Two thunderstorms affected Young County producing hail up to the size of tennis balls. These thunderstorms developed as a cold front and dryline combined just northwest of the area.
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Two thunderstorms affected Young County producing hail up to the size of tennis balls. These thunderstorms developed as a cold front and dryline combined just northwest of the area.
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 Apr 9, 5:43 PM CST, 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 643 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 .AVIATION... /00Z TAFS/ THE STRONG COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED FROM NEAR MIDLAND TO ABILENE TO WICHITA FALLS AND NORTHEAST FROM THERE AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN THEMSELVES OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS ACROSS NORTHWEST TEXAS BUT THE COLD FRONT SEEMS TO BE UNDERCUTTING THESE STORMS CAUSING THEM TO WEAKEN WITH TIME. NEW DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE BROKEN LINE. IN THE NEAR TERM...VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 20KTS AT THE MAJOR AIRPORTS. LATER TONIGHT AS THE FRONT CONTINUES SOUTHEAST...WE SHOULD SEE A GENERAL INCREASE IN THE COVERAGE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE FRONT SHOULD BE MOVING THROUGH THE METROPLEX AIRPORTS AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG IT. COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS ACTUALLY EXPECTED TO INCREASE AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH. STRONG FORCING FROM THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY SO HAVE EXTENDED THE PREVAILING PRECIPITATION THROUGH MIDDAY. INSTABILITY ABOVE THE SHALLOW COLDER AIR WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SO WILL ALSO LEAVE VCTS IN THROUGH MIDDAY. ON AND OFF THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH CIGS LOWERING TO IFR BY MORNING. PRECIP WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY WITH CIGS GRADUALLY IMPROVING. DUNN && .UPDATE... WE DID SEND UP A 20Z SOUNDING AND THE DATA WITH THIS RADIOSONDE LOOKS MUCH MORE REPRESENTATIVE THAN THE PREVIOUS 18Z SOUNDING. WE BELIEVE THE RADIOSONDE USED IN THE 18Z SOUNDING WAS BAD OR DAMAGED. THE 20Z SOUNDING SHOWS A STOUT CAP STILL IN PLACE...BUT WE KNOW THE CAP IS WEAKENING ALONG THE DRYLINE OVER OUR WESTERN COUNTIES. HOWEVER...WE STILL THINK STORMS WILL NOT DEVELOP IN OUR WEST AND NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES UNTIL THE FRONT ARRIVES IN A FEW HOURS. 82/JLD && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 324 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013/ OVERALL THINKING REGARDING THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS HAS NOT CHANGED. THE BIGGEST CHANGE IS THAT THE COLD FRONT IS RAPIDLY MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AT THIS TIME AND IS STARTING TO OVERTAKE THE DRYLINE JUST WEST OF VERNON. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE RACING SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING AND THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE DRYLINE IS QUICKLY DIMINISHING. HOWEVER...THE CAP HAS WEAKENED NEAR AND IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF THE FRONT. LOCAL SEVERE WEATHER PARAMETERS ALSO INDICATE THE CAP HAS SUFFICIENTLY WEAKENED ALONG THE DRYLINE OVER OUR WESTERN COUNTIES AND SOME SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES INTO OUR AREA THIS EVENING. MOST OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT WILL BE QUICKLY UNDERCUT BY THE COLD ARCTIC AIR BEHIND THE FRONT AND BECOME ELEVATED. THUS...THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HAIL. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE FRONT OVERNIGHT AND WE WILL LIKELY SEE AN INCREASE IN STORM COVERAGE ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT AS THE LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES AND UPPER LEVEL LIFT INCREASES OVER THE REGION. HAIL WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN THREAT OVERNIGHT. LATEST TRACKING OF THE FRONT HAS IT REACHING OUR NORTHWEST COUNTIES BETWEEN 00-01Z/7-8 PM CDT. HAVE ADJUSTED THE WINDS AND POPS IN THE NEAR-TERM TO REFLECT THIS FASTER TIMING. DESPITE HIGH POPS ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT...COVERAGE MAY LIKELY BE SPARSE AT FIRST BUT THEN INCREASE AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES. BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...THE FRONT WILL BE THROUGH MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE CWA AND THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SINCE THE FRONT WILL BE NEARLY THROUGH THE REGION BY NOON TOMORROW...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL SHIFT EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION...BUT A FEW ELEVATED STORMS PRODUCING HAIL WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONT DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ARE QUICKLY FALLING INTO THE 50S WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO FALL TONIGHT AS THE FRONT PASSES WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 30S ACROSS MOST AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 35/35W. ONGOING RAIN AND CLOUD COVER TOMORROW WILL KEEP DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE MID 40S TO MID 50S ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. OVER THE EASTERN COUNTIES...DAYTIME HIGHS WILL OCCUR EARLY IN THE MORNING WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AS THE WINDS DECREASE TO AROUND 5 MPH...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 30S ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. THE REMAINDER OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY AND BENIGN WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST. ON FRIDAY...ANOTHER WEAK FRONT WILL SLIDE ACROSS THE RED RIVER BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO ADVANCE FARTHER SOUTH THAN ABOUT INTERSTATE 20. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL NOT BE VERY COOL AND NOT MUCH TEMPERATURE CHANGE IS EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH A RETURN TO 80 DEGREE TEMPERATURES BY SUNDAY AND MONDAY. OUR NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN COULD BE BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONT. 82/JLD && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 50 57 38 62 41 / 90 60 10 0 0 WACO, TX 60 62 39 64 41 / 90 70 10 5 0 PARIS, TX 60 62 37 57 39 / 90 70 20 5 0 DENTON, TX 47 55 35 61 36 / 90 60 10 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 52 58 35 59 38 / 90 60 10 5 0 DALLAS, TX 53 59 39 61 42 / 90 70 10 0 0 TERRELL, TX 59 61 35 60 40 / 90 70 10 5 0 CORSICANA, TX 63 65 35 64 41 / 70 80 10 5 0 TEMPLE, TX 63 64 39 64 42 / 80 80 10 5 0 MINERAL WELLS, TX 42 51 33 63 38 / 90 40 10 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 347 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-101215- 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- 347 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY DISCRETE STORMS THAT DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING NORTHWEST OF A CISCO TO ST JO LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF A LINE FROM TEMPLE TO SULPHUR SPRINGS. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY AS MUCH COOLER AND MORE STABLE AIR FILLS IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED EARLY EVENING ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A CISCO TO ST JO LINE. ADDITIONAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM SULPHUR SPRINGS TO LAMPASAS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
710 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013
TXZ100-100045-
YOUNG TX-
710 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWESTERN YOUNG COUNTY
AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES WEST OF OLNEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE OLNEY.
NICKEL-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 3334 9896 3340 9896 3341 9895 3340 9856
3339 9856 3323 9896 3324 9896 3334 9897
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 241DEG 53KT 3334 9893The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:24 UTC.
8 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Walnut sized hail was covering most of the ground 6 miles south of Megargel.
Golf ball sized hail was reported at the Olney Municipal Airport.
Golf ball sized hail was reported 3.5 miles west-southwest of Olney, near the Olney Municipal Airport.
Ping pong ball sized hail was reported 4 miles west-southwest of Olney.
Hail up to the size of quarters was reported along Highway 79 to the southwest of Olney.
Hail up to the size of quarters was reported near Orth and Highway 251 to the south of Olney.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2013
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: 438837, 438848, 438851, 438852, 438853, 438854, 438855, 438857.