A severe thunderstorm with downburst winds hit Morgan's Point Resort and caused minor damage.
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A severe thunderstorm with downburst winds hit Morgan's Point Resort and caused minor 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 Aug 12, 11:06 AM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1206 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2009 .AVIATION... /18Z UPDATE/ VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD WITH GENERALLY E/NE FLOW AROUND 10KTS. MOISTURE CONVERGENCE REMAINS SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA MAINLY IN VICINITY OF BOUNDARY LOCATED SOUTH OF METROPLEX BUT WILL LEAVE MENTION OUT OF AREA TAFS. OTHERWISE...NO SIGNIFICANT AVIATION CONCERNS NEXT 24 HOURS. 91/DUNN && .UPDATE... RECENT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT NEAR NW AND SE CORNERS OF CWA. ADDITIONAL ENHANCED MID CLOUD BETWEEN THE TWO AREAS...AND OTHER BUBBLES IN SW CWA...MAY RESULT IN SOME ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA. UPDATE INCLUDES MENTION OF PRECIP...BUT MAINTAINS POPS WELL UNDER 20. AFTERNOON 20 POPS IN SE WILL REMAIN. 25 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 327 AM CDT WED AUG 12 2009/ COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY THROUGH MUCH OF THE CWA AND WILL BE SOUTH OF THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL TOP OUT IN THE MIDDLE 90S FOR THE NORTHERN HALF AND UPPER 90S TO THE SOUTH. GIVEN THE NORTH WINDS /COLD-AIR ADVECTION/ AND SOME HIGH CLOUD COVER THIS AFTERNOON...UNDERCUT THE MAV BY A COUPLE OF DEGREES AND STUCK CLOSER TO THE MET. WE MAY SEE ONE OR TWO STORMS IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES...BUT THINK THE BEST CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON STORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF THE CWA ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. HIGH CLOUDS CURRENTLY OVER THE AREA ARE INHIBITING NORTH TEXAS RESIDENTS OF SEEING THE METEOR SHOWER. THE GOOD NEWS IS...SKIES WILL BE MUCH CLEARER WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE BEST TIMES TO SEE THE METEORS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6AM. NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIPITATION CHANCES AFTER TODAY ACROSS NORTH TEXAS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS THE RIDGE BUILDS BACK INTO THE REGION. HOWEVER...THINGS MAY GET INTERESTING EARLY NEXT WEEK. RIDGE BUILDS EASTWARD BY THE WEEKEND...WHICH ALLOWS A TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES TO ROTATE AROUND THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE RIDGE. THERE IS ALOT OF IFS WITH THIS WAVE FOR IT TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT INTO NORTH TEXAS BUT THE ECMWF AND CANADIAN MODELS TRACK IT INTO THE UPPER TEXAS COAST AND INTO NORTH TEXAS ON TUESDAY. THE ECMWF KEEPS IT AS AN OPEN WAVE BUT THE CANADIAN CLOSES OFF A SURFACE LOW IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. ALMOST A WEEK TO WATCH THIS AND SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT BUT WILL BROAD BRUSH 20 POPS ACROSS THE CWA MONDAY-TUESDAY. 85/NH && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 95 73 96 75 96 / 10 5 5 5 5 WACO, TX 99 73 101 76 100 / 10 10 5 5 5 PARIS, TX 91 67 93 68 92 / 10 5 5 5 0 DENTON, TX 93 68 94 72 94 / 10 5 5 5 5 MCKINNEY, TX 94 65 95 70 94 / 10 5 5 5 0 DALLAS, TX 95 74 96 76 95 / 10 5 5 5 5 TERRELL, TX 92 68 95 72 95 / 10 10 5 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 95 72 98 73 97 / 10 10 5 5 5 TEMPLE, TX 99 72 100 74 99 / 20 20 10 10 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 144 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2009 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-131200- 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- 144 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS MAINLY SOUTH OF A CISCO TO WACO TO CENTERVILLE LINE. GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AREAWIDE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. HEAVY RAIN...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DUNN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor roof damage was reported in Morgan's Point Resort on Lake Park Road.
A large boat was pushed ashore at Belton Lake, walls at a restauraunt under construction were blown down, and minor tree damage was reported.
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