Afternoon showers and thunderstorms caused mainly wind damage as they affected counties near the metroplex for two days in a row.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Afternoon showers and thunderstorms caused mainly wind damage as they affected counties near the metroplex for two days in a row.
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 30, 1:51 PM CST, 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 251 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 .DISCUSSION... BASE OF UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS NOW WELL INTO NORTH TEXAS WITH THE AXIS ORIENTED FROM SW KANSAS TO CENTRAL TEXAS. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS ALSO WELL DEFINED IN THE RUC 500 MB ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGES OVER SOUTHERN ARIZONA. TONIGHT...THE TROUGH WILL SLIDE SOUTH AS THE RIDGE PUSHES EAST. ENERGY FROM THE REMNANTS OF THE TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER NORTH TEXAS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS BUT RAIN CHANCES REMAIN SMALL AND DWINDLE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AN ISOLATED CHANCE FOR SHOWERS OR STORMS EXISTS ON FRIDAY BUT ATTM THE CHANCE IS TOO SMALL TO MENTION AND KEPT 10 POPS. BY SUNDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BE CENTERED IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND WILL THEN SETTLE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE INFLUENCE OF THE RIDGE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WILL BE STRONG AND A RETURN TO TRIPLE DIGITS IS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND...BUT TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN JUST BELOW RECORD LEVELS. A WEAK FRONT IS WORKING ITS WAY INTO THE FAR NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THIS FRONT IS NOT EXPECTED TO PUSH ANY FARTHER INTO NORTH TEXAS THAN A LINE FROM GAINESVILLE TO EASTLAND. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY STARTING TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. EXPECT SCATTERED RAIN ACTIVITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO REMAIN ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN SHIFT OVER THE ENTIRE REGION LATER TONIGHT AS THE TROUGH AXIS CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. MODELS AND MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE SOME INSTABILITY WILL BE PRESENT TONIGHT...SUPPORTIVE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME GUSTY WINDS. WILL KEEP 30 POPS TONIGHT. RAIN WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST TOMORROW AND THEN THE FORECAST LOOKS DRY AFTER THAT. TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR THIS PACKAGE CONTINUES TO BE ABOVE MOS GUIDANCE FOR THE MOST PART AND IS A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN PREVIOUS FORECAST. BASED ON THIS FORECAST...A HEAT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS WEEKEND. 82/JLD && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 79 99 78 100 81 / 30 20 10 10 10 WACO, TX 78 100 78 100 79 / 30 20 10 10 10 PARIS, TX 74 97 74 99 77 / 30 30 10 10 10 DENTON, TX 76 99 77 100 78 / 30 10 10 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 75 98 76 101 77 / 30 20 10 10 10 DALLAS, TX 80 98 80 101 82 / 30 20 10 10 10 TERRELL, TX 77 98 76 100 77 / 30 30 10 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 77 97 76 98 77 / 30 20 10 10 10 TEMPLE, TX 76 98 75 99 75 / 30 20 10 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 05/82
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 245 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-311200- 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- 245 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A WEAK FRONT MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...THEN PUSH TO A BONHAM... DALLAS...CLEBURNE...HAMILTON LINE BY THIS EVENING. STORMS WILL BE ISOLATED FURTHER SOUTHEAST AWAY FROM THE FRONT THIS EVENING...BUT WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND TOWARD DAYBREAK THURSDAY MORNING OVER THESE AREAS. FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...AND POSSIBLY PEA HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS THROUGH SUNSET....WITH LIGHTNING BEING THE MAIN THREAT OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING THURSDAY MORNING EAST OF INTERSTATE 35...WITH ISOLATED ACTIVITY FURTHER TO THE SOUTHWEST NEAR LAMPASAS AND KILLEEN. WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AS THE FRONT STALLS ACROSS THIS REGION. LIGHTNING AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH SUNSET. 05/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 332 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 TXZ092-302100- COOKE TX- 332 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL COOKE COUNTY AT 332 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF GAINESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GAINESVILLE AND LINDSAY. 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 CONTINUES ON ITS PRESENT COURSE...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. LAT...LON 3363 9707 3346 9722 3362 9739 3373 9729 TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 309DEG 17KT 3364 9727 13
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 342 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 TXZ102-302115- WISE TX- 342 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTH CENTRAL WISE COUNTY AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTH OF BRIDGEPORT...MOVING EAST AT 12 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ALVORD. 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 3343 9759 3334 9759 3337 9775 3342 9774 TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 271DEG 10KT 3339 9770 13
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:42 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down and a roof was blown off a convenience store east of Mineral Wells.
A downburst blew over two barns. One person was injured by the debris and transported to a Fort Worth hospital by helicopter.
A 60 MPH wind gust was measured by a spotter.
Large trees were blocking a roadway.
A penny-size hail report was relayed by the media.
Trees were knocked down in the western portion of the county.
Trees were blown down.
Some trees were blown down near Elm Mott.
A roof was blown off a mobile home.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 120726, 123940, 120727, 120725, 120733, 123946, 123939, 123936, 123937.