An MCS moved south across the eastern portions of the CWA, weakening as it moved through the region. Some wind damage occurred with the system.
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An MCS moved south across the eastern portions of the CWA, weakening as it moved through the region. Some wind damage occurred with the system.
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 23, 1:43 PM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 243 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 .DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP NORTHEAST OF THE REGION IN PROXIMITY OF A WEAK COLD FRONT AND STOUT SHORTWAVE. MODEL TRENDS INDICATE THAT CONVECTION WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TO OUR NORTHEAST...WITH THE NORTHEAST FLOW REGIME DRIVING THIS ACTIVITY SOUTHWESTWARD TOWARD NORTH TEXAS. AT THE CURRENT RATE OF DEVELOPMENT AND MOVEMENT...CONVECTION SHOULD BEGIN TO CROSS OVER INTO LAMAR COUNTY NEAR PARIS AND SURROUNDING AREAS AROUND 6 PM OR SO. THE TIME OF DAY WOULD SUGGEST THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG TO POSSIBLE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT AS THEY AFFECT THE NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES. A WEAKENING TREND IS EXPECTED AS CELLS MOVE FARTHER SOUTHWEST...DUE TO THE WANING OF SURFACE HEATING AND ALSO TO THE INCREASING SUBSIDENCE FROM THE DOMINANT RIDGE TO THE WEST. STILL...LOW POPS WILL BE MAINTAINED IN THE METROPLEX AND SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH MIDNIGHT OR SO....WITH ACTIVITY DISSIPATING THEREAFTER. A LOW CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARISE AGAIN THURSDAY AS A WEAK FRONT SAGS SOUTH TO NEAR THE I-20 CORRIDOR...PROVIDING FOCUS FOR ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. WEST OF I-35...IT APPEARS THAT SUBSIDENCE FROM THE UPPER RIDGE WILL SHUT OFF ANY ATTEMPT FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. THE PRIMARY WEATHER CONCERN OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL BE THE INCREASING TEMPERATURES AND UNCOMFORTABLE HEAT. AFTER CAREFULLY RUNNING AND FINALIZING THE TEMPERATURE/DEWPOINT FORECAST...THE RESULTING APPARENT TEMPERATURE GRIDS ARE INDICATING HEAT INDICES FAIRLY WIDESPREAD IN THE 105 TO 108 DEGREE RANGE BOTH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS IS THE SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES WHERE DRIER CONDITIONS SHOULD KEEP THE HEAT INDEX BELOW 105. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE A HEAT ADVISORY FOR MOST OF NORTH TEXAS...EXCLUDING THE AREAS WEST OF A MINERAL WELLS TO GATESVILLE LINE WHERE CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW CRITERIA. THE ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY UNTIL 9 PM FRIDAY NIGHT. PLEASE USE CAUTION WHEN PARTICIPATING IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...STAY HYDRATED...AND SCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES FOR EARLY IN THE DAY WHEN POSSIBLE. THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT ON MONDAY...AS AN UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE EASTERN STATES AND THE UPPER RIDGE SLIDES TO THE WEST. THIS WILL PLACE NORTH TEXAS IN A STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME. THIS PATTERN WILL SEND ANOTHER RARE JULY COLD FRONT SOUTH FROM THE PLAINS ACROSS THE RED RIVER ON MONDAY. A CHANCE OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AND TUESDAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT....WITH COOLER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR MOST OF NEXT WEEK BEHIND THE FRONT. 30 && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 1236 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014/ /18Z TAFS/ CONCERNS...CHANCE FOR A COMPLEX OF STORMS TO AFFECT THE METROPLEX AIRPORTS FROM THE NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT ALL THE TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH FEW-SCT CUMULUS CLOUDS BETWEEN 4-6 KFT AND SOME HIGH CLOUDS. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA/WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE SOUTHWEST INTO NORTH TEXAS. MUCH OF THE HI-RESOLUTION MODEL GUIDANCE HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN BRINGING THIS MCS INTO THE METROPLEX THIS EVENING...JUST AFTER 00Z. WILL CONTINUE WITH A MENTION OF VCTS IN THE METROPLEX FROM 01-03Z BUT WILL CLOSELY BE WATCHING THE EVOLUTION AND SPEED OF THE DEVELOPING MCS THIS AFTERNOON...FOR ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO TIMING. IF CONFIDENCE INCREASES THAT THE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE AIRPORTS...WILL AMEND TO INCLUDE TSRA WITH STRONGER NORTHEAST WINDS DUE TO THE OUTFLOW. THE MCS IS EXPECTED TO BE WEAKENING BY THE TIME IT REACHES THE METROPLEX AIRPORTS BUT CANNOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT AN ISOLATED STRONG OR SEVERE STORM IN THE METROPLEX PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. MOST OF THE GUIDANCE DISSIPATES THE MCS BEFORE IT REACHES KACT AND WILL NOT MENTION THUNDER IN THE KACT TAF AT THIS TIME. EXPECT LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS OVERNIGHT BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST TO EAST ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LIGHT FOG WILL LIKELY OCCUR AROUND KACT BETWEEN 10-13Z THURSDAY MORNING. 82/JLD && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 79 100 80 103 79 / 20 10 10 5 0 WACO, TX 75 100 77 101 76 / 10 10 10 5 0 PARIS, TX 75 95 73 99 75 / 30 20 10 5 0 DENTON, TX 76 100 77 103 78 / 20 10 10 5 0 MCKINNEY, TX 76 98 77 102 77 / 30 10 10 5 0 DALLAS, TX 79 100 80 103 78 / 20 10 10 5 0 TERRELL, TX 76 99 76 101 76 / 20 10 10 5 0 CORSICANA, TX 76 99 77 100 76 / 20 10 10 5 0 TEMPLE, TX 74 99 76 100 76 / 10 10 10 5 0 MINERAL WELLS, TX 75 101 76 103 76 / 20 10 10 5 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 10 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR TXZ091>095-100>107-117>123-131>135-144>148-158>162-174-175. && 82/30
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 304 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-241230- 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- 304 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF A LINE FROM PALESTINE TO MERIDIAN TO JACKSBORO THROUGH MIDNIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG OR MARGINALLY SEVERE THIS EVENING...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SOME HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE REGION THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES ON BOTH OF THE AFTERNOONS WILL BE AT OR OVER 105 DEGREES. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON EAST OF A LINE FROM BONHAM TO CORSICANA TO HEARNE. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY OVER ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS EVENING TO THE NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BOWIE TO CLEBURNE TO ATHENS. 82/JLD
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 183 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:00 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down in several locations across Lamar County.
Ten large trees and four utility poles were knocked down in Palestine.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 534995, 534996.