Widely scattered severe thunderstorms developed along and south of a weak frontal boundary that was located south of Interstate 20. Severe winds caused damage in McLennan County.
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Widely scattered severe thunderstorms developed along and south of a weak frontal boundary that was located south of Interstate 20. Severe winds caused damage in McLennan 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 29, 11:23 AM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1223 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2009 .AVIATION... CONVECTIVE COMPLEX TO THE NORTH WINDING DOWN...BUT EXPECT WEAK ELEVATED SHOWERS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. NO THUNDER WILL BE MENTIONED IN METROPLEX TAFS...BUT WILL SHOW VCSH THROUGH 20Z. NORTH WINDS BEHIND MORNING OUTFLOW SHOULD VEER AROUND TO THE E/NE AND DIMINISH BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. FOR WACO...SURFACE INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IN THE AREA SHOULD ALLOW FOR ISO-SCT CONVECTION TO DEVELOP AS HEATING CONTINUES. WILL KEEP MENTION OF VCTS FROM 21-0Z AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR UPDATES BASED ON RADAR TRENDS. OTHERWISE...VFR SHOULD PREVAIL WITH MID-UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS REMAINING THROUGH TOMORROW. CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT...BUT UNFORTUNATELY CONFIDENCE IS PRETTY LOW ON TIMING AND PLACEMENT. IT WOULD FOLLOW THAT BEST CHANCES WILL BE WEST OF THE METROPLEX TAF SITES...BUT CANT RULE OUT ACTIVITY WITHIN AXIS OF HIGHER MOISTURE WHICH WILL BECOME DRAPED FROM ACT TO SPS. WILL SHOW VCSH IN METROPLEX TAFS LATE TONIGHT INTO MORNING HOURS...BUT INCLUDE VCTS FOR WACO WHERE CHANCES ARE BETTER. TR.92 && .UPDATE... CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW AND EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER WILL HOLD MAX TEMPS DOWN OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD FOR TODAY. HAVE DROPPED MAXS BY ONE TO TWO CATEGORIES GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-20. PRECIPITATION SHEILD STILL LOOKS IMPRESSIVE ON RADAR...BUT SHOULD DISMINISH WITH TIME THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AS HEATING DOWN SOUTH PRODUCES SCATTERED CONVECTIVE CELLS. STILL COULD SEE PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH FROM ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON. UPDATE ZONE PACKAGE READY TO SHIP. 75 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 610 AM CDT MON JUN 29 2009/ 402 AM ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING IN THE WEST/SOUTHWEST ZONES IN A REGION OF MID/UPPER LEVEL SHEAR...AS EVIDENT ON WATER VAPOR IMAGE. THIS REGION WILL ALSO HAVE THE BEST POOLING OF 850 MOISTURE. THE ONLY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE ISENTROPIC LIFT ON THE 310K SURFACE WITH THE BEST MOIST ASCENT NEAR THE RED RIVER. THEREFORE...WE EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS IN THE NORTHERN ZONES. SCATTERED ACTIVITY SHOULD SPREAD SOUTHWARD AND LINGER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON DUE TO WEAK MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ALONG A NEARLY STALLED COLD FRONT. THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL REMAIN NEAR THE 4 CORNERS REGION TUESDAY AND SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF THE REGION DUE TO WEAK DIFFLUENCE ALOFT AND ABUNDANT LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL NOSE ITS WAY BACK TO NORTH TEXAS FROM MID TO LATE WEEK AND MOISTURE WILL BE DISPLACED TO SOUTH TEXAS. THEREFORE...WE DO NOT EXPECT ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE UPPER RIDGE DOES BREAK DOWN BY THE WEEKEND AND A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY DEVELOP BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN ZONES. SUNDAY SHOULD SEE ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAVE ALSO ADDED SOME LOW CHANCE POPS ALONG THE RED RIVER TO ACCOUNT FOR A POSSIBLE WEAK COLD FRONT AS PER THE 00Z GFS. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEK WILL BE A BIT COOLER THAN LAST WEEK BUT STILL SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL IN MOST LOCATIONS. 79 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 73 99 70 98 74 / 20 20 10 10 5 WACO, TX 72 98 68 100 71 / 30 30 10 10 5 PARIS, TX 68 97 67 98 70 / 10 10 0 10 5 DENTON, TX 68 98 66 98 70 / 20 20 5 10 5 MCKINNEY, TX 67 97 64 98 68 / 20 10 5 10 5 DALLAS, TX 74 98 72 98 75 / 20 10 10 10 5 TERRELL, TX 70 98 67 98 70 / 20 10 10 10 5 CORSICANA, TX 71 97 69 98 72 / 20 20 10 10 5 TEMPLE, TX 72 95 69 98 70 / 40 30 20 10 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 340 AM CDT MON JUN 29 2009 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-300845- 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- 340 AM CDT MON JUN 29 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN EASTERN NORTH TEXAS...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE ON SUNDAY ACROSS NORTHERN NORTH TEXAS AS ANOTHER FRONT IS EXPECTED IN THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1021 AM CDT MON JUN 29 2009 TXZ103-104-291545- DENTON TX-COLLIN TX- 1021 AM CDT MON JUN 29 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... WESTERN COLLIN COUNTY EASTERN DENTON COUNTY AT 1021 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FRISCO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ALLEN...AUBREY...CROSS ROADS...FAIRVIEW...FRISCO...HACKBERRY...HICKORY CREEK... KRUGERVILLE...LAKE DALLAS...LITTLE ELM...LOWRY CROSSING...LUCAS... MCKINNEY...MURPHY...PARKER...PLANO...PROSPER...THE COLONY AND LAKE LEWISVILLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3325 9649 3299 9657 3308 9704 3334 9700 TIME...MOT...LOC 1521Z 291DEG 20KT 3315 9679
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
129 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2009
TXZ143-291900-
HAMILTON TX-
129 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY
AT 130 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAMILTON...MOVING EAST AT 5
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CRANFILLS GAP.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3195 9795 3192 9793 3168 9776 3166 9779
3163 9785 3163 9786 3179 9805
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 291DEG 6KT 3180 9792
SCHULTZSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
134 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2009
TXZ157-159-291900-
MCLENNAN TX-CORYELL TX-
134 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CORYELL COUNTY
SOUTHWESTERN MCLENNAN COUNTY
AT 135 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCGREGOR...STATIONARY.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CRAWFORD...MCGREGOR AND
MOTHER NEFF STATE PARK.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3160 9769 3162 9762 3160 9759 3168 9743
3169 9739 3140 9724 3128 9755
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 180DEG 1KT 3151 9747
SCHULTZThe Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:43 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tree limbs of 12-14 inches were knocked down in Crawford.
A baseball dugout in Crawford was destroyed by high winds. The metal roof was blown off and the concrete walls were blown over.
Tree limbs were down in west Waco. The power was out for about 2,500 customers in Waco.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 2009
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: 178086, 178459, 178087.