An afternoon thunderstorm produced some minor wind damage in Elkhart.
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An afternoon thunderstorm produced some minor wind damage in Elkhart.
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 Aug 18, 2:16 PM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 316 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2010 .DISCUSSION... STORMS CONTINUE TO FIRE SOUTH OF THE WEAK COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY. CURRENTLY MOST ACTIVITY IS SOUTH OF A GOLDTHWAITE TO HILLSBORO TO CANTON LINE. INSTABILITY IS STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A FEW STRONG UPDRAFTS WITH HIGH WINDS THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY STORM. ACTIVITY WILL WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET BUT LINGERING SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL WARRANT A 30 POP ACROSS THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT. THE RAIN AND NORTHERLY WINDS GAVE THE NORTHERN HALF A BRIEF REPRIEVE FROM THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT. AT 315 PM THE TEMPERATURE AT DFW WAS 95 DEGREES AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE 100 DEGREE STREAK MAY END BARRING ANY CLEARING HOLE IN THE CLOUD COVER. IF DFW STAYS BELOW 100 DEGREES THE STREAK WOULD END AT 18 DAYS WHICH TIES FOR 7TH OVERALL. SKIES WILL BECOME LESS CLOUDY TOMORROW AND 850 TEMPS WILL WARM A COUPLE OF DEGREES. THIS WILL LEAD TO 100 DEGREE WEATHER MAKING ITS RETURN ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. REGARDING A HEAT ADVISORY...THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS DID NOT SEE 105 HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON GIVEN THE CLOUD COVER. MOST OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA DID SEE 105 DEGREE HEAT INDICES BUT WITH THE LIGHT NORTH WINDS AND THE RAIN COOLED AIR...MOST AREAS WILL DROP BELOW 78 DEGREES OVERNIGHT AND WILL NOT WARRANT A HEAT ADVISORY. HOWEVER...THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY RETURNS TOMORROW THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND A HEAT ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF THE AREA SEEMS POSSIBLE. NORTH TEXAS HAS BEEN LYING IN A WEAKNESS IN THE UPPER RIDGE...BUT THE HIGH WILL CENTER ITSELF ON TOP OF THE REGION BY SATURDAY WITH TEMPS IN THE 101 TO 103 RANGE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS FOR THE WEEKEND. MEANWHILE...A SOUTHERN PIECE OF ENERGY FROM A TROUGH IN THE NORTHERN JET STREAM WILL BRANCH OFF OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AND GET PICKED UP IN THE FLOW AROUND THE HIGH PRESSURE CELL CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN CONUS. THIS WILL WEAKEN THE HIGH OVER NORTH TEXAS AS THE ENERGY PUSHES INTO THE REGION. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH LIFT TO WARRANT THE MENTION OF 20 POPS SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. OTHERWISE...HIGHS WILL REMAIN AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES THROUGH THE EXTENDED FOR MOST OF THE REGION. 85/NH && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 79 101 81 101 81 / 20 5 10 5 5 WACO, TX 79 101 80 101 80 / 20 10 10 10 5 PARIS, TX 78 98 77 99 77 / 10 5 10 10 5 DENTON, TX 77 100 78 100 78 / 10 5 10 5 5 MCKINNEY, TX 76 99 78 100 79 / 10 5 10 10 5 DALLAS, TX 81 100 82 101 82 / 20 5 10 10 5 TERRELL, TX 79 100 80 101 80 / 20 10 10 10 5 CORSICANA, TX 77 99 78 98 78 / 20 10 10 10 5 TEMPLE, TX 76 99 76 100 76 / 20 10 10 10 5 MINERAL WELLS, TX 76 101 75 102 76 / 10 5 5 5 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 05/85
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 259 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2010 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-191200- 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- 259 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THROUGH SUNSET OR MID EVENING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SOUTHEAST OF A LAMPASAS TO ATHENS LINE...WITH ISOLATED STORMS ELSEWHERE. CLOUD- TO- GROUND LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONGER ACTIVITY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS FAR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF A LAMPASAS... TO DALLAS... TO SULPHUR SPRINGS LINE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. VERY GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS...LIGHTNING...AN VERY LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN THE MAIN HAZARDS. A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO NORTH TEXAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH SUNSET ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHEAST PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS. 05/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 243 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2010 TXZ147-182015- FREESTONE TX- 243 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL FREESTONE COUNTY AT 243 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIRFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FAIRFIELD. 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 3157 9612 3172 9634 3185 9626 3174 9601 TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 301DEG 8KT 3173 9619
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
248 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2010
TXZ143-182015-
HAMILTON TX-
248 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY
AT 248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAMILTON...MOVING SOUTHWEST
AT 5 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3173 9799 3162 9788 3150 9811 3150 9812
3160 9821
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 058DEG 3KT 3161 9801
42/MMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
251 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2010
TXZ161-182015-
LIMESTONE TX-
251 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
CENTRAL LIMESTONE COUNTY
AT 251 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GROESBECK...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GROESBECK AND FORT PARKER
STATE PARK.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3140 9649 3157 9675 3172 9663 3160 9636
3159 9635
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 306DEG 8KT 3160 9660SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
302 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2010
TXZ148-182030-
ANDERSON TX-
302 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
ANDERSON COUNTY
AT 302 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF PALESTINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ELKHART AND PALESTINE.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3152 9573 3156 9575 3157 9572 3160 9571
3165 9572 3165 9576 3161 9576 3163 9579
3169 9578 3168 9580 3170 9584 3202 9604
3204 9583 3165 9527 3160 9526
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 307DEG 19KT 3175 9572SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 313 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2010 TXZ161-182045- LIMESTONE TX- 313 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL LIMESTONE COUNTY AT 313 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 7 MILES WEST OF GROESBECK... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE GROESBECK AND FORT PARKER STATE PARK. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. LAT...LON 3153 9638 3130 9664 3154 9681 3169 9657 TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 315DEG 3KT 3155 9665
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 314 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2010 TXZ147-182045- FREESTONE TX- 314 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHERN FREESTONE COUNTY AT 314 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRFIELD...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE FAIRFIELD AND TEAGUE. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. LAT...LON 3143 9623 3172 9643 3181 9617 3158 9588 TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 355DEG 9KT 3167 9619
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 188 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:41 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple large trees were knocked down by downburst winds in Elkhart.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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