Summertime isolated afternoon and evening thunderstorms developed under the influence of an upper level ridge as convective temperatures around 100 degrees were reached. A storm in Kaufman County and Navarro County caused minor wind damage.
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Summertime isolated afternoon and evening thunderstorms developed under the influence of an upper level ridge as convective temperatures around 100 degrees were reached. A storm in Kaufman County and Navarro County caused minor wind damage.
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, 2:03 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 303 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2011 .DISCUSSION... CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS POSITIONED ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA WITH AFTERNOON STORMS ALREADY IN PROGRESS. EXPECT ISOLATED STRONG PULSE TYPE STORMS IN THE VICINITY OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY THROUGH SUNSET. WITH STORMS BASES UP NEAR 8KFT AND MIXING AIR BELOW...DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGER CELLS. SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL MOVE WESTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING...THUS EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION THROUGH SUNSET OVER THE SOUTHERN 1/4. NORTH TEXAS WILL HAVE SEVERAL MORE DAYS OF ISOLATED AFTERNOON CONVECTION PRODUCED BY MAX HEATING AND MINOR CONVERGENCE BOUNDARIES. COME THIS WEEKEND...THE HIGH ALOFT WILL BE YIELDING TO A TUTT LOW APPROACHING THE TEXAS COASTAL BEND (VICTORIA TO CORPUS CHRISTI). THIS SYSTEM SHOULD REACH THE BIG BEND AND MIDLAND AREAS BY SUNDAY EVENING. WOULD EXPECT CONVECTION TO FAVOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE CWA SUNDAY AND MONDAY WHERE LIFT AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE BEST. ALL OF NORTH TEXAS WILL HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION ON TUESDAY AND GENERALLY EAST OF I-35 ON WEDNESDAY. IF THIS SYSTEM TAKES A TRACK FARTHER NORTH THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...NORTH TEXAS COULD SEE HIGHER PWATS AND MORE SHOWER AND STORM COVERAGE. CONTINUED HOT WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S TO 104 INTO THE WEEKEND. HIGHS SHOULD BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER FIRST OF NEXT WEEK DUE TO LOWER HEIGHTS ALOFT AND A MORE TROPICAL TYPE AIR MASS. 75 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 80 101 80 100 79 / 10 10 10 5 5 WACO, TX 77 103 78 101 80 / 5 5 5 5 5 PARIS, TX 74 98 75 98 77 / 10 20 20 20 10 DENTON, TX 76 103 79 100 78 / 10 10 10 10 5 MCKINNEY, TX 75 99 77 99 76 / 10 10 10 10 5 DALLAS, TX 80 101 81 100 81 / 10 10 10 5 5 TERRELL, TX 76 99 77 99 77 / 10 10 10 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 77 100 77 99 78 / 10 10 10 10 5 TEMPLE, TX 75 101 75 100 77 / 5 5 5 5 5 MINERAL WELLS, TX 75 106 76 103 77 / 5 5 5 5 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 84/75
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 336 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2011 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- 336 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE BEST CHANCE NEAR THE RED RIVER AND OVER THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING OUTFLOW WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TUESDAY. AREAS EAST OF I-35 WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD...BUT A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:37 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong downburst winds from a summertime thunderstorm knocked down a few power poles and caused minor roof damage to one home on County Road 4043 south of Kemp.
Strong downburst winds from a summertime thunderstorm knocked down small trees and tree limbs in Cheneyboro. The storm also produced small hail around 0.50 in diameter, and the hail damaged the sides of homes and awnings.
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