A lone severe storm produced damaging winds in central Tarrant County. A local warehouse suffered minor damage and there was more damage around Six Flags over Texas and the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
A lone severe storm produced damaging winds in central Tarrant County. A local warehouse suffered minor damage and there was more damage around Six Flags over Texas and the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
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 Jul 6, 2:44 PM CST, 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 344 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010 .DISCUSSION... A WET AND UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL PREVAIL ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A PAIR OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES INTERACT WITH COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF GULF MOISTURE TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE FIRST DISTURBANCE...CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA IS PROGGED TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH/NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND BRING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE BEST CHANCES GENERALLY IN THE SOUTHEAST ZONES. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS A SECONDARY DISTURBANCE...CURRENTLY OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA... MOVES NORTH/NORTHWEST. A COLD FRONT WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS THE RED RIVER LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR SHOWERS/STORMS. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE ABOVE 2.25 INCHES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY IN MOST AREAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. WEAK FLOW ALOFT AND THE VERY RICH MOISTURE WILL MAKE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS VERY SLOW MOVERS AND VERY EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS. THEREFORE...WILL ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR FROM MIDDAY WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WILL LEAVE THE WESTERN COUNTIES OUT OF THE WATCH FOR NOW AS MOISTURE AND LIFT SHOULD BE LESS IN THAT REGION. HOWEVER...THE WATCH MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED DEPENDING ON THE MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER LOW. RAIN CHANCES SHOULD DECREASE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY WITH INCREASING LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT. MONDAY SHOULD BE RAIN FREE AND HOT. HOWEVER...A SHORT WAVE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AND SHOULD BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 77 93 78 92 77 / 30 60 50 60 50 WACO, TX 72 94 76 91 75 / 30 60 50 60 50 PARIS, TX 74 88 74 90 74 / 30 70 50 60 50 DENTON, TX 73 92 76 91 75 / 30 60 50 60 50 MCKINNEY, TX 73 90 74 90 75 / 30 60 50 60 50 DALLAS, TX 77 92 78 90 77 / 30 60 50 60 50 TERRELL, TX 75 91 76 90 75 / 30 60 50 60 50 CORSICANA, TX 75 92 76 91 75 / 30 60 50 60 50 TEMPLE, TX 71 93 75 89 74 / 30 60 50 60 50 MINERAL WELLS, TX 72 90 73 88 73 / 20 40 30 60 50 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR TXZ093>095-103>107-118>123-133>135-145>148-158>162- 174-175. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 307 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-071200- 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- 307 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH THE BEST CHANCES ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 THROUGH THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 WHERE THE ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE CONTENT WILL BE HIGHEST. WHERE HEAVY RAINS OCCUR...LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH SUNDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. THE HIGHEST CHANCES FOR WIDESPREAD RAIN AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...BUT MAY CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IF STORMS BECOME STRONG.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
204 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010
TXZ103-061930-
DENTON TX-
204 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DENTON COUNTY
AT 204 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF LAKE LEWISVILLE...MOVING SOUTH
AT 5 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE AUBREY...CROSS ROADS...
HACKBERRY...KRUGERVILLE...LITTLE ELM...PILOT POINT...SHADY SHORES AND
RAY ROBERTS PARK ISLE DU BOIS.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3342 9684 3323 9683 3314 9684 3315 9708
3342 9708 3342 9688
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 357DEG 6KT 3326 9693
85/NHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
217 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010
TXZ131-133-061945-
JOHNSON TX-HOOD TX-
217 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HOOD COUNTY
NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY
AT 217 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRANBURY...MOVING WEST AT
15 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GODLEY.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3255 9777 3256 9774 3256 9747 3247 9742
3235 9765
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 080DEG 12KT 3252 9760SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
314 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010
TXZ118-062045-
TARRANT TX-
314 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWESTERN TARRANT COUNTY
AT 314 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAGLE MOUNTAIN...MOVING
SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
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 3299 9748 3299 9726 3272 9728 3273 9754
3294 9755 3299 9754 3300 9753 3300 9749
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 009DEG 9KT 3293 9742
85/NHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 421 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010 TXZ118-119-062145- TARRANT TX-DALLAS TX- 421 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... WEST CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY EAST CENTRAL TARRANT COUNTY AT 421 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF GRAND PRAIRIE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ARLINGTON...BEDFORD... COCKRELL HILL...DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS...EULESS...GRAND PRAIRIE... IRVING...PANTEGO AND RICHLAND HILLS. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3259 9717 3280 9728 3292 9697 3270 9686 TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 066DEG 6KT 3276 9704
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:21 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
There was minor damage to a warehouse and minor damage to local businesses roofs and signs. The damage was at the intersection of Highway 360 and N Carrier Parkway in Grand Prairie.
Numerous trees and large limbs were blown down with a few trees landing on cars. Power poles were leaning around the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, where a major league baseball game was to be played at 7 PM. The damage was concentrated from Highway 360 between Interstate 30 and Division Rd, west to Collins Street. Five parking lot attendees for the Texas Rangers suffered minor injuries from flying debris.
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