Scattered thunderstorms produced minor severe weather reports on the evening of the 6th and afternoon of the 7th.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms produced minor severe weather reports on the evening of the 6th and afternoon of the 7th.
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 6, 5:32 AM CST, 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 632 AM CDT SUN APR 6 2014 .AVIATION... PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND WILL PREVAIL VCTS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. WILL HANDLE EACH BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH A TEMPO TO TRY TO PIN DOWN THE BEST TIMING OF ACTIVITY. LAPSE RATES BECOME LESS STEEP THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL JUST MENTION -RA/SHRA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WACO WILL LIKELY RECEIVE A BREAK IN THE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS MOVE IN FROM THE WEST AS THE MAIN FORCING ALOFT REACHES THE REGION. CIGS WILL DETERIORATE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING WITH IFR EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD AFTER 14-15Z. HAMPSHIRE && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 429 AM CDT SUN APR 6 2014/ A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS NOW ENCROACHING UPON THE REGION AND AREA VWPS SHOW 850MB WINDS HAVE BECOME SOUTHERLY AND INCREASED TO 30KT DURING THE NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG THETA-E ADVECTION AS RICH GULF MOISTURE IS LIFTED NORTHWARD AND OVER A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOCATED ALONG THE TEXAS COAST. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTH TEXAS TODAY AS STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT BECOMES THE CATALYST FOR PARCELS TO ACHIEVE THEIR LFC. THE INTRODUCTION OF HIGH THETA-E AIR COINCIDENT WITH STEEPENING UPPER LEVEL LAPSE RATES AHEAD OF THE TROUGH WILL YIELD 200-600 J/KG OF CAPE WITH PARCELS LIFTED NEAR 850MB. THE HIGHEST MUCAPE WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE AREA WHERE COVERAGE OF STORMS SHOULD BE GREATEST TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS DURING THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE INSTABILITY GETS EXHAUSTED...WITH PRIMARILY SHOWERS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A DRY SLOT WILL ROTATE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST WHICH WILL HELP END MOST OF THE CONVECTION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HOWEVER...WRAP-AROUND RAIN MAY WORK BACK INTO THE NORTHERN ZONES THIS EVENING AS A TROWAL DEVELOPS ON THE BACKSIDE OF A MID-LEVEL LOW THAT TRACKS ALONG THE RED RIVER. ALL RAIN SHOULD COME TO AN END BY MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL WILL AVERAGE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OVER THE AREA TODAY...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER AN INCH WHERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN LOCALLY ENHANCE TOTALS. OTHERWISE IT WILL BE UNSEASONABLY COOL TODAY WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE 50S...WITH TEMPS DROPPING INTO THE 40S DURING PERIODS OF RAIN THIS MORNING. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE TO OUR EAST TOMORROW PUTTING NORTH TEXAS IN A REGION OF STRONG ISENTROPIC DOWNGLIDE. THIS DOWNGLIDE SHOULD HELP ERODE THE CLOUD COVER...WITH BREAKS IN THE OVERCAST EXPECTED BY NOON. USUALLY ON THE BACK SIDE OF THESE TROUGHS WE ARE IN REGION OF STRONG SUBSIDENCE. HOWEVER MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN DROPPING A STRONG POCKET OF POTENTIAL VORTICITY DOWN THROUGH THE PLAINS AND INTO NORTH TEXAS BY THE EVENING HOURS. AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE...HEIGHT FALLS AND COOLING TEMPS ALOFT WILL OCCUR...ALL SIGNS THAT FAIRLY STRONG SYNOPTIC SCALE ASCENT IS FORECAST. 500MB TEMPS SHOULD DROP TO NEAR -25C...WHICH IS EXTRAORDINARILY COLD FOR APRIL. THE COLD AIR ALOFT AND TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 60S WILL YIELD 500-1000J/KG OF SURFACE BASED CAPE. EXPECT SCATTERED CONVECTION TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON AND HEAD SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. HI-RES WRF MODELS CONTINUE TO BE MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH CONVECTION...AND HAVE BUMPED POPS UP TO 30 PERCENT IN MOST AREAS AS A RESULT. WHILE CAPE AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR LOOK A LITTLE TOO LOW TO SUPPORT SUPERCELL CONVECTIVE MODES AT THIS TIME...THE EXTREMELY COLD AIR ALOFT WITH FREEZING LEVELS DROPPING TO 8000FT WOULD SUPPORT A SMALL HAIL THREAT. HOWEVER IF MORE SUNSHINE DID OCCUR MONDAY...THE STRONGER HEATING WOULD INCREASE THE SUPERCELL/HAIL THREAT. FURTHERMORE BECAUSE WE WILL BE LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TROUGH MONDAY...ANY SUPERCELL STORMS WOULD ACTUALLY BE LEFT MOVING OR ANTI-CYCLONIC. RAPID CLEARING WILL OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY MOVES EAST OF THE REGION...AND LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE 40S BY TUESDAY MORNING. SUNNY SKIES WILL RESULT IN STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND THIS SHOULD MIX STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS DOWN TO THE SURFACE TUESDAY. FIRE DANGER WILL BE LIMITED BY COOLISH TEMPS WITH HIGHS ONLY NEAR 70 DEGREES...AND WHAT SHOULD BE MOIST FUELS FROM THE FORECASTED RAINFALL. GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING IS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AS WINDS DIE OFF AND THE SURFACE HIGH TRANSLATES OVER NORTH TEXAS. LOWS WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 30S EAST TO UPPER 40S WEST. WEDNESDAY LOOKS SUNNY AND VERY NICE WITH HIGHS WARMING TO NEAR 80. SUNNY SKIES CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH HIGHS WARMING INTO THE 80S. BREEZY SOUTH WINDS WILL RETURN THURSDAY AS WELL...BRINGING ELEVATED FIRE DANGER TO THE REGION. EXTENDED MODEL GUIDANCE IS NOT IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM. THE GFS IS THE FASTEST/STRONGEST AND BRINGS IT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...WHILE THE ECMWF WEAKENS IT AND BRINGS IT THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PROSPECTS FOR SIGNIFICANT RAIN OR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE TEMPERED BY A STRONG CAP OVER THE REGION...AND LIMITED MOISTURE RETURN DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF A SURFACE HIGH THAT SITS OVER THE GULF MID-LATE WEEK. WILL SIDE WITH THE ECMWF MORE THAN THE GFS...AND BRING LOW POPS INTO THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. BOTH MODELS ADVERTISE A STRONG FRONT BY SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH SOME RAIN CHANCES ALONG AND BEHIND IT. TR.92 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 54 48 65 44 71 / 100 40 30 20 0 WACO, TX 57 48 67 46 72 / 90 20 30 20 0 PARIS, TX 54 47 62 45 66 / 100 60 30 20 0 DENTON, TX 54 46 64 43 70 / 100 40 30 20 0 MCKINNEY, TX 54 47 64 44 68 / 100 40 30 20 0 DALLAS, TX 54 48 65 45 71 / 100 40 30 20 0 TERRELL, TX 54 48 64 44 69 / 100 30 30 20 0 CORSICANA, TX 56 49 65 45 69 / 100 20 20 20 0 TEMPLE, TX 59 47 68 45 73 / 80 20 20 20 0 MINERAL WELLS, TX 54 45 67 42 73 / 90 30 30 10 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && /
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 631 AM CDT SUN APR 6 2014 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-071145- 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- 631 AM CDT SUN APR 6 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY. THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... VERY LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A COMANCHE TO CLEBURNE TO EMORY LINE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
530 AM CDT SUN APR 6 2014
TXZ144-061100-
BOSQUE TX-
530 AM CDT SUN APR 6 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BOSQUE COUNTY
AT 531 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF CLIFTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CLIFTON AND VALLEY MILLS.
PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3197 9745 3195 9742 3193 9744 3189 9736
3187 9738 3184 9733 3184 9728 3179 9733
3174 9728 3159 9760 3170 9768 3170 9771
TIME...MOT...LOC 1031Z 230DEG 35KT 3169 9757PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
643 AM CDT SUN APR 06 2014
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..REMARKS..
0653 AM HAIL 12 E CLIFTON 31.78N 97.38W
04/06/2014 E1.00 INCH BOSQUE TX LAW ENFORCEMENTThe Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:50 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Bosque County Sheriff's Department reported quarter sized hail in the northeastern part of the County.
KTKI observed a wind gust of 50 knots.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2014
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: 514700, 514701, 514702.