An isolated severe storm produced nickel hail and minor damage in Rockwall County.
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An isolated severe storm produced nickel hail and minor damage in Rockwall 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 29, 11:59 AM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1259 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009 .AVIATION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. HAVE PLACED VCTS IN THE METROPLEX TAF SITES FOR THE 20Z-01Z PERIOD...WITH ONLY CB MENTIONED THEREAFTER. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE ALONG AND NORTH OF I-20 LATE TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES. ALTHOUGH HAVE ONLY MENTIONED CB FOR THE 10-16Z PERIOD...BUT LATER TAFS MAY NEED TO EXPLICITLY MENTION SHRA/TSRA. 58 && .UPDATE... LOWERED HIGH TEMPERATURES TO MID/UPPER 90S IN THE SOUTH. CONVECTIVE COMPLEX MOVING EAST INTO THOSE COUNTIES...AND ALTHOUGH IT IS WEAKENING...IT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING CLOUDS AND RAIN CHANCES TO THE AREA. 84 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 336 AM CDT WED JUL 29 2009/ THE CONVECTIVE WET PERIOD WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH COMPLEXES OF THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING THE REGION. THE COMPLEX OF STORMS THAT IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA WILL MAINTAIN ITSELF FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING THE MAIN THREATS. ADDITIONAL WEAK IMPULSES ARE FORECAST TO MOVE OVER THE REGION TODAY WHICH MAY SPARK STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON ALONG ANY RESIDUAL BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FROM THIS MORNING/S COMPLEX. IN ADDITION TO ANY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...THE STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION. THE MODELS ARE FORECASTING ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT IMPULSE TO MOVE THROUGH OKLAHOMA TODAY. IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS DISTURBANCE...ANOTHER MCS OR CLUSTER OF STORMS IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. THIS MCS WILL LIKELY TRACK TO THE SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST...AFFECTING AT LEAST THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. ANOTHER LIKELY SCENARIO IS ANOTHER MCS MOVING OUT OF THE TX/OK PANHANDLES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND ARRIVING IN NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY MORNING. BOTH SCENARIOS WARRANT LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF CWA THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT AS PWATS REMAIN ABOVE 2 INCHES BUT SOME SEVERE WEATHER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. ANOTHER ACTIVE PERIOD LOOKS TO BE FRIDAY WHEN THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT IMPULSE MOVES OVER THE REGION. AFTER THAT POPS WILL TAPER OFF BUT WILL KEEP 20-30 POPS ACROSS THE EASTERN ZONES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HOTTEST ACROSS THE SOUTH WHERE THE LOWEST CHANCES FOR POPS ARE. BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL RETURN BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK WITH THE CENTER OF THE RIDGE REMAINING OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK WILL LIKELY BE DRY BUT ISOLATED AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE RIDGE HOLDS WEST OF THE REGION. NORTH TEXAS OVERALL WILL SEE A RISE IN TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK. 82/JLD && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 92 76 89 69 84 / 50 60 50 50 40 WACO, TX 97 77 94 75 89 / 30 30 30 40 40 PARIS, TX 90 73 83 68 85 / 50 70 60 40 40 DENTON, TX 93 74 88 67 84 / 60 60 50 50 40 MCKINNEY, TX 93 75 88 67 84 / 50 60 50 50 40 DALLAS, TX 93 77 89 71 84 / 40 60 50 50 40 TERRELL, TX 92 75 89 71 85 / 40 60 50 50 40 CORSICANA, TX 95 77 91 72 87 / 30 40 40 50 40 TEMPLE, TX 97 77 95 74 91 / 20 20 30 40 40 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 58/84
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 449 AM CDT WED JUL 29 2009 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-301200- 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- 449 AM CDT WED JUL 29 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS BUT SOME THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ANY SEVERE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. ON THURSDAY...A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST TO ARRIVE IN NORTH TEXAS. HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN THREATS. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEKEND ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 82/JLD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
207 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009
TXZ120-291930-
ROCKWALL TX-
207 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
ROCKWALL COUNTY
AT 207 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ROCKWALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FATE...HEATH...ROCKWALL AND
ROYSE CITY.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3283 9629 3283 9651 3299 9652 3299 9631
3298 9630
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 239DEG 15KT 3292 9646The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:23 UTC.
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Nickel size hail fell at the intersection of Highway 66 and Interstate 30 east of Rockwall.
Small limbs were reported down at the intersection of Highway 66 and Interstate 30 east of Rockwall.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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