A severe thunderstorm in the evening hours of August 26th produced damaging downburst winds.
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A severe thunderstorm in the evening hours of August 26th produced damaging downburst winds.
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 26, 5:16 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 616 PM CDT WED AUG 26 2009 .AVIATION... STORMS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN WEST OF THE METROPLEX AND WILL KEEP ANY MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING OUT OF THE METROPLEX TAFS. FURTHER SOUTH....THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE AROUND WACO AND WILL KEEP VCTS MENTIONED UNTIL 1Z OR 8 PM. STORMS SHOULD WEAKEN AROUND SUNSET DUE TO THE LOSS OF DAY TIME HEATING. FOR TOMORROW...SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT LOOKS TO ARRIVE INTO THE DFW AREA SOMETIME IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE FRONT AND WILL SHOW THE BEST PROBABILITIES OF CONVECTION WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. FRONT WILL ARRIVE TO WACO AFTER THE END OF THE CURRENT TAF CYCLE AND WILL CARRY A CB GROUP FOR THE AFTERNOON. 85/NH && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 313 PM CDT WED AUG 26 2009/ THUNDERSTORMS ARE ERUPTING AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. A BOUNDARY/DRYLINE IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH...PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA. ALL STORMS AT THIS TIME ARE WEST OF THE BOUNDARY WHICH IS ALONG A LINE FROM BOWIE TO WEATHERFORD TO MERIDIAN. ACROSS THE SOUTH...SUFFICIENT HEATING COMBINED WITH THE INFLUENCE FROM THE UPPER LEVEL LOW TO THE EAST IS AIDING IN DEVELOPMENT. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO BEGIN TO WANE NEAR SUNSET AGAIN AND THEN THE FOCUS FOR RAIN WILL SHIFT TO THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WEAK COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THEN CENTRAL KANSAS. A SURFACE LOW IS LOCATED NEAR WICHITA FALLS. COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE IN OUR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES THURSDAY MORNING AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SLIDES DOWN THE PLAINS AND INTO NORTH TEXAS. THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY ADVANCE SOUTH ON THURSDAY WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN ALONG THE FRONT. SOME SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL LIKELY HANG UP OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES LATE THURSDAY. THE FRONT WILL GET A FINAL PUSH ON FRIDAY...PUSHING TO THE TEXAS COAST...AS ANOTHER PIECE OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY SWINGS DOWN THE PLAINS. THIS SHOULD HELP TO ADEQUATELY SHUT OFF THE PRECIPITATION AND HAVE KEPT A DRY FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. ON SUNDAY...A REINFORCING SHOT OF DRY AIR WILL ARRIVE IN NORTH TEXAS AS A SURFACE HIGH OUT OF CANADA SLIDES INTO THE MIDWEST. THIS WILL HELP KEEP TEMPERATURES PLEASANT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WEAK RIDGING ALOFT WILL RETURN NEXT WEEK BUT NORTHWEST FLOW WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER NORTH TEXAS. AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEXT WEEK IN THIS REGIME PATTERN. THE EXTENDED MODELS ARE HINTING AT NIGHTLY MCS ACTIVITY NEXT WEEK ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND OKLAHOMA. WILL NEED TO WATCH THIS POSSIBILITY OF AN MCS AFFECTING NORTH TEXAS IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD. TRENDED TOWARD THE COOLER SIDE OF MOS FOR TEMPERATURES WITH THIS PACKAGE. TOMORROW...THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT...INCREASING CLOUD COVER AND RAIN SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. TH SOUTHERN HALF WILL LIKELY WARM INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S AGAIN DEPENDING ON THE SPEED OF THE FRONT AND CLOUD COVER. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN HOLD FAIRLY STEADY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS BUT WILL START TO WARM LATE NEXT WEEK AS RIDGING ALOFT CONTINUES OVER NORTH TEXAS. 82/JLD && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 76 92 71 93 69 / 20 40 30 20 10 WACO, TX 77 97 72 96 69 / 20 30 30 20 10 PARIS, TX 71 88 69 87 67 / 20 40 40 20 10 DENTON, TX 76 89 71 91 69 / 20 40 30 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 73 88 69 91 67 / 20 40 30 10 10 DALLAS, TX 77 90 71 93 69 / 20 40 30 20 10 TERRELL, TX 73 92 70 92 67 / 20 40 30 20 10 CORSICANA, TX 72 94 72 94 68 / 20 30 30 20 10 TEMPLE, TX 73 97 72 96 69 / 30 30 30 20 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 85/92
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 325 PM CDT WED AUG 26 2009 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-271145- 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- 325 PM CDT WED AUG 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AT TIMES WITH HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THE PROGRESSION OF STORMS WILL BE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND COME TO AN END BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. ANY STORMS THAT DO BECOME SEVERE WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...BRIEF DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON...TONIGHT...AND TOMORROW FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS...AND THEN AGAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS TOMORROW NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. 77/TLD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 236 PM CDT WED AUG 26 2009 TXZ162-262000- LEON TX- 236 PM CDT WED AUG 26 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL LEON COUNTY AT 234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CENTERVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. CENTERVILLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE STORM. LAT...LON 3111 9584 3124 9620 3143 9600 3137 9582 TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 022DEG 12KT 3134 9592 25
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
335 PM CDT WED AUG 26 2009
TXZ162-262100-
LEON TX-
335 PM CDT WED AUG 26 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LEON COUNTY
AT 335 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISONVILLE...MOVING SOUTH
AT 15 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3098 9624 3104 9626 3105 9625 3108 9627
3120 9630 3124 9611 3110 9595
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 022DEG 14KT 3108 9606
25SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
522 PM CDT WED AUG 26 2009
TXZ132-144-262245-
SOMERVELL TX-BOSQUE TX-
522 PM CDT WED AUG 26 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
WESTERN BOSQUE COUNTY
SOUTHEASTERN SOMERVELL COUNTY
AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES SOUTH OF GRANBURY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CLIFTON...IREDELL...
MERIDIAN...AND MERIDIAN STATE PARK.
VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF MERIDIAN...ALSO
MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
LAT...LON 3203 9793 3218 9779 3223 9762 3221 9760
3209 9757 3172 9756 3176 9782 3193 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 012DEG 8KT 3216 9772
25The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 174 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:23 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree was blown over onto County Road 1206 between the towns of Slocum and Denson Springs.
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