A severe thunderstorm which developed ahead of a dry line produced large hail and minor wind damage as it tracked across Young County.
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A severe thunderstorm which developed ahead of a dry line produced large hail and minor wind damage as it tracked across Young 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 Apr 1, 5:22 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 622 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 .AVIATION... I LEFT THE TAFS PRETTY MUCH UNCHANGED FOR THE 00Z CYCLE. MY MAIN CONCERNS ARE ABOUT JUST HOW LOW CEILINGS WILL GO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH STATISTICAL GUIDANCE FORECASTING IFR. WINDS WILL BE IN THE HIGH TEENS AND THE MIXING INVOLVED WOULD TEND TO KEEP CEILINGS ABOVE OVC009...SO I DID NOT FORECAST IFR. GFS SEEMS TO BE STRUGGLING ALREADY...FORECASTING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON THAT ARE NOT OCCURRING. I FEEL THAT THE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS FORECAST FOR TOMORROW MORNING MAY ALSO BE OVER DONE...AND LEFT ANY MENTION OF SHOWERS OUT UNTIL THE AFTERNOON WHEN THERE IS MORE GUIDANCE POINTING TOWARDS PRECIP. BUFKIT SOUNDINGS SHOW MOST GUIDANCE ALSO LIFTING THE CAP BUT NOT BREAKING IT SO HAVE LITTLE CONFIDENCE THAT SHOWERS WILL TRANSITION TO THUNDER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TSRA ARE MORE FAVORED FARTHER NORTHEAST. 84 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 325 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2014/ ACTIVE PATTERN REMAINS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE IN THE FORECAST FOR THE NORTHWESTERN AREAS TONIGHT...AND THEN MUCH OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THURSDAY REMAINS THE MAIN DAY TO WATCH AS THE NECESSARY PARAMETERS FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL ALL BE IN PLACE. 20Z SURFACE ANALYSIS DEPICTS A DRY LINE RUNNING FROM NEAR WAURIKA...TO GRAHAM...TO ABILENE. THE WARM FRONT STRETCHES FROM WAURIKA TO MCALESTER. VISIBLE SATELLITE SHOWS THE INFLECTION POINT CLEARLY WITH A FIELD OF CUMULUS. THE DRY LINE WILL BE THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF LIFT THIS AFTERNOON...IN THE AREA WHERE CAPE VALUES ARE AROUND 1500J/KG. THE QUESTION IS THE CAP...WHICH SHOULD TAKE AROUND 85 TO 90 DEGREES TO BREAK BY HEATING ALONE. GRAHAM HAS A CURRENT TEMPERATURE OF 80...SO IT MAY BE A MATTER OF TIME. EAST OF THE DRY LINE...THE CAP BECOMES STRONGER...SO WE EXPECT ANY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY TO BE FOCUSED ON THE BOUNDARY. ASSUMING THUNDERSTORMS INITIATE ON THE BOUNDARY...DISCRETE SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY. HIGH RESOLUTION GUIDANCE IS CONSISTENT IN PRODUCING ISOLATED STORMS...AND MOST OF THE MODEL SOLUTIONS HAVE THE STORMS ONLY LASTING FOR A FEW HOURS AT MOST. THE DRY LINE SHOULD SLOSH WESTWARD OVERNIGHT AND WILL ONCE AGAIN MIX EASTWARD ON WEDNESDAY. THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WILL BE A BIT CLOSER TO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS TOMORROW...AND A FEW STORMS WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER...THE BULK OF THE SEVERE WEATHER ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD REMAIN WELL NORTH OF THE RED RIVER. BY THURSDAY...THE MAIN SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION...ALLOWING THE NEXT COLD FRONT TO OVERTAKE THE DRYLINE AND ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL LIFT. WITH EVERTHING IN PLACE...THURSDAY WILL BE THE MAIN DAY TO WATCH FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL BE THE LULL BETWEEN SYSTEMS. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL AND RAIN CHANCES DIMINISH. BY SUNDAY...RAIN CHANCES AGAIN INCREASE AS GULF MOISTURE RETURNS QUICKLY. HIGHEST CHANCES FOR RAINFALL APPEAR TO BE IN THE SOUTH...BUT COULD EASILY OVERTAKE MUCH OF THE REGION FOR SUNDAY...SUNDAY NIGHT...AND MONDAY. FOX && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 69 78 69 81 53 / 10 20 20 30 20 WACO, TX 69 79 73 77 54 / 10 20 20 30 20 PARIS, TX 62 76 68 78 53 / 10 30 60 50 30 DENTON, TX 66 79 64 81 49 / 10 20 20 30 10 MCKINNEY, TX 66 78 69 79 51 / 10 20 20 40 20 DALLAS, TX 66 80 68 83 54 / 10 20 20 40 20 TERRELL, TX 67 78 70 78 54 / 10 20 20 40 30 CORSICANA, TX 66 79 71 79 55 / 10 20 20 40 30 TEMPLE, TX 69 80 72 80 54 / 10 20 20 30 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 64 82 63 84 50 / 20 20 20 20 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && /
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 306 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-021230- 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- 306 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE NORTH AND WEST OF A GAINESVILLE TO MINERAL WELLS TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOWEVER... STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE FOR AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF A GAINESVILLE TO CISCO LINE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS IN THIS AREA...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY ALSO OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AREA WIDE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. LARGE HAIL IS THE MAIN THREAT...BUT DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY ALSO OCCUR. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AREA WIDE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY BUT THIS ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS EVENING BETWEEN 4 AND 10 PM FOR AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF A GAINESVILLE TO CISCO LINE.
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:24 UTC.
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Golf ball sized hail has reported by fire and rescue 6 miles southwest of Newcastle, TX.
Tennis ball sized hail was reported by a member of the broadcast media 3 miles north-northeast of Murray, TX.
Young County Volunteer Fire Departments reported a roof was torn off of a house in Murray.
Ping pong ball sized hail was reported 1 mile south of Olney, TX by emergency management.
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