A line of thunderstorms developed along a cold front which moved across North and Central Texas. The strongest cells within the line produced sporadic reports of hail.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
A line of thunderstorms developed along a cold front which moved across North and Central Texas. The strongest cells within the line produced sporadic reports of 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 Nov 3, 2:34 PM CST, 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 334 PM CDT SAT NOV 3 2012 .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDED SOUTHEAST OF A PARIS TO DFW TO COLEMAN LINE AS OF 20Z...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT...MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN ZONES AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT NEAR AND SOUTH OF THIS FRONT. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THAT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. AS A WEAK SHORTWAVE SLIDES ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY...SOME LOW RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF I-20. ON MONDAY...ANOTHER SHORTWAVE IN THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR. DRY WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY AND EVENTUALLY GENERATES A NOR'EASTER THAT WILL AFFECT THE MID ATLANTIC AND NORTHEASTERN U.S. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WILL BREAK DOWN LATE WEEK AS A LARGE UPPER TROUGH WORKS IT WAY INTO THE WESTERN CONUS. WITH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM AND LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW BRINGING UP GULF MOISTURE...WE WILL SEE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY SATURDAY. 58 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 55 73 54 74 49 / 30 10 10 10 0 WACO, TX 58 76 53 75 49 / 50 20 10 20 5 PARIS, TX 52 67 48 71 45 / 40 10 10 10 0 DENTON, TX 49 71 48 75 45 / 30 10 10 10 0 MCKINNEY, TX 51 70 49 74 46 / 30 10 10 10 0 DALLAS, TX 56 72 54 74 49 / 30 10 10 10 0 TERRELL, TX 54 71 50 74 47 / 40 20 10 10 0 CORSICANA, TX 60 74 55 74 48 / 50 20 10 20 0 TEMPLE, TX 59 78 56 76 50 / 50 20 10 20 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 50 72 50 72 47 / 30 10 10 10 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 75/58
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 309 PM CDT SAT NOV 3 2012 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-041230- 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- 309 PM CDT SAT NOV 3 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT GENERALLY ALONG SOUTHEAST OF A EASTLAND TO PARIS LINE. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS IS LOW...A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A COMANCHE TO EMORY LINE ON SUNDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
115 PM CDT SAT NOV 3 2012
TXZ175-031845-
ROBERTSON TX-
115 PM CDT SAT NOV 3 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
CENTRAL ROBERTSON COUNTY
AT 115 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HEARNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FRANKLIN AND HEARNE.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3085 9666 3105 9649 3092 9633 3089 9636
3075 9655
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 222DEG 8KT 3084 9653SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
212 PM CDT SAT NOV 3 2012
TXZ175-031945-
ROBERTSON TX-
212 PM CDT SAT NOV 3 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL ROBERTSON COUNTY
AT 212 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF HEARNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE HEARNE.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3070 9659 3075 9662 3076 9661 3079 9665
3082 9664 3084 9667 3091 9656 3079 9641
3074 9645 3069 9657
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 222DEG 8KT 3074 9657SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 350 PM CDT SAT NOV 3 2012 TXZ148-032115- ANDERSON TX- 350 PM CDT SAT NOV 3 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY AT 350 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF PALESTINE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3200 9568 3179 9557 3171 9585 3184 9591 TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 249DEG 3KT 3182 9580
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 161 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:54 UTC.
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter sized hail was reported near the intersections of Anderson County roads 2304 and 2311.
Nickel to Quarter sized hail south of Fate, near the intersections of FM551 and State Highway 276.
Amateur Radio operators reported nickel sized hail near Union Valley.
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, November 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: 416699, 416702, 416703.