Thunderstorms developed along a southward moving cold front during the evening of March 26th. A long track supercell produced a swath of hail up to the size of golfballs a it moved southeast through Falls, Robertson, and Leon County.
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Thunderstorms developed along a southward moving cold front during the evening of March 26th. A long track supercell produced a swath of hail up to the size of golfballs a it moved southeast through Falls, Robertson, and Leon County. Another storms produced penny size hail in Anderson County.
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 26, 2:43 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 343 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011 .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT...CURRENTLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH AND EXIT THE REGION BY MID EVENING. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT IN THE SOUTHEAST ZONES EARLY IN THE EVENING. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT. MOST OF THE RAIN DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WILL BE SOUTH OF THE REGION. HOWEVER...ISENTROPIC SECTIONS INDICATE SOME LIFT OVER THE FRONTAL SURFACE WITH LIGHT PRECIP DEVELOPING OVER NORTH TEXAS SUNDAY MORNING. LIFT WILL BE ENHANCED BY A FAST MOVING SHORT WAVE. THEREFORE...HAVE DECIDED TO INTRODUCE SOME LOW RAIN CHANCES SUNDAY AND MENTION THUNDER SINCE FAIRLY STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE PROGGED. PRECIP CHANCES WILL END SUNDAY EVENING AS THE SHORT WAVE EXITS THE REGION AND THE COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST. DRIER AND MUCH COOLER AIR IS EXPECTED MONDAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE MONDAY NIGHT WHILE A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS IN THE WEST. INCREASING LARGE SCALE LIFT AND MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE RED RIVER. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND PRECIP CHANCES WILL END TEMPORARILY. THE GFS CONTINUES TO INDICATE A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN THE WEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE ECMWF SOLUTION CONTINUES TO BE MUCH WEAKER AND DRIER. FOR NOW...WILL COMPROMISE AND KEEP SOME LOW POPS IN THE FORECAST. TEMPERATURES THROUGH NEXT WEEK WILL BE MUCH COOLER THAN THE PAST WEEK WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES MOSTLY IN THE 60S AND LOWS MAINLY IN THE 40S AND LOWER 50S WITH EVEN SOME UPPER 30S EXPECTED IN THE NORTHWEST ZONES TONIGHT...SUNDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT. 79 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 43 60 42 64 53 / 0 20 5 5 20 WACO, TX 48 67 44 67 57 / 10 20 5 5 20 PARIS, TX 41 55 39 59 42 / 10 20 10 5 30 DENTON, TX 40 59 39 63 51 / 0 20 5 5 30 MCKINNEY, TX 41 58 36 60 48 / 0 20 5 5 30 DALLAS, TX 44 61 41 64 51 / 5 20 5 5 20 TERRELL, TX 44 60 40 59 50 / 10 20 10 5 20 CORSICANA, TX 47 64 42 65 53 / 10 20 10 5 20 TEMPLE, TX 50 72 45 70 58 / 20 20 5 5 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 41 65 38 63 52 / 0 10 5 5 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 80/79
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 311 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-271230- 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 SAT MAR 26 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR FAR SOUTHEASTERN AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS. THIS AREA IS ROUGHLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ATHENS TO KILLEEN. A FEW STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY FOR AREAS GENERALLY EAST OF I-35. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...AND THEN AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 160 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:40 UTC.
8 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Penny size hail was reported along Farm-to-Market Road 837 near the town of Bradford.
Quarter size hail covered the road about 3 miles southeast of Dott.
Penny size hail fell in Lott.
Quarter size hail covered the ground at the intersection of Highway 6 and Farm-to-Market Road 1373 south of Reagan.
Penny size hail covered the ground in Bremond.
Half-dollar size hail fell along Farm-to-Market Road 46 about 5 miles southeast of Bremond.
Hail up to the size of golfballs fell about 8 miles north of Franklin.
Penny size hail fell in Hilltop Lake.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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