Thunderstorms developed ahead of a late Spring cold front as it pushed southeast across north Texas. Isolated minor wind damage occurred around the area late Wednesday night and Thursday morning associated with the storms.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed ahead of a late Spring cold front as it pushed southeast across north Texas. Isolated minor wind damage occurred around the area late Wednesday night and Thursday morning associated with the storms.
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 Jun 5, 10:51 PM CST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1151 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 .AVIATION... /06Z TAFS/ CONCERNS...THUNDERSTORMS AND WIND SHIFTS ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. POTENTIAL FOR A PERIOD OF MVFR CIGS ON THURSDAY. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW THE COMPLEX OF STORMS WILL EVOLVE AND AM NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH AT THIS POINT TO PREVAIL THUNDER AT ANY TAF SITES. HOWEVER...BASED ON THE LATEST DATA...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE DFW METROPLEX WOULD BE 09-13Z AND 11-13Z AT KACT. IT APPEARS THE BULK OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN NORTH OF KACT THUS THE SMALLER WINDOW FOR THE THREAT OF THUNDER. STRONG WINDS AND AT LEAST SMALL HAIL COULD AFFECT THE METROPLEX AIRPORTS. AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST OF THE TAF SITES...MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A POTENTIAL FOR PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THERE COULD BE A THREAT FOR THUNDER AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS BUT WILL MAINTAIN VCSH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH THE FRONT HAVING MOVED FAR SOUTH OF THE REGION AND THE AREA LIKELY BEING OVERWORKED FROM THE MORNING CONVECTION. OTHER AREA OF CONCERN THIS TAF PERIOD IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MVFR CIGS TO OCCUR BEHIND THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX. MVFR CIGS CURRENTLY EXIST BEHIND THE COMPLEX IN THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...BUT NOT IN AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE COMPLEX. THE MODELS ARE SPLIT ON BRINGING MVFR CIGS INTO THE DFW METROPLEX THURSDAY MORNING BUT WILL HOLD OFF ON INCLUDING A BKN MVFR DECK AND SEE HOW THE TRENDS EVOLVE BEHIND THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX. FINALLY...NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT THE DFW TAF SITES THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD. THE WINDS AT KACT WILL BE VARIABLE AT THE BEGINNING BUT EVENTUALLY BECOME NORTHERLY AROUND SUNRISE. 82/JLD && .UPDATE... SEVERAL STORM CLUSTERS HAD FORMED ACROSS WEST TEXAS IN ADVANCE OF A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND EAST OF A SURFACE LOW NEAR THE BIG BEND AREA. IN ADDITION...A SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCE ALOFT WAS MOVING EAST OUT OF ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO AND ASSISTING IN THE LIFT PROCESS. WITH SEVERAL LIFTING MECHANISMS AND UNSTABLE LAPSE RATES ALOFT...WE EXPECT THESE CLUSTERS TO EVENTUALLY MERGE INTO AN MCS ACROSS OUR NORTHWEST COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. WE ADJUSTED RAIN CHANCES THROUGH MIDNIGHT TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WELL WEST OF INTERSTATE 35...WITH SLIGHT CHANCES AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT NEAR THE RED RIVER VALLEY. A FAIRLY STRONG CAPPING INVERSION WAS NOTED ON THE 00Z FWD SOUNDING AND FROM RECENT AIRCRAFT AMDAR SOUNDINGS EARLIER THIS EVENING ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS...SO WE LOWERED POPS ACROSS THOSE AREAS THIS EVENING. YOUNG...STEPHENS AND EASTLAND COUNTIES WILL SEE THE HIGHEST RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER BEFORE MIDNIGHT WITH STORMS NEAR ABILENE MOVING 40-45 MPH. THESE COUNTIES WILL BE UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THROUGH 5 AM. THE STORM CLUSTER NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND THE SAME SPEED. THE RESULTANT MCS SHOULD BECOME MORE ELEVATED WITH TIME AS THEY MARCH EAST ACROSS ESPECIALLY OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES. THE WILDCARD IN HOW FAR EAST SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS WILL BE IF THE CAP CAN COMPLETELY ERODE AND ITS UNCERTAIN IF THIS PROCESS WILL OCCUR WITH THE ABSENCE OF A SUBSTANTIAL LOW LEVEL JET. NEVERTHELESS...MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL COULD STILL BE A THREAT EVEN WITH ELEVATED STORMS. ACTIVITY COULD REMAIN STRONG WELL INTO SUNRISE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH TEXAS WITH SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CONTINUING. 05/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 341 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013/ THE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE RED RIVER THIS MORNING HAS SHIFTED EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON LEAVING AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IN ITS WAKE. THIS BOUNDARY IS LOCATED ALONG THE RED RIVER AND EXTENDS WESTWARD TO NEAR CHILDRESS. SOME EARLIER SCATTERED ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT APPEARED TO BE TRIGGERED BY A GRAVITY WAVE HAVE SINCE DIMINISHED BUT REMNANT ANVIL PRECIPITATION HAS RESULTED IN ISOLATED POCKETS OF VERY GUSTY WINDS AT THE SURFACE. THIS AFTERNOON...A SURFACE LOW IS CENTERED OVER WEST TEXAS JUST SOUTH OF MIDLAND WITH THE DRYLINE EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO THE BIG BEND. FARTHER NORTH...A COLD FRONT IS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. A SHORTWAVE IS NOTED IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ALONG THE AZ/NM BORDER AND THIS APPEARS TO BE HANDLED WELL BY MOST OF THE GUIDANCE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND A ROBUST CU FIELD EXTENDS SOUTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT ACROSS THE PANHANDLE. THIS AREA WILL LIKELY BE THE SOURCE OF A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAKES A RUN AT NORTH TEXAS LATE TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP FARTHER SOUTH BETWEEN ABILENE AND MIDLAND THROUGH THE EVENING AS THE SURFACE LOW DRIFTS EASTWARD. THESE MAY TEND TO IMPACT THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES BEFORE MIDNIGHT IF THEY DEVELOP. ONCE THE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPS...MOST OF THE MODEL GUIDANCE INCLUDING THE HIGH RESOLUTION GUIDANCE...MOVES THE ENTIRE CLUSTER TO THE SOUTHEAST AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. THE ENVIRONMENT ACROSS NORTH TEXAS STILL LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE FAIRLY STRONGLY CAPPED AND LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS INTO ANY COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WEAK. THIS SUGGESTS THAT THE SEVERE THREAT WILL DIMINISH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AND SHOULD BE HIGHEST ACROSS OUR NORTHWEST COUNTIES AROUND MIDNIGHT OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER. GIVEN THE RATHER STRONG SHORTWAVE THAT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION AFTER DARK...THINK FORCING WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO KEEP ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTHWARD. SO FOR THIS EVENING WILL HAVE SOME ISOLATED POPS ACROSS THE WESTERN COUNTIES WITH CHANCES INCREASING LATE THIS EVENING. HIGHEST POPS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS SHOULD ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH BEST CHANCES EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. UNFORTUNATELY TONIGHT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE COMPLEX OF SHOWERS/STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD BE THROUGH THE CWA BY TOMORROW EVENING BUT WILL KEEP SOME 20 POPS IN ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT. BY FRIDAY...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN PLACE WITH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY IN THE MID 80S ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. UPPER RIDGING IS EXPECTED TO BUILD INTO THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO CLIMB INTO THE LOWER/MID 90S BY SUNDAY AND MID/UPPER 90S INTO NEXT WEEK. THE GFS DOES HOLD OUT SOME HOPE THAT A WEAKNESS IN THE RIDGE WILL PERSIST WHICH MAY HELP KEEP TEMPS DOWN AND POSSIBLY A LITTLE HOPE AT SOME SCATTERED RAIN...HOWEVER AS WE HEAD INTO SUMMER...WILL LEAN MORE TOWARD THE WARMER/DRIER ECMWF. DUNN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 71 83 66 86 68 / 60 40 10 5 5 WACO, TX 72 88 67 88 66 / 20 30 20 10 5 PARIS, TX 69 80 62 82 62 / 70 40 10 5 5 DENTON, TX 69 82 63 84 65 / 70 40 10 5 5 MCKINNEY, TX 69 82 64 85 65 / 70 50 10 5 5 DALLAS, TX 72 84 69 87 70 / 60 40 10 5 5 TERRELL, TX 71 84 66 87 64 / 50 50 10 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 72 86 69 87 66 / 20 40 20 10 5 TEMPLE, TX 71 89 67 87 66 / 10 20 20 10 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 69 83 65 87 64 / 60 30 20 10 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 82/05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 327 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-061245- 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- 327 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH TEXAS LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...AFFECTING AREAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A KILLEEN TO PALESTINE LINE. HOWEVER THE BEST CHANCES OF STORMS WILL BE NORTH OF I-20. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF A COMANCHE TO MINERAL WELLS TO SHERMAN LINE THIS EVENING WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. THE SEVERE POTENTIAL WITH THESE STORMS WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...BUT AN ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED NORTHWEST OF A COMANCHE TO MINERAL WELLS TO SHERMAN LINE THIS EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1146 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013
TXZ100-060515-
YOUNG TX-
1146 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
YOUNG COUNTY
AT 1142 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
OUTFLOW WINDS GENERATED BY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHWEST OF THE
COUNTY. THESE WINDS ARE APPROACHING THE TOWN OF MURRAY AND SPREADING
NORTHEAST.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE WINDS INCLUDE GRAHAM AND OLNEY.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.
IF THE STORMS TO THE SOUTHWEST INTENSIFY BEFORE MOVING INTO THE
COUNTY...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3340 9895 3340 9842 3300 9842 3295 9843
3296 9896
TIME...MOT...LOC 0442Z 246DEG 34KT 3305 9893The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:06 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Several 3 inch diameter tree limbs, about 10 feet long, were blown down on the northwest side of Breckenridge.
Lighting started a fire at an apartment complex in North Richland Hills early in the morning of June 6th. Additionally, the storms and lightning strikes caused an estimated 19,000 customers to be without power.
Lightning caused fires to two homes along Cooke County Road 224 early in the morning of June 6th. Fires destroyed an outdoor storage building, and an unnocupied house near the community of Woodbine.
The Kaufman County Emergency Manager reported several 3 inch diameter trees blown down in the city of Terrell.
Heavy rainfall contributed to a collission of a tractor trailer rig and a pickup truck on Loop 7 in Athens. A passenger in the pickup was killed in the accident.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Rain, Henderson | 2013-06-06 | 17 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
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, June 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: 451710, 463358, 463357, 463356, 463359.