A lightning strike caused a fire on a utility pole in Palestine.
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A lightning strike caused a fire on a utility pole in Palestine.
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NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 30, 5:17 PM CST, 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 617 PM CDT MON AUG 30 2010 .AVIATION... A WEAK LOW PRESSURE AREA IS FORECAST TO REMAIN OVER WESTERN KS AND SOUTHWEST CO CONTINUING THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW OF WARM AND HUMID AIR OVER NORTH TX. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EAST OF THE TERMINALS THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING WITH SUNSET. VFR CONDITIONS WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS OF ABOUT TEN KNOTS WILL PERSIST AT ALL TAF SITES DURING MOST OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. EXPECT LOW STRATUS AND MARGINAL VFR CEILINGS BY ABOUT 09Z AT ACT AND AROUND 12Z AT THE METROPLEX TAF SITES IN THE MORNING. A BIT OF DRYING ALOFT MAKES THUNDERSTORMS A LITTLE LESS LIKELY ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON THAN TODAY. 99/79 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 310 PM CDT MON AUG 30 2010/ SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN A VERY MOIST AIRMASS...MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. MARGINAL LAPSE RATES HAVE KEPT THE INTENSITY OF THE ACTIVITY DOWN AND THIS GENERAL TREND SHOULD CONTINUE BUT CANT RULE OUT ISOLATED STRONG STORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH PEAK HEATING. ALL ACTIVITY SHOULD DWINDLE AROUND SUNSET WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. ATMOSPHERE DRIES OUT A BIT TOMORROW AND THIS COMBINED WITH RIDGING...WILL KEEP MOST OF THE REGION DRY. HAVE LEFT IN 20 POPS ACROSS THE EXTREME WESTERN ZONES...WHERE THE BEST MOISTURE IS LOCATED. MOISTURE INCREASES WEDNESDAY AND ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WARM THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S AND LOWS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S. BIG CHANGES MAY BE IN STORE FOR NORTH TEXAS FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. MODELS HAVE BEEN ADVERTISING A WEAK FRONTAL PASSAGE THROUGH THE CWA FRIDAY MORNING AND TEMPERATURES MODERATING INTO THE MIDDLE 90S IN THE AFTERNOON WITH THE BULK OF THE COOLER AIR WELL TO THE EAST OF THE REGION. THE NEWEST 12Z MODEL GUIDANCE NOW SUGGEST THE UPPER PATTERN WILL BECOME MORE AMPLIFIED WITH THE TROUGH DIGGING FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS...INSTEAD OF A MORE ZONAL PATTERN IN THE NORTHERN CONUS. THIS PATTERN WOULD BRING THE BULK OF THE COOL AIR FURTHER WEST AND THE GFS/CANADIAN/ECMWF ALL RESPOND AND HAVE THIS SOLUTION. THE RAW MODEL OUTPUT HAS HIGHS FRIDAY IN THE 80S FOR MOST OF THE REGION AND LOWS SATURDAY IN THE 50S FOR THE RED RIVER COUNTIES...WITH 60S ELSEWHERE. WILL HEDGE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PREVIOUS FORECAST AND THE NEW GUIDANCE TO ACCOUNT FOR ANY FURTHER SHIFTS WITH THE BULK OF THE COOLER AIR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT AND WILL RAISE POPS TO 30 PERCENT EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. WILL CLEAR THE POPS FOR THE WEEKEND AND WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL. 85/NH && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 80 98 81 97 79 / 10 5 10 10 10 WACO, TX 78 99 78 99 77 / 10 5 10 10 10 PARIS, TX 76 93 76 95 74 / 20 20 10 20 10 DENTON, TX 79 99 80 97 77 / 10 5 10 20 10 MCKINNEY, TX 78 96 79 95 76 / 20 10 10 20 10 DALLAS, TX 81 98 80 98 79 / 10 5 10 10 10 TERRELL, TX 78 98 79 96 76 / 20 10 10 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 78 97 78 96 76 / 20 10 10 10 10 TEMPLE, TX 77 98 76 97 75 / 10 5 10 10 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 75 98 75 97 74 / 5 5 10 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 79/05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 311 PM CDT MON AUG 30 2010 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-311200- 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- 311 PM CDT MON AUG 30 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 THROUGH SUNSET. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY STORMS. A STORM OR TWO COULD BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS...ESPECIALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER ACROSS THE NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY AND BRING A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... VERY LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNSET...GENERALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
302 PM CDT MON AUG 30 2010
TXZ162-302030-
LEON TX-
302 PM CDT MON AUG 30 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN LEON COUNTY
AT 302 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES EAST OF MADISONVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT
20 MPH.
PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM. THIS STORM APPEARS TO BE TRACKING JUST EAST OF THE
LEON/HOUSTON COUNTY LINE. IF IT MOVES INTO LEON COUNTY...A WARNING
MAY BE REQUIRED.
LAT...LON 3129 9568 3129 9569 3122 9574 3116 9573
3114 9577 3110 9577 3110 9585 3150 9597
3152 9573 3139 9569 3137 9566 3132 9565
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 183DEG 19KT 3100 9569SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
340 PM CDT MON AUG 30 2010
TXZ148-302115-
ANDERSON TX-
340 PM CDT MON AUG 30 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
WESTERN ANDERSON COUNTY
AT 341 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES WEST OF PALESTINE...MOVING NORTH AT 20
MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3172 9574 3171 9587 3176 9588 3180 9598
3183 9597 3185 9599 3188 9596 3188 9600
3193 9600 3202 9603 3206 9565
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 177DEG 18KT 3181 9585The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 180 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:17 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a utility pole on Cottage Avenue that resulted in a small fire and damage to the pole.
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