A strong cold front and upper level disturbance caused wind damage and dropped large hail as an area of thunderstorms affected the area.
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A strong cold front and upper level disturbance caused wind damage and dropped large hail as an area of thunderstorms affected the area.
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 28, 3:15 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 415 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008 .AVIATION... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE ALONG CONVERGENT BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY. EXPECT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY TO EMERGE FROM INTENSIFYING COLD POOL AND HELP PUSH STORMS TO THE SOUTH EARLY THIS EVENING. HAVE AMENDED METROPLEX TAFS TO SHOW TSRA POSSIBLE ACROSS THE METROPLEX TAF SITES AFTER 1Z...WHICH MAY BE A LITTLE SLOW. WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH RADAR TRENDS AND MAY HAVE TO BUMP UP ARRIVAL TIME OF STORMS AN HOUR OR TWO. TR.92 && .DISCUSSION... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER. THESE STORMS HAVE AMPLE INSTABILITY...BUT POOR VERTICAL WIND SHEAR. THUS...THE STORMS LIKELY WILL WEAKEN AS THE SUN LOWERS LATER THIS EVENING. BEYOND TODAY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACTIVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AGAIN SUNDAY...AND TO A LESSER EXTENT MONDAY AND TUESDAY. #26 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 74 91 70 91 75 / 50 40 10 10 10 WACO, TX 77 98 70 94 72 / 20 40 30 20 10 PARIS, TX 74 90 65 90 71 / 50 20 20 10 10 DENTON, TX 72 93 64 93 71 / 50 30 10 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 73 92 64 92 69 / 50 40 10 10 10 DALLAS, TX 75 93 73 93 77 / 50 40 10 10 10 TERRELL, TX 74 92 67 92 71 / 40 40 20 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 73 91 69 91 72 / 20 40 30 20 10 TEMPLE, TX 73 93 69 91 72 / 20 40 30 20 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 26/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 306 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-291100- 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- 306 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BEGINNING NEAR THE RED RIVER AND SPREADING SOUTH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...MAINLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY MORNING GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 SLIDING SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS NORTH TEXAS BY THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. IN ADDITION HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 ON MONDAY. AREAS SOUTH OF A LAMPASAS TO WACO TO PALESTINE LINE WILL HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 THIS EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
254 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008
TXZ091-282030-
MONTAGUE TX-
254 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
MONTAGUE COUNTY
AT 254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF
NOCONA TO 15 MILES WEST OF NOCONA...MOVING SOUTH AT 21 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BOWIE...NOCONA...ST. JO...
FORESTBURG AND STONEBURG.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3398 9759 3391 9757 3392 9752 3392 9748
3353 9748 3346 9797 3382 9798 3387 9788
3387 9784 3389 9780 3394 9775 3400 9764
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 340DEG 18KT 3393 9766 3372 9797The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:46 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous power poles and trees were blown down. Signs were also damaged. In Graham, a carport was blown onto power lines on Alford Street.
Multiple mobile homes sustained roof damage.
A large tree was blown down across CR 95 west of FM 289.
A microburst likely flipped a dock over at Lakeview Marina, which caused five anchored boats to sink. Two other boats were under debris. One dock was destroyed while several others were damaged. At least one large tree was uprooted about 200 yards away from the dock. Other large trees were split in half, huge limbs were broken off, and dozens of fences were downed throughout Lake Dallas, Hickory Creek, Corinth, and Shady Shores.
A 60 MPH wind gust was estimated northeast of Little Elm.
A 65 MPH wind gust was measured in town.
A four-thousand square-foot house in Justin was burned down after lightning struck it.
Large limbs were broken and fences were damaged.
A road was washed out by floodwaters.
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: 117424, 107227, 107229, 107225, 107234, 107226, 117426, 107231, 107232, 112880, 107228, 107233.