A cluster of Thunderstorms occurred during the afternoon and evening of May 29th. A dry line was moving east from west Texas, but the strong to severe thunderstorms developed ahead of the dry line, producing several reports of gusty thunderstorm winds.
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A cluster of Thunderstorms occurred during the afternoon and evening of May 29th. A dry line was moving east from west Texas, but the strong to severe thunderstorms developed ahead of the dry line, producing several reports of gusty thunderstorm winds.
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 29, 2:14 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 314 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHWEST TEXAS FROM NEAR CHILDRESS TO SWEETWATER. MORE ISOLATED SHOWERS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER NORTH TEXAS. AS OF 20Z THE MOST ACTIVE AREAS CONTINUE TO BE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST...AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES. EXPECT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE...LIKELY THROUGH SUNSET. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES ARE ADDING UNFOCUSED LIFT TO THE REGION. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT AS THE SURFACE TROUGH AXIS MOVES INTO THE AREA AND BEGINS TO SWEEP THE LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE TO THE NORTHEAST. SLIGHT CHANCES FOR SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...MAINLY WITH SPOTTY LIGHT RAINFALL. BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP WILL BE ALONG THE RED RIVER TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BEFORE GOING COMPLETELY DRY ON FRIDAY. A BRIEF RETURN TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND A WARMING TREND FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. WITH RESPECT TO THE NEXT WEATHER CHANGE...NUMERICAL WEATHER MODELS REMAIN CONSISTENT...ON THE LATE SEASON COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING/EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTH TEXAS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND ANOTHER WARMING TREND ARE IN THE FORECAST FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. VANSPEYBROECK && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 73 87 74 91 74 / 40 20 10 0 10 WACO, TX 73 88 75 90 75 / 40 20 5 0 10 PARIS, TX 70 83 72 86 73 / 40 20 20 0 10 DENTON, TX 72 87 73 90 72 / 50 20 10 0 10 MCKINNEY, TX 72 85 74 88 73 / 40 20 10 0 10 DALLAS, TX 74 86 77 90 77 / 40 20 10 0 10 TERRELL, TX 72 86 75 89 74 / 40 20 10 0 10 CORSICANA, TX 72 87 75 90 76 / 40 20 5 0 10 TEMPLE, TX 72 87 75 90 75 / 40 20 5 0 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 71 87 72 92 72 / 50 20 10 0 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 05/
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 320 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-301230- 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- 320 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 EAST CORRIDOR. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...THOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH MORE DISCRETE SEVERE STORMS. IN ADDITION...LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING WHERE STORMS TRAIN ACROSS. THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD LESSEN OVERNIGHT...AS THE THE UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVES NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 380 CORRIDOR FROM GRAHAM TO SULPHUR SPRINGS. THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES WILL RETURN TO AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 LATE SATURDAY...THEN ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 EAST CORRIDOR. 05/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
512 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013
TXZ133-145-292245-
HILL TX-JOHNSON TX-
512 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HILL COUNTY
JOHNSON COUNTY
AT 512 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KEENE...MOVING NORTH AT 40
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ALVARADO...BLUM...
BURLESON...CLEBURNE...COVINGTON...GODLEY...GRANDVIEW...ITASCA...
JOSHUA...KEENE...VENUS AND CLEBURNE STATE PARK.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3255 9761 3255 9709 3211 9709 3208 9748
3213 9750 3214 9747 3217 9746 3218 9747
3216 9751 3213 9752 3215 9756 3222 9762
3254 9762
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 174DEG 34KT 3224 9724
HAMPSHIRESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
535 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013
TXZ118-119-292300-
DALLAS TX-TARRANT TX-
535 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY
EASTERN TARRANT COUNTY
AT 535 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MANSFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ARLINGTON...BEDFORD...
COLLEYVILLE...DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS...EULESS...FARMERS BRANCH...
GRAND PRAIRIE...GRAPEVINE...HURST...IRVING...KENNEDALE...MANSFIELD...
PANTEGO...SOUTHLAKE AND CEDAR HILL STATE PARK.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3295 9687 3255 9700 3255 9719 3255 9722
3296 9719
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 186DEG 35KT 3258 9711The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.
12 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree was blown onto a car near State Highway 360 and Green Oaks Boulevard in north Arlington.
A large tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds in Euless.
Several tree branches were blown down by thunderstorm winds. Several power lines were affected, causing a power loss to several homes in Grand Prairie.
A trained spotter reported half dollar sized hail.
KDFW measured a wind gust of 58 mph.
Nickel sized hail fell on the west side of Flower Mound.
Hail increased in size in Flower Mound. Trained spotters reported ping pong ball hail between FM2499 and Morris.
Broadcast media reported golf ball sized hail in Lewisville.
Arlington Emergency Management reported an 18 inch diameter tree fell onto a mobile home in Breezy Oaks mobile home park.
Trained spotters reported ping pong ball sized hail in Flower Mound.
Denton County Emergency Management office reported golf ball sized hail in Corinth.
Trained spotters reported quarter sized hail on Interstate 35 in the city of Denton.
Denton Emergency Management reported quarter sized hail on Highway 380 at Loop 288.
Trained spotters reported ping pong ball sized hail at Lake Dallas.
A report of hail to the size of a chicken egg was reported 4 miles northeast of the city of Denton.
Denton Emergency Management reported 2 inch diameter hail in Denton, at the intersection of McKinney and 288.
Half dollar sized hail was reported in the city of Denton.
The Denton County Fire marshal reported a house in the 9300 block of Blanco Drive caught fire after lightning struck the roof. The house was severely damaged, causing the home to be temporarily uninhabitable. Due to the fire, the roof is completely gone and the first floor suffered water damage. The siding of a neighboring house was damaged by the heat of the fire.
A barn roof and power line was blown down onto the road. Damage occurred on FM 1749 and Boyd road, approximately 3 miles southwest of Forestburg.
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, May 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: 445116, 445117, 451772, 445123, 445121, 445124, 445125, 445127, 445118, 445128, 445129, 445130, 445131, 445132, 445133, 445134, 445135, 451790, 445120.