A cluster of storms developed near and west of Abilene in the afternoon hours. This cluster tracked southeast from Eastland to Mills County.
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A cluster of storms developed near and west of Abilene in the afternoon hours. This cluster tracked southeast from Eastland to Mills 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 Jun 2, 4:57 PM CST, 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 557 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 .AVIATION... 557 PM WILL CONTINUE WITH PREVIOUS TAFS...LOOKS LIKE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDER IS NEAR SUNRISE IN METROPLEX AND JUST AFTER SUNRISE IN WACO. WITH COLD POOL BEHIND STORMS...CEILINGS LIKELY TO GO MVFR FOR A WHILE BEFORE DRIER AIR LIFTS THEM AGAIN BY MID MORNING. 84 && .DISCUSSION... 304 PM AFTER A SHOT OF STABLE AIR BEHIND MORNING CONVECTION...THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO RECOVER LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IT APPEARS THAT THE WESTERN ZONES WILL BE THE FIRST TO DESTABILIZE AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP BEFORE SUNSET. ANY STORMS THAT DO FORM HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT ENTERS THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST. IT IS LIKELY THAT EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTHWEST WILL ORGANIZE INTO A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX THAT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE STORMS WILL BRING HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME POTENTIAL FOR HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES SHOULD END QUICKLY FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR ENTERS THE REGION. UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER TEXAS THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK AND BRING DECREASING CLOUDS AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. THE RIDGE AXIS WILL SHIFT INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION LATE IN THE WEEKEND WHILE A TROUGH MOVES ONSHORE IN THE PACIFIC. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INCREASING LARGE SCALE LIFT/INSTABILITY WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BACK TO THE REGION MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. 79 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 67 82 62 83 63 / 60 30 10 5 5 WACO, TX 72 87 63 86 62 / 30 50 10 10 5 PARIS, TX 68 79 60 80 58 / 50 40 10 10 5 DENTON, TX 66 80 59 85 59 / 60 20 10 5 0 MCKINNEY, TX 67 80 61 84 57 / 60 40 10 5 5 DALLAS, TX 68 80 64 86 67 / 50 40 10 5 5 TERRELL, TX 70 82 62 83 62 / 40 50 10 10 5 CORSICANA, TX 70 84 63 84 62 / 30 50 10 10 5 TEMPLE, TX 71 87 64 88 62 / 20 50 10 10 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 320 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-031100- 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- 320 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...MOST LIKELY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GRAHAM TO DENISON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS EVENING...PARTICULARLY WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAHAM...TO MINERAL WELLS...TO LAMPASAS. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...THOUGH A TORNADO THREAT EXISTS AS WELL. MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT ENTERS NORTH TEXAS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PARTICULARLY NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR... WHERE STORM CHANCES ARE THE GREATEST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL COME TO AN END ON WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH NORTH TEXAS. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL CONTINUE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST MONDAY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS EVENING... PRIMARILY WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAHAM...TO MINERAL WELLS...TO LAMPASAS. ADDITIONAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS (AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH DAYBREAK)...MAINLY NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR. 25
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:43 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Three-quarter inch size hail was reported 8.5 miles northwest of Rising Star.
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