A line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved through the extreme southern portions of the FWD County Warning Area, and a few reports of significant wind damage were reported in the Lampasas area.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
A line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved through the extreme southern portions of the FWD County Warning Area, and a few reports of significant wind damage were reported in the Lampasas area.
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 Mar 20, 2:32 AM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 332 AM CDT SAT MAR 20 2010 .DISCUSSION... FIRST WE/VE ADDED TARRANT...DALLAS...ROCKWAL...KAUFMAN AND VA ZANDT COUNTIES TO THE EXISTING WSW. IT IS A VERY COMPLICATED FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 30 HOURS DUE THE WINTER WEATHER INVADING THE NORTHERN CWA. A VERY INTENSE WINTER CYCLONE IS IN THE MAKING FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS... STANDARDIZED 500 MB ANOMALIES ARE RUNNING UP TO MINUS 4.0 AS THE UPPER LOW TRACKS EAST OF I-35 AND INTO LOUISIANA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS ALONG A BONHAM TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE AT 3AM AND MOVING ABOUT 16 KNOTS SOUTHEAST. IT SHOULD CLEAR PALESTINE AND CENTERVILLE AROUND 9AM. COLD AIR IS FILTERING IN BEHIND THE FRONT AND WILL SEND TEMPERATURES DOWN TO NEAR FREEZING OVER THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES BY MID AFTERNOON. FORECAST SOUNDINGS NORTH OF I-30 ARE ALL FAVORABLE FOR DENDRITE PRODUCTION DOWN TO I-30 TONIGHT. MODELS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL RUNS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A STRONG TROWEL SIGNATURE OVER OKLAHOMA THAT NOSES DOWN INTO NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON SUNDAY. THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS FEATURE WILL BE NORTH OF A DENTON TO EMORY LINE WITH FANNIN AND LAMAR COUNTIES IN THE CROSSHAIRS FOR 3 PLUS INCHES OF SNOWFALL. FOR THIS REASONING WE/VE ADDED SOME COUNTIES TO WSW...INCLUDING THE METROPLEX WHERE NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY COULD SEE ONE INCH. WOULD EXPECT THE SNOWFALL TO AFFECT I-35...DENTON AND NORTHWARD...THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL INTO OKLAHOMA WILL BE DIFF CULT AND TREACHEROUS. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUST TO 40 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL BUT THE FAR EASTERN COUNTIES WILL BE IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER FREEZE WILL OCCUR OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF SUNDAY MORNING...AND OVER THE NORTHWEST CWA AND NORTH OF I-30 MONDAY MORNING. THE UPPER LOW WILL PULL AWAY FROM NORTH TEXAS ON MONDAY WITH TEMPERATURES REBOUNDING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. OUR NEXT SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE MIDWEEK WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. FRIDAY SHOULD BE DRY AND SEASONAL. 75 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 41 32 45 35 65 / 100 40 20 5 0 WACO, TX 43 32 54 34 68 / 90 5 10 5 0 PARIS, TX 51 32 37 31 57 / 100 80 70 5 0 DENTON, TX 40 32 44 32 65 / 100 50 20 5 0 MCKINNEY, TX 44 32 43 32 63 / 100 60 40 5 0 DALLAS, TX 42 32 45 35 65 / 100 40 20 5 0 TERRELL, TX 47 32 44 34 63 / 100 40 30 5 0 CORSICANA, TX 49 33 48 34 66 / 100 10 10 5 0 TEMPLE, TX 44 33 57 34 71 / 80 5 10 5 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ091-092-100>103-115>119-129>134-141>146-156>161-174-175. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR TXZ094-095-105>107-120>123. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR TXZ093-104. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR TXZ091-092-100>103. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR TXZ118-119. && /75
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 445 AM CDT SAT MAR 20 2010 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-211200- 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- 445 AM CDT SAT MAR 20 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR AREAS NORTH OF A GRAHAM TO FORT WORTH TO CANTON LINE. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE RED RIVER WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS. FARTHER SOUTH...AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH LATE EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AREAS OF SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DUNN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1131 PM CDT FRI MAR 19 2010 TXZ115>122-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-201700- STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN- VAN ZANDT-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON- COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON- LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM- ROBERTSON- 1131 PM CDT FRI MAR 19 2010 ...A CHANCE OF SNOW AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS EARLY SATURDAY WITH COLD CANADIAN AIR RETURNING TO THE REGION. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SNOW GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR...BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AREAS NORTH OF A GRAHAM TO DENTON TO EMORY LINE HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL...WHICH MAY REACH 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON ELEVATED AND GRASS SURFACES. ANY SNOWFALL SHOULD MELT OFF BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE LOWER 40S. NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO RETURN TO AREAS NORTHWEST OF A COMANCHE TO SHERMAN LINE DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. BY SATURDAY NIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO COOL TO NEAR FREEZING ACROSS THE ENTIRE NORTH TEXAS AREA. YET ANOTHER FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING. NORTH TEXAS RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION. RESIDENTS OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH FOR ANY CHANGES IN THIS WINTER EVENT.
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:20 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 60 foot tall oak tree was uprooted and crashed into a residence on 4th street in Lampasas. The house was significantly damaged. Also in Lampasas, the roof was blown off a portable building at the Lampasas Middle School.
A building on Highway 190 E, east of Lampasas, was heavily damaged by high winds. The building suffered partial roof loss and partially collapsed walls. Seven units at a nearby storage facility were also damaged by 2x6 timbers and debris from the building. Timbers were also driven into a nearby double-wide mobile home, and a window was broken out at the residence. Some timbers were sticking up out of the ground around the residence. One 50-60' tall elm tree near the home was snapped in half and fell on a car. Only minor dents were sustained to the car. Also nearby, a fireworks stand was destroyed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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