A line of thunderstorms moved across the region during the morning hours. These storms were below severe limits, but strong winds in Leon County caused some wind damage.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
A line of thunderstorms moved across the region during the morning hours. These storms were below severe limits, but strong winds in Leon County caused some wind damage.
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 Feb 21, 8:10 AM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 810 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 .UPDATE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE I-35 CORRIDOR WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH MID DAY. SEVERAL OF THESE STORMS HAVE BECOME STRONG BUT THUS FAR HAVE REMAINED SUB-SEVERE. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SEVERE STORMS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WARM FRONT CURRENTLY DRAPED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES SOUTHEAST OF THE WACO AREA. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MESOSCALE FORECAST UPDATE/AWUFWD FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE THREAT. AS IT STANDS NOW...THERE ARE NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WATCHES IN PLACE...BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR TRENDS AS THE STORMS MOVE QUICKLY EAST. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME BREEZY BEHIND THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. MAV MOS GUIDANCE WOULD SUGGEST A WIND ADVISORY WOULD BE NECESSARY...BUT FOR NOW HAVE LEANED MORE TOWARDS THE NAM AND SREF WHICH SEEM TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THE CURRENT SET-UP. OTHERWISE... IT WILL BE A MATTER OF ENDING POPS FROM WEST TO EAST FOR THE REST OF THE DAY AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. 30 && .AVIATION... FOR THE 12Z TAFS...THIS MORNING...IFR CONDITIONS WILL PRECEDE A LINE OF STORMS THROUGH AREA TAF SITES BY MID-MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO VFR THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST BEHIND A FRONT. TIMING THE LINE OF STORMS OVER AREA TAF SITES YIELDS A 14 TO 15Z ETA AT METROPLEX AREA AND WACO AIRPORTS. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ELEVATED AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...SO THE MAIN IMPACT ON AREA AIRPORTS IS EXPECTED TO BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WITH GUSTY VARIABLE WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 30 KTS. AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS SURFACE OBS CONSISTENTLY INDICATE CIGS FALLING TO IFR LEVELS WITH HIGH IFR/LOW MVFR VSBYS. A PACIFIC TYPE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ABOUT 2 HRS BEHIND THE INITIAL ONSET OF THUNDERSTORMS. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY IMPROVE TO VFR BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. SKIES WILL LIKELY BECOME CLEAR A COUPLE OF HRS BEHIND THE FRONT AS SUBSIDENCE WORKS OVER THE REGION. SUNSHINE WILL HELP MIX HIGH MOMENTUM AIR DOWN TO THE SURFACE ALLOWING WESTERLY WINDS TO INCREASE TO 20 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KTS. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST LATER TONIGHT AS THE TRUE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. CAVANAUGH && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 329 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013/ A STRONG MID AND UPPER LEVEL LOW CAN BE SEEN SPINNING OVER NEW MEXICO AS IT MOVES EAST TOWARDS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING OUT AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM OVER WEST-CENTRAL TEXAS AND LIFTING NORTHEASTWARD INTO OKLAHOMA. ACTIVITY WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS IMMEDIATELY WEST OF NORTH TEXAS AS LARGE SCALE ASCENT OVERSPREADS THE AREA OUT AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW. EXPECT THESE STORMS TO SPREAD EAST INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS VERY SOON...PUSHING EAST ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS AS THE MID/UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM ACCELERATES EAST- NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. AT THE SURFACE...A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS LOCATED NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO NEAR THE RIO GRANDE WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING EAST ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS...OR JUST SOUTH OF OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES. IT ALSO LOOKS AS THOUGH A PACIFIC-TYPE COLD FRONT WAS BECOMING ESTABLISHED NORTH OF THE LOW CENTER...EXTENDING NORTH-TO-SOUTH ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL TEXAS. IT APPEARS THE WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH SOME INTO THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A WACO-CENTERVILLE LINE...OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. WITH WIND SHEAR ALREADY VERY IMPRESSIVE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION...THE CONCERN WILL BE WHETHER OR NOT CONVECTION WILL BECOME SURFACE BASED AND TAP INTO THE ROUGHLY 1000 J/KG OF SB CAPE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT. THIS COULD POSSIBLY CREATE A HIGHER TORNADO THREAT NEAR THE PROXIMITY OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY LATER THIS MORNING AS THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE INCREASES AREA- WIDE...SO WILL NEED MONITOR TRENDS IN SURFACE OBS CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT...STORMS WILL BE ELEVATED IN NATURE WITH HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT IN ANY STORM THAT BECOMES SEVERE...THOUGH DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY. STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME ORGANIZED ALONG A LINE AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING PACIFIC FRONT...ACCELERATING EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN COUNTIES 4 TO 8 AM...THEN THE EASTERN COUNTIES 8 AM THROUGH NOON. THIS SHOULD PLACE THE MAIN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR INCLUDING THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX NEAR 8AM... THOUGH FUTURE TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPING STORMS COULD CAUSE THIS TIME TO BE ADJUSTED A LITTLE BIT. WILL CARRY POPS INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS OVER AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 35/35E. THIS SHOULD COME TO AN END MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AS THE LINE OF STORMS APPROACHES THE TEXAS- LOUISIANA BORDER. BREEZY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...WITH COOL AND DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. MANY AREAS WILL SEE TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING BEFORE SUNRISE FRIDAY...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE UPPER 20S ALONG THE RED RIVER TO AROUND 40 OVER THE SOUTHERN-MOST COUNTIES. THE UPPER AIR PATTERN WILL REMAIN PROGRESSIVE THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. A PASSING SHORTWAVE ON SATURDAY WILL AMOUNT TO LITTLE MORE THAN JUST SOME ADDITIONAL MID AND HIGH CLOUD COVER. ANOTHER UPPER LOW WILL THEN MOVE QUICKLY SOUTHEAST FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE IN THE WEEKEND...BRINGING WITH IT ANOTHER COLD FRONT AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT. NEXT WEEK...IT APPEARS WE WILL EXPERIENCE A DRIER WEATHER PATTERN WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS. 30 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 64 33 54 32 60 / 100 5 5 0 0 WACO, TX 69 37 58 33 67 / 90 5 0 0 0 PARIS, TX 56 31 52 29 57 / 90 10 5 0 0 DENTON, TX 65 31 51 30 60 / 100 5 5 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 62 32 52 29 60 / 100 5 5 0 0 DALLAS, TX 65 33 54 33 62 / 100 5 5 0 0 TERRELL, TX 64 34 55 31 61 / 100 5 5 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 67 37 59 33 63 / 90 10 5 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 69 39 62 34 66 / 90 5 0 0 0 MINERAL WELLS, TX 65 30 55 30 65 / 70 5 5 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 69/30
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 256 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-220900- 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- 256 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AN EASTWARD MOVING COLD FRONT EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FRONT AND STORMS WILL LIKELY APPROACH THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 7 AM AND 9 AM. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL THE MOST LIKELY HAZARD. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY... ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. THERE IS A LOW THREAT FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO SOUTH OF A HAMILTON TO WACO TO PALESTINE LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS MORNING ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. SPOTTERS SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO BE ACTIVATED THIS MORNING. CAVANAUGH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 634 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 TXZ101-102-116-117-211300- JACK TX-PALO PINTO TX-WISE TX-PARKER TX- 634 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHEASTERN JACK COUNTY NORTHEASTERN PALO PINTO COUNTY NORTHWESTERN PARKER COUNTY WESTERN WISE COUNTY AT 634 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINERAL WELLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BRIDGEPORT...CHICO...DECATUR...MINERAL WELLS...BOONSVILLE...AND POOLVILLE. PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3336 9788 3325 9753 3276 9810 3288 9826 TIME...MOT...LOC 1234Z 222DEG 58KT 3289 9810
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
655 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013
TXZ156-157-211330-
LAMPASAS TX-CORYELL TX-
655 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHERN CORYELL COUNTY
EASTERN LAMPASAS COUNTY
AT 655 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMPASAS...MOVING EAST AT 55
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE COPPERAS COVE AND LAMPASAS.
HALF INCH SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
THIS STORM.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3145 9774 3123 9760 3107 9790 3103 9792
3103 9828 3123 9833
TIME...MOT...LOC 1255Z 257DEG 50KT 3116 9820SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
713 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013
TXZ143-144-157-211345-
HAMILTON TX-BOSQUE TX-CORYELL TX-
713 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHERN BOSQUE COUNTY
NORTHERN CORYELL COUNTY
EAST CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY
AT 713 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES WEST OF
CLIFTON TO 13 MILES WEST OF GATESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CLIFTON...CRANFILLS GAP...
MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS AND MERIDIAN STATE PARK.
PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE
STORMS.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3182 9794 3202 9743 3198 9738 3193 9744
3189 9736 3187 9739 3185 9735 3168 9741
3158 9760 3155 9757 3135 9803
TIME...MOT...LOC 1313Z 243DEG 43KT 3178 9780 3148 9791SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
736 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013
TXZ144-159-211400-
MCLENNAN TX-BOSQUE TX-
736 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BOSQUE COUNTY
NORTHWESTERN MCLENNAN COUNTY
AT 736 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF CLIFTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BELLMEAD...LACY-LAKEVIEW AND
VALLEY MILLS.
NICKEL-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3190 9737 3189 9736 3187 9738 3184 9728
3179 9732 3175 9730 3175 9727 3179 9718
3159 9709 3152 9756 3171 9768 3169 9774
TIME...MOT...LOC 1336Z 247DEG 38KT 3163 9761
92SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
851 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013
TXZ145-146-211515-
HILL TX-NAVARRO TX-
851 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HILL COUNTY
NAVARRO COUNTY
AT 851 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CORSICANA TO 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF BELLMEAD...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE ANGUS...BARRY...BLOOMING
GROVE...CORSICANA...DAWSON...HUBBARD AND NAVARRO.
PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE
STORMS.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3187 9634 3180 9649 3182 9672 3173 9691
3211 9684 3233 9638 3231 9632 3213 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 1451Z 251DEG 36KT 3198 9674 3172 9681SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
954 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013
TXZ162-211630-
LEON TX-
954 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
LEON COUNTY
AT 954 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF JEWETT...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE JEWETT AND CENTERVILLE.
PENNY-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 3120 9625 3138 9630 3153 9575 3152 9573
3149 9573 3149 9572 3144 9570 3142 9571
3132 9566
TIME...MOT...LOC 1554Z 254DEG 37KT 3132 9617The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:07 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a few tree limbs and also destroyed 2 sheds. This damage occurred near FM 1618 and Private Road 3365; just west of Interstate 45.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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