Several thunderstorm clusters developed during the day of July 16th. Flooding of low lying areas and rivers was reported across Eastland County.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Several thunderstorm clusters developed during the day of July 16th. Flooding of low lying areas and rivers was reported across Eastland 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 Jul 16, 2:13 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 313 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 .DISCUSSION... THE UPPER LEVEL LOW HAS NOW MOVED INTO NEW MEXICO BUT A VERY MOISTURE-RICH TROPICAL LIKE ENVIRONMENT REMAINS ENCASED OVER THE REGION. ALTHOUGH IT IS MOSTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE REGION...BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS HAVE ALLOWED INSTABILITY TO INCREASE AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. DUE TO THE TROPICAL NATURE OF THE ENVIRONMENT...LIGHTNING STRIKES AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS BUT SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS MAY OCCUR WITH A FEW STRONGER STORMS. THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...COMING TO AN END LATER THIS EVENING. HI-RES MODELS SUGGEST SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS MAY ALSO OCCUR OVERNIGHT AND LEFT 20-30 POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. THE RICH MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ON WEDNESDAY WITH SURFACE HEATING RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL SCATTERED RAIN ACTIVITY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA TOMORROW...THUS THE BEST RAIN CHANCES WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN HALF OF THE CWA. INSTABILITY IS FORECAST TO BE WEAKER TOMORROW AND CHANGED THE WORDING TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ON THURSDAY...FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE DRIER AIR MOVING INTO THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS A LITTLE FURTHER INTO THE REGION. KEPT JUST 20 POPS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ON THURSDAY FOR ANY ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS OR POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM THAT MAY DEVELOP. THE MODELS ARE COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT REGARDING A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT WILL RETROGRADE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO LATER THIS WEEK...POTENTIALLY REACHING THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS COAST BY THIS WEEKEND. WHILE THIS FEATURE IS FORECAST TO BE FAIRLY WEAK AT THIS TIME...THE RESULTING WEAKNESS IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL LIKELY ALLOW SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL BE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE REGION...AND PARTICULARLY OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES...WHERE THE MOISTURE WILL BE THE DEEPEST AND RICHEST. FOR NOW...WILL CONTINUE WITH 20 POPS OVER THE WEEKEND. BEYOND THE WEEKEND...THE MODELS DIVERGE ON HOW THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL EVOLVE. THE GFS DROPS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER MOST OF THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CONUS...KEEPING THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WEST OF THE REGION. ON THE OTHER HAND...THE ECMWF BUILDS THE RIDGE BACK OVER THE REGION. WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE...DECIDED TO INTRODUCE LOW POPS OVER THE EASTERN HALF ON MONDAY AND KEPT TEMPERATURES NEARLY PERSISTENT WITH THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. IF THE ECMWF SOLUTION BECOMES THE MORE LIKELY SOLUTION...TEMPERATURES WILL NEED TO BE RAISED AND WE WILL LIKELY BE BACK IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS BY THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. 82/JLD && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 72 87 74 94 76 / 40 30 20 20 20 WACO, TX 72 87 71 93 74 / 50 50 30 20 20 PARIS, TX 71 91 73 94 73 / 40 20 10 20 20 DENTON, TX 71 87 71 93 74 / 40 30 20 20 20 MCKINNEY, TX 71 87 72 93 74 / 40 20 20 20 20 DALLAS, TX 74 87 76 94 76 / 40 30 20 20 20 TERRELL, TX 72 89 73 94 74 / 40 30 20 20 20 CORSICANA, TX 72 89 74 94 74 / 40 30 20 20 20 TEMPLE, TX 70 84 71 92 73 / 50 50 30 20 20 MINERAL WELLS, TX 70 84 70 92 72 / 50 40 30 20 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 69/82
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 333 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-171200- 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- 333 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 OR 35 W CORRIDOR. ALL STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS EACH AFTERNOON FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 OR 35 W CORRIDOR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CAVANAUGH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
238 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013
TXZ131-133-162015-
HOOD TX-JOHNSON TX-
238 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EAST CENTRAL HOOD COUNTY
SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY
AT 238 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF CLEBURNE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT
20 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GODLEY AND CLEBURNE STATE
PARK.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3237 9775 3251 9754 3223 9731 3220 9735
3220 9743 3216 9752 3225 9762 3231 9761
3232 9769
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 141DEG 17KT 3225 9746SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
315 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013
TXZ135-162045-
HENDERSON TX-
315 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY
AT 316 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATHENS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT
20 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ATHENS...CANEY CITY AND
MALAKOFF.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3212 9558 3204 9576 3203 9581 3219 9609
3234 9585
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 140DEG 16KT 3211 9578SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
343 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013
TXZ122-162115-
VAN ZANDT TX-
343 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHERN VAN ZANDT COUNTY
AT 343 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF MINEOLA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE EDGEWOOD...FRUITVALE...GRAND
SALINE AND VAN.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3248 9566 3267 9600 3278 9586 3277 9585
3278 9579 3277 9576 3273 9568 3266 9558
3256 9559
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 130DEG 17KT 3261 9568SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
349 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013
TXZ147-162115-
FREESTONE TX-
349 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWESTERN FREESTONE COUNTY
AT 349 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF FAIRFIELD...MOVING NORTHWEST
AT 15 MPH.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3172 9616 3184 9640 3186 9637 3196 9618
3182 9608
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 132DEG 15KT 3180 9613SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 433 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 TXZ134-146-162200- ELLIS TX-NAVARRO TX- 433 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... EAST CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY NORTH CENTRAL NAVARRO COUNTY AT 433 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF CORSICANA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ALMA...BARDWELL...ENNIS AND PALMER. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3230 9679 3244 9667 3223 9632 3211 9649 TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 119DEG 17KT 3223 9651
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
The Eastland County Sheriff's Department reported rainfall totals across the western part of the county were between and 8 and 11 inches.
The Eastland County Sheriff's Department reported the South Fork of the Leon River was out of its banks. The bridge over County Road 169 was underwater.
The Eastland County Sheriff's Department reported the South Fork of the Leon River was out of its banks. County bridges along the Big Sandy Creek were underwater.
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, July 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: 469621, 469618, 469620.