A thunderstorm produced minor wind damage near Kempner.
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A thunderstorm produced minor wind damage near Kempner.
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 May 12, 8:26 AM CST, 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 926 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2011 .AVIATION... UPDATED TAF TO SHOW TIMING OF THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 16Z AND 19Z THIS AFTERNOON AT ALL TAF SITES. MAIN COMPLEX EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND TRACK MAINLY SOUTH OF I-20...BUT NORTHERN EDGE OF SYSTEM WILL AFFECT METROPLEX TAF SITES WITH AT LEAST SOME RAIN AND THUNDER IN THE VICINITY. WILL SHOW VCTS BETWEEN 16Z AND 19Z WITH TEMPO FOR TSRA RIGHT AROUND 17-18Z. ONCE SYSTEM MOVES EAST AND CLEARS THE AREA BY MID AFTERNOON BELIEVE THE AIR MASS WILL BE TOO WORKED OVER FOR ADDITIONAL CONVECTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND THUS WILL PREVAIL VFR. EXPECT MVFR CIGS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING WITH SOUTH FLOW PREVAILING. WINDS MAY BE CHAOTIC BEHIND STORMS...BUT BELIEVE SOUTH FLOW PREVAILING IS MOST LIKELY SCENARIO. FRONT STILL EXPECTED IN AROUND MIDNIGHT. TR.92 && .UPDATE... COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY. CONVECTION APPEARS TO BE ROOTED JUST ABOVE THE BOUNDARY LAYER WITH AMPLE INSTABILITY TO WORK WITH HOWEVER OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH ADDITIONAL WARMING ACROSS THE REGION...EXPECT THESE STORMS TO BECOME SURFACE BASED ENHANCING THE WIND THREAT GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-35. HAIL THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. WILL UPDATE THE FORECAST TO REFLECT LATEST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THROUGH 3 PM AND TO ADJUST POPS UPWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. WILL ALSO LOWER TEMPS A FEW DEGREES IN AREAS WHERE CLOUDS/CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST. DUNN && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 252 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2011/ MODELS YESTERDAY DID A POOR JOB OF FORECASTING THE DRY LINE/COLD FRONT...BRINGING THE DRY LINE TOO FAR EAST AND THE FRONT DOWN TOO FAST. WITH THE WARM AIR STILL IN PLACE...ROUND TWO OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED AGAIN FOR TODAY/TONIGHT FOR ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE FAR WEST. ONCE AGAIN...HAIL AND HIGH WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW ATMOSPHERE UNCAPPED BEFORE NOON WITH STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND PLENTY OF CAPE. GFS HAS OVER 4000 JOULES AT DFW BY 1 PM WITH NAM SHOWING 2300. HAVE INCLUDED SEVERE WORDING AFTER 10 AM THINKING THAT STORMS WILL START FAIRLY EARLY AGAIN. TONIGHT FRONT FINALLY GETS A GOOD PUSH SOUTHEAST AND STORMS MOVE OUT OF NORTH TEXAS BEFORE SUNRISE FRIDAY. ONCE FRONT GETS ON THROUGH...NORTHWEST FLOW AND A FAIRLY COOL/DRY AIRMASS FOR MAY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MID WEEK NEXT WEEK. A COUPLE OF WEAK REINFORCING SHOTS OF COOL AIR WILL KEEP ANY WARM UP FROM OCCURRING TOO QUICKLY. BY WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY TIME FRAME SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT RETURNS AND GULF MOISTURE STARTS WORKING BACK NORTH. GFS/ECMWF BOTH SHOW SOME PRECIP DEVELOPING NEXT THURSDAY AND HAVE ADDED SOME 20 POPS TO COVER IT. 84 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 85 63 78 58 75 / 50 20 0 0 0 WACO, TX 84 64 80 58 77 / 80 40 10 0 0 PARIS, TX 82 60 74 51 69 / 40 40 10 0 0 DENTON, TX 86 56 77 53 73 / 40 20 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 83 58 77 54 71 / 40 30 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 84 64 77 58 75 / 50 30 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 82 63 77 55 73 / 50 40 10 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 82 65 79 58 73 / 80 40 10 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 83 66 81 57 78 / 80 40 10 0 0 MINERAL WELLS, TX 89 54 78 53 75 / 30 10 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 304 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2011 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-131000- 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- 304 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY EAST OF A BOWIE...MINERAL WELLS...COMANCHE LINE. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TONIGHT WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE AFTER 10 AM...GENERALLY EAST OF A BOWIE...MINERAL WELLS...COMANCHE LINE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
759 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2011
TXZ141-142-121330-
MILLS TX-COMANCHE TX-
759 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL COMANCHE COUNTY
MILLS COUNTY
AT 759 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHLAND SPRINGS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GOLDTHWAITE AND MULLIN.
PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3160 9881 3162 9878 3166 9877 3170 9872
3170 9869 3173 9869 3191 9847 3171 9842
3169 9846 3167 9846 3154 9837 3138 9867
3152 9893
TIME...MOT...LOC 1259Z 226DEG 33KT 3147 9880SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
901 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2011
TXZ130-141-143-121430-
ERATH TX-HAMILTON TX-COMANCHE TX-
901 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY
SOUTHERN ERATH COUNTY
HAMILTON COUNTY
AT 902 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF
DUBLIN TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF HAMILTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE DUBLIN...HAMILTON AND
HICO.
PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE
STORMS.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3230 9805 3206 9793 3202 9800 3167 9777
3142 9826 3205 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 1402Z 234DEG 27KT 3202 9834 3153 9819SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
909 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2011
TXZ156-121445-
LAMPASAS TX-
909 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LAMPASAS COUNTY
AT 909 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LAMPASAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LAMPASAS.
PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3126 9804 3113 9794 3108 9791 3103 9801
3103 9826 3109 9831
TIME...MOT...LOC 1409Z 245DEG 34KT 3107 9815The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:32 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Fences were blown down a mile southeast of Kempner.
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