A strong to severe line of thunderstorms moved through North Texas during the morning hours of January 28th. All of the severe weather reports were associated with straight-line winds in the 60 to 65 mph range.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
A strong to severe line of thunderstorms moved through North Texas during the morning hours of January 28th. All of the severe weather reports were associated with straight-line winds in the 60 to 65 mph range. Some instances of flash flooding and flooding occurred later in the day as light to moderate rain continued to fall on already saturated soils.
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 Jan 28, 11:50 AM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1150 AM CST THU JAN 28 2010 .AVIATION... DIFFICULT TAF FORECAST TO SAY THE LEAST. QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT IS DRAPED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE METROPLEX WITH IFR/LIFR CIGS JUST TO THE NORTH. WILL MAINTAIN IFR CIGS FOR AFW/FTW...BUT SHORT TERM MODEL GUIDANCE INSISTING FRONT WILL BEGIN TO LIFT NORTH THIS AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO INCOMING UPPER SYSTEM...SO WILL KEEP MVFR PREVAILING AT DAL/DFW. BAND OF CONVECTION BEGINNING TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST AND WILL AFFECT ALL TAF SITES THE NEXT 2-3 HOURS WITH SOME THUNDER POSSIBLE. WILL SHOW A BRIEF RESPITE IN HEAVIER ACTIVITY MID-LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE MAIN SWATH OF HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDER MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING OR BTWN 22Z- 07Z. EXPECT LIFR CIGS AND IFR VSBY TO PREVAIL WITHIN HEAVY PRECIP BAND. PRECIP WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. OTHERWISE WINDS WILL BE EASTERLY TODAY AND CONTINUE TO BACK SLIGHTLY THIS EVENING. A SWITCH TO N/NW WILL OCCUR AROUND MIDNIGHT/6Z WITH MAIN FRONT. SOME POTENTIAL FOR FROZEN/FREEZING PRECIP AT METROPLEX SITES TOMORROW AFTERNOON...BUT TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING. CONFIDENCE IN ANY AVIATION IMPACTS IS LOW...AND THUS WILL NOT MENTION IN TAFS ATTM...BUT THIS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED. TR.92 && .UPDATE... HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES TO POPS FOR LATE TONIGHT AND DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. DECIDED TO ADD ISOLATED THUNDER OVERNIGHT DOWN SOUTH...AND ADDED SOME SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE TO AREAS NORTH OF A DENTON TO SULPHUR SPRINGS LINE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS SOME LIFT LINGERS OVER THAT AREA. AS FOR THE OTHER PARAMETERS...DECIDED TO HOLD OFF CHANGING MAX/MIN TEMPERATURES BEYOND TODAY. ALL-IN-ALL...THE MODEL FORECASTS OF THIS SYSTEM HAS REMAINED FAIRLY CONSISTENT RUN TO RUN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. THERE HAS BEEN SOME SLIGHT UPPER LOW/TROUGH TRAJECTORY DISPLACEMENT...BUT THIS HAS NOT RESULT IN ANY BIG CHANGES TO THE EXISTING FORECAST. THE WSW WILL CONTINUE AS IS FOR NOW. 75 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 455 AM CST THU JAN 28 2010/ COLD FRONT OOZED INTO SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT...AND WILL PUSH ACROSS THE RED RIVER THIS MORNING. FORWARD MOTION WILL BE SLOW UNTIL UPPER LOW APPROACHES LATE IN THE DAY. IN THE MEANTIME... ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY...PARTICULARLY SOUTH OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE AS HIGH AS 50-60KTS ALONG 295-300K SURFACES (850-700MB). RAIN WILL INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE THIS MORNING...WITH WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 1.5 INCHES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL INCREASE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...AND THUNDER WILL OCCUR... MAINLY SOUTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR. SEVERE POTENTIAL NOW APPEARS LOW...THOUGH SOME STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IN SOUTHERN ZONES THIS EVENING IF A LINEAR MCS ALONG FRONT IS ABLE TO REALIZE LOW-LEVEL INSTABILITY. THE FRONT WILL SURGE THROUGH WESTERN ZONES THIS EVENING... SCOURING ENTIRE CWA BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY MORNING. STRONG WARM ADVECTION WILL ASSURE A CONSIDERABLE WARM NOSE...KEEPING ALL PRECIP IN LIQUID FORM. POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE WILL BE PRIMARILY WITHIN WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH DAYBREAK FRIDAY MORNING. DEEP UPGLIDE SHUTS OFF SOON AFTER FROPA...BUT WEAK LIFT WILL REMAIN BENEATH 850MB...LEADING TO LINGERING LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE THEREAFTER. WITHIN ADVISORY AREA...ACCUMULATING ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. FOR GRAHAM...MOST SREF MEMBERS ARE UNDER 1/10 OF AN INCH ACCUMULATION. OUTSIDE OF ADVISORY AREA...WHERE FREEZING PRECIP IS MENTIONED IN FORECAST...SFC TEMPS WILL NOT REACH FREEZING UNTIL PRECIP BECOMES LIGHT. FOR METROPLEX...THIS MAY BE LATE FRIDAY MORNING. SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION CANNOT BE RULED OUT...BUT SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 25 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 55 33 38 25 41 / 100 100 70 5 5 WACO, TX 61 38 42 27 46 / 100 100 70 5 5 PARIS, TX 52 35 38 24 38 / 100 100 80 5 5 DENTON, TX 53 32 35 23 41 / 100 100 70 5 5 MCKINNEY, TX 54 34 36 24 40 / 100 100 70 5 5 DALLAS, TX 56 34 38 27 40 / 100 100 70 5 5 TERRELL, TX 56 38 40 26 42 / 100 100 70 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 60 41 43 27 46 / 90 100 70 5 5 TEMPLE, TX 63 39 44 28 46 / 100 100 70 5 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST FRIDAY FOR TXZ091-092-100>102-115-116-129. && 92/75
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 106 PM CST THU JAN 28 2010 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-291130- 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- 106 PM CST THU JAN 28 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH AMOUNTS AVERAGING 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...OR MINOR RIVER FLOODING ISSUES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM BRECKENRIDGE...TO WACO...TO HEARNE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS...LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A CISCO TO GAINESVILLE LINE FOR POTENTIAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SOME VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ON ELEVATED SURFACES ARE POSSIBLE JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE ADVISORY AREA FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF A BRECKENRIDGE TO WACO TO HEARNE LINE
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:15 UTC.
9 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The roof of a barn was torn off and a large tree was uprooted. Several structures also suffered minor damage.
A wind gust of 60 mph was estimated in the town of Carbon. Dime size hail was also reported.
An awning was blown off a building in downtown Gorman. Large tree limbs and a stop sign were also blown down.
Numerous streets were flooded in the city of Breckenridge after 3 to 4 inches of rain fell in 2 to 3 hours.
A wind gust was estimated to be 60 mph. Dime size hail was also reported.
Part of the roof of the physical plant at Tarelton State University came off.
Fairly widespread damage was reported in the city of Stephenville with many 4 to 6 tree limbs down, roofs damaged, and fences blown down.
A trained spotter measured a 66 mph wind gust in the city of Stephenville.
A 60 mph wind gust was estimated by a trained spotter.
A trained spotter measured a 62 mph wind gust at the intersection of Highway 174 and Highway 67.
Numerous county roads and city streets were closed due to high water. A culvert on Plum Creek, north of the town of Purmela, was washed out. Most low water crossings in the county were also closed due to the flooding.
Roads were barricaded around Sulphur Creek due to a rapid rise in water.
Numerous roads throughout the county remained closed due to flooding well after the heavy rain had ended.
Numerous roads in the northern and eastern parts of the county remained closed due to flooding well after the heavy rain had ended.
Several county roads throughout the county were covered with water. County Road 243 was closed east of the city of Kaufman.
Several roads throughout the county were covered with water or closed. This included Farm-to-Market roads 36, 118, 2655, and 3211.
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, January 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: 210607, 210505, 210504, 210603, 210510, 210511, 210512, 210537, 210513, 210538, 210599, 210613, 210793, 210794, 210795, 210796.