A line of thunderstorms moved through northern and central Texas on the 9th of the month. The storms began as discrete cells in the early afternoon, before becoming a squall line by sunset.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
A line of thunderstorms moved through northern and central Texas on the 9th of the month. The storms began as discrete cells in the early afternoon, before becoming a squall line by sunset. In the city of Hamilton, Texas, a microburst caused damage to several buildings.
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 Mar 9, 1:58 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 158 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013 .DISCUSSION... THE SURFACE BOUNDARY THAT IS NOW APPROACHING THE WESTERN CWA WOULD BEST BE CLASSIFIED AS A WEAK PACIFIC FRONT GIVEN THE RISING PRESSURES AND SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR IN ITS WAKE. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOPING ALONG IT. LOCAL OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT THE SURFACE AIRMASS IS UNCAPPED WITH CAPE VALUES NOW OVER 700 J/KG...BUT INCREASING WITH FURTHER INSOLATION. THE DIFFICULTY IN THE CONVECTIVE FORECAST THROUGH THIS EVENING IS THE LACK OF SYNCHRONIZATION OF THIS LINE OF CONVECTION WITH THE BEST UPPER LEVEL FORCING WHICH DOES NOT ARRIVE UNTIL MID TO LATE EVENING. HI-RES AND SHORT TERM MODEL GUIDANCE SEEM TO INDICATE THAT THE CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT WILL BE CONFINED TO THE NW ZONES THROUGH 7 OR 8PM...AND MAY ACTUALLY STRUGGLE TO TAKE HOLD OR EVEN DISSIPATE AS IT APPROACHES THE METROPLEX. OBVIOUSLY STORM SCALE MODELING CANT BE TRUSTED TO THIS EXTENT...BUT IT IS WORTH MENTIONING THAT WE ARE NOT COMPLETELY SOLD THAT THIS LINE WILL BEHAVE AS THEY TYPICALLY DO IN THE SPRING. IF THE AFTERNOON STORMS DO NOT BECOME INTENSE ENOUGH TO DEVELOP A STRONG COLD POOL AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...THE MODELS ARE ALL IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE FRONT WILL TEMPORARILY STALL ACROSS THE NORTHWEST ZONES THIS EVENING. IN ANY CASE...THE CONVECTION ACROSS THE NORTHWEST ZONES WILL BE MONITORED FOR SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL GIVEN THE AMPLE DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND ADEQUATE INSTABILITY...AND SPC HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ROUGHLY THE NW HALF OF THE AREA. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AFTER AROUND 8 OR 9 PM AS A SHORTWAVE ROTATING AROUND THE BASE OF THE TROUGH APPROACHES CENTRAL TEXAS FROM THE SOUTHWEST. CONVECTION SHOULD INCREASE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL ZONES AS THIS FORCING ARRIVES AND ANOTHER WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED BY SPC FOR THIS PART OF THE CWA LATER. PROVIDED AFTERNOON STORMS DO NOT CAUSE AN ACCELERATION OF THE COLD FRONT...THE FRONT SHOULD BE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM SHERMAN TO FORT WORTH TO COMANCHE AT THIS TIME. STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL HAVE SB CAPE NEAR 1000J/KG EVEN AFTER SUNSET OWING TO THE STEEPENING LAPSE RATES AHEAD OF THE SHORTWAVE. THIS ACTIVITY WILL EXPAND AND SPREAD EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT A NON-ZERO TORNADO THREAT EXISTS WITH ANY CELL THAT CAN BECOME SEPARATED FROM THE MAIN LINE AHEAD OF THE FRONT. HAVE FORECAST 100 POPS FOR ALL BUT THE NW ZONES FOR TONIGHT AND EXPECT ABOUT AN INCH OF RAIN NORTH OF I-20 TO 1-2 INCHES SOUTH OF I-20 WHERE THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE CELL TRAINING. LINGERING SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CLEAR OUT OF NORTH TEXAS DURING THE SUNDAY MORNING HOURS FROM WEST TO EAST. COOLER AIR WILL BEGIN TO POUR INTO THE AREA AS NORTH WINDS INCREASE TO 10-20 MPH BY MIDDAY. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 50S NORTH WHERE MORE WRAP AROUND CLOUD COVER WILL BE LOCATED...TO THE MID 60S IN THE SOUTH. BREEZY NORTH WINDS WILL KEEP COLD ADVECTION OCCURRING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SUNDAY NIGHT WITH A LIGHT FREEZE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES MONDAY MORNING. MODEL GUIDANCE HAS TRENDED THE TEMPS A LITTLE WARMER FOR MONDAY...BUT STILL EXPECT HIGHS NEAR 60 WITH SUNNY SKIES AND DIMINISHING NORTH WINDS. THE SURFACE HIGH WILL BUILD IN OVER NORTH TEXAS AND BE CENTERED ACROSS EAST TEXAS TUESDAY MORNING WHERE RADIATIONAL COOLING WILL BE BEST. WILL CONTINUE TO FORECAST TEMPS NEAR FREEZING FOR MANY LOCATIONS TUESDAY MORNING...WITH THE TYPICALLY COOLER PLACES ENJOYING A LIGHT FREEZE AND THE WARMER ONES IN THE MID 30S. THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST IS PRETTY STRAIGHT-FORWARD AS A QUIET ZONAL FLOW WILL DOMINATE MUCH OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. SKIES WILL BE CLEAR...AND WINDS WILL BE FAIRLY LIGHT FOR MID MARCH. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE A BIT EACH DAY...BUT GENERALLY RESIDE IN THE 40S FOR LOWS AND 70S FOR HIGHS. ALL IN ALL IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT WEEK WEATHER WISE. TR.92 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 52 60 35 59 35 / 100 20 0 0 0 WACO, TX 52 63 35 61 30 / 100 20 0 0 0 PARIS, TX 52 60 33 53 32 / 100 50 5 0 0 DENTON, TX 50 58 32 58 32 / 100 20 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 51 59 32 56 31 / 100 20 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 53 60 36 59 37 / 100 20 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 53 61 35 57 32 / 100 30 5 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 53 63 36 58 33 / 100 30 5 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 52 64 36 63 32 / 100 20 5 0 0 MINERAL WELLS, TX 49 57 32 61 32 / 90 10 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 204 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-101130- 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- 204 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. THE STORMS WILL INITIALLY DEVELOP WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND MOVE EAST THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS BEGINNING IN WESTERN COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND PROGRESSING EASTWARD THIS EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
140 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013
TXZ100-092015-
YOUNG TX-
140 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
YOUNG COUNTY
AT 140 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
OLNEY TO 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRECKENRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE GRAHAM AND OLNEY.
PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE
STORMS.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3341 9891 3340 9842 3317 9843 3295 9862
3296 9895 3309 9896
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 239DEG 38KT 3347 9882 3296 9898PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
302 PM CST SAT MAR 09 2013
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0302 PM HAIL 3 N JACKSBORO 33.26N 98.17W
03/09/2013 E1.75 INCH JACK TX TRAINED SPOTTERThe Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:05 UTC.
40 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trained spotters reported golf ball sized hail just northwest of Jacksboro.
Amateur radio operators reported quarter sized hail covering the ground northeast of Jacksboro.
Amateur radio operators reported the hail increased from quarter to golf balll size.
Broadcast media reported quarter sized hail approximately 4 miles west of Nocona.
Bowie Fire Department reported penny sized hail near Fruitland.
A spotter for a broadcast media station reported quarter sized hail, four miles west of Nocona.
Bowie Fire Department spotters reported penny sized hail.
Trained spotters reported ping pong sized hail in Fruitland.
Bowie Fire Department reported quarter sized hail just southeast of Bowie.
Quarter sized hail was reported by the Bowie Fire Department spotters.
Trained spotters reported ping pong ball sized hail.
Trained spotters reported one inch hail 5 miles east of Sunset, near the County line.
Trained spotters reported golf ball sized hail near Alvord.
Trained spotters reported dime to penny sized hail.
Trained spotters reported quarter sized hail approximately 3 miles north of Chico.
Trained spotters reported penny sized hail.
Trained spotters reported penny sized hail.
Trained spotters reported quarter sized hail approximately 5 miles east of Sunset.
A storm chaser called in a report of quarter sized hail 2 miles NW of Alvord.
Penny sized hail was reported through the NSSL PING project.
Penny sized hail was reported in St. Jo.
A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail one mile north of Alvord.
A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail in Bridgeport.
Nickel sized hail was reported in Chico.
Trained spotters reported quarter sized hail.
Trained spotters reported quarter sized hail near Muenster.
Trained spotters reported golf ball sized hail at the rest stop on U.S. 287 northwest of Decatur.
Trained spotters reported the hail increased to a diameter of 2 inches at the U.S 287 rest stop northwest of Decatur.
Trained spotters reported the hail increased again to a diameter of 2.75 to 3 inches at the U.S. 287 rest stop northwest of Decatur.
Penny sized hail was reported.
Amateur radio operators reported hail to the size of quarters in Paradise.
Amateur radio spotters reported quarter sized hail near Rosston.
Penny sized hail was reported in Decatur.
Penny sized hail was reported in Boyd.
Nickel sized hail was reported in Boyd.
Amateur radio operators reported hail to the size of quarters in Hudson Oaks.
Hamilton Police Department reported a roof collapse of a supermarket in the city of Hamilton. Several trees were blown down in the city of Hamilton as well.
Penny sized hail was reported in Lake Dallas.
Half dollar sized hail was reported to the southeast of Dallas' Love Field.
Half dollar sized hail was reported at the corner of Dallas' northwest highway and the Dallas North Tollway.
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, March 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: 437607, 437610, 437611, 437632, 437631, 438416, 437633, 437635, 437634, 438417, 438418, 437637, 438419, 439232, 438421, 439233, 439234, 437638, 438422, 438414, 438436, 438423, 438424, 438425, 438438, 438446, 438426, 438428, 438429, 438430, 438431, 438451, 438432, 438434, 438435, 438496, 437604, 438494, 438463, 438495, and more.