Afternoon thunderstorms produced wind damage in Kaufman County and a microburst near Sherman in Grayson County.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Afternoon thunderstorms produced wind damage in Kaufman County and a microburst near Sherman in Grayson 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 Aug 23, 2:07 PM CST, 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 307 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2010 .DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE TERM COLD WILL BE RELATIVE...SINCE TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO NEAR CLIMATOLOGY BEHIND THE FRONT. GFS/NAM SOUNDINGS SHOW ATMOSPHERE IN WESTERN ZONES BECOMES ALMOST SATURATED...AND HAVE INCREASED POPS TOMORROW FROM INTERSTATE 35 WESTWARD TO SLIGHT CHANCE WITH AREAS OF CHANCE POPS MIXED IN. WEDNESDAY IS LIKELY TO BE THE COOLEST DAY OF THE WEEK AS CLOUD COVER...NORTH WINDS...AND WEAK COLD ADVECTION COMBINE TO KEEP HIGHS DOWN INTO THE UPPER 80S WEST TO MID 90S SOUTHEAST. ON FRIDAY MORNING...WITH THE DRIEST AIR OF THE WEEK IN PLACE...I HAVE FORECAST LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S FOR MANY RURAL AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. LOW POPS RETURN NEXT WEEKEND WITH GULF MOISTURE EXPECTED BACK IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 80 99 73 90 73 / 5 20 20 10 10 WACO, TX 79 101 72 92 71 / 5 10 20 10 10 PARIS, TX 74 97 71 91 68 / 5 10 10 10 10 DENTON, TX 78 98 72 89 69 / 5 20 20 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 77 98 72 90 67 / 5 20 20 10 10 DALLAS, TX 83 99 73 90 74 / 5 20 20 10 10 TERRELL, TX 77 99 73 91 71 / 5 10 20 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 77 101 73 92 72 / 5 10 10 10 10 TEMPLE, TX 75 101 72 92 71 / 5 10 20 10 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 75 94 70 88 67 / 5 20 30 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ091>095-100>107- 115>123-131>135-144>148-158>162-174-175. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 308 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2010 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-241130- 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- 308 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE HEAT ADVISORY THAT IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A BRECKENRIDGE TO STEPHENVILLE TO KILLEEN LINE EXPIRES AT 9 PM. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNSET ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AS WELL AS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AND ACROSS THE WESTERN THIRD WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THROUGH SUNSET.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
241 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2010
TXZ105-120-232015-
HUNT TX-ROCKWALL TX-
241 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN HUNT COUNTY
EASTERN ROCKWALL COUNTY
AT 241 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES EAST OF ROCKWALL...STATIONARY.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ROYSE CITY.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3285 9629 3283 9630 3283 9639 3299 9636
3299 9629 3303 9628 3303 9614 3285 9613
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 002DEG 2KT 3294 9625The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:32 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Roof and ceiling damage was reported at the Villager Inn near Highway 80 and Spur 557; west of Terrell. A large portion of the roof was torn off.
The emergency manager reported roof and wall damage to one home on CR 213A and also 2 metal buildings in the same area were destroyed.
Numerous power poles and trees were reported down north of Highway 82 between Texoma Parkway and Loy Lake Road. Additional wind damage was also noted to the north and east of this location.
Estimated thunderstorm winds of 60-70 mph were reported in Sherman by a local newspaper reporter. Powerlines and trees were knocked down in the city.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2010
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: 256391, 256419, 256422, 256423.