Afternoon thunderstorms developed near a stalled frontal boundary across the central portions of the state. Isolated events of damaging winds occurred in Bell and Coryell counties.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Afternoon thunderstorms developed near a stalled frontal boundary across the central portions of the state. Isolated events of damaging winds occurred in Bell and Coryell counties. More significant damage occurred to four RVs in Johnson 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 31, 2:28 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 328 PM CDT FRI JUL 31 2009 .DISCUSSION... THERE ARE TWO AREAS OF INTEREST FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THE FIRST WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ZONES THIS EVENING IN THE VICINITY OF A WEAK...STALLED...FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THESE STORMS WILL PULSE UP AND DOWN AND MAY COME CLOSE TO SEVERE LIMITS WITH BRIEF DOWNBURST WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THE PRIMARY HAZARD. THE SECOND AREA OF INTEREST FOR STORMS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS WHEN AN MCS DEVELOPS OVER THE HIGH PLAINS AND MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE RED RIVER. IT APPEARS THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE NORTHEAST ZONES. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DECREASE SUNDAY AS UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY BUILDS EAST AND THE LONG WAVE TROUGH AXIS SHIFTS INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION. THE WEATHER MONDAY THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY WILL BE DOMINATED BY UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WITH MOSTLY SUNNY DAYS...CLEAR NIGHTS...AND HIGH TEMPERATURES WARMING BACK ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS. 79 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 75 95 75 99 77 / 30 50 20 10 5 WACO, TX 75 98 75 100 76 / 30 30 20 10 5 PARIS, TX 72 89 71 95 73 / 30 60 20 20 5 DENTON, TX 72 95 72 99 75 / 40 50 20 10 5 MCKINNEY, TX 70 93 71 97 72 / 30 50 20 20 5 DALLAS, TX 77 95 78 99 78 / 30 50 20 20 5 TERRELL, TX 72 94 74 98 74 / 30 50 20 20 5 CORSICANA, TX 75 95 74 98 74 / 30 40 20 20 5 TEMPLE, TX 75 97 74 98 72 / 40 20 20 10 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 21/79
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 339 PM CDT FRI JUL 31 2009 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-011200- 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- 339 PM CDT FRI JUL 31 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES SPREAD THROUGH THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FOCUSED TO NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED. SCHULTZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
358 PM CDT FRI JUL 31 2009
TXZ142-156-158-312200-
MILLS TX-LAMPASAS TX-BELL TX-
358 PM CDT FRI JUL 31 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BELL COUNTY
LAMPASAS COUNTY
SOUTHEASTERN MILLS COUNTY
AT 356 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE COLORADO RIVER EAST OF SAN
SABA...TO NEAR LAMPASAS...TO THE BELL/WILLIAMSON COUNTY LINE. THE
STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE FORT HOOD...HARKER
HEIGHTS...KILLEEN...LAMPASAS...NOLANVILLE...AND SALADO.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE
STORMS.
LAT...LON 3091 9783 3104 9792 3103 9833 3108 9847
3111 9848 3110 9853 3113 9855 3117 9853
3120 9857 3125 9858 3128 9863 3132 9860
3133 9866 3145 9858 3125 9803 3108 9791
3115 9776 3103 9742 3083 9753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 202DEG 11KT 3123 9861 3086 9766
25SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
400 PM CDT FRI JUL 31 2009
TXZ147-312145-
FREESTONE TX-
400 PM CDT FRI JUL 31 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
FREESTONE COUNTY
AT 359 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF TEAGUE...MOVING NORTH AT 15
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FAIRFIELD...TEAGUE...AND
FAIRFIELD LAKE STATE PARK.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORM.
LAT...LON 3149 9612 3167 9636 3190 9629 3201 9606
3196 9605 3195 9602 3192 9600 3188 9602
3188 9596 3185 9599 3180 9598 3175 9587
3170 9587 3170 9583 3163 9578
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 196DEG 13KT 3167 9621
25SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
423 PM CDT FRI JUL 31 2009
TXZ142-156>158-312200-
MILLS TX-CORYELL TX-LAMPASAS TX-BELL TX-
423 PM CDT FRI JUL 31 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
WESTERN BELL COUNTY
SOUTHWESTERN CORYELL COUNTY
LAMPASAS COUNTY
SOUTHEASTERN MILLS COUNTY
AT 418 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE COLORADO RIVER
NORTHEAST OF SAN SABA...TO KILLEEN AND HARKER HEIGHTS. THE LINE WAS
MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE COPPERAS COVE AND FORT
HOOD.
PEA-SIZED HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL
ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. A GUST OF 44 MPH WAS REPORTED AT SKYLARK FIELD
IN KILLEEN. IN THE PRECEDING OUTFLOW...HOOD ARMY AIR FIELD RECORDED
A GUST OF 46 MPH.
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THE STORMS. THOSE
ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY IF LIGHTNING IS SEEN OR THUNDER IS HEARD.
STAY INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
LAT...LON 3151 9861 3112 9744 3085 9758 3086 9760
3095 9786 3104 9792 3103 9807 3122 9858
3125 9858 3128 9863 3132 9860 3132 9865
3136 9866 3134 9870 3136 9872
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 192DEG 12KT 3135 9865 3102 9762
25The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:29 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike near the Copperas Cove Solid Waste Department on South FM 116 damaged the phone line and a computer in the building.
An automated weather station in Killeen (KILE) measured a 58 mph wind gust.
An unsold house on Jewel Lane near Stillhouse Hollow Lake was destroyed by a fire started by lightning.
The metal roof of a barn on Luthern Church Road was blown off. A second barn in the same area was also damaged.
Damage was sustained to several RVs approximately 4 miles north of Alvarado. Some outbuildings were also damaged.
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: 186939, 186562, 186938, 186940, 186560.