Scattered thunderstorms developed on the afternoon and evening of July 26th. A few of the thunderstorms were able to produce downburst winds, with winds in excess of 55 mph, and small hail.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed on the afternoon and evening of July 26th. A few of the thunderstorms were able to produce downburst winds, with winds in excess of 55 mph, and small 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 Jul 26, 2:40 PM CST, 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 340 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012 .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST HOUR ALONG A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED FROM WEST CENTRAL TEXAS INTO OKLAHOMA. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY IS CONFINED TO THE FAR NORTHWEST COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OUT THERE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. FORCING FOR ASCENT APPEARS TO BE PROVIDED IN PART BY A PASSING S/W TROUGH WHICH IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ACROSS OKLAHOMA. THIS FEATURE IS ACTUALLY MORE OF A SHEAR AXIS AND IS A WEAK EXTENSION OF A STRONGER TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION. IN ADDITION...LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS BEING MAXIMIZED ALONG THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S AND LOW 100S. THE EVOLUTION OF THIS BROKEN LINE OF STORMS IS A LITTLE UNCERTAIN AND HAVE GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE HIGH RESOLUTION MODEL GUIDANCE THROUGH TONIGHT...KEEPING THE HIGHEST POPS NEAR THE RED RIVER SOUTHWARD TO THE I-20 CORRIDOR. THUNDERSTORMS MAY BEGIN TO DRIFT TO THE SOUTH INTO AN AREA OF MODERATE INSTABILITY IF THEY BEGIN TO GENERATE SUFFICIENT OUTFLOW. SHEAR IS WEAK AND MAIN THREAT APPEARS TO BE PULSE SEVERE IN NATURE WITH A DAMAGING WIND THREAT. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE CONVECTION WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. IT IS A LITTLE CONCERNING THAT THE GFS CONTINUES TO GENERATE MULTIPLE QPF BOMBS ALONG THE RED RIVER OVERNIGHT. WHILE THIS IS CERTAINLY A FEEDBACK ISSUE...MANY TIMES THE MODEL IS SIGNALING A PERSISTENT AREA OF UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION. THIS CAN BE EITHER ARTIFICIALLY GENERATED WITHIN THE MODEL...OR IN SOME CASES IT CAN BE SOMEWHAT REALISTIC GIVEN THE NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND WEAK VERTICAL WIND FIELDS. EITHER WAY...IF CONVECTION REMAINS PERSISTENT OVER THIS AREA...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE GIVEN THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT. HIGH RESOLUTION GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DRIFT SOUTHEAST WITH TIME AND DIMINISH IN INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT. WILL SHOW POPS TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE REMNANT SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL LINGER ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA INTO FRIDAY. WITH THE WEAKNESS ALOFT IN THE HEIGHTS TOMORROW WE STILL EXPECT SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH PEAK HEATING. MOST OF THIS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. BEYOND FRIDAY...UPPER RIDGING BUILDS IN AND BEGINS TO STRENGTHEN HEADED INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. LATEST RUN OF THE ECMWF HAS COME IN CONSIDERABLY WARMER AND HAVE RAISED HIGH TEMPS IN THE MON-WED TIMEFRAME. WE WILL LIKELY BE DEALING WITH HEAT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WITH LITTLE CHANCE FOR RAINFALL. DUNN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 78 99 80 101 79 / 40 20 10 5 5 WACO, TX 77 100 77 101 76 / 10 10 5 5 5 PARIS, TX 74 97 74 100 75 / 50 20 20 5 5 DENTON, TX 77 99 76 101 75 / 50 20 10 5 5 MCKINNEY, TX 77 98 76 100 75 / 50 20 20 5 5 DALLAS, TX 79 100 80 102 79 / 40 20 10 5 5 TERRELL, TX 77 97 76 100 75 / 30 20 10 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 76 97 77 100 76 / 10 10 10 5 5 TEMPLE, TX 74 98 74 98 73 / 10 10 5 5 5 MINERAL WELLS, TX 75 97 76 99 73 / 40 20 10 5 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 314 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-271130- 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- 314 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM COMANCHE...TO HILLSBORO...TO ATHENS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE DAMAGING WIND THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE GREATEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CISCO TO CLEBURNE TO ATHENS ON FRIDAY. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 313 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012 TXZ100-101-262045- JACK TX-YOUNG TX- 313 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... WEST CENTRAL JACK COUNTY EAST CENTRAL YOUNG COUNTY AT 313 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAHAM...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THE COMMUNITY OF JERMYN IN WESTERN JACK COUNTY IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. LAT...LON 3326 9822 3313 9846 3325 9859 3337 9843 TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 255DEG 5KT 3324 9844
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
326 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012
TXZ091-262100-
MONTAGUE TX-
326 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHERN MONTAGUE COUNTY
AT 325 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF NOCONA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE NOCONA AND BELCHERVILLE.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...HALF
INCH-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3397 9760 3391 9759 3390 9755 3392 9750
3392 9748 3378 9749 3354 9798 3388 9798
3389 9794 3386 9788 3386 9783 3392 9778
3399 9766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 231DEG 4KT 3377 9787
82/JLDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 355 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012 TXZ100-262130- YOUNG TX- 355 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... YOUNG COUNTY AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OLNEY...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF NEWCASTLE ALSO MOVING NORTH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE NEWCASTLE AND OLNEY. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3340 9896 3340 9842 3295 9842 3296 9896 TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 175DEG 5KT 3334 9879 82/JLD
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:01 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency Management reported several telephone poles were knocked down by thunderstorm winds. The poles were along US Highway 82 between Nocona and Belcherville.
Thunderstorm damage to a house was reported near Justin. The home's roof was damaged. A trampoline was blown from the backyard into nearby trees.
Spotters reported pea to dime sized hail 3 miles west of Justin.
Pea to dime sized hail was reported north and west of Springtown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2012
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: 401404, 401406, 401396, 401399.