A summertime-type thunderstorm produced a 58 mph downburst that was measured at DFW Airport (KDFW).
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A summertime-type thunderstorm produced a 58 mph downburst that was measured at DFW Airport (KDFW).
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 25, 11:43 AM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1243 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014 .AVIATION... LITTLE CHANGE TO THIS TAF CYCLE. GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SHOW INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON WITH DAYTIME HEATING...BUT SEEMS TO WANT TO KEEP CONVECTION WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. THINK THAT THE VCTS DURING PEAK HEATING STILL SEEMS REASONABLE. THE MCS NEAR SAN ANGELO WILL BE A BIT OF A WILD CARD. IT MAY CUT OFF THE MOISTURE FEED INTO NORTH/CENTRAL TX LATER TODAY AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARDS THE AUSTIN AREA. THE OVERNIGHT PORTION OF THE TAFS IS WRITTEN DRY...BUT SOME SMALLER SCALE PROCESS MAY KICK OFF A SMALL AREA OF SHOWERS/STORMS SOMEWHERE IN NORTH TX...SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT. MORE LIKELY TIME FOR PRECIP ON MONDAY WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOON...BUT AGAIN THERE IS NO CONSENSUS WHERE AND WILL LEAVE THAT TO BE RESOLVED BY LATER TAFS. 84 && .UPDATE... MOST OF THE MORNING SHOWERS/STORMS HAVE WEAKENED OR DISSIPATED AS OF 11 AM. HOWEVER...THE MORNING KFWD SOUNDING SHOWS A MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. THEREFORE...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IF WE SEE SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS. THE CURRENT FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE SO WILL MAKE NO MAJOR CHANGES WITH THIS UPDATE. 79 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 354 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014/ WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED THAT A LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO AS OF 08Z /3 AM CDT/. THE GFS...NAM...ECMWF AND CMC ARE IN MORE AGREEMENT WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN PREVIOUS RUNS. THIS LOW WILL WOBBLE AROUND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHERN COLORADO FOR THE NEXT 24 TO 30 HOURS BEFORE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE DURING THE DAY MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL THEN MOVE INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE LOW IS THEN FORECAST TO TREK SOUTHEAST AND LATER SOUTH ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE ECMWF INDICATES THAT THE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY FILL WITH THE LOW MOVING INTO THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO BY FRIDAY NIGHT LEAVING AN INVERTED TROUGH INTO THE WEEKEND EXTENDING FROM THE GULF INTO NORTH TEXAS. THE GFS WEAKENS THIS SYSTEM MORE THAN THE ECMWF BUT DOES HINT AT SOME WEAK TROUGHING EXTENDING NORTH ACROSS EAST TEXAS. A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX HAS HAS BEEN SLOWLY MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA AND EXTENDED FROM GRAHAM TO COMANCHE TO JUST EAST OF GOLDTHWAITE AT 3 AM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH WHILE THE WHOLE AREA WAS SLOWLY MOVING EAST. SOME HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING. THE GREATEST AREAL COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE AREA WEST OF I-35...WHERE 50 TO 60 PERCENT POPS ARE FORECAST WITH 40 PERCENT POPS ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR AND ONLY 20 TO 30 PERCENT POPS THE EAST. ALTHOUGH THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BE FROM HEAVY RAIN...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEST OF A GAINESVILLE TO GRANBURY TO LAMPASAS LINE. TONIGHT AND MONDAY...THE BEST CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE MAINLY WEST OF I-35. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY WEST OF I-35. AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AND THEN NITO NORTH TEXAS BY TUESDAY NIGHT...HIGHER CHANCES OF RAIN WILL SPREAD EAST. INCREASED SHEAR AND INSTABILITIES TUESDAY WILL RESULT IN A A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY. THE BEST CHANCES OF RAIN TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR. SOME LOW RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND WITH THE INVERTED TROUGH. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS THROUGH THE WEEK. 58 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 87 70 85 69 83 / 30 40 20 60 60 WACO, TX 86 69 84 69 82 / 30 30 20 40 50 PARIS, TX 82 67 83 67 78 / 20 20 20 50 60 DENTON, TX 84 68 83 68 81 / 30 40 20 60 60 MCKINNEY, TX 84 68 83 68 81 / 30 30 20 60 70 DALLAS, TX 85 70 84 69 82 / 30 30 20 60 60 TERRELL, TX 87 72 86 70 83 / 20 20 20 50 60 CORSICANA, TX 86 68 85 69 82 / 20 20 20 40 60 TEMPLE, TX 85 67 84 69 83 / 30 30 20 40 50 MINERAL WELLS, TX 85 66 84 66 84 / 50 60 40 60 50 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 304 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-261130- 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 SUN MAY 25 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM COMANCHE TO GOLDTHWAITE TO LAMPASAS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS WITH THE BEST CHANCES WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ACROSS THE AREA. THE HIGHEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT DURING THIS TIME FRAME WITH FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY WEST OF I-35 AND TUESDAY ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... VERY LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF I-35 THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
317 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014
TXZ103-119-252045-
DALLAS TX-DENTON TX-
317 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTY
SOUTHEASTERN DENTON COUNTY
AT 317 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF COPPELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE HEBRON...HICKORY CREEK...
LAKE DALLAS...LEWISVILLE...THE COLONY...ADDISON...CARROLLTON...
COPPELL...FARMERS BRANCH...IRVING AND LAKE LEWISVILLE.
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 3311 9684 3299 9685 3298 9674 3273 9697
3280 9704 3298 9703 3299 9708 3315 9702
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 203DEG 16KT 3293 9699The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:24 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The automated weather station at DFW International Airport (KDFW) measured a 50 kt wind gust.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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