A severe thunderstorm developed in the late evening hours of September 17th and produced wind gusts up to 60 MPH in Montague County causing minor damage.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm developed in the late evening hours of September 17th and produced wind gusts up to 60 MPH in Montague County causing minor 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 Sep 17, 5:28 PM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 628 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011 .AVIATION... THE MAIN AVIATION WEATHER CONCERN TONIGHT WILL BE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. IT APPEARS THAT THE CURRENT ACTIVITY TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF THE METROPLEX TAF SITES WILL WEAKEN THROUGH THE EVENING AND ALL SHORT RANGE GUIDANCE AGREES. WACO WILL SEE SOME THUNDERSTORM CHANCES BETWEEN 00Z AND O3Z SO WILL INCLUDE A TEMPO GROUP. A SECOND CONCERN WILL BE MORNING MVFR CEILINGS AND POSSIBLY SOME BRIEF 5 SM VISIBILITIES. ALL LOW CEILINGS SHOULD LIFT AND SCATTER BY MIDDAY WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON. IT DOES APPEAR THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING AT ALL TAF SITES. A SOUTH WIND WILL PREVAIL BETWEEN 8 AND 12 KNOTS. 79 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 302 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011/ SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF FORECAST AREA AT THIS TIME. EFFECT OF A WEAK UPPER SPEED MAXIMUM MOVING ACROSS THE LOW LEVEL MOIST/INSTABILITY AXIS WAS CONTRIBUTING TO DEVELOPMENT. EXPECT THE ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE MOVING EAST TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR BY 6 PM CDT BEFORE GRADUALLY WEAKENING AFTER THAT. WILL KEEP 20-30 POPS AREAWIDE FOR TONIGHT...BUT MAY MAKE SOME LAST MINUTE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FIRST PERIOD POPS BEFORE RELEASING OFFICIAL FORECAST AT 400 PM. A SECOND AREA OF CONCERN FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS IS POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION IN NORTHWEST TEXAS REGION. A DIFFUSE DRYLINE WAS LOCATED FROM SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA SOUTHWARD TO BETWEEN ABILENE AND SWEETWATER...WITH STRONG INSTABILITY IN THE REGION. ANY CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS IN THIS AREA COULD BECOME SEVERE AND MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST PARTS OF THE CWA BY EARLY EVENING. A BETTER CHANCE FOR ORGANIZED AND MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION IS FORECAST FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. A LARGER SCALE UPPER TROUGH ORGANIZES OVER THE ROCKIES TONIGHT AND TRANSLATES SLOWLY EAST OVER THE AREA ON SUNDAY. A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL ACCOMPANY THE UPPER TROUGH AND IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM NEAR OKLAHOMA CITY TO JUST WEST OF ABILENE BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WITH AFTERNOON HEATING AND UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70 DEWPOINTS...A CORRIDOR OF 2000 J/KG OF SURFACE-BASED CAPE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE FRONT. DEEP LAYER SHEAR APPEARS MARGINAL FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS...BUT WINDS ALOFT SHOULD BE INCREASING WITH TIME AND THAT SHOULD LEAD TO A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS WITH ANY SUSTAINED CONVECTION NEAR THE COLD FRONT. ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH AS IT MOVES EAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS...BUT GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE CONVECTION SPREADS EAST DURING THE SUNDAY NIGHT PERIOD. POPS FOR SUNDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 40 IN THE SOUTHEAST ZONES TO 60 IN THE NORTHEAST AREAS. THESE VALUES MAY BE CONSERVATIVE. RAIN CHANCES WILL DIMINISH FROM NW TO SE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS THE SHORTWAVE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA AND MORE STABLE AIR SPREADS SOUTH BEHIND THE WEAKENING FRONT. RAIN CHANCES RETURN TO THE FORECAST LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS MOISTURE RETURNS AND AN ACTIVE PATTERN PERSISTS. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS STARTING TO COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT ON TIMING OF COLD FRONT FOR THE MID TO LATE WEEK PERIOD...BUT THERE ARE STILL DIFFERENCES WITH REGARD TO LOCATION OF A CUTOFF UPPER LOW FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTIES...WILL CONTINUE WITH TRENDS FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH LOW RAIN CHANCES AND TEMPERATURES SOMEWHAT WARMER THAN SUGGESTED BY LATEST GFS MOS. /09 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 73 91 72 88 68 / 50 40 50 20 10 WACO, TX 73 91 71 90 67 / 30 40 50 20 10 PARIS, TX 67 90 69 85 66 / 40 40 60 20 10 DENTON, TX 73 91 69 88 64 / 50 40 50 20 10 MCKINNEY, TX 71 90 69 86 62 / 50 40 50 20 10 DALLAS, TX 73 91 72 88 69 / 50 40 50 20 10 TERRELL, TX 71 90 70 88 68 / 40 40 50 20 10 CORSICANA, TX 71 92 70 90 69 / 30 40 50 20 20 TEMPLE, TX 72 91 70 91 67 / 20 40 40 20 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 70 91 68 88 63 / 50 30 50 20 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 79/30
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 304 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-181130- 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 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD...BUT A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THE SEVERE THREAT APPEARS MORE ROBUST IN FAR WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES AS STORMS THAT FORM ALONG A DRY LINE IN WEST TEXAS WILL MOVE EASTWARD TOWARDS THOSE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ON SUNDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF A LINE FROM SHERMAN TO DALLAS TO TEMPLE. DAMAGING WINDS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...AND AGAIN TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
427 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011
TXZ115-116-172200-
PALO PINTO TX-STEPHENS TX-
427 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN PALO PINTO COUNTY
SOUTHEASTERN STEPHENS COUNTY
AT 427 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF RANGER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3273 9839 3252 9831 3251 9836 3251 9878
3252 9879 3260 9881
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 251DEG 7KT 3253 9867
42/MMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
506 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011
TXZ130-132-143-144-172300-
ERATH TX-HAMILTON TX-SOMERVELL TX-BOSQUE TX-
506 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BOSQUE COUNTY
SOUTHEASTERN ERATH COUNTY
NORTH CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY
SOUTHERN SOMERVELL COUNTY
AT 506 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DUBLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
CLUSTER OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.
LAT...LON 3224 9773 3212 9765 3195 9796 3187 9803
3184 9815 3199 9825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 241DEG 12KT 3199 9805SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
655 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011
TXZ100-180030-
YOUNG TX-
655 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWESTERN YOUNG COUNTY
AT 656 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF THROCKMORTON...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE OLNEY.
PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3341 9895 3341 9885 3340 9873 3328 9867
3320 9896 3340 9896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 248DEG 15KT 3330 9898
42/MMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 801 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011 TXZ115-180130- STEPHENS TX- 801 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL STEPHENS COUNTY AT 801 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRECKENRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BRECKENRIDGE AND NECESSITY. NICKEL-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. LAT...LON 3288 9872 3262 9865 3257 9910 3277 9910 TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 267DEG 26KT 3272 9900 42/MM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
843 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011
TXZ115-180215-
STEPHENS TX-
843 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN STEPHENS COUNTY
AT 844 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRECKENRIDGE...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GUNSIGHT AND NECESSITY.
NICKEL-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3274 9883 3252 9860 3252 9908 3268 9911
3275 9910
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 277DEG 15KT 3265 9894
42/MMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
847 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011
TXZ091-180245-
MONTAGUE TX-
847 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHERN MONTAGUE COUNTY
AT 846 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES EAST OF WICHITA FALLS...MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE NOCONA.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...NICKEL-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3399 9764 3396 9759 3391 9759 3392 9749
3373 9749 3370 9799 3388 9799 3389 9794
3386 9785 3392 9779 3395 9772 3399 9769
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 259DEG 17KT 3382 9817
42/MMThe Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:51 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind speeds were estimated to be between 50 and 60 MPH.
A roof was blown of a house and a trailer was blown across Highway 81 at Polk Road. Just up the road near Highway 81 and Indian Hills Road, a large tree was uprooted and several large, healthy tree branches were snapped off a tree.
Large trees and tree limbs were also blown down along Alamo Road south of Montague. Several of these trees were rotted inside.
Tree limbs with a diameter between 6 and 8 inches were blown down in Montague.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, September 2011
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 348623, 348624, 349054, 348625.