Lightning struck a salt injection plant near Boyd in Wise County igniting 7 storage tanks on fire.
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Lightning struck a salt injection plant near Boyd in Wise County igniting 7 storage tanks on fire.
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 Nov 8, 6:08 AM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 608 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011 .AVIATION... CONCERNS...THUNDER AND MVFR CEILINGS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS NOW APPROACHING FROM THE WEST AND WILL REACH THE TAF SITES BETWEEN 13-14Z. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE WEATHER DOES NOT LOOK LIKELY BUT WILL MONITOR THE STORMS AS THEY APPROACH THE TERMINALS. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THIS LINE...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE DFW METROPLEX AIRPORTS. EXPECT THE LINE OF STORMS TO CLEAR THE TAF SITES BETWEEN 15-16Z BUT WILL LINGER VCTS UNTIL ABOUT 18Z TO ACCOUNT FOR POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT ALONG THE TRUE FRONT AS IT REACHES THE I-35 CORRIDOR. SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS MORNING WILL VEER TO THE WEST AS THE FRONT PASSES AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 28 KTS AT TIMES. THE WINDS TODAY WILL BORDER ON CROSS WIND ISSUES FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND THEN WEST. THIS EVENING...THE WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AND THEN POSSIBLY NORTHERLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SCATTERED MVFR CIGS CONTINUE TO MOVE IN AND OUT OF THE TERMINALS THIS MORNING AND SATELLITE INDICATES ADDITIONAL MVFR CIGS WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE CIGS BEHIND THE FRONT COULD LOWER INTO IFR CONDITIONS BUT THINK THAT DRY AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION WILL KEEP THE CEILINGS UP AND THEN SCATTER THEM OUT THIS AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL CLEAR BY TONIGHT. 82/JLD && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 303 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011/ VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WE HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS NOW FINALLY PROGRESSING MORE READILY EAST THIS MORNING ACROSS AZ/NM WITH BROAD SURFACE LOW FROM NEAR ABILENE... SOUTHWEST TOWARD EAGLE PASS ALONG THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. AS EXPECTED WITH THE ONSET OF STRONG LINEAR FORCING...A BROKEN SQUALL LINE IS NOW SEEN ON REGIONAL RADARS FROM SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA BACK TOWARD SNYDER/SAN ANGELO TEXAS AS OF 2 AM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH EXISTS CURRENTLY JUST WEST OF THE CWA...BUT LATEST MESOSCALE DISCUSSION FROM SPC ANTICIPATES A POTENTIAL WATCH BEING ISSUED BEFORE 12Z FOR NORTH TEXAS. CURRENT TIME OF ARRIVAL OF LINEAR MCS INTO OUR WESTERN COUNTIES IS AROUND 4 AM CST...THEN AFFECTING I-35/I-35W CORRIDOR BETWEEN SUNRISE AND MID MORNING. WE ARE CONTINUING THE HIGH POPS THIS MORNING...WITH THE SURFACE TROUGH/DRYLINE MOVING ACROSS THE I-35 CORRIDOR AROUND MIDDAY. LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL CHANCES LOOK LIKE A GOOD BET AHEAD OF THE SURFACE TROUGH AND EAST OF I-35 FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH AN ABRUPT END OF RAIN CHANCES ACROSS OUR WESTERN COUNTIES. WIND SHEAR TO BECOME UNIDIRECTIONAL...YET REMAIN VERY STRONG AS THE DAY PROGRESSES WITH MODEST INSTABILITY WITHIN A VERY MOIST LOW LEVEL ENVIRONMENT. WITH ALL THIS IN MIND...WE WILL CARRY A MENTION OF SEVERE IN THE FORECAST FOR MORE OF A LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND/HAIL THREAT WITH BEST SET UP LIKELY OCCURRING ACROSS EASTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. MUCH DRIER AIR WILL FILTER IN ON BRISK WESTERLY WINDS FOR A POSSIBLE ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER THREAT THIS AFTERNOON...THOUGH RAINS PRECEDING THE ARRIVAL OF VERY DRY AIR SHOULD KEEP FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LIMITED. WILL LINGER LOW CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS AREAS FROM SULPHUR SPRINGS TO PALESTINE AS THE COLD FRONT OVERTAKES THE SURFACE TROUGH. BEHIND THE FRONT...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS USHERING IN MUCH COOLER AND BRISK CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH WITH DECOUPLING WED NIGHT WITH JUST A LIGHT NORTHWEST BREEZE ON THURSDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING IN DURING THE DAY. HIGHS BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 50S AND 60S. ONE MORE COLD MORNING FRIDAY BEFORE LOW LEVEL WINDS VEER TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ON FRIDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THE SOUTHERLY WINDS AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ON FRIDAY SHOULD HELP HIGHS REBOUND TO BETWEEN 65 AND 70 DEGREES...WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING WELL BACK INTO THE 70S THIS COMING WEEKEND AS OUR NEXT STORM SYSTEM GATHERS OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND NORTHWEST MEXICO. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL LIFT OUT LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY AND WE WILL CONTINUE LOW CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUN NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONT ARRIVING NEXT MON NIGHT. 05/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 75 44 60 42 64 / 100 5 0 0 0 WACO, TX 77 42 62 40 63 / 90 5 0 0 0 PARIS, TX 74 41 59 37 60 / 90 20 0 0 0 DENTON, TX 74 41 60 37 62 / 100 5 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 75 42 60 35 62 / 100 5 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 75 44 60 41 63 / 100 5 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 74 43 61 39 63 / 80 10 0 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 76 44 61 40 63 / 80 10 0 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 75 43 63 40 64 / 70 5 0 0 0 MINERAL WELLS, TX 75 40 59 36 64 / 70 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 82/05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 245 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-091200- 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- 245 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SOME SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. BY THIS AFTERNOON...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND 35E. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY. 82/JLD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
602 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
TXZ091-092-081230-
MONTAGUE TX-COOKE TX-
602 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
WESTERN COOKE COUNTY
MONTAGUE COUNTY
AT 602 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTHEAST
OF NOCONA TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF BOWIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BOWIE...MUENSTER...
NOCONA...ST. JO AND FORESTBURG.
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE
STORMS.
LAT...LON 3398 9762 3391 9759 3392 9747 3389 9744
3383 9744 3383 9737 3389 9732 3388 9728
3385 9731 3344 9732 3344 9791 3386 9786
3394 9775 3395 9772 3399 9769
TIME...MOT...LOC 1202Z 236DEG 39KT 3403 9756 3343 9778SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
612 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
TXZ141>143-081245-
HAMILTON TX-MILLS TX-COMANCHE TX-
612 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
COMANCHE COUNTY
WEST CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY
MILLS COUNTY
AT 612 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTH OF
EARLY TO 11 MILES EAST OF EARLY TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF BROWNWOOD TO 21
MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHLAND SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE COMANCHE...DE LEON...
GOLDTHWAITE...GUSTINE AND MULLIN.
PEA-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 3150 9898 3161 9879 3169 9875 3171 9868
3207 9892 3224 9854 3170 9816 3134 9871
3140 9870 3141 9873 3137 9877 3141 9879
3140 9885 3144 9887 3143 9893 3146 9899
TIME...MOT...LOC 1212Z 250DEG 45KT 3199 9892 3180 9877
3151 9891 3107 9921SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
650 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
TXZ130-141>143-081315-
ERATH TX-HAMILTON TX-MILLS TX-COMANCHE TX-
650 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY
SOUTHERN ERATH COUNTY
HAMILTON COUNTY
MILLS COUNTY
AT 646 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES EAST OF DE
LEON TO GUSTINE TO 5 MILES WEST OF GOLDTHWAITE...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE DE LEON...DUBLIN...
GOLDTHWAITE...GUSTINE...HAMILTON...HICO...MULLIN AND STEPHENVILLE.
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE
STORMS.
LAT...LON 3166 9860 3182 9852 3201 9856 3217 9864
3225 9812 3182 9795 3157 9804 3124 9854
3128 9861 3131 9861 3131 9865 3136 9866
3134 9872 3140 9870 3141 9873 3137 9876
3141 9882
TIME...MOT...LOC 1246Z 252DEG 31KT 3215 9851 3208 9845
3189 9840 3163 9849 3137 9874SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
659 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
TXZ092-093-081330-
GRAYSON TX-COOKE TX-
659 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN COOKE COUNTY
NORTHWESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY
AT 659 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES NORTH OF
WHITESBORO TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF GAINESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CALLISBURG...
COLLINSVILLE...DENISON...GAINESVILLE...KNOLLWOOD...POTTSBORO...
SHERMAN...WHITESBORO...WILLIS AND EISENHOWER STATE PARK.
PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE
STORMS.
LAT...LON 3395 9690 3386 9686 3388 9679 3383 9673
3389 9668 3387 9660 3385 9662 3382 9656
3354 9660 3346 9731 3373 9715 3373 9710
3380 9711 3382 9706 3384 9708 3386 9707
3385 9703 3389 9699 3395 9699
TIME...MOT...LOC 1259Z 254DEG 40KT 3401 9692 3357 9716SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
744 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
TXZ092-093-081415-
GRAYSON TX-COOKE TX-
744 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN COOKE COUNTY
NORTHERN GRAYSON COUNTY
AT 741 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES NORTH OF
WHITESBORO TO SANGER TO VALLEY VIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CALLISBURG...
DENISON...KNOLLWOOD...POTTSBORO AND WHITESBORO.
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE
STORMS.
LAT...LON 3386 9686 3388 9679 3383 9676 3385 9670
3392 9667 3390 9659 3388 9658 3385 9662
3382 9652 3378 9650 3378 9646 3374 9646
3346 9724 3383 9706 3394 9689
TIME...MOT...LOC 1341Z 236DEG 33KT 3393 9690 3372 9699
3350 9716SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
824 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
TXZ102-081530-
WISE TX-
824 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
WISE COUNTY
AT 825 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTH OF BRIDGEPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BOYD...BRIDGEPORT...
DECATUR...BOONSVILLE AND COTTONDALE.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3333 9739 3320 9740 3299 9767 3300 9792
3305 9792 3344 9756 3344 9753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1425Z 226DEG 35KT 3307 9771
42/MMThe Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:31 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a salt injection plant located near County Roads 4590 and 4591, west of Boyd. Seven of the eight storage tanks caught on fire.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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