Two isolated severe storms produced hail up to the size of golfballs in Stephens and Young County.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Two isolated severe storms produced hail up to the size of golfballs in Stephens and Young County.
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 Jul 28, 5:19 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 619 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009 .AVIATION... /00Z TAFS/ VFR CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE. EXPECT LIGHT WINDS TONIGHT...WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 10KTS ON WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED MID AND HIGH CLOUDS WILL PERSIST. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 316 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009/ NEXT BEST CHANCE FOR POPS IN NORTH TEXAS WILL BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...AS AN UPPER DISTURBANCE ROLLS ACROSS OKLAHOMA CREATING WIDESPREAD LIFT. I FORECAST LIKELY POPS NEAR THE RED RIVER AND IN THE NORTHEAST...WITH POPS TAPERING OFF TO SLIGHT CHANCE IN SOUTHERN COUNTIES. HIGHS IN THE 80S NORTH AND UPPER 90S SOUTH SEEMS REASONABLE FOR THE THURSDAY EVENT...BUT THE DEMARCATION LINE BETWEEN THOSE EXTREMES IS LIKELY TO BE FAIRLY SHARP...AND HARD TO FORECAST DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE RAIN EXTENT. OTHERWISE...NORTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY...AND SEVERAL PERIODS OF CHANCE POPS ARE STILL IN THE FORECAST. IN THE EXTENDED PERIODS...GFS IS MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN THE ECMWF AT MOVING THE LONG WAVE RIDGE EAST THIS WEEKEND. I HAVE ADDED SOME LOW POPS SUNDAY MONDAY AND TUESDAY BECAUSE IF THE RIDGE STAYS FARTHER WEST THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND THUS THE POP CHANCES WILL CONTINUE. 84 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 74 94 77 88 69 / 10 20 40 50 20 WACO, TX 77 98 78 95 72 / 20 5 20 40 20 PARIS, TX 71 90 74 86 65 / 20 20 60 60 30 DENTON, TX 72 94 75 86 66 / 10 20 40 50 20 MCKINNEY, TX 71 94 76 87 65 / 10 20 50 50 30 DALLAS, TX 74 94 77 89 69 / 10 20 40 50 30 TERRELL, TX 73 95 76 90 69 / 10 10 40 50 30 CORSICANA, TX 75 97 77 93 72 / 20 5 30 40 30 TEMPLE, TX 76 98 78 96 72 / 20 5 10 30 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 343 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-291200- 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- 343 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 451 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009 TXZ130-282215- ERATH TX- 451 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHWESTERN ERATH COUNTY AT 451 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUBLIN...STATIONARY. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE DUBLIN AND STEPHENVILLE. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3229 9824 3205 9809 3195 9833 3217 9849 TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 251DEG 1KT 3216 9829 85/NH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
710 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009
TXZ129-290045-
EASTLAND TX-
710 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
WESTERN EASTLAND COUNTY
AT 709 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF CISCO...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TO ENTER EASTLAND COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 10 TO
15 MINUTES.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CISCO AND RISING STAR.
IF THIS STORM CONTINUES ON ITS PRESENT COURSE AND MAINTAINS ITS
STRENGTH...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3252 9912 3252 9911 3252 9888 3214 9881
3209 9889 3209 9913
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 266DEG 9KT 3245 9917
85/NHThe Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 22 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:33 UTC.
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Golfball size hail fell on Highway 6 near Ranch Road 1853 north of Lake Cisco.
Penny size hail was reported near Lake Cisco.
Quarter size hail fell along County Road 215 one mile south of Highway 180.
Penny size hail fell along Highway 180 near Hubbard Creek Reservoir west of Breckenridge.
Nickel size hail fell 3 miles west of Breckenridge on Highway 180.
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: 187049, 187050, 187051, 187052, 187053.