Gusty southerly winds caused two reports of wind damage.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Gusty southerly winds caused two reports of wind damage.
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 Mar 25, 1:54 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 254 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2008 .DISCUSSION... CONTINUED DRY WITH GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THROUGH THURSDAY. WENT SLIGHTLY ABOVE MOS FOR HIGHS SINCE THE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS USUALLY PRODUCE WARMER AFTERNOONS. FRONT STILL ON SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY...WITH ASSOCIATED CHANCE OF PRECIP. CONTINUED UNSETTLED THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH FRONT BACKING UP SATURDAY AND NEW FRONT MOVING IN MONDAY. ECMWF HAS CHANGED SINCE YESTERDAY TO BETTER MATCH THE GFS. WITH THIS CHANGE HAVE LEANED TOWARDS GFS TIMING AS WELL. ECMWF NO LONGER BUILDS A CUTOFF LOW OFF THE CALIF COAST...BUT NOW KEEPS THE PROGRESSIVE PATTERN WE HAVE SEEN IN THE GFS. MODELS SHOW NO CONTINUITY ON SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY SHORT WAVE TIMING...SO IT IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE EXACT TIMES WHEN PRECIP WILL OR WILL NOT OCCUR. HAVE LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THE TIMES WHEN GFS WAS DRIER BUT ECMWF STAYED WET. SINCE MODELS BOTH AGREE ON A MONDAY AFTN FRONT...HAVE LEFT CHANCE POPS FOR MONDAY AFTN THRU TUE MORNING. 84 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 60 81 64 85 60 / 0 10 10 10 10 WACO, TX 59 79 64 85 64 / 0 10 10 10 10 PARIS, TX 57 77 59 82 59 / 0 10 10 10 10 DENTON, TX 57 81 63 84 58 / 0 10 10 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 58 81 63 83 59 / 0 10 10 10 10 DALLAS, TX 60 81 64 84 61 / 0 10 10 10 10 TERRELL, TX 59 79 62 83 62 / 0 10 10 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 57 79 62 85 63 / 0 10 10 10 10 TEMPLE, TX 58 79 63 82 63 / 0 10 10 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175. && 84/84
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 310 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-261200- 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- 310 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ENOUGH INSTABILITY MAY BE PRESENT FRIDAY FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. 92
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Sustained winds between 20 and 30 MPH with higher gusts caused a cross arm to break on an electric pole in Gainesville. A wind advisory was in effect at the time.
Sustained winds between 20 and 30 MPH with higher gusts caused a dead tree to fall, taking a power pole with it. The tree and the pole blocked traffic on Morrow Avenue in Waco.
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: 85755, 85756.