After slamming into the Gulf coast, Hurricane Ike weakened slowly as it moved north. Several counties in east Texas received damaging winds from the storm.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
After slamming into the Gulf coast, Hurricane Ike weakened slowly as it moved north. Several counties in east Texas received damaging winds from the storm. Sustained winds of 25-35 MPH with gusts up to 50 MPH were reported for several hours as T.S. Ike moved east of the area. Power lines, trees, and large limbs were blown down, causing damage to vehicles and structures.
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 Sep 13, 3:25 AM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 425 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 .UPDATE... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE UPDATED SHORTLY TO DROP THE LAST 12 HOURS (SUNDAY DAYTIME) FROM THE WATCH SINCE IKE IS MOVING FASTER THAN EARLIER FORECASTS...WHICH ENDS THE RAIN SOONER ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. 75 && ...IKE WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS RATHER QUICKLY... .DISCUSSION... 327 AM CDT. HURRICANE IKE MOVED ONSHORE (NORTHEAST GALVESTON OF PORT BOLIVAR) AT 210 AM CDT AS A HIGH-END CAT TWO. 1ST RAIN BAND ENTERING OUR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES AT 300 AM WITH WINDS BEGINNING TO INCREASE. EXPECT IKE TO TURN NORTHERLY AROUND DAYBREAK AND MOVE ALONG OUR EASTERN CWA BOUNDARY WITH A PERIOD OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS SOUTHEAST OF A HEARNE...FAIRFIELD...ATHENS LINE. WE HAVE NOT CHANGED EARLIER WARNINGS (WIND/FLOOD)...BUT DID ADD A WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY ACROSS OUR WESTERN MOST COUNTIES. IKE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE RAPIDLY NORTH AND SHOULD REACH THE SULPHUR SPRINGS AREA BY 700 PM THIS EVENING AND THEN MOVE INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL MISSOURI BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. THIS FASTER SPEED WILL MEAN THE TROPICAL STORM WINDS WILL END SOONER TONIGHT...HELP REDUCE THE POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOOD...AND END THE RAIN SOONER. THUS...WE/VE LOWER POPS FOR SUNDAY ACROSS THE BOARD AND DECREASED CLOUDS FASTER AS WELL. AS IKE HEADS OUT OF NORTH TEXAS...A COLD FRONT TO THE NORTHWEST IS READY TO SLIDE SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE CWA...BRINGING DRIER... MILDER CONDITIONS TO THE REGION FOR MONDAY AND THE REST OF NEXT WEEK. 75 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 85 74 86 62 81 / 100 90 10 10 5 WACO, TX 84 73 89 63 83 / 100 60 10 5 5 PARIS, TX 81 72 80 59 79 / 100 100 50 10 5 DENTON, TX 84 72 84 58 79 / 90 100 10 5 5 MCKINNEY, TX 82 71 84 58 79 / 100 100 20 10 5 DALLAS, TX 85 74 86 62 81 / 100 100 10 10 5 TERRELL, TX 83 73 85 62 81 / 100 100 10 10 5 CORSICANA, TX 84 74 87 62 83 / 100 90 10 10 5 TEMPLE, TX 85 74 89 62 83 / 100 50 10 5 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR TXZ091>095-101>107-116>123-130>134. FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR TXZ092>095-103>107-118>123-133>135-145>148-158>162- 174-175. HURRICANE WIND WARNING UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR TXZ135-147-148- 162-175. TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR TXZ143>146- 157>161-174. WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR TXZ100-115-129-141-142-156. && 26/75
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 538 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-141100- 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- 538 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. MULTIPLE SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS...ARISING FROM NORTHWARD MOVING STORM IKE...WILL MAKE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS ONE FOR RESIDENTS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL COME FROM THE NEAR HURRICANE WINDS. AT TIMES...STRONG WINDS WITHIN THUNDERSTORM WILL AUGMENT THE TROPICAL WINDS...RESULTING IN EXTREME GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH OR HIGHER. THESE DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD IN THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. MOREOVER...THUNDERSTORMS MAY TRAIN OR MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS REPEATEDLY...POSING A DANGEROUS RISK OF FLASH FLOODING MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. THERE ALSO WILL BE A THREAT OF TORNADOES...MAINLY ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY SUNDAY...MAINLY ACROSS EASTERN AND NORTH EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. SOME OF OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
9 tropical storm, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Power was knocked out to the unincorporated town of Gause as T.S. Ike blew past. Large limbs damaged power lines causing power outages.
Several trees and large branches were felled in the Groesbeck, Mexia and Kosse areas due to T.S. Ike. Trees and large limbs fell onto power lines causing power outages. Winds were estimated between 35 and 45 MPH with higher gusts.
Numerous trees were felled and power outages occurred in and around Normangee, Marquez, Concord, Jewett, Buffalo, and Centerville due to T.S. Ike. A tree clipped the corner of the Concord Post office as it fell and numerous roads were unpassable due to downed trees. A home was damaged in Jewett by a falling tree. In Buffalo, trees and large limbs were blown down and in some cases damaged houses and barns. The gates of Centerville High School were blown down and the marquee was also damaged. A limb also fell onto one of the school buses. The Emergency Coordinator for the county stated that 511 out of 523 power lines were downed during the storm. Winds were estimated between 35 and 45 MPH with higher gusts.
Numerous trees and large limbs were felled in and around Franklin due to T.S. Ike. Winds were estimated between 35 and 45 MPH with higher gusts.
Several large trees were felled in the Fairfield area due to T.S. Ike. A tin carport was also dropped onto a pickup truck. Trees and large limbs fell onto power lines causing power outages. Winds were estimated between 35 and 45 MPH with higher gusts.
Four houses had trees fall on them in Palestine and several other large limbs were blown down. Several large trees were felled in the Frankston and Elkhart areas. A piece of flashing was torn from the roof of Frankston Elementary and siding was blown off a house in Neches. Winds were estimated between 35 and 45 MPH with higher gusts.
Winds between 25 and 35 MPH with higher gusts occurred for several hours as T.S. Ike moved just east of the area. The roof of the Sears building was damaged near Cedar Creek Lake. Power lines in and around Athens and Malakoff were damaged from falling trees and large limbs. A large tree branch fell on an apartment complex in Athens, poking holes in the roof and causing water damage from heavy rains. About 50 trees had to be cleared from roadways. Persistent light to moderate rains caused a road closure on FM 317 south of Chandler when a culvert was washed out.
Winds between 25 and 35 MPH with higher gusts occurred for several hours as T.S. Ike moved just east of the area. Three homes reported damage from fallen trees in Corsicana. In Kerens, a few trees and large branches were blown onto roadways.
Sustained winds of 25-35 MPH with gusts up to 50 MPH were reported for several hours as T.S. Ike moved east of the area. Power lines, trees, and large limbs were blown down in West Tawakoni and Greenville. A backhoe was required to move a fallen tree that was too large for a chainsaw. Urban and small stream flooding occurred as rainfall rates peaked near two inches per hour.
The intersection of Lamar Avenue and Loop 286 and areas southward were flooded by about 6 to 8 inches of rain.
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, September 2008The 2008 hurricane season
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: 134533, 134531, 134286, 134554, 134281, 134271, 134274, 134530, 134267, 134532.