A weak cold front and ample moisture triggered thunderstorms over north Texas.
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A weak cold front and ample moisture triggered thunderstorms over north Texas.
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 8, 1:42 PM CST, 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION.CCORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 242 PM CDT MON SEP 8 2008 .DISCUSSION... SHORTWAVE AND ISENTROPIC LIFT MOVING INTO OUR WESTERN ZONES WILL SPREAD SCATTERED CONVECTION OVER MOST OF THE CWA THROUGH TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT OVER NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA ARRIVES IN THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES BEFORE DAYBREAK. THE FRONT WILL STALL AND LINGER OVER NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT THEN LIFT BACK NORTH ON WEDNESDAY. WE EXPECT CONVECTION ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH THE BEST CHANCE (LIKELY CATEGORY) OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF TONIGHT. THE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE THE TIME PERIOD WHEN SUBSIDENCE RULES OVER NORTH TEXAS AS HURRICANE IKE NEARS. AS FOR THE WEEKEND AND HURRICANE IKE. MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING IS BEGINNING OVER THE WESTERN CONUS WITH THE WESTERLIES SAGGING INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE MIDWEST TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE WESTERN TROUGH WILL DEEPEN WITH TIME WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW RESULTING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY MID WEEK. AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY PASSES THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART OF THE TROUGH...IT BECOMES MORE POSITIVELY TILTED...THUS STRENGTHENING OUR SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT BY FRIDAY AS HURRICANE IKE CLOSES IN ON THE TEXAS COAST. COME THIS WEEKEND...THE WESTERN TROUGH EJECTS OUT AND SHOULD PICK UP IKE AND MOVE HIM NORTHWARD THROUGH TEXAS AND INTO THE MID OHIO RIVER VALLEY BY EARLY MONDAY. DUE TO THE RAPID FIRE CHANGES IN THE CURRENT MODEL RUNS...WE/VE DECIDE TO STICK CLOSE TO TPC TRAJECTORY FORECASTS FOR NOW. THIS WILL CHANGE AS NEW MODELS RUNS COME IN AND TCP CHANGES THEIR FORECASTS. IN SUMMARY...IKE IS COMING AND SHOULD AFFECT NORTH TEXAS WITH WIND AND RAIN THIS WEEKEND...HOWEVER IT/S ACTUAL PATH ACROSS THE STATE REMAINS THE BIG QUESTION. 75 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 71 82 70 87 74 / 60 50 20 30 20 WACO, TX 72 88 70 91 75 / 40 40 20 20 20 PARIS, TX 67 80 67 86 70 / 50 50 20 30 20 DENTON, TX 69 81 68 87 72 / 60 50 20 30 20 MCKINNEY, TX 67 82 68 87 71 / 60 50 20 30 20 DALLAS, TX 72 83 72 87 75 / 60 50 20 30 20 TERRELL, TX 70 84 69 88 72 / 50 50 20 30 20 CORSICANA, TX 71 86 70 90 73 / 40 30 10 30 20 TEMPLE, TX 70 89 69 91 72 / 30 30 20 20 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 92/75
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 211 PM CDT MON SEP 8 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-091100- 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- 211 PM CDT MON SEP 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS. CURRENTLY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING AS A FRONT STALLS ACROSS THE AREA. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TO THE AREA THIS WEEKEND AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:02 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The media relayed that numerous large limbs were blown down in town.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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