Lightning struck 6 homes in Keller. Two of the homes caught on fire, and one home on Bourland Rd suffered major roof damage.
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Lightning struck 6 homes in Keller. Two of the homes caught on fire, and one home on Bourland Rd suffered major roof damage. No one was injured.
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 Aug 11, 5:15 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 615 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013 .AVIATION... A COUPLE OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL MOVE THROUGH THE METROPLEX TAF SITES THROUGH 01Z AND CAUSE A BRIEF WIND SHIFT TO THE EAST/NORTHEAST. A FEW SHOWERS/STORMS MAY DEVELOP ON THESE OUTFLOWS AND BRIEFLY IMPACT A FEW OF THE METRO TERMINALS. AFTER 02Z...ALL STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE AND THE WIND WILL TURN BACK TO THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST AT SPEEDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 12 KNOTS. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND AGAIN ON MONDAY WITH ONLY FEW TO SCATTERED CLOUDS. STORM CHANCES WILL BE LOW ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT LIFTS NORTH OF THE RED RIVER AND UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE REGION. 79 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 451 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013/ A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH PARIS AND THE METROPLEX WESTWARD INTO THE BIG COUNTRY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO SLOWLY DECREASE AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD OVERNIGHT. WITHOUT A FOCUSING MECHANISM MONDAY...WE SHOULD BE MOSTLY DRY. CANNOT TOTALLY RULE OUT SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SO HAVE PLACED SOME 10 PERCENT POPS BUT AT THIS TIME DID NOT MENTION RAIN. WE WILL COME UNDER NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE SHIFTS WESTWARD AND A TROUGH DIGS ACROSS THE EAST. WE WILL SEE RAIN CHANCES START ACROSS THE NORTH TUESDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NORTH TEXAS. RAIN CHANCES WILL SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS WEDNESDAY AND RAIN CHANCES WILL END FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATE THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT. DRY WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. IT WILL BE HOT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S TO 104 DEGREES. WITH THE COLD FRONT...INCREASED CLOUDINESS AND HOPEFULLY MUCH-NEEDED RAIN...TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE COOLER WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM UP AGAIN TO NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS NEXT WEEKEND. 58 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 79 101 80 101 79 / 30 10 10 10 30 WACO, TX 75 100 77 101 78 / 20 10 5 10 20 PARIS, TX 74 97 75 95 72 / 30 10 10 20 50 DENTON, TX 76 100 78 100 74 / 30 10 10 10 40 MCKINNEY, TX 77 100 79 101 75 / 30 10 10 20 40 DALLAS, TX 81 103 83 103 80 / 30 10 10 10 30 TERRELL, TX 76 101 78 102 76 / 30 10 10 10 30 CORSICANA, TX 76 101 78 102 78 / 20 10 10 10 30 TEMPLE, TX 73 99 74 99 75 / 20 10 5 10 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 74 99 76 101 74 / 30 10 10 10 30 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 79/25
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 334 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013 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- 334 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BETTER CHANCES ARE CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM STEPHENVILLE TO DALLAS TO PARIS. LIGHTNING AND GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING IN NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS TEXAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND SPREADING ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. STORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY....ENDING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THURSDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED NEAR A LINE FROM STEPHENVILLE TO DALLAS TO PARIS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
716 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013
TXZ119-120045-
DALLAS TX-
716 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY
AT 716 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF BALCH SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHWEST
AT 5 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE HUTCHINS...LANCASTER AND
WILMER.
PEA-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 3255 9674 3256 9686 3281 9685 3277 9665
3255 9661
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 035DEG 4KT 3271 9669SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
741 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013
TXZ119-120115-
DALLAS TX-
741 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY
AT 741 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF HUTCHINS...MOVING WEST AT 5
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE DESOTO...GLENN HEIGHTS...
HUTCHINS...LANCASTER AND WILMER.
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3265 9655 3254 9661 3255 9685 3257 9693
3277 9682
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 133DEG 3KT 3260 9670SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 802 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013 TXZ121-120130- KAUFMAN TX- 802 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHERN KAUFMAN COUNTY AT 803 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KAUFMAN...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GRAYS PRAIRIE...KAUFMAN AND KEMP. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3239 9635 3256 9642 3265 9620 3248 9612 TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 058DEG 6KT 3254 9628
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 804 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013 TXZ101-120130- JACK TX- 804 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... WESTERN JACK COUNTY AT 804 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF JACKSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BRYSON AND JACKSBORO. PEA-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 3301 9839 3346 9841 3342 9810 3302 9809 TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 220DEG 6KT 3321 9823
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
845 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013
TXZ117-120215-
PARKER TX-
845 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL PARKER COUNTY
AT 845 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF WEATHERFORD...MOVING WEST AT 10
MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3271 9791 3270 9768 3266 9763 3256 9759
3255 9764 3256 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 109DEG 7KT 3262 9773SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
852 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013
TXZ118-120215-
TARRANT TX-
852 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL TARRANT COUNTY
AT 852 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER KELLER...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BLUE MOUND...HASLET...
KELLER...NORTH RICHLAND HILLS...SAGINAW AND WATAUGA.
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3298 9718 3298 9717 3285 9717 3284 9741
3299 9740 3299 9718
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 090DEG 7KT 3293 9722The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:57 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Six house were struck by lightning in Keller. Four of the homes took direct strikes, and only two homes caught on fire. A home on Bourland Road suffered major roof damage from a lightning strike. Other strikes also occurred on Richmond Drive, Edgewood Drive and Lismore Court.
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