES TO TRACK WESTWARD. SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION IS OCCURRING OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME SHOULD CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE IT CONTRACTS BACK AROUND THE CENTER TONIGHT. WE/LL KEEP LOW CHANCE POPS OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN CWA OVERNIGHT. COME THURSDAY WITH DOLLY/S MOISTURE IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS...WE/LL HAVE 30-50 POPS OVER THE SOUTHERN AREAS WITH 20S UP TO THE I-20 CORRIDOR. WITH AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS...SCATTERED RAINFALL AND TROPICAL AIR MASS...THE SOUTHERN HALF WILL HIGHS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL WHILE AROUND NORMAL OVER THE NORTHERN HALF. AS DOLLY FALLS APART OVER NORTHERN MEXICO FRIDAY...OUR TEMPS WILL REBOUND AND THE RAIN WILL END AS THE UPPER HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS BACK OVER NORTH TEXAS. THE RETURN TO HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY. BEYOND NEXT TUESDAY...THIS MORNINGS GFS IS MUCH DIFFERENT BY MID NEXT WEEK IN REGARDS TO THE REMNANTS OF DOLLY THAN THE LAST SEVERAL RUNS. OUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS SOLUTION IS LOW AND WE/LL WAIT FOR SEVERAL MORE RUNS BEFORE COMMITTING TO IT (WET SOLUTION). 75 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 80 95 77 98 78 / 10 10 10 5 5 WACO, TX 77 91 74 95 75 / 30 40 20 10 5 PARIS, TX 74 95 73 95 75 / 10 5 10 5 5 DENTON, TX 76 95 76 98 76 / 10 10 10 5 5 MCKINNEY, TX 74 95 75 97 75 / 20 10 10 5 5 DALLAS, TX 80 95 78 97 77 / 10 20 10 5 5 TERRELL, TX 78 93 74 95 75 / 20 20 10 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 77 91 73 95 74 / 30 30 10 10 5 TEMPLE, TX 75 89 73 93 74 / 40 50 20 10 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && /05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 650 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-241100- 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- 500 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEAST OF GENERALLY SOUTH OF AN ATHENS...HILLSBORO ...COMANCHE LINE...WITH AN ISOLATED STORM NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION NORTH OF THIS LINE THROUGH SUNSET OR MID-EVENING. GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS...MAINLY THROUGH SUNSET. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT SOUTH OF A GOLDTHWAITE...WACO...PALESTINE LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A GOLDTHWAITE...HILLSBORO...ATHENS LINE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. MOREOVER...SEVERE WEATHER THIS WEEK IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 05/26
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:52 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two 13' x 150' sheds holding chickens, geese, and quail were destroyed by an isolated downburst. Both structures rolled, killing or injuring some of the birds and releasing others.
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