Lightning started a house fire in Colleyville and in Saginaw in Tarrant County.
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Lightning started a house fire in Colleyville and in Saginaw in Tarrant 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 Sep 1, 8:30 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 930 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013 .UPDATE... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP JUST SOUTH OF A SLOWLY MOVING COLD FRONT. AT 9 PM...THE FRONT WAS JUST PUSHING SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER. GIVEN CURRENT TRENDS WITH THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...RAISED POPS NEAR THE METROPLEX AND AREAS JUST SOUTH. ENVIRONMENT WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR GUSTY WINDS WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. ONCE THE BOUNDARY LAYER FULLY DECOUPLES THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH. NO OTHER MAJOR CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE FORECAST. HAMPSHIRE && .AVIATION... FOR THE 00Z TAFS...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AROUND AREA TAF SITES ARE THE PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS NORTH TEXAS HAD BEEN STAYING AWAY FROM AREA TAF SITES AS OF 00Z. WENT AHEAD WITH VCSH IN AT METROPLEX AREA TAF SITES AS MOST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS BEEN NORTH OR WEST OF THESE SITES...AND HAD BEEN DISSIPATING AS IT MOVED TOWARDS THE DFW AREA. ASSUMING THIS TREND CONTINUES...SOME DISSIPATING STORMS OR RAIN SHOWERS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE METROPLEX AROUND 02Z...BUT WILL BE AMENDING BASED ON RADAR TRENDS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. ITS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION FOR A FEW STORMS TO DEVELOP AROUND THE METROPLEX THIS EVENING...BUT CONFIDENCE WAS TOO LOW TO GO WITH A MENTION OF THUNDER IN THE TAF THIS EVENING AT THIS TIME. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FOR THE DFW AREA INCREASE AS A WEAK COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA. LEFT THE TIMING FROM THE PREVIOUS TAFS AS THE FRONT HAS NOT SHOWN ANY STRONG SIGNS OF DEVIATING FROM THIS TRACK SO FAR. THE BEST THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL OCCUR ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT...SO LEFT THE TIMING IN AT 08 TO 09Z FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE METROPLEX FOR NOW. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE MOVING VERY SLOWLY...SO IT MAY TAKE SOME TIME TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL OUT MONDAY MORNING...WITH LINGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATING AROUND 14 TO 15Z. WILL BE LOOKING FOR NEW THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE NOW STATIONARY FRONT MONDAY AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME CONFIDENCE IN THE COVERAGE OF STORMS WAS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE A SECOND MENTION OF THUNDER IN THE FORECAST. IF THE FRONT HANGS UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE METROPLEX... AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE FOR MONDAY MORNING. CAVANAUGH && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 312 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013/ THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH HAS BACKED OFF TO THE NORTHWEST AND IS NOW CENTERED OVER COLORADO WHICH IS RESULTING IN NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER THE REGION. THIS FLOW WILL ALLOW A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT IS CURRENTLY PUSHING INTO NW TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA TO MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...IT IS ONCE AGAIN VERY HOT WITH TEMPS RANGING FROM 96 TO 106. HIGHER MOISTURE TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MID-UPPER LEVELS IS ALLOWING FOR A FEW SHOWERS/STORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA. THIS ISOLATED ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING WITH LOSS OF HEATING. HOWEVER A FEW MORE ORGANIZED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES THROUGH LATE EVENING. THE FRONT WILL SLOW DOWN AND STALL NEAR/ALONG THE I-20 CORRIDOR LATE TONIGHT. MEANWHILE A SHORTWAVE LOCATED ACROSS OKLAHOMA WILL DROP SOUTH INTO THE WESTERN ZONES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO MONDAY MORNING. AMPLE MOISTURE...WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER INCREASING TO NEAR 2 INCHES...COMBINED WITH SUFFICIENT AMOUNTS OF ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHWEST ZONES AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS ACTIVITY WILL DROP SOUTH INTO THE WESTERN ZONES MONDAY MORNING AND HIGHEST POPS WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND WESTERN AREAS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE ELEVATED AND THEREFORE AVERAGE RAINFALL WILL NOT BE TOO IMPRESSIVE...GENERALLY LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH. HIGH-RES WRF GUIDANCE INDICATES THE FRONT WILL REMAIN STATIONARY ALONG A COMANCHE TO DALLAS TO TEXARKANA LINE MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT WILL LIKELY BECOME THE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON CONVECTION AND HAVE INDICATED A BAND OF HIGHER POPS OF 30 PERCENT IN THIS AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA WILL SHOW 20 POPS AS ISOLATED ACTIVITY SHOULD POP UP WITH AFTERNOON HEATING. HIGH TEMPS MONDAY ARE A BIT UNCERTAIN DUE TO THE MORNING RAIN OVER THE WESTERN ZONES THAT SHOULD RESULT IN ABUNDANT MID LEVEL CLOUD COVER OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WILL SHOW HIGH TEMPS IN THE LOW-MID 90S WEST WHERE LESS SUNSHINE IS EXPECTED...BUT KEEP HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S ALONG AND EAST OF I-35. EITHER WAY...COOLER TEMPS ARE FORECAST TOMORROW AND THUS THE HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE METROPLEX WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM TODAY. THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO DROP SOUTH AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT...AND WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN MENTIONED MONDAY NIGHT FOR ALL BUT THE NW THIRD OF THE AREA. WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCES OF RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN JUST THE SOUTHEAST ZONES WHERE THE OLD DISSIPATING FRONT WILL BE LOCATED. THE CENTER OF THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH IS FORECAST TO REMAIN TO OUR NORTHWEST THIS WEEK WHICH WILL KEEP THE NORTHERLY MID-UPPER LEVEL FLOW IN PLACE. GRADUAL INFILTRATION OF DRIER CONTINENTAL AIR WILL HELP OVERNIGHT LOWS COOL A LITTLE...GENERALLY IN THE LOW 70S EXCEPT FOR UPPER 70S IN URBAN AREAS. HIGH TEMPS WILL ALSO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL AND GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 90S AS MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WILL PREVAIL. WILL CONTINUE TO SIDE WITH THE DRY ECMWF WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE A MORE REALISTIC FORECAST REGARDING THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH. TR.92 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 78 97 76 98 77 / 30 30 20 10 5 WACO, TX 77 99 74 98 75 / 20 20 20 10 10 PARIS, TX 75 97 72 96 72 / 30 20 20 10 5 DENTON, TX 74 96 72 97 73 / 40 20 10 10 5 MCKINNEY, TX 75 97 73 97 74 / 30 20 20 10 5 DALLAS, TX 79 99 78 99 79 / 30 30 20 10 5 TERRELL, TX 77 98 75 99 76 / 30 30 20 10 5 CORSICANA, TX 76 99 75 99 76 / 20 20 20 10 10 TEMPLE, TX 75 98 73 97 73 / 20 20 20 10 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 75 94 70 96 73 / 40 30 20 10 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && /
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 325 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-021100- 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- 325 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DALLAS...TARRANT...COLLIN AND DENTON COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE IN MANY AREAS AFTER MIDNIGHT...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF THE DFW METROPLEX. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS ON MONDAY...THEN ACROSS GENERALLY SOUTHEAST AREAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
812 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013
TXZ103-020145-
DENTON TX-
812 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN DENTON COUNTY
AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DENTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10
MPH.
THIS STORM WAS NEAR AUBREY...BETWEEN LAKE RAY ROBERTS AND LAKE
LEWISVILLE. THIS STORM IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE STRONG 40 TO 50 MPH
OUTFLOW WINDS IN ALL DIRECTIONS FROM THE CENTER OF THE STORM. THESE
WINDS MAY AFFECT THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LAKE RAY ROBERTS AND MUCH
OF LAKE LEWISVILLE THROUGH 845 PM. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN EASILY
CAPSIZE SMALL BOATS...IF YOU ARE ON THE WATER...MOVE TO SHORE OR
SOME OTHER SAFE LOCATION UNTIL THE STORM PASSES!
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3341 9691 3317 9683 3308 9684 3308 9711
3342 9713
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 344DEG 8KT 3329 9699
CAVANAUGHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
836 PM CDT SUN SEP 01 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0820 PM TSTM WND DMG AUBREY 33.30N 96.98W
09/01/2013 DENTON TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
POWERLINES WERE DOWNED, AND A TREE WAS BLOWN ONTO A
HOUSE IN AUBREY.SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
857 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013
TXZ092-103-020230-
DENTON TX-COOKE TX-
857 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN COOKE COUNTY
CENTRAL DENTON COUNTY
AT 855 PM CDT...A STRONG STORM HAD DEVELOPED NEAR VALLEY VIEW AND
WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WIND DOWNBURST WINDS. THE
STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE OVER MUCH OF LAKE RAY ROBERTS THROUGH
930 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE OUT ON THIS LAKE...MOVE TO THE SHORE OR SOME
OTHER SAFE LOCATION UNTIL THE STORM PASSES WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
EASILY CAPSIZE SMALL BOATS!
HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3345 9694 3342 9694 3342 9693 3301 9687
3300 9719 3355 9722 3356 9696
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 352DEG 11KT 3342 9709
CAVANAUGHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
919 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013
TXZ104-020245-
COLLIN TX-
919 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWESTERN COLLIN COUNTY
AT 918 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CELINA AND WESTON...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MCKINNEY...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CELINA AND PROSPER.
HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3334 9656 3332 9653 3326 9649 3316 9684
3340 9684 3340 9683 3340 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 338DEG 5KT 3336 9672
CAVANAUGHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
951 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013
TXZ103-104-020315-
DENTON TX-COLLIN TX-
951 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN COLLIN COUNTY
EASTERN DENTON COUNTY
AT 947 PM CDT...THE DFW TERMINAL DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A GUST FRONT
WELL OUT AHEAD OF A CLUSTER OF STORMS...TRAVELING SOUTH AT 25 TO 30
MPH TOWARDS LAKE LEWISVILLE. RADAR OBSERVED WINDS OF 45 MPH BEHIND
THE GUST FRONT. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH OVER
LAKE LEWISVILLE...AND MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN DENTON AND FAR
SOUTHWESTERN COLLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM CDT.
IF YOU ARE ON LAKE LEWISVILLE...MOVE TO SHORE OR SOME OTHER SAFE
AREA UNTIL THE STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GUST FRONT HAVE
PASSED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN EASILY CAPSIZE SMALL BOATS! THE GUST
FRONT WILL PRECEDE ANY RAINFALL BY 10 TO 15 MINUTES.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE AUBREY...CROSS ROADS...
FRISCO...HACKBERRY...HEBRON...HICKORY CREEK...HIGHLAND VILLAGE...
KRUGERVILLE...LAKE DALLAS...LEWISVILLE...LITTLE ELM...PLANO...SHADY
SHORES...THE COLONY AND LAKE LEWISVILLE.
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3299 9667 3299 9707 3331 9706 3333 9686
3322 9680
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 346DEG 24KT 3324 9692
CAVANAUGHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1040 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013 TXZ102-103-020415- DENTON TX-WISE TX- 1040 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHWESTERN DENTON COUNTY SOUTHEASTERN WISE COUNTY AT 1040 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES EAST OF DECATUR...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 40 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE AURORA...JUSTIN AND KRUM. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. LAT...LON 3330 9720 3299 9729 3300 9757 3333 9744 TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 030DEG 36KT 3321 9739 CAVANAUGH
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:47 UTC.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning started a house fire in the 6000 block of Sterling Drive in Colleyville. Flames were coming from the garage when firefighters arrived.
Lightning started a house fire in the 4900 block of Waterford Drive in Colleyville. Flames were coming from the roof when firefighters arrived.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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