A few elevated storms affected the northwestern and northern counties of North Texas. One storm in Young County produced golf ball sized hail.
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A few elevated storms affected the northwestern and northern counties of North Texas. One storm in Young County produced golf ball sized hail.
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 Apr 19, 5:54 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 654 PM CDT THU APR 19 2012 .UPDATE... STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST COMBINED WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES ALOFT AND SUFFICIENT MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR PRIMARILY ELEVATED CONVECTION TO AFFECT THE NORTHWESTERN ZONES THIS EVENING. INSTABILITY AND CLOUD LAYER SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR A SEVERE HAIL THREAT. SPC HAS JUST ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NW PARTS OF THE CWA. IT IS POSSIBLE A LINE SEGMENT WILL ORGANIZE FROM THE EARLY EVENING ACTIVITY AND TRACK EASTWARD THROUGH THE NORTHERN ZONES DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS...BUT ELEVATED NATURE OF STORMS MAY LIMIT THE ABILITY FOR CONVECTION TO GROW UPSCALE INTO A MCS. REGARDLESS...GIVEN THE AMPLE ELEVATED INSTABILITY...BELIEVE AT LEAST SCATTERED CONVECTION SHOULD SUSTAIN ITSELF LONG ENOUGH TO AFFECT THE NORTHEAST ZONES AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAVE UPDATED FORECAST TO BUMP UP POPS THIS EVENING IN THE NW ZONES. WILL AWAIT 00Z SOUNDING DATA TO DETERMINE IF POPS NEED TO BE RAISED ALONG AND/OR SOUTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR. TR.92 && .AVIATION... A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS SOUTHWESTWARD TO A 1003 MB SURFACE LOW JUST WEST OF WICHITA FALLS...THEN WEST THROUGH THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. A DRYLINE EXTENDED FROM THE LOW CENTER INTO SOUTHWEST TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DEVELOP MAINLY NORTH OF THE RED RIVER ALONG THE FRONT THIS EVENING AS AN UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES TO DIG SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS. ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF THE REGION THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT...THEN BEGIN TO AFFECT TAF SITES AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. SOME WARM ADVECTION SHOWERS MAY OCCUR AHEAD OF THE FRONT SO WILL STICK WITH THE VCSH BEGINNING AROUND 10Z. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DUE MAINLY TO FORCING ALONG THE FRONT...BUT WITH THE LIMITED MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY THE THREAT LOOKS RELATIVELY LOW. WILL KEEP THE PREVAILING SHRA FOR THE MORNING HOURS BEGINNING AT 13Z IN THE METROPLEX...AND 15Z IN WACO...WHICH COINCIDES WITH FROPA TIMING. IF FUTURE TRENDS OR LATER GUIDANCE POINT TOWARDS MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION...WILL ADJUST 06Z TAFS ACCORDINGLY. NORTH WINDS WILL BECOME A BIT GUSTY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS BUT SHOULD GIVE WAY TO VFR CONDITIONS BY THIS TIME FRIDAY. 30 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 315 PM CDT THU APR 19 2012/ THE NEXT 24 HOURS APPEAR TO BE THE MOST ACTIVE OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS. THIS AFTERNOON A COLD FRONT EXTENDS ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. A DRYLINE IS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM A SURFACE LOW NEAR CHILDRESS TO BIG SPRING AND INTO THE BIG BEND REGION. A S/W TROF CURRENTLY DIGGING ACROSS MONTANA AND WYOMING WILL DEEPEN OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS IN RESPONSE TO UPSTREAM RIDGE AMPLIFICATION OVER THE WEST COAST. LATER TONIGHT...THE COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE FARTHER SOUTH AS MAIN SURFACE LOW OVER THE MIDWEST CONTINUES NORTHEAST. THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA IS UNSTABLE HOWEVER IT REMAINS STRONGLY CAPPED TO SURFACE BASED CONVECTION AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SO FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING. AS HEIGHT FALLS/LARGE SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT CONTINUES TO OVERSPREAD THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT...FORCING ALONG THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND BECOME SUFFICIENT FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP PRIMARILY ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWEST COUNTIES. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ACROSS NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE CWA INDICATE THAT PARCELS FORCED BETWEEN 800-700MB WILL HAVE LITTLE INHIBITION BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. SHEAR PROFILES WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELL STRUCTURES WITH ANY STORMS THAT CAN DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME...HOWEVER THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL GIVEN THE NEARLY DRY ADIABATIC MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND HIGH LCL/S. FARTHER SOUTH NEAR THE METROPLEX...STRONG INHIBITION WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN PLACE AND CONVECTION WILL LIKELY HAVE TO WAIT ON THE FRONT. WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST POPS RIGHT ALONG THE RED RIVER TAPERING OFF QUICKLY TO THE SOUTH FOR TONIGHT. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS TOMORROW MORNING WITH CAPPING ERODING BY THIS TIME. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED RIGHT ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT. BEST CHANCES WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND EAST DURING THE MORNING...THEN SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT PROGRESSES SOUTHWARD. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CLEAR THE CWA BY TOMORROW EVENING WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN AND COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL ONLY BE IN THE LOW 70S WITH LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S. THE WEEKEND AND MUCH OF NEXT WEEK LOOKS VERY QUIET WITH LITTLE CHANCE FOR RAIN AND PLEASANT TEMPERATURES. MID LEVEL RIDGING LOOKS LIKE IT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THE GFS DOES INDICATE AN AXIS OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WORKING NORTH INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY MIDWEEK WITH MODERATE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. AT THIS TIME SEE NO SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM THAT WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO INITIATE CONVECTION BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. DUNN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 60 70 47 71 50 / 20 60 5 0 0 WACO, TX 62 71 45 73 44 / 10 60 5 0 0 PARIS, TX 58 66 46 69 47 / 50 60 10 0 0 DENTON, TX 58 67 45 69 48 / 30 50 5 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 60 68 46 70 48 / 40 60 5 0 0 DALLAS, TX 61 70 47 71 50 / 20 60 5 0 0 TERRELL, TX 60 69 45 72 46 / 20 60 5 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 62 71 47 73 48 / 20 60 10 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 62 74 46 74 46 / 10 60 10 0 0 MINERAL WELLS, TX 58 70 44 72 46 / 20 40 5 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 701 PM CDT THU APR 19 2012 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-201230- 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- 701 PM CDT THU APR 19 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM RISING STAR TO DENTON TO BONHAM. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. AFTER MIDNIGHT...RAIN CHANCES WILL SPREAD TO A LINE NORTH OF GOLDTHWAITE TO ATHENS. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...MAINLY NEAR THE RED RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. SOME STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A KILLEEN TO WACO TO TERRELL LINE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM RISING STAR TO DENTON TO BONHAM. 82/JLD
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:41 UTC.
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Golf ball sized hail was reported east of Woodson near the Throckmorton/Young county line.
Nickel sized hail was reported 5 miles north of Bowie.
Nickel sized hail was reported approximately 2 miles south of Whitesboro.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 371335, 371336, 371337.