Afternoon thunderstorms developed across the northern half of the region where more than one boundary/outflow boundary was noted. One thunderstorm produced a microburst that was measured at 73 mph.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Afternoon thunderstorms developed across the northern half of the region where more than one boundary/outflow boundary was noted. One thunderstorm produced a microburst that was measured at 73 mph. The microburst damaged a Ham Radio antenna, but the damage was limited to just a small area around the amateur radio operator's home.
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 Aug 10, 2:17 PM CST, 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 317 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 2014 .DISCUSSION... WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY MOVING SOUTH INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. IN THE MEANTIME...A BOUNDARY LEFT OVER FROM SATURDAY EVENING/S STORMS REMAINS THE FOCAL POINT FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. STORM INITIATION WAS ALREADY OCCURRING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 THIS AFTERNOON. WE EXPECT MORE SCATTERED STORMS TO DEVELOP MAINLY NORTH OF THE METROPLEX THROUGH THIS EVENING. STORM CHANCES THROUGH SUNSET ARE EXPECTED TO BE MORE ISOLATED IN NATURE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. LIKE THE PREVIOUS 3 DAYS...STEERING CURRENTS ALOFT ARE WEAK AND EXPECT STORM MOTIONS TO BE SLOW AND INFLUENCED BY LOCALIZED STORM OUTFLOW. MESOANALYSIS DATA CONTINUES TO SHOW THE HIGHEST INSTABILITY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA WHERE HIGHER DEW PTS RESIDE. A FEW STRONG TO BRIEF SEVERE STORMS WITH SEVERE MICROBURSTS...LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN. LOW RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER BY SUNRISE MONDAY. WE DO NOT BELIEVE STORMS WILL REACH SEVERE LIMITS DURING THE NIGHTTIME PERIOD...THOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL REMAIN THREATS. THE COLD FRONT WILL PROGRESSIVELY MOVE SOUTH THROUGH NORTH TEXAS MONDAY AND INTO CENTRAL TEXAS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE FRONT WILL BE ASSISTED BY AN UPPER LEVEL LONGWAVE TROUGH DIGGING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. THE GFS HAS SPED UP IT/S FRONTAL TIMING MORE TOWARD THE FASTER SOLUTIONS ADVERTISED BY THE OTHER MODELS. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD CLEAR OUR CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES SOMETIME ON TUESDAY. THE BETTER RAIN CHANCES WILL OCCUR ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT AS IT PROGRESSES SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA. WIDESPREAD BENEFICIAL RAINFALL DOES NOT APPEAR LIKELY DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF BETTER FORCING ALOFT. ISOLATED CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY LINGER INITIALLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT BUT EVENTUALLY END AS A DRIER AIRMASS ENTRAINS IN FROM THE NORTH ON TUESDAY. STRONG TO EVEN A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY EXPECTED. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE COLLAPSING STORMS AND RESULTANT MICROBURSTS WITH WEAK WINDS ALOFT AND THE INABILITY TO EVACUATE STRONGER UPDRAFTS. THE AIRMASS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE RELATIVELY DRIER...BUT ONLY SLIGHTLY COOLER WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER-MID 90S BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MID- UPPER 60S ACROSS THE RURAL AREAS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNINGS WHERE STRONGER RADIATIONAL COOLING IS EXPECTED. THE UPPER HIGH EXPANDS EAST LATE IN THE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND WITH THE UPPER TROUGH RETREATING AWAY FROM THE AREA. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RETURN WITH INCREASING SUBSIDENCE UNDER THE UPPER HIGH. HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND THE CENTURY MARK RETURN AS WELL ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA WITH HEAT BEING THE PRIMARY WEATHER CONCERN. 05/ && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 1224 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 2014/ /18Z TAFS/ CONCERNS...MORE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION AROUND DFW THIS AFTERNOON. FRONT ARRIVES ON MONDAY WITH WIND SHIFT AND MORE CONVECTION POSSIBLE. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT THE TAF SITES AT THE START OF THE PERIOD WILL BECOME SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY THIS EVENING. WILL LIKELY SEE SHOWERS/STORMS DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON NEAR VARIOUS BOUNDARIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY AROUND THE DFW METROPLEX AND WILL INCLUDE A VCTS MENTION FROM 20/21Z-00/01Z. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE A THREAT WITH ANY STORMS THAT MAY IMPACT THE AIRPORTS. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH THE WINDS BECOMING MORE SOUTHWESTERLY IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING FRONT. THE FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE DFW AIRPORTS AROUND 15Z AND WILL BE REACHING WACO NEAR THE END OF THIS TAF PERIOD. NORTH WINDS WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/STORMS AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE FRONT AND WILL INCLUDE A VCSH MENTION AT ALL THE TAF SITES BEGINNING AROUND 14-15Z.. 82/JLD && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 80 97 76 94 71 / 20 40 20 5 0 WACO, TX 77 101 76 96 72 / 10 40 40 20 5 PARIS, TX 75 95 70 91 66 / 30 40 10 5 0 DENTON, TX 76 98 71 94 67 / 20 40 20 5 0 MCKINNEY, TX 75 97 71 93 67 / 30 40 20 5 0 DALLAS, TX 81 99 77 94 72 / 20 40 20 5 0 TERRELL, TX 77 97 73 94 68 / 20 40 20 5 0 CORSICANA, TX 77 98 76 95 70 / 10 40 30 10 0 TEMPLE, TX 75 101 74 95 71 / 10 30 40 20 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 73 97 70 93 66 / 20 40 20 5 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ117>123-131>135- 144>148-157>162-174-175. && 05/
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 241 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 2014 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-111145- 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- 241 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM WEATHERFORD TO KILLEEN. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF A GOLDTHWAITE TO HILLSBORO TO CANTON LINE. ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A FEW STORMS COULD BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LIMITS AND PRODUCE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY AND THEN GENERALLY SOUTH OF I-20 MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED NORTH OF A GOLDTHWAITE TO HILLSBORO TO CANTON LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 82/JLD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
329 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 2014
TXZ102-103-102100-
DENTON TX-WISE TX-
329 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN DENTON COUNTY
SOUTHEASTERN WISE COUNTY
AT 329 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRIAR...MOVING EAST AT 5
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE AURORA...JUSTIN...AND
NORTHLAKE
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3321 9723 3299 9723 3299 9725 3300 9752
3318 9752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 269DEG 5KT 3309 9741The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:30 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 73 MPH wind gust took out an amateur radio operator's antenna. The storm also damaged a nearby garage door and rolled a camper trailer, destroying it.
The Graham Leader posted that thunderstorm winds uprooted trees, knocked down at least two structures, and damaged power lines.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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