The dry line was once again active on the afternoon of May 20th. Thunderstorms developed along and ahead of the dry line, producing severe thunderstorms from Montague to Mills Counties.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
The dry line was once again active on the afternoon of May 20th. Thunderstorms developed along and ahead of the dry line, producing severe thunderstorms from Montague to Mills Counties.
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 May 20, 2:06 PM CST, 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 306 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 .DISCUSSION... AN ACTIVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH TUESDAY AS A DEEP UPPER LOW OVER SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA REMAINS QUASI- STATIONARY AND A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES ACROSS OUR REGION ON TUESDAY. AFTER TUESDAY...UPPER RIDGING DEVELOPS OVER THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES AND THEN MOVES EAST OVER THE GREAT PLAINS BY THE WEEKEND. THE RETURN OF NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD HELP TO PUSH A COLD FRONT DOWN THROUGH OKLAHOMA AND ACROSS THE RED RIVER EARLY WEDNESDAY. THIS FRONT AND THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT COULD RESULT IN SOME ELEVATED CONVECTION THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THROUGH THIS EVENING...THE DRYLINE HAS BECOME ACTIVE FROM SOUTH OF WICHITA FALLS THROUGH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. ALTHOUGH THE CAP IS STILL INTACT ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PART OF OUR CWA...WE EXPECT IT TO WEAKEN OUT WEST WITH STORMS DEVELOPING SOUTHWARD THROUGH 5 PM. STORM MOVEMENT SHOULD BE NORTHEAST BUT LINE PROPAGATION WILL PUSH THEM FARTHER IN OUR CWA THIS EVENING AND MAYBE TO A SHERMAN TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE BY MIDNIGHT. AS STATED EARLIER TODAY...THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE WITH LARGE CAPE THUS LARGE HAIL (UP TO BASEBALL) AND DAMAGING WINDS (65MPH+) ARE POSSIBLE AND EXPECTED. HELICITY WILL BE THE HIGHEST NEAR THE RED RIVER 5 TO 8PM...SO TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. SOME OF THE OKLAHOMA ACTIVITY MIGHT SLIDE ACROSS THE RED AFTER MIDNIGHT AND DECIDED TO KEEP HIGH POPS GOING FOR NOW. TUESDAY...CONVECTION SHOULD REDEVELOP ACROSS OKLAHOMA ON TUESDAY MORNING AND PROPAGATE SOUTHEAST ACROSS OUR CWA. SEVERAL HIGH-RES MODELS INDICATE A SQUALL LINE FORMING ACROSS OKLAHOMA BY MIDDAY AND MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE CWA DURING THE AFTERNOON. ALSO THERE COULD BE SEVERAL LEFT OVER MESOSCALE FEATURES THAT WOULD ENHANCE STORM DEVELOPMENT. RAINFALL MIGHT EXCEED 1 1/2 INCHES IN SOME AREAS...BUT DO NOT FEEL FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A MAJOR CONCERN DUE TO GUIDANCE VALUES OF AROUND 3 INCHES IN 3 HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN RATHER SEASONABLY WARM AND HUMID THROUGH THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...IF THE COLD FRONT ENDS UP BEING STRONGER THAN EXPECTED OR PENETRATES FARTHER SOUTH...THEN THE DRIER AIR WOULD ALLOW SLIGHTLY COOLER LOWS WED-FRI OVER THE NORTHERN HALF THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY BEING FORECAST. 75 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 71 86 65 88 69 / 30 60 40 10 10 WACO, TX 72 89 67 89 70 / 10 60 60 10 10 PARIS, TX 69 81 63 85 64 / 60 70 40 10 10 DENTON, TX 69 85 62 88 65 / 40 50 20 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 70 84 64 88 65 / 40 70 30 10 10 DALLAS, TX 72 86 69 89 72 / 30 60 40 10 10 TERRELL, TX 71 86 67 88 69 / 30 70 60 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 72 87 70 88 70 / 10 60 70 10 10 TEMPLE, TX 72 88 68 88 69 / 10 50 60 10 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 68 87 61 89 66 / 30 50 20 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && /75
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 249 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-211215- 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- 249 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG THE DRYLINE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS MAINLY THE WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE HIGHEST CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM SHERMAN TO DENTON TO GRANBURY TO KILLEEN. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. AS THE STORMS HEAD EAST INTO MORE STABLE AIR ACROSS CENTRAL PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS...THEY SHOULD WEAKEN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA TUESDAY AND INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. A SQUALL LINE MAY ORGANIZE ALONG A COLD FRONT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND PRODUCE A SWATH OF DAMAGING WIND AS IT HEADS EAST AND SOUTHEAST. LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE TO BE THREATS IN ANY STORM THAT IS SEPARATED FROM THE LINE. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING GENERALLY NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON IN WESTERN COUNTIES...SPREADING EAST OVERNIGHT AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. 92
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1255 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
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1130 PM TSTM WND DMG KENNEDALE 32.65N 97.22W
05/15/2013 TARRANT TX PUBLIC
ROOF PEALED OFF A BUILDING WITH INTERIOR DAMAGE. PUBLIC
STORAGE UNTIS NEXT DOOR LAST WALLS AND ROOFS.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1256 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1256 PM TSTM WND DMG KENNEDALE 32.65N 97.22W
05/20/2013 TARRANT TX PUBLIC
ROOF PEALED OFF A BUILDING WITH INTERIOR DAMAGE. PUBLIC
STORAGE UNTIS NEXT DOOR LAST WALLS AND ROOFS.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1256 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1256 PM TSTM WND DMG KENNEDALE 32.65N 97.22W
05/15/2013 TARRANT TX PUBLIC
ROOF PEALED OFF A BUILDING WITH INTERIOR DAMAGE. PUBLIC
STORAGE UNTIS NEXT DOOR LAST WALLS AND ROOFS.The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:47 UTC.
15 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Golf ball sized hail was reported at the intersection of FM2526 and Highway 6.
Penny sized hail in Eastland.
Jack County Sheriff's Office reported several instances of golf ball sized hail in and near Jacksboro.
Trained spotters observed a brief tornado just south of Ringgold. Damage was minimal, as the tornado remained over open land.
Trained spotters reported ping pong ball sized hail in Nocona.
Trained spotters reported quarter sized hail 3 miles west of Capps Corner.
The Mills County Emergency Manager observed a tornado to the east and northeast of Priddy. The tornado occurred over open land and produced minimal damage.
Comanche County Sheriff's Office reported flooded roads due to heavy rainfall. The roads closures were on Texas Highway 36 approximately 6 miles southeast of the city of Comanche, along with Farm to Market Road 1702 South, and Farm to Market Road 1476 North.
The Hamilton County Emergency Manager reported ping pong ball sized hail in the city of Hamilton.
Hamilton Fire Department reported quarter sized hail in the city of Hamilton.
Nickel hail was reported 1 mile west of Priddy, near Farm to Market Road 218 and County Road 132.
Trained spotters reported golf ball sized hail in Pottsville.
A Hamilton county sheriff's deputy reported quarter sized hail.
Golf ball sized hail was reported in, and west of, the city of Priddy.
Ping Pong ball sized hail was reported west of the city of Evant.
Hamilton County Sheriff's office reported several low water crossings were barricaded in and around the city of Hamilton.
Trained Spotters reported golf ball sized hail, nine miles east of Evant.
Trained spotters reported nickel to quarter sized hail, approximately 12 miles east of Evant.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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