Thunderstorms developed along a weak front as it moved south through the region. Some of the storms produced damaging winds in and around the Dallas Metroplex.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed along a weak front as it moved south through the region. Some of the storms produced damaging winds in and around the Dallas Metroplex.
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 Jul 14, 1:40 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 240 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2014 .DISCUSSION... AS I WRITE THIS...STORMS ARE STARTING TO FIRE FROM GRAHAM TO DENTON TO COOPER. CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN REACHED SOUTH OF THE CLOUDINESS THAT IS SLOWLY MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM OKLAHOMA. WITH A 30-40 DEGREE DEW POINT DEPRESSION IN PLACE...CLOUD BASE IS UP AROUND 8K-9K FT AND THE SOUNDING IS A CLASSIC INVERTED-V. THIS IS A TEXTBOOK SETUP FOR DOWNBURST/MICROBURST WINDS. CELL COVERAGE WILL NOT BE VERY HIGH...SO THE POPS REMAIN AT 20-30 PERCENT. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL DECREASE AROUND OR JUST AFTER SUNSET WITH THE END OF HEATING. AS THE WEAK FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH INTO NORTH TEXAS THE PRECIPITATION WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH INTO CENTRAL TEXAS OVERNIGHT. BY TUESDAY...WITH THE FRONT ALSO LOCATED IN CENTRAL TEXAS AND CLOUDY SKIES TO THE NORTH...WE FEEL THAT PRECIPITATION WILL BE CENTERED IN THE MORE ABUNDANT MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IN CENTRAL TEXAS AND HAVE LOWERED POPS IN NORTHERN AREAS. AT THIS TIME...IT STILL APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...AND WE WILL LIKELY SEE AT LEAST ONE MCS ROLL INTO THE AREA. CURRENT GUIDANCE BRINGS AN MCS INTO THE RED RIVER AREA THURSDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH HIGHER RESOLUTION MODELS SEEM TO HAVE IMPROVED ON FORECASTING MCS DEVELOPMENT...THE ACTUAL TRACK OF THESE SYSTEMS HAS BEEN MORE PROBLEMATIC. THEREFORE HAVE NOT PUT TOO MUCH WEIGHT ON ACTUAL MCS TRACK AND I LEFT MORE BROAD BRUSHED POPS IN THE GRIDS. IT DOES APPEAR STILL THAT THE NORTH WILL SEE MORE PRECIP THAN THE SOUTH...AND OUR EARLIER ESTIMATES OF 2-3 INCHES NORTH AND LESS THAN ONE SOUTH REMAIN FAIRLY VALID. PWATS REMAIN HIGH...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING REMAINS A POSSIBILITY. THE RAIN THREAT MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST ON FRIDAY...AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON MAY SEE SOME SCATTERED STORMS IN THE SOUTHEAST AS WELL. SUMMER WEATHER RETURNS NEXT WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES CREEPING UP TOWARDS TRIPLE DIGITS ONCE AGAIN. 84 && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 1228 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2014/ MAIN CONCERN IS POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION AT TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AIRMASS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE MICROBURSTS ONCE CONVECTION DEVELOPS AFTER 20Z...BUT COVERAGE SHOULD BE LOW. WILL SHOW VCTS AT ALL METROPLEX TAF SITES FROM 21Z-2Z WHICH SHOULD BE THE BEST WINDOW THAT ACTIVITY MAY IMPACT AIRPORTS. WINDS NEAR ANY STORMS WILL BE VARIABLE WITH TEMPORARILY STRONG SPEEDS/GUSTS POSSIBLE. CONVECTION SHOULD SHIFT SOUTH OF METROPLEX BY MID-LATE EVENING. WACO WILL HAVE ITS BEST CHANCE OF CONVECTION DURING THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. OTHERWISE VFR WILL PREVAIL. WINDS WILL BE WESTERLY THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY COME AROUND TO THE NORTH BY SUNSET BUT SHOULD STAY FAIRLY LIGHT. TRUE FRONT ARRIVES LATE TONIGHT AND WILL BRING N/NE WINDS AT 5-10KT IN AROUND 9Z. MOISTURE/LIFT LOOKS TOO LIMITED FOR CONVECTION TOMORROW IN THE METROPLEX WITH N/NE WINDS NEAR 10KT BRINGING DRIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR INTO THE AREA. TR.92 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 76 92 72 90 74 / 20 10 10 30 70 WACO, TX 74 94 71 94 76 / 20 30 20 20 50 PARIS, TX 72 87 66 85 66 / 20 10 10 40 70 DENTON, TX 73 91 70 88 69 / 20 10 10 40 70 MCKINNEY, TX 73 90 68 88 69 / 20 10 10 30 70 DALLAS, TX 76 92 72 90 73 / 20 10 10 30 70 TERRELL, TX 74 91 69 89 72 / 20 10 10 20 70 CORSICANA, TX 75 92 71 91 73 / 20 20 10 20 60 TEMPLE, TX 75 94 73 95 75 / 20 30 20 20 40 MINERAL WELLS, TX 73 92 69 92 70 / 20 10 10 40 70 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && /
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 216 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2014 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-151145- 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- 216 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...SPREADING INTO CENTRAL TEXAS OVERNIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED AS WELL. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL SPREAD SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SOME STORMS THIS EVENING COULD BE STRONG PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...AND ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE BEST THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME LOCATIONS IN NORTH TEXAS MAY RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL THROUGH FRIDAY...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY OCCUR. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. HOWEVER...ANY STORMS THIS WEEK MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SULPHUR SPRINGS TO WACO TO KILLEEN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 217 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2014 TXZ104-141945- COLLIN TX- 217 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL COLLIN COUNTY AT 217 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF MCKINNEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. LAT...LON 3322 9641 3305 9658 3323 9681 3337 9667 TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 327DEG 8KT 3324 9666 DUNN
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:59 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind damage was reported near Country Club Road and Stacy Road in Fairview. An 8 diameter tree was also blown over.
Thunderstorm winds destroyed a house that was under construction in Frisco. Only the frame of the house was built at the time.
Trees were knocked down onto cars and roofs in an area of Dallas bound by Oak Park Drive, South Polk Street, and Town Creek Dr. Damage occurred to several cars, and a hole was punctured in the roof of at least one home.
A 65 mph wind gust was measured in Seagoville. Large tree limbs were damaged.
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, July 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: 533849, 529859, 536563, 533850.