A weak line of storms moved through the northeastern counties of the Fort Worth CWA. One embedded storm produced dime sized hail and 48 mph winds in Paris.
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A weak line of storms moved through the northeastern counties of the Fort Worth CWA. One embedded storm produced dime sized hail and 48 mph winds in Paris.
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 Feb 20, 5:50 PM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 550 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 .AVIATION... /00Z TAFS/ CONCERNS...WIND TRENDS. OTHERWISE...VFR. WINDS THIS EVENING... DRYLINE ON THE DOORSTEP OF FTW/AFW...BUT MAX MIXING HEIGHT HAS PASSED...AND BOUNDARY HAS BEGUN TO STALL. NONETHELESS...POTENT UPPER SYSTEM WILL FORCE THE BOUNDARY THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND WINDS WILL QUICKLY VEER TO THE SOUTHWEST. BOUNDARY LAYER WILL DECOUPLE SOME...REDUCING SURFACE GUSTS...BUT SUSTAINED SPEEDS WILL STILL BE NEAR 12KTS WITHIN THE NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER. METRO COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS WILL LIKELY BE ABLE TO GO TO NORTH FLOW BEFORE FROPA WITH FURTHER VEERING TO 280 BY 04Z (10 PM CST). FRONT WILL ARRIVE WITH LITTLE FANFARE...AND WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY UNDER 10KTS LATE TONIGHT AT WHICH POINT SYSTEM WILL BE NEAR THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. DUST... FRONT EDGE OF DUST PLUME NOW ABI-RPH-0F2. METROPLEX SHOULD REMAIN VFR...WITH ANY REDUCTION IN VSBY BEING RATHER BRIEF. STRONGER WINDS WILL BE ABOVE THE BOUNDARY LAYER AFTER SUNSET...KEEPING MUCH OF THE DUST ALOFT. CONVECTION... A FEW SHOWERS HAVE BLED ACROSS THE RED RIVER...BUT CONVECTION SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF VICINITY ZONES OF METRO TAF SITES. HAVE REMOVED MENTION OF VCSH. DEPARTURES/ARRIVALS TO/FROM THE NORTH WILL BE IMPACTED ONLY THROUGH MID EVENING AS TAIL END OF LINE SKIRTS PAST. TUESDAY... SURFACE WINDS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SOUTHERLY AND INCREASE ABOVE 12KTS AS LEE TROUGHING RAPIDLY REDEVELOPS. ONLY A FEW HIGH CLOUDS. 25 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 317 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012/ A FAIRLY STRONG MID AND UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS STARTING TO EXHIBIT SOME NEGATIVE TILT AS IT DRIVES EAST THROUGH THE PLAINS. AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM KANSAS TO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. MEANWHILE A PRE-FRONTAL SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO WEST-CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS HAVE BEEN GUSTING TO 30 MPH ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM. HOWEVER...SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME REACHING THE 25 MPH THRESHOLD AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. BREEZY CONDITIONS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE DYNAMICS ARE GOOD WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM BUT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ARE LACKING ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH WILL LIMIT THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE ALONG THE RED RIVER...WHERE LIMITED CAPE COMBINED WITH THE HIGH SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR ISOLATED CONVECTION AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE AREA. A DISTINCT LINE OF CU HAS FORMED DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS ALONG THE PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH AND CAN BE SEEN ON VISIBLE SATELLITE JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE AREA. TIMING OF CONVECTION OVER OUR NORTHERN-MOST COUNTIES WILL LIKELY OCCUR AS THE COLD FRONT OVERTAKES THE SURFACE TROUGH AROUND 00Z...WITH ISOLATED STORMS FIRING NEAR THE RED RIVER WEST OF I-35. AS THE FRONT PUSHES EAST...STORMS MAY TRY TO DEVELOP SOUTHWARD ALONG THE SURFACE BOUNDARY AS SLIGHTLY HIGHER MOISTURE LEVELS ARE TAPPED. AT THIS TIME THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY REMAIN NORTH OF THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX...AND COVERAGE WILL BE MINIMAL. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE NORTH OF THE RED RIVER...BUT A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT BEFORE MIDNIGHT OVER COUNTIES JUST SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER. TIMING FOR THE FRONT STILL LOOKS TO BE AROUND 6-7 PM FOR THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES...JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT FOR THE METROPLEX AND 3-4 AM FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES. TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL INTO THE 30S AND 40S TONIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT AS COOLER DRIER AIR FILLS IN. THIS WILL BE SHORT-LIVED THOUGH AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM RAPIDLY MOVES NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE GREAT LAKES...AND THE FRONT WASHES OUT TOMORROW. WEAK RETURN FLOW WILL BEGIN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM WELL INTO THE 70S BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AND MAY BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAIN TO THE AREA AT THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. MODELS BRING YET ANOTHER FRONT INTO THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR SEASONABLY COOL LATE FEBRUARY WEATHER IN THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST. 30 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 40 69 50 75 52 / 10 0 5 0 0 WACO, TX 40 70 53 76 52 / 5 0 5 5 0 PARIS, TX 37 66 45 73 50 / 30 0 5 5 5 DENTON, TX 36 69 46 75 48 / 20 0 5 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 38 68 46 74 48 / 20 0 5 0 0 DALLAS, TX 40 69 50 75 53 / 10 0 5 0 0 TERRELL, TX 39 69 48 74 52 / 20 0 5 5 0 CORSICANA, TX 42 71 52 75 54 / 10 0 5 5 5 TEMPLE, TX 42 71 50 76 53 / 5 0 5 5 0 MINERAL WELLS, TX 36 70 49 76 45 / 10 0 5 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 25/69
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 157 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-211215- 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- 157 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM JACKSBORO TO DENTON TO CANTON LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT. AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE RED RIVER. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ELEVATED FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE FOR COUNTIES NEAR THE RED RIVER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
716 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012
TXZ093-094-104-105-210215-
FANNIN TX-GRAYSON TX-HUNT TX-COLLIN TX-
716 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
COLLIN COUNTY
FANNIN COUNTY
SOUTHEASTERN GRAYSON COUNTY
HUNT COUNTY
AT 716 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHERMAN...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ANNA...BAILEY...BELLS...
BONHAM...CADDO MILLS...CAMPBELL...CELESTE...COMMERCE...DODD CITY...
ECTOR...FAIRVIEW...FARMERSVILLE...GREENVILLE...HONEY GROVE...
LEONARD...LOWRY CROSSING...MCKINNEY...PRINCETON...SAVOY...TOM BEAN...
VAN ALSTYNE...WHITEWRIGHT...WOLFE CITY AND BONHAM STATE PARK.
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3387 9594 3381 9585 3298 9587 3299 9630
3312 9663 3323 9675 3372 9637 3370 9635
3370 9633 3377 9629 3376 9619 3380 9616
3381 9618 3384 9615 3385 9601 3388 9600
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 273DEG 33KT 3346 9647
CAVANAUGHThe Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 204 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:09 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Dime sized hail was reported in Paris. The local automated weather station (AWOS) at Cox Field also reported 48 mph winds with the thunderstorm.
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