Scattered afternoon thunderstorms developed in a moisture rich and unstable environment. Penny and nickel sized hail was reported in Robertson County, and thunderstorm winds damaged a manufactured home in Bell County.
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Scattered afternoon thunderstorms developed in a moisture rich and unstable environment. Penny and nickel sized hail was reported in Robertson County, and thunderstorm winds damaged a manufactured home in Bell County.
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 Jun 20, 11:37 AM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1237 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012 .AVIATION... MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND MAY SEE A FEW PASSING SHOWERS IN THE METROPLEX. NO AVIATION IMPACTS EXPECTED FROM THIS ACTIVITY. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD STAY WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF TAF SITES. WACO HAS A BETTER CHANCE OF SEEING SOME SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL MENTION VCSH THERE...AND MONITOR FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION OF THUNDER BASED ON RADAR TRENDS. VFR SHOULD PREVAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME LOW LEVEL DRYING AND WEAKENING OF THE SOUTH WINDS MAY LIMIT MVFR STRATUS...ESPECIALLY FOR METROPLEX. WILL STILL MENTION A BRIEF WINDOW OF BKN020 FROM 10-15Z IN THE METROPLEX...AND WILL HAVE BKN018 IN WACO FROM 8-15Z. && .UPDATE... IN A VERY MOIST AND UNCAPPED ENVIRONMENT...NOCTURNAL STREAMER SHOWERS ARE TRANSITIONING INTO SURFACE-BASED CONVECTION. STILL APPEARS THAT THE LACK OF A LOW-LEVEL FOCUS FOR INITIATION WILL LIMIT THE EXTENT OF CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. BUT THE STEADY SOUTHERLY FLOW WITHIN 2-3 MILES OF THE SURFACE WILL ALLOW INDIVIDUAL CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS TO PRODUCE MEASURABLE RAINFALL OVER A LARGER AREA THAN JUNE CONVECTION TYPICALLY DOES. POPS OF 20-30 STILL REASONABLE FOR THE AFTERNOON PERIOD...BETTER CHANCES IN SOUTHERN ZONES. OTHER ELEMENTS LARGELY ON TRACK...SO NO UPDATE NEEDED AT THIS TIME. 25 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 410 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2012/ THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF A BROAD EASTERLY WAVE CONTINUES TO SHIFT SLOWLY WEST ACROSS TEXAS THIS MORNING...WHILE A MID LATITUDE TROUGH PASSES WELL NORTH OF THE REGION OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY...AS THE SURFACE WARMS TO CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S STARTING AROUND NOON. IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE COVERAGE WILL BE PARTICULARLY HIGH TODAY DUE TO THE LACK OF A DISTINGUISHED FOCUSING MECHANISM AND RELATIVELY WARM AIR ALOFT. THERE ALSO APPEARS TO BE FAR LESS ACTIVITY ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COASTAL AREA AND ADJACENT GULF WATERS COMPARED TO THIS TIME THE PAST COUPLE OF MORNINGS. HOWEVER...EVEN WITHOUT THE DRAMATIC MOISTURE SURGE FROM THE SOUTH...PWS STILL REMAIN AROUND 1.75 INCHES SO ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS COULD DUMP SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE MUCH OF A SEVERE THREAT WITH MEAGER MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND A FREEZING LEVEL AROUND 15KFT. A FEW STORMS COULD STILL BECOME STRONG AS SB CAPE APPROACHES 1500 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON. ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY WITH THE LOSS OF SURFACE HEATING THIS EVENING. AFTER ONE MORE BREEZY DAY TODAY...WINDS WILL FINALLY DIE DOWN TOMORROW AS THE FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS PUSHES SOUTHWARD TOWARDS NORTH TEXAS. IT IS BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE THERE WILL BE ENOUGH CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY TO GENERATE ISOLATED STORMS LATE TOMORROW MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT SHIFTS SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER. WILL INTRODUCE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS NORTH OF THE METROPLEX FOR THURSDAY ALONG THE FRONT. FEEL THE BOUNDARY WILL EVENTUALLY STALL SOMEWHERE NEAR OF JUST NORTH OF THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. DURING THIS TIME...AN UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER BAJA CALIFORNIA WILL NOSE ITS WAY EAST OVER TEXAS...AND FEEL THIS WILL LIMIT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS THE FRONT WASHES OUT. THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL HAVE SHIFTED NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS ON SATURDAY...AND CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. BY SUNDAY...500MB HEIGHTS ARE FORECAST TO REACH JUST SHY OF 5950 M NEAR THE RED RIVER AND WE COULD SEE MUCH OF THE AREA REACH TRIPLE DIGITS BY THEN. HOT AND RAIN-FREE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK AS THE UPPER RIDGE REMAINS IN CONTROL OF THE REGION. 30 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 92 74 95 74 97 / 20 20 10 5 10 WACO, TX 93 73 94 70 98 / 20 20 10 5 5 PARIS, TX 90 71 93 70 93 / 20 10 20 10 10 DENTON, TX 91 73 95 71 96 / 20 10 20 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 90 72 94 71 94 / 20 10 20 10 10 DALLAS, TX 92 74 95 75 97 / 20 20 10 5 10 TERRELL, TX 91 72 94 72 95 / 20 10 10 5 10 CORSICANA, TX 90 72 91 72 95 / 20 20 10 5 10 TEMPLE, TX 91 72 92 69 95 / 30 20 10 5 5 MINERAL WELLS, TX 91 72 93 70 96 / 20 10 10 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && /
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 412 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2012 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-210915- 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- 412 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...BUT GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A GRAHAM TO MCKINNEY TO PARIS LINE ON THURSDAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. CAVANAUGH
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:50 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorm winds damaged a manufactured home near Rogers. Part of the siding of the home was ripped off and part of the metal roof was peeled back.
Nickel sized hail was reported in Hearne.
Penny sized hail was reported north of Calvert.
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, June 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: 396199, 386257, 386258.