Afternoon thunderstorms developed across the northwestern portions of the region in the vicinity of an outflow boundary. A few storms produced damaging winds in Grayson and Cooke counties along the Red River.
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Afternoon thunderstorms developed across the northwestern portions of the region in the vicinity of an outflow boundary. A few storms produced damaging winds in Grayson and Cooke counties along the Red River.
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 8, 11:21 AM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1221 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014 .AVIATION... /18Z TAFS/ OVERVIEW...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED BUT WATCHING LOW CHANCES FOR SHRA/TSRA NEAR THE METROPLEX THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 15 KTS BUT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25 KTS DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS. A MIX OF HIGH BASED CU AND MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM STORMS IN OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT HAS NOW MOVED INTO NORTH TEXAS. THIS BOUNDARY IS NOT DETECTABLE IN THE SURFACE WIND FIELD BUT CAN BEST BE TRACKED ON VISIBLE SATELLITE BY A THIN LINE OF CUMULUS. CURRENTLY THE BOUNDARY IS NEAR A XBP- TKI-LBR LINE. ALONG AND BEHIND THIS BOUNDARY...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THINK THE CONVECTION WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE METROPLEX AIRPORTS BUT WILL BE MONITORING TRENDS THIS AFTERNOON. WILL ALSO BE WATCHING FOR ANY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THE AFTERNOON CONVECTION THAT MAY MOVE INTO THE METROPLEX RESULTING IN NEW STORM DEVELOPMENT VERY NEAR THE AIRPORTS AND/OR POSSIBLY NORTH WINDS. 82/JLD && .UPDATE... STORMS ACROSS OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT SENT AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SOUTH THAT IS NOW CROSSING THE RED RIVER INTO MONTAGUE COUNTY. THE BOUNDARY STRETCHES FROM NEAR SEYMOUR TO RINGGOLD AND THEN NORTHEAST TOWARDS ATOKA OKLAHOMA. IT CONTINUES STEADY PROGRESS SOUTH AND SHORT-TERM MODELS ARE INDICATING THIS BOUNDARY WILL BE A PLAYER FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. THE BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO SLOW ITS PROGRESS SOUTH LATER TODAY AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE WARMING INTO THE UPPER 90S AND LOWER 100S. ONE ROUND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY DISSIPATED THIS MORNING BUT NEW CONVECTION IS NOW DEVELOPING ACROSS OUR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES. THE HRRR...RAP...AND THE TEXAS TECH WRF MODELS INDICATE SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE CWA TODAY. DESPITE THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERING ITSELF MORE OVER THE REGION TODAY...WILL UPDATE THE FORECAST TO INCREASE POPS TO 30 PERCENT ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO ROWS OF COUNTIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. WILL ALSO SLIGHTLY DECREASE TEMPERATURES IN THE SAME AREA DUE TO INCREASED CLOUD COVER. THE BEST LOCATION OF RAIN/STORMS TODAY WILL GENERALLY BE WEST TO NORTH OF THE DFW METROPLEX WITH MORE ISOLATED CONVECTION POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THIS AREA. THE 12Z KFWD SOUNDING SHOWS INSTABILITY IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE CHARACTERIZED BY STEEP LAPSE RATES. HOWEVER...THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE REMAIN FAIRLY DRY. DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. 82/JLD && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 254 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014/ I KEPT THE ISOLATED STORMS IN THE NORTH AND WEST...BASED ON THE BOUNDARY GETTING CLOSE TO THE RED RIVER AND THE TTU WRF PRODUCING ISOLATED CONVECTION IN THE AFTERNOON. TTU WRF HAD A PRETTY GOOD HANDLE ON THE ISOLATED STORMS YESTERDAY SO WENT WITH IT AGAIN TODAY. AS THE RIDGE BEARS DOWN ON THE AREA SAT AND SUN WILL BE DRY AND HOT...BUT BY MONDAY THE RIDGE MOVES WEST. THIS PLACES NORTH TX IN NORTHWEST FLOW AND BRINGS ANOTHER BOUNDARY INTO NORTH TX. HAVE ADDED PRECIP BEGINNING MONDAY AFTERNOON AND KEPT THE TUE WED PRECIP AS WELL. MODEL QPF GENERALLY BROAD BRUSHES THE PRECIP...BUT THE LOW QPF AMOUNTS WOULD SUGGEST SCATTERED STORMS RATHER THAN A WIDESPREAD EVENT. GFS/ECMWF DIVERGE ON THURSDAY WITH THE GFS BRINGING A STRONG SHORT WAVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES TO PUSH INTO NORTH TX BY FRIDAY NIGHT. THE GFS DEVELOPS PRECIP FROM MEXICO TO CANADA WITH THIS DISTURBANCE. ECMWF SHOWS THIS SHORT WAVE MUCH WEAKER AND LIMITS POPS TO THE AREAS NEAR KS/MO/AR/OK. HAVE ADDED LOW POPS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AS A COMPROMISE...BUT WILL HOPE FOR THE STRONGER SYSTEM DUE TO THE NEED FOR QPF. 84 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 103 79 101 79 101 / 20 20 5 5 5 WACO, TX 100 75 98 75 100 / 10 10 5 5 5 PARIS, TX 97 75 97 75 97 / 30 20 5 5 10 DENTON, TX 100 75 99 76 99 / 30 20 5 5 10 MCKINNEY, TX 100 75 99 74 99 / 30 20 5 5 10 DALLAS, TX 103 80 101 80 101 / 20 20 5 5 10 TERRELL, TX 100 76 100 75 100 / 20 20 5 5 10 CORSICANA, TX 100 76 98 76 97 / 10 10 5 5 5 TEMPLE, TX 99 74 97 74 98 / 10 10 5 5 5 MINERAL WELLS, TX 103 75 101 73 100 / 20 20 5 5 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 82/05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 311 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-091230- 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- 311 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT NORTH OF A LINE FROM COMANCHE TO CLEBURNE TO CANTON. GUSTY WINDS...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH ANY STORMS BUT THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTIES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTIES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY AND MONDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THEN SHIFT TO AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TODAY...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
218 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014
TXZ101-081945-
JACK TX-
218 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN JACK COUNTY
AT 217 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSBORO...MOVING NORTH AT
5 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3300 9792 3300 9799 3301 9809 3322 9812
3323 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 178DEG 6KT 3307 9798SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
242 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014
TXZ101-102-116-082015-
JACK TX-PALO PINTO TX-WISE TX-
242 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
JACK COUNTY
PALO PINTO COUNTY
WISE COUNTY
AT 241 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF
BRIDGEPORT TO 16 MILES WEST OF MINERAL WELLS...MOVING NORTH AT 5
MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3295 9857 3295 9843 3347 9842 3347 9798
3343 9797 3343 9738 3299 9741 3301 9805
3252 9807 3251 9857 3252 9858
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 203DEG 6KT 3318 9788 3281 9835SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
315 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014
TXZ101-102-082045-
JACK TX-WISE TX-
315 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
JACK COUNTY
WISE COUNTY
AT 315 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BRIDGEPORT TO 3 MILES WEST OF JACKSBORO TO 10 MILES EAST OF GRAHAM...
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.
LAT...LON 3347 9798 3343 9797 3343 9738 3299 9740
3301 9842 3347 9842
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 157DEG 8KT 3324 9773 3323 9821
3306 9843The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Jacksboro newspaper posted an article that stated that much of the western portions of Jacksboro lost power for several hours after winds from a thunderstorm damaged numerous power poles.
Trees, power lines, and utility poles were knocked down East of Lindsay and into parts of Gainesville. The local newspaper also reported large trees down and snapped power poles at several locations in and around Lindsay.
Power poles and lines were knocked down at Gainesville Municipal Airport.
Several trees were knocked down on Starr Road and Dugan Chapel at Seven Hills Road between Denison and Bells.
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, August 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: 540856, 539204, 539206, 539208.