Scattered afternoon thunderstorms on July 11th produced little rainfall, but did produce numerous lightning strikes across Anderson County, Texas. Lightning strikes caused a few fires across the area, including 2 oilfield storage tanks.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Scattered afternoon thunderstorms on July 11th produced little rainfall, but did produce numerous lightning strikes across Anderson County, Texas. Lightning strikes caused a few fires across the area, including 2 oilfield storage tanks.
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 Jul 11, 1:53 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 253 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2012 .DISCUSSION... ONCE AGAIN...ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO THIS PACKAGE. WE HAVE LIKELY POPS IN THE SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON...DECREASING TO 50 PERCENT THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE...POPS DECREASE TO 20 PERCENT ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM FROM NORTHERN MILLS COUNTY THROUGH THE METROPLEX AND NORTHEAST TO HOPKINS COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THESE SLIGHT CHANCE AREAS WILL BECOME CONVECTIVELY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON...CAPE WILL BE WEAK AND A LACK OF FORCING SHOULD KEEP COVERAGE DOWN TO SCATTERED AT BEST. CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW ELEVATED SHOWERS OVERNIGHT EITHER. A SLIGHT WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH BETTER PRECIP STILL CONFINED TO SOUTHEAST COUNTIES. ON SUNDAY...GFS DEVELOPS AN INVERTED TROF AND BY MID AFTERNOON PUSHES IT WEST TO EXTEND FROM MONTERREY MEXICO THROUGH THE METROPLEX INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE EURO ALSO FORECASTS THIS FEATURE...BUT KEEPS THE TROF IN EASTERN TEXAS. THE TROF LOCATION WILL AFFECT THE EXTENT AND CHANCE OF CONVECTION...AS WELL AS THE HIGH TEMPERATURE. THE NAM IS ALSO HINTING AT THIS TROF...SO I HAVE KEPT 30 POPS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...BUT DO NOT HAVE HIGH CONFIDENCE IN THIS FEATURE AS OF NOW. DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS STILL LOOK REASONABLE FOR NEXT WEEK...AND HAVE MADE FEW CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED PERIODS. 84 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 74 95 76 95 76 / 20 20 5 20 20 WACO, TX 74 95 74 95 75 / 40 20 10 20 20 PARIS, TX 71 91 71 92 71 / 20 30 10 20 20 DENTON, TX 73 95 74 95 74 / 20 20 5 20 20 MCKINNEY, TX 73 94 73 94 73 / 20 20 10 20 20 DALLAS, TX 75 95 76 95 77 / 20 20 10 20 20 TERRELL, TX 73 94 73 94 74 / 20 30 20 30 20 CORSICANA, TX 74 92 74 93 74 / 40 30 20 30 20 TEMPLE, TX 72 93 71 95 72 / 50 20 10 30 20 MINERAL WELLS, TX 69 95 70 95 71 / 20 20 0 20 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 335 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2012 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-121200- 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- 335 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF AN EMORY...CLEBURNE TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE WHERE HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
430 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2012
TXZ174-175-112200-
MILAM TX-ROBERTSON TX-
430 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MILAM COUNTY
WEST CENTRAL ROBERTSON COUNTY
AT 430 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF HEARNE...MOVING SOUTHWEST
AT 15 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CALVERT AND HEARNE.
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3094 9692 3113 9679 3115 9674 3115 9673
3102 9652 3079 9663
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 026DEG 12KT 3101 9669SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 434 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2012 TXZ158-112200- BELL TX- 434 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... BELL COUNTY AT 434 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF TEMPLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BELTON...HARKER HEIGHTS... KILLEEN...LITTLE RIVER-ACADEMY...MORGAN'S POINT RESORT...NOLANVILLE AND TEMPLE. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3086 9729 3110 9782 3126 9752 3116 9724 TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 043DEG 12KT 3116 9745
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 448 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2012 TXZ162-112215- LEON TX- 448 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHERN LEON COUNTY AT 448 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CENTERVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CENTERVILLE. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3109 9610 3131 9629 3142 9602 3124 9582 TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 057DEG 12KT 3127 9603
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 181 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:05 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Anderson County Sheriff reported two oilfield storage tanks were struck by lightning, causing both tanks to catch fire. The tanks were along Anderson County roads 187 and 1224, near State Highway 294.
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