A large MCS developed along a cold front and moved across the entire region. Storms within in the MCS produced small hail, damaging winds and flash flooding.
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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.
A large MCS developed along a cold front and moved across the entire region. Storms within in the MCS produced small hail, damaging winds and flash flooding.
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 May 12, 12:09 PM CST, 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 109 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014 .AVIATION... MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THIS FORECAST PERIOD AND WIDESPREAD DISRUPTIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AFFECTING THE AREA. A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST. AT 1730Z... THE FRONT WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM JACKSBORO TO JUST WEST OF COMANCHE AND WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 14KTS. HOWEVER... THE SPEED OF THE FRONT MAY INCREASE DEPENDING ON THE INTENSITY OF THE CONVECTION ALONG THE BOUNDARY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY BUT WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT. STORMS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT BUT CONVECTION WILL LIKELY AFFECT AREAS AHEAD OF THE PRIMARY WIND SHIFT. CONVECTION WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT DFW TAF SITES AROUND 20Z AND WACO AROUND 22Z. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH A DAMAGING WIND THREAT BEING THE PRIMARY CONCERN. WINDS WILL LIKELY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST WITH CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT. AMENDMENTS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS CONVECTION MOVES EAST TO ADDRESS WINDS/TIMING OF TSTMS. WHILE MVFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST...IFR VIS MAY BRIEFLY AFFECT TAF SITES DURING CONVECTION. IT WAS NOTED DURING THE MORNING CONVECTION THAT AFFECTED THE DFW METRO TAF SITES THAT THE RAINFALL APPEARED LIGHT ON RADAR...BUT RESULTED IN LOW VIS AND HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS THAN EXPECTED. && .UPDATE... CURRENT FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND HAVE ONLY MADE SOME COSMETIC CHANGES TO THE HOURLY DATA AND MORNING POPS. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT THE COLD FRONT IS LOCATED ALONG A LINE ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST TEXAS BETWEEN BOWIE AND WICHITA FALLS SOUTHWARD TO BRECKENRIDGE. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INITIATED ON WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN INITIAL WAVE OF FORCING OR A SOUTHWARD PROPAGATING GRAVITY WAVE. EITHER WAY...AMDAR SOUNDING DATA FROM DFW AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT STRONG CAPPING INVERSION NOTED ON 12Z FWD SOUNDING WAS ALL BUT COMPLETELY ERODED IN ABOUT 45 MINUTES. THIS INITIAL WAVE OF ACTIVITY HAS FAILED TO ORGANIZE OR REALLY TAKE OFF IN INTENSITY WHICH HAS LEFT THE LOW LEVEL WINDS AND MOISTURE IN PLACE BEHIND IT. THIS WILL LIKELY HELP TO INITIATE MORE ROBUST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH. LATEST OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS SHOWS AROUND 2000 J/KG OF SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY SOUTH/EAST OF THE FRONT WHERE THE SUN HAS COME OUT A BIT WITH LITTLE INHIBITION LEFT. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS IN COVERAGE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SEVERE THREAT REMAINS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE STRONG INSTABILITY...HOWEVER DEEP LAYER SHEAR ISNT ALL THAT STRONG SO MULTICELL CLUSTERS ARE EXPECTED. SOME SEVERE WIND GUSTS WOULD BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SEVERE HAIL. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT THREAT WILL BE FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN COUNTIES WHERE THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME AREAS COULD PICK UP IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL PERSISTING INTO TONIGHT. DUNN && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 437 AM CDT MON MAY 12 2014/ THE POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE FOUR CORNERS THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SNOW IN DENVER YESTERDAY WILL EJECT NORTHEAST OUT INTO THE PLAINS TODAY...BUT ADDITIONAL UPPER ENERGY WILL DROP INTO THE BASE OF A DEEPENING LONGWAVE TROUGH TODAY. THIS UPPER TROUGH WILL ENGULF THE CENTRAL US BY TOMORROW...A PATTERN THAT IS VERY UNUSUAL FOR MID MAY. THIS SYSTEM HAS TAPPED INTO A CANADIAN AIRMASS AND HAS SENT AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG COLD FRONT BARRELING SOUTH. AT 4AM...THIS FRONT WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF LUBBOCK TO NEAR VERNON TO EL RENO OKLAHOMA AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20MPH. THE FRONT IS AHEAD OF MOST MODEL PROJECTIONS...WHICH IS NOT SURPRISING GIVEN THE COLD AIR BEHIND IT. THE RAP HAS A GOOD HANDLE ON THE FRONT/S SPEED AND IT WILL BE USED FOR TIMING. THE FRONT WILL ARRIVE INTO THE NORTHWEST CWA BY MID-MORNING AND CONTINUE TO TRACK SOUTHEAST...BUT SLOW DOWN A BIT DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING. THE FRONT SHOULD REACH A SHERMAN TO DFW TO COMANCHE LINE BY MID-AFTERNOON. THE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BE WARM AND MOIST...WITH SEVERAL DAYS OF SOUTHERLY FLOW NOW BRINGING PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES UP TO 1.75 TO 2 INCHES. SURFACE BASED CAPE WILL PEAK AROUND 2000-2500 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPS WARM INTO THE MID 80S. DAYTIME HEATING AND FORCING FOR ASCENT FROM THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL LIFT/ERODE THE WEAK CAPPING INVERSION...AND THUS CONVECTION WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ALONG THE FRONT BY LATE MORNING. BULK LAYER SHEAR IS FAIRLY WEAK...ON THE ORDER OF 25KT...SO MULTICELLULAR CONVECTIVE MODES ARE EXPECTED. GIVEN THE HIGH INSTABILITY AND WEAK SHEAR...SOME SEVERE WIND/HAIL REPORTS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT WILL LIKELY CONGEAL INTO A SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS BY MID-AFTERNOON...WITH THE LINE CONTINUING TO GROW UPSCALE INTO A FORMIDABLE LINEAR MCS BY THE EVENING HOURS. MCS PROPAGATION VECTORS AND DIFFLUENT THICKNESS FIELDS ALOFT SUGGEST THAT THE MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM WILL REMAIN FAIRLY SLOW...LIKELY LESS THAN 10-15MPH. THIS FORWARD SPEED SHOULD IN THEORY LIMIT THE DAMAGING WIND THREAT THIS EVENING OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE CWA...BUT WILL RESULT IN ENHANCED RAINFALL TOTALS. THE MCS WILL LIKELY HAVE SLOWER WEST TO EAST MOVEMENT THAN NORTH TO SOUTH...AND THUS THE ORIENTATION OF THE LINE SUGGESTS THAT EASTERN ZONES WILL HAVE A GREATER RISK FOR PROLONGED HEAVY RAINFALL. EXPECT THE LINE TO PUSH THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST ZONES FAIRLY QUICKLY...LIKELY REACHING A LAMPASAS TO WACO LINE BY 6 PM. A TIGHT RAINFALL GRADIENT IS FORECAST OVER THE CWA WITH LESS THAN A HALF INCH EXPECTED OVER THE NW ZONES...TO 1-2 INCHES IN A BAND FROM THE SHERMAN AREA TO THE METROPLEX TO COMANCHE...AND 2-3 INCHES SOUTH AND EAST OF A PARIS TO GREENVILLE TO HILLSBORO LINE. THIS LATTER REGION WAS THE SAME AREA THAT RECEIVED A SWATH OF 2-4 INCHES OF RAIN THURSDAY AND SOILS ARE ALREADY SATURATED. THUS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A BONHAM TO DALLAS TO TEMPLE LINE. WHILE WE DONT EXPECT MOST OF DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTIES TO RECEIVE MORE THAN 2 INCHES...GIVEN THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT THERE AND THE FACT THAT THE SOUTHEAST PARTS OF THESE COUNTIES DID SEE OVER 4 INCHES...FELT IT WAS BEST TO INCLUDE THEM. FARTHER SOUTH...FROM WACO TO ATHENS...LESS RAIN FELL IN THIS AREA LAST THURSDAY...BUT QUICK TOTALS OF 2-3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. FOR WACO/TEMPLE/KILLEEN ONLY AROUND 2 INCHES ARE FORECAST...BUT AGAIN URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE MAY EXACERBATE ANY FLOODING...SO THEY WERE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH TOO. BECAUSE THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE EAST...CONTINUED SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT BEHIND THE FRONT/LINE OF STORMS WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING. THUS THE LINE OF STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SUCCEEDED BY A FEW HOURS OF STEADY LIGHT TO MODERATE STRATIFORM RAINS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATE TONIGHT...BUT MAY LINGER OVER THE SOUTHEAST ZONES INTO TUESDAY MORNING. TUESDAY SHOULD BE DRY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOL CONDITIONS AS COOLER AIR POURS INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT. FORECAST HIGH TEMPS MAY BE TOO WARM...BUT IT WOULD ONLY TAKE AN HOUR OR TWO OF AFTERNOON MAY SUNSHINE TO WARM US INTO THE MID 60S...SO STAYED CONSERVATIVE THERE. THE STRONGEST UPPER LEVEL FORCING WILL CROSS THE REGION TUESDAY EVENING BUT THE AIRMASS WILL BE PRETTY WORKED OVER. HOWEVER THIS FORCING SHOULD RESULT IN SCATTERED ELEVATED SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS OVER THE REGION AND SHOULD SQUEEZE OUT ANOTHER TENTH TO QUARTER INCH OF RAINFALL. HAVE BUMPED POPS UP TUESDAY NIGHT AS MODEL GUIDANCE HAS COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT ON THIS ROUND. OTHERWISE THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST LOOKS QUIET AND VERY NICE FOR MID TO LATE MAY. DRY NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE WEEKEND LEADING TO CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL SEND LOW TEMPS DOWN INTO THE 40S AREA WIDE...AND WACO MAY BREAK ITS RECORD LOW OF 46. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY...BUT TEMPS SHOULD WARM INTO THE 70S FRIDAY AND THE 80S BY THE WEEKEND. DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK WITH TEMPS WARMING TO ABOVE NORMAL. TR.92 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 83 54 66 51 68 / 90 80 20 40 10 WACO, TX 87 57 65 51 69 / 70 100 40 60 10 PARIS, TX 84 56 63 51 64 / 70 90 20 50 20 DENTON, TX 80 52 65 49 68 / 80 70 20 40 10 MCKINNEY, TX 83 53 64 50 68 / 90 80 20 40 10 DALLAS, TX 84 55 65 52 68 / 90 80 20 50 10 TERRELL, TX 85 57 64 51 67 / 70 90 20 50 20 CORSICANA, TX 86 59 64 52 67 / 60 100 40 60 20 TEMPLE, TX 87 58 64 52 69 / 50 100 50 60 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 80 50 66 47 71 / 70 60 20 30 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR TXZ094-095-104>107-119>123-134-135-145>148-158>162- 174-175. && /
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 512 AM CDT MON MAY 12 2014 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-131100- 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- 512 AM CDT MON MAY 12 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING...PARTICULARLY EAST OF A LINE FROM KILLEEN...TO DALLAS...TO BONHAM...WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM TUESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONCERNS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON. 25
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1224 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
TXZ174-121800-
MILAM TX-
1224 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHERN MILAM COUNTY
AT 1225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CAMERON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CAMERON.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PENNY-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3080 9720 3100 9706 3108 9689 3099 9675
3070 9703
TIME...MOT...LOC 1725Z 216DEG 22KT 3083 9705SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1237 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
TXZ141-121800-
COMANCHE TX-
1237 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
WESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY
AT 1236 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTH OF COMANCHE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE ALONG AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF DE LEON...MOVING NORTHEAST 15 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE DE LEON.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM ANY STORMS
ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3213 9883 3226 9855 3212 9846 3179 9873
3207 9889
TIME...MOT...LOC 1736Z 212DEG 13KT 3207 9864SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1241 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014 TXZ116-117-121815- PALO PINTO TX-PARKER TX- 1241 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... EAST CENTRAL PALO PINTO COUNTY WESTERN PARKER COUNTY AT 1241 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINERAL WELLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE COOL...MINERAL WELLS AND MINERAL WELLS STATE PARK. PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3292 9791 3273 9777 3255 9817 3271 9828 TIME...MOT...LOC 1741Z 240DEG 21KT 3268 9813
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
100 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
TXZ092-102-103-116-117-130-131-141-121900-
DENTON TX-ERATH TX-HOOD TX-PALO PINTO TX-WISE TX-COMANCHE TX-COOKE TX-
PARKER TX-
100 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
COMANCHE COUNTY
COOKE COUNTY
NORTHWESTERN DENTON COUNTY
ERATH COUNTY
HOOD COUNTY
SOUTHEASTERN PALO PINTO COUNTY
PARKER COUNTY
WISE COUNTY
AT 1259 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST
OF GAINESVILLE TO 9 MILES WEST OF STEPHENVILLE TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF BROWNWOOD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE ALEDO...ALVORD...
ANNETTA...AURORA...BOYD...BRIAR...BRIDGEPORT...COMANCHE...COOL...DE
LEON...DECATUR...DUBLIN...GAINESVILLE...GRANBURY...GUSTINE...HUDSON
OAKS...LINDSAY...LIPAN...MUENSTER...OAK TRAIL SHORES...RENO...
SPRINGTOWN...STEPHENVILLE...WEATHERFORD...WILLOW PARK...BOONSVILLE...
COTTONDALE...HUCKABAY...MORGAN MILL...POOLVILLE AND MINERAL WELLS
STATE PARK.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA TO
PENNY-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
THESE STORMS.
WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG THE LINE AND TRAINING
OVER THE SAME AREAS...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 3389 9717 3372 9715 3386 9708 3384 9696
3299 9743 3299 9755 3279 9754 3230 9782
3224 9794 3209 9793 3192 9820 3175 9832
3168 9846 3170 9867 3194 9884 3229 9843
3344 9765 3344 9749 3367 9749 3388 9734
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 295DEG 20KT 3380 9726 3223 9833
3165 9902SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
106 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
TXZ159-121830-
MCLENNAN TX-
106 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL MCLENNAN COUNTY
AT 105 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LACY-LAKEVIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LACY-LAKEVIEW...NORTHCREST
AND WEST.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA TO
PENNY-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3170 9736 3179 9720 3186 9704 3180 9699
3169 9692 3156 9722
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 231DEG 17KT 3169 9720The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:31 UTC.
13 hail, 8 flash flood, 5 lightning, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Penny sized hail fell for 10 minutes approximately 3 miles south-southwest of Decatur. The hail was mixed with heavy rainfall.
Dime sized hail was reported on the east side of Weatherford.
Nickel sized hail was covering the ground in Weatherford.
Six to eight inches of water was reported over Highway 67 approximately 5 miles southwest of Stephenville.
Penny sized hail was reported east of Granbury.
Quarter sized hail was reported on the west side of Fort Worth.
Sixty to sixty-five mph winds were estimated at McDermott and Custer in Plano. One of the doors at Plano Fire Station 10 on McDermott Rd was damaged due to the severe thunderstorm winds.
Lightning struck three tank batteries off Longhorn Drive near FM 2264, igniting the tank battery in a fiery blaze.
Lightning struck Country Cowboy Church between Bridgeport and Runaway Bay and damaged one room.
Quarter sized hail was covering the ground near Joe Pool Lake.
Lightning started a house fire in the 12800 block of Campolina Way in far north Fort Worth. Two firefighters were injured fighting the fire when they fell through the ceiling.
Half dollar sized hail was reported in Mansfield.
Sixty mph winds were estimated in north Plano.
Golf ball sized hail was reported at Joe Pool Lake.
Tree limbs greater than 2 in diameter were knocked down between Melissa and Anna.
Water was reported over Highway 16 to the southwest of Goldthwaite.
Water was reported over Highway 84 near Mullin.
Water was reported over FM 934 near Blum.
Several roads in Maypearl were impassable due to rushing flood waters.
Lightning started a house fire in the 2700 block of Alexander Ave in Waco.
Two feet of water was over a road near Whitney. No other specific details were provided.
Up to a foot of water was reported over Panther Way near Midway High School.
Heavy rain caused street flooding in Waco. Several roads were covered in water, but New Road at Waco Drive was the most problematic location. The Waco PD reported several emergency calls for drivers stranded in high water.
Lightning started a house fire near the intersection of North 17th St and Colcord Ave in Waco.
Penny sized hail was reported approximately 1 mile east-southeast of Belton.
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, May 2014
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