Flooding occurred along a synoptic boundary.
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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.
Flooding occurred along a synoptic boundary.
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 Jun 10, 5:37 AM CST, 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 637 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 .UPDATE... WE HAVE UPDATED TO SHIFT BETTER POPS INTO SE COUNTIES ALONG/SOUTH OF I-20...AS PROPAGATION OF INFLOW HAS MIGRATED DOWN THAT WAY. HAVE INCLUDED HEAVY RAIN MENTION IN FORECAST ALONG/SE OF A CANTON...CORSICANA... FAIRFIELD...BUFFALO/BREMOND LINE. FFW CONTINUES UNTIL 7:30 AM FOR SRN RAINS/NRN VAN ZANDT COUNTIES AND A FEW ADDITIONAL SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR TOWARD ATHENS/PALESTINE BY MID MORNING. OTHERWISE...FORECAST IS ON ON TRACK. DID REMOVE FOG MENTION THIS MORNING... AS CONVECTION HAS KEPT BOUNDARY LAYER MIXED ENOUGH TO KEEP FORMATION VERY SPOTTY AND LIMITED. UPDATE ON THE WAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 606 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008/ AVIATION... /12Z TAFS/ CEILINGS ARE DROPPING QUITE LOW THIS MORNING ACROSS THE METRO SITES...AROUND 700FT OR LESS IN SOME LOCATIONS. EXPECT THE LIFR/IFR CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE PERIODICALLY THROUGH 14Z BEFORE RAPIDLY IMPROVING. BY 15-16Z...VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH THE REMAINING TAF CYCLE. FOR WACO...CIGS HAVE BEEN HOLDING IN THE MVFR CATEGORY...BUT SATELLITE SHOWS IFR CIGS SINKING SOUTHWARD. HAVE INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP FOR IFR FROM 12-14Z AT KACT AS WELL. OTHERWISE...SOUTH WINDS FROM 10-15KTS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD. SCHULTZ PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 453 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008/ UPDATE... BANDING OF ELEVATED CONVECTION WITH MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ALONG A CORRIDOR FROM CELINA/MCKINNEY...TO GREENVILLE...TO LAKE TAWAKONI AND CANTON THROUGH DAYBREAK. WE HAVE JUST ISSUED SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR LAKE TAWAKONI AREA OF RAINS/NRN VAN ZANDT COUNTIES THROUGH DAYBREAK...THOUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATES NO MAJOR ISSUES OR ANYTHING HAZARDOUS TO THIS POINT. THINKING IS CONVECTION WILL WANE SOMEWHAT WITH LOSS OF VEERED SWLY 25-35 KTS LLJ/ISENTROPIC LIFT BY MID-MORNING. STILL...WE WENT AHEAD AND RAISED POPS TO HIGH CHANCE CATEGORY THROUGH 9-10 AM OVER THESE AREAS. THIS WHOLE BAND SHOULD SHIFT TO NEAR BOUNDARY OVER SE COUNTIES BY MIDDAY/AFTER. UPDATES TO BE SENT SHORTLY. /05 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 248 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008/ DISCUSSION... SOME ELEVATED ISENTROPIC ASCENT ON THE 305K-315K THETA SURFACES (OR BOUNDARY LAYER TO 750MB) IN DIFFLUENT MID LVL FLOW CONTINUES TO INDUCE ELEVATED/SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NE 1/2 OF N TX WITH EVEN SOME PEA-HAIL REPORTED OUT OF STRONGEST ACTIVITY AS OF 2 AM CDT. THIS WAS SHOWN ON PREV RUNS OF MODELS NICELY AND IS COMING TO FRUITION...THOUGH IT DIDN/T GET STARTED TIL ALMOST MIDNIGHT. EXPECT BULK OF ACTIVITY TO SHIFT GRADUALLY S/SEWD ACROSS AREAS EAST OF I-35 THROUGH AT LEAST MID- MORNING...WHERE OLD FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY REMAINS SITUATED SOUTH OF I-20 THIS MORNING. A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN DEEPER MOISTURE FROM CAMERON TO PALESTINE THIS AFTN. OTHERWISE ...THE RESPITE FROM THE HOT/HUMID WEATHER WILL BE SHORT- LIVED AS OLD BOUNDARY MIXES BACK NWD THIS AFTN WITH SOME AIRMASS INDUCED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS OVER FAR SE COUNTIES IN AREA OF BEST WAA/MOISTURE FLUX OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE RETURN OF THE HOTTER/MORE HUMID CONDITIONS UNDER THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BE NOTICEABLE AS TEMPS COULD PUSH THE CENTURY MARK WED/THURS. NEXT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE NOW SEEN AMPLIFYING ACROSS THE PACIFIC NW STATES WILL DEEPEN OVER THE ROCKIES THROUGH MID WEEK...BEFORE LIFTING ESE ACROSS THE THE PLAINS STATES LATE WEEK...HELPING TO BREAK DOWN THE UPPER HIGH AND SHUNT IT W/SW AWAY FROM NORTH TX. NEW RUNS OF MED RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A COLD FRONT MOVING SWD ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY BY SATURDAY MORNING...THEN STALLING OVER THE CENTRAL BRAZOS VALLEY BY SAT AFTN. WE HAVE RAISED RAIN CHANCES ALONG THE FRONT FOR LATER FRI NIGHT AND SATURDAY TO CHANCE CATEGORY...AS MED RANGE MODELS ALL AGREE ON INSTABILITY AND SOME CONVECTION ERUPTING ALONG/SLIGHTLY BEHIND THE FRONT. UPPER RIDGE REMAINS ANCHORED TO OUR WEST ON DAYS 6/7 (SUN/MON) WITH AREA UNDER WEAK/DIFFLUENT N/NWLY FLOW ALOFT. SUMMER-LIKE MOISTURE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. FOR NOW...WE WILL NOT INTRODUCE MORE THAN 10 PERCENT POPS THIS PERIOD DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES ON MID LVL FEATURES COMING OUT OF DIFFLUENT NW FLOW ALOFT. /05 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 92 76 97 80 98 / 10 5 5 5 5 WACO, TX 94 73 95 76 95 / 20 5 5 5 10 PARIS, TX 88 70 91 74 92 / 10 10 5 5 5 DENTON, TX 92 74 95 76 96 / 10 5 5 5 5 MCKINNEY, TX 90 72 94 75 94 / 20 5 5 5 5 DALLAS, TX 91 76 95 80 96 / 20 5 5 5 5 TERRELL, TX 90 73 95 75 94 / 30 10 5 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 91 73 94 75 95 / 30 10 5 5 10 TEMPLE, TX 95 74 94 75 96 / 20 5 5 5 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 05/05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 304 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-111100- 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- 304 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-35 THIS MORNING...AND ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A CANTON TO TEMPLE LINE THIS AFTERNOON. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE PERIODICALLY FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. SCHULTZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
151 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008
TXZ119-100715-
DALLAS TX-
151 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY
AT 151 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 13 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GARLAND...MESQUITE...
ROWLETT...SACHSE AND SUNNYVALE.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3299 9652 3269 9652 3287 9677 3300 9669
3299 9664 3300 9664 3299 9659
TIME...MOT...LOC 0651Z 297DEG 11KT 3289 9664
SCHULTZSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
251 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008
TXZ093-094-100815-
GRAYSON TX-FANNIN TX-
251 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHERN FANNIN COUNTY
SOUTHEASTERN GRAYSON COUNTY
AT 251 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHERMAN...MOVING EAST AT 27
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BAILEY...BELLS...BONHAM...
DODD CITY...ECTOR...LEONARD...SAVOY...TOM BEAN...VAN ALSTYNE...
WHITEWRIGHT AND BONHAM STATE PARK.
PEA-SIZED HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3355 9597 3336 9620 3334 9637 3339 9637
3341 9638 3341 9653 3340 9655 3342 9662
3371 9646
TIME...MOT...LOC 0751Z 288DEG 24KT 3348 9637
SCHULTZSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
435 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008
TXZ122-123-101000-
RAINS TX-VAN ZANDT TX-
435 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHERN RAINS COUNTY
NORTHERN VAN ZANDT COUNTY
AT 435 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF WILLS POINT...MOVING EAST AT 11
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE EDGEWOOD...FRUITVALE AND
GRAND SALINE.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3254 9565 3267 9599 3284 9593 3277 9562
3272 9562 3272 9561 3270 9559
TIME...MOT...LOC 0935Z 288DEG 10KT 3271 9583
SCHULTZSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
457 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008
TXZ122-101030-
VAN ZANDT TX-
457 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHEASTERN VAN ZANDT COUNTY
AT 457 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTH OF CANTON...MOVING EAST AT 19 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE EDGEWOOD...FRUITVALE AND
GRAND SALINE.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3251 9560 3264 9594 3279 9587 3278 9586
3278 9579 3276 9575 3275 9571 3272 9566
3273 9563 3272 9561 3269 9558
TIME...MOT...LOC 0957Z 288DEG 17KT 3269 9578
SCHULTZThe Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:42 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
High water was reported on several roads and vehicles were stalled in Edgewood and Fruitvale.
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, June 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: 107240.