A weakening line of convection moved into the western counties of the CWA but produced very little severe weather or damage. A 60 mph wind gust was measured at the Breckenridge AWOS in Stephen County.
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A weakening line of convection moved into the western counties of the CWA but produced very little severe weather or damage. A 60 mph wind gust was measured at the Breckenridge AWOS in Stephen County.
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 7, 5:33 PM CST, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 633 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 .AVIATION... MVFR CIGS WILL RETURN 05-06Z TONIGHT AND HANG IN MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY AS WIDESPREAD CONVECTION SPREADS ACROSS THE REGION. THERE WILL BE A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR A FEW HOURS OF IFR CIGS DURING THE MORNING HOURS. VFR CIGS RETURN BY LATE AFTERNOON THURSDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. ALL CONVECTION WILL REMAIN WEST OF THE TAF SITES THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SHRA ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING /08-15Z/...THEN STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED 15-22Z. THUNDERSTORM CORES MOVING ACROSS A TAF SITE COULD DRIVE CIGS/VIS DOWNWARD BELOW WHAT IS FORECAST...BUT THEY SHOULD RECOVER AFTER THE STORM PASSES. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR BETWEEN 16 AND 19Z WHILE THE BEST FORCING MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. RAINFALL OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE FROM EACH STORM CORE WITH TOTALS FOR THE DAY OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. ALSO...ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE RATES MAY BE IMPACTED DURING THE HEIGHT OF THIS EVENT. 75 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 319 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014/ CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW ROTATING ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES. A 100 KNOT JET AT THE BASE OF THE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS TEXAS TONIGHT. INCREASING LARGE SCALE LIFT WILL CONTINUE TO CHIP AWAY AT THE STRONG CAP THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE. WE EXPECT THE CAP TO BREAK ACROSS THE WESTERN COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE REGION OF ABUNDANT SURFACE HEATING. HOWEVER...THE PRIMARY DRYLINE WILL MOST LIKELY STAY WELL TO THE WEST OF THE REGION AND WILL NOT PROVIDE ADDITIONAL MESO-SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT. THERE IS A PSEUDO- DRYLINE FURTHER EAST WITH SOME WEAK CONVERGENCE ALONG IT. HOWEVER...THIS BOUNDARY IS ILL-DEFINED SO STORM COVERAGE ALONG IT SHOULD BE ISOLATED AT BEST. ANY STORMS THAT DO MANAGE TO FORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEY WILL HAVE A POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE QUICKLY DUE TO STEEP LAPSE RATES. LARGE HAIL AND DOWNBURST WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. THE LATE AFTERNOON STORMS SHOULD WEAKEN WITH THE LOSS OF SURFACE HEATING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE FROM THE BIG BEND TO THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS FROM MID TO LATE EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THE GENERAL MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION AREA WILL BE EAST. THEREFORE...WE EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO REACH THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS BY LATE EVENING AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT AS A 40 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPS. THE STORMS OVERNIGHT WILL BE ELEVATED BUT WILL POSE A RISK OF MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED REGION WIDE ON THURSDAY. MORNING ACTIVITY WILL MOST LIKELY REMAIN ELEVATED BUT SOME STORMS COULD STILL PRODUCE MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD INCREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS THAT DO NOT SEE MORNING PRECIPITATION. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. STORMS THURSDAY SHOULD ALSO BE EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES. THEREFORE...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY. PRECIPITATION CHANCES SHOULD DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING AS A PIECE OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY MOVES NORTHEAST. HOWEVER...THE MAIN TROUGH AXIS WILL NOT MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS UNTIL FRIDAY. THEREFORE...WILL LINGER SOME POPS ACROSS THE EAST/SOUTHEAST ZONES THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE UPPER FLOW WILL BECOME ZONAL ACROSS NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AND THIS SHOULD KEEP NORTH TEXAS RAIN-FREE. HOWEVER...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL NEVER REALLY GET SCOURED OUT AND WITH WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH ZONAL FLOW...THERE IS ALWAYS A LOW CHANCE FOR AN AFTERNOON SHOWER OR STORM. WITH THIS IN MIND WE WILL LEAVE POPS AT 10 PERCENT FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS PROGGED BY THE LONG RANGE MODELS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. ON SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS AND COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS ON MONDAY AND BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL END MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY AS DRY AND SUBSIDENT AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE DEPARTING SYSTEM. NORTHWEST FLOW IS PROGGED TO SET UP ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. MOST TIMES OF YEAR THIS PATTERN RESULTS IN DRY AND COOL WEATHER. HOWEVER...WE ARE TRANSITIONING INTO THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN NORTHWEST FLOW CAN ACTUALLY BRING AFTERNOON HIGH PLAINS THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHEAST AND THIS SOMETIMES RESULTS IN OVERNIGHT/MORNING THUNDERSTORMS FOR NORTH TEXAS. 79 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 70 82 69 89 69 / 30 80 20 10 10 WACO, TX 72 82 67 85 69 / 30 80 30 10 10 PARIS, TX 67 77 68 81 65 / 20 80 40 20 10 DENTON, TX 71 82 67 88 68 / 30 80 20 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 71 80 66 86 64 / 30 80 30 10 10 DALLAS, TX 70 83 70 88 69 / 30 80 30 10 10 TERRELL, TX 70 80 71 85 65 / 20 80 30 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 69 80 67 84 67 / 20 80 30 20 10 TEMPLE, TX 70 81 67 85 68 / 30 80 20 20 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 67 82 62 87 64 / 40 80 20 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 75/
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 947 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-081230- 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- 947 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY WEST OF A BOWIE...TO MINERAL WELLS...TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE MAIN HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY. SOME STORMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS THURSDAY WILL BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS AND RAPID RISES ON CREEKS AND DITCHES. STORM CHANCES WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY SOUTHEAST OF A PARIS...TO CORSICANA...TO KILLEEN LINE. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO THE WEST OF A BOWIE...TO MINERAL WELLS...TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE. 82/JLD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
634 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014
TXZ100-115-080000-
STEPHENS TX-YOUNG TX-
634 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL STEPHENS COUNTY
SOUTHERN YOUNG COUNTY
AT 634 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTH OF BRECKENRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GRAHAM AND CRYSTAL FALLS.
PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3294 9902 3297 9899 3297 9896 3300 9895
3328 9868 3312 9849 3282 9882
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 223DEG 24KT 3297 9884SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
941 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014
TXZ115-129-080315-
EASTLAND TX-STEPHENS TX-
941 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
WESTERN EASTLAND COUNTY
SOUTHWESTERN STEPHENS COUNTY
AT 941 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 35 MILES WEST OF
BRECKENRIDGE TO 44 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CISCO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
IF THIS STORM CONTINUES ON ITS PRESENT COURSE...A SEVERE WEATHER
WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3241 9913 3257 9910 3284 9911 3284 9891
3208 9895 3207 9912
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 267DEG 32KT 3275 9950 3214 9965
HAMPSHIREThe Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:32 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The KBKD AWOS recorded a 60 mph wind gust due to outflow winds ahead of a line of strong storms.
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