Thunderstorms developed ahead of an approaching cold front, mostly across the southeastern half of the CWA, in an area of warm air advection. One storm produced hail up to the size of ping pong balls in Limestone and Leon counties.
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Thunderstorms developed ahead of an approaching cold front, mostly across the southeastern half of the CWA, in an area of warm air advection. One storm produced hail up to the size of ping pong balls in Limestone and Leon counties.
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 Apr 9, 2:54 PM CST, 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 354 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015 .SHORT TERM... THROUGH TONIGHT...THE PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN IS THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND ASSOCIATED SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTATIONS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. AT 3 PM CDT A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM GAINESVILLE TO CISCO...MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE DFW METROPLEX. FARTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST...A PERSISTENT LOW-LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION REGIME RESULTED IN THE INITIATION OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM WACO NORTHEAST TO TERRELL AND EAST TOWARDS PALESTINE. LOCAL CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS INDICATE THAT SURFACE BASED CONVECTION IS ONLY CAPPED BY 50 J/KG OF INHIBITION OR LESS FOR MOST LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF THE COLD FRONT. AS A RESULT...THERE IS A CHANCE THAT ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT DEVELOPS WILL BECOME SURFACE BASED THROUGH SUNSET. SURFACE BASED CONVECTION HAS ANYWHERE FROM 1500 TO 2500 J/KG OF AVAILABLE ENERGY FOR UPDRAFT GROWTH (CAPE)...WHICH IS CERTAINLY ENOUGH TO SUPPORT STORMS STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER IMPACTS. DEEP LAYER SHEAR OVER THE REGION WAS ON THE ORDER OF 30 TO 35 KTS IN THE 0-6 KM LAYER...WHICH IS ON THE LOW END OF WHAT IS TYPICALLY CONSIDERED SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS/ROTATING UPDRAFTS. LOW-LEVEL WIND PROFILES ARE CHARACTERIZED BY 0-1 KM HELICITY VALUES OF LESS THAN 50 M2/S2 WHICH IS NOT VERY SUPPORTIVE OF LOW- LEVEL UPDRAFT ROTATION. AS A RESULT...THE TORNADO POTENTIAL FOR MOST OF THE CWA APPEARS TO BE LOW AT THIS TIME. THIS IS MAINLY DUE TO VEERED LOW-LEVEL WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A PREFRONTAL TROUGH OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THESE VEERED WINDS EXTEND TO A LINE FROM APPROXIMATELY ATHENS TO TEMPLE. ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF AN ATHENS TO TEMPLE LINE...SURFACE WINDS ARE BACKED...RESULTING IN A LOW- LEVEL SHEAR PROFILE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF LOW-LEVEL ROTATING UPDRAFTS AND A TORNADO POTENTIAL. WILL BE WATCHING THIS AREA CLOSELY FOR AN ENHANCED SUPERCELL/TORNADO POTENTIAL THROUGH SUNSET AS A RESULT. EXPECT THAT STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT BEFORE SUNSET...WHICH WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THE STORMS THAT WERE ALREADY DEVELOPING IN THE WARM AIR ADVECTION REGIME WELL SOUTHEAST OF THE FRONT. INITIALLY ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SURFACE BASED AS UPDRAFTS PERSIST AND EVENTUALLY INGEST THE FAIRLY UNSTABLE AIR LOCATED BELOW THE NOW WEAK CAPPING INVERSION ALOFT. THE INITIAL STORM MODE MAY BE DISCRETE SUPERCELLS ONCE STORMS TRANSITION TO SURFACE BASED...HOWEVER THIS STORM MODE IS NOT EXPECTED TO LAST LONG. SOMEWHAT MARGINAL DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL LIKELY NOT BE ENOUGH TO KEEP COLD POOLS SEPARATED...AND COOL OUTFLOW MERGERS AND UPSCALE GROWTH INTO MULTI-CELL CLUSTERS OR A QLCS IS LIKELY. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH ORGANIZED STORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING ARE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN THREAT FOR SUPERCELLS COMPARED TO MULTI-CELLS IS THAT THE HAIL WILL TEND TO BE LARGE IN SUPERCELL STORMS. THE TORNADO THREAT FOR MOST LOCATIONS IS LOW...BUT WE WILL KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON ANY SURFACE BASED STORMS NEAR THE SMALL PORTION OF THE SOUTHEASTERN CWA WHERE LOW-LEVEL WINDS ARE BACKED AROUND TO THE SSE. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ADVANCE SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE AS THE FRONT CONTINUES SOUTH TONIGHT. COOLER AND DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED TO BUILD ACROSS THE CWA BY FRIDAY MORNING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. && .LONG TERM... FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SINK SOUTH TOWARDS THE TEXAS GULF COAST ON FRIDAY...LEAVING THE CWA IN A RELATIVELY COOL AND DRIER AIRMASS FOR MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...EMBEDDED WITHIN THE SUBTROPICAL JET...WILL BE APPROACHING THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. THE FLOW ALOFT COMING OFF OF THE HIGH TERRAIN THE SOUTHERN CONUS AND NORTHERN MEXICO WILL RESULT IN LEE SIDE TROUGHING OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL INITIATE A QUICK RESPONSE TO SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER THE SHALLOW COLD FRONTAL INVERSION BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIPITATION/STORMS OVER NORTH OR CENTRAL TEXAS ON FRIDAY AS IT WILL TAKE THIS SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT SOME TIME TO ADVECT RICH GULF MOISTURE BACK OVER THE CWA. DID MAINTAIN SOME 20 POPS OVER THE SOUTHERN CWA FRIDAY AFTERNOON HOWEVER TO ACCOUNT FOR THE WARM/MOIST ASCENT OVER THE FRONTAL INVERSION. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...THE LEE SIDE TROUGH AND APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL WORK IN TANDEM TO KEEP PERSISTENT MOIST ASCENT OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT THIS MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CWA DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO SEE THUNDERSTORMS ARE THOSE WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 WHERE THE WARM/MOIST ADVECTION REGIME IS FORECAST TO BE STRONGEST IN MODEL MASS FIELDS. THIS PERSISTENT LIFT SPREADS NORTH AND EAST DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY...MAKING SCATTERED STORMS MORE LIKELY ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WITHOUT A WELL-DEFINED FRONT...EXPECT MOST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO BE HIT AND MISS THIS WEEKEND...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF STORMS STARTING OFF SOUTHWEST ON SATURDAY...AND EXPANDING NORTH AND EAST ON SUNDAY. SEVERE WEATHER ON SATURDAY APPEARS TO BE UNLIKELY BECAUSE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ELEVATED IN NATURE. SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES INCREASE ON SUNDAY AS PERSISTENT WARM/MOIST ADVECTION MAY RESULT IN SOME NEAR SURFACE BASED STORMS. THINK THAT WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER WILL TEND TO LIMIT POTENTIAL INSTABILITY THROUGH...SO THINK THAT MOST STORMS WILL REMAIN SUB-SEVERE ON SUNDAY. MONDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM EMBEDDED IN THE SUB-TROPICAL JET IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS ON MONDAY WHILE BECOMING CUT OFF COMPLETELY FROM THE MUCH FASTER POLAR JET STREAM TO THE NORTH. MOST MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN LINE WITH THIS EVOLUTION FOR THIS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...SO CONFIDENCE IS FAIRLY HIGH IN THIS GENERAL PATTERN TAKING SHAPE. WITH A LARGE UPPER TROUGH TO OUR WEST...AND A VERY WARM AND MOIST LOW-LEVEL AIR MASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...THIS IS SYNOPTICALLY A VERY GOOD SET UP FOR THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ACROSS THE CWA ON MONDAY. THE CIPS ANALOG GUIDANCE PAGE HOSTED BY ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY INDICATES THAT THIS SYNOPTIC PATTERN IS SIMILAR IN PLACEMENT AND DYNAMIC STRENGTH TO STORM SYSTEMS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY RESULTED IN HIGH IMPACT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAKS ACROSS NORTH OR CENTRAL TEXAS. MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT A STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINE UP JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR ON MONDAY...WITH THE SUBTROPICAL JET LOCATED OVER THE CWA WITHIN THE BASE OF THIS CUT- OFF UPPER LOW TO OUR WEST. THIS WOULD SET UP A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR STRONG SHEAR OVER THE CWA WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY BE SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS. THE PRIMARY LIMITING FACTOR FOR SEVERE STORMS APPEARS TO BE THE EXTENT OF CLOUD COVER AND RAIN SOUTH OF THE STATIONARY FRONT DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. HERE ARE A COUPLE OF SCENARIOS...ASSUMING THAT THE LARGE SCALE SYNOPTIC PATTERN WILL HAPPEN AS ADVERTISED (WHICH IS NEVER 100 PERCENT CERTAIN 4-5 DAYS OUT): 1. WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OCCURS ALL ALONG AND OUT AHEAD OF THE STATIONARY BOUNDARY. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO TO PAN OUT AS ALL MODEL GUIDANCE FAVORS THIS SOLUTION AT THIS TIME. THIS WOULD LIMIT HEATING WHICH WOULD LIMIT POTENTIAL INSTABILITY FOR STRONG/SEVERE STORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE THIS LIMITS THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL BY REDUCING LAPSE RATES FROM THE SURFACE TO THE TROPOPAUSE...THIS ALSO RESULTS IN A DEEPER MOIST LAYER IN PLACE OVER THE CWA. THIS SYNOPTIC SET UP SEEMS VERY FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIALLY FLOODING...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE STATIONARY BOUNDARY. IF THE STATIONARY BOUNDARY DOES WIND UP OVER THE DFW METROPLEX... THERE WOULD BE A PRETTY GOOD THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE GOING WITH IN THE CURRENT FORECAST. NO FLOOD WATCHES WILL BE ISSUED AT THIS TIME BECAUSE A LOT CAN CHANGE IN 4-5 DAYS...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING WILL REMAIN A PRIMARY CONCERN AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY. 2. IF CLOUDS ARE ABLE TO SCATTER OUT SOUTH OF THE FRONT...AND THERE IS LITTLE TO NO RAINFALL SOUTH OF THE STATIONARY BOUNDARY ON MONDAY...CONDITIONS WOULD SEEM TO BECOME MUCH MORE SUPPORTIVE FOR A LOCAL SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. SOME OF THE ANALOGS THAT THE CIPS ALGORITHM CAME UP WITH WERE THE PARIS AND LANCASTER TORNADO EVENTS...SO THE LARGE SCALE ENVIRONMENT COULD CERTAINLY SUPPORT SUPERCELLS THAT MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES. HOWEVER...THE ANALOG PAGE IS JUST THAT...STATISTICALLY COMPARING LARGE SCALE PARAMETERS TO WHAT MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE IS INDICATING FOR MONDAY. SINCE ALL AVAILABLE GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT WE WILL REMAIN CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF THE STATIONARY FRONT...THIS SCENARIO APPEARS UNLIKELY TO PAN OUT AT THIS TIME. NEEDLESS TO SAY...IT LOOKS LIKE MONDAY IS A FAVORABLE DAY FOR HIGH IMPACT WEATHER ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. IT APPEARS THAT THE MOST LIKELY HAZARD WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING...BUT WE WILL KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE ON THE EVOLUTION OF THIS SYSTEM JUST IN CASE SCENARIO 2 LOOKS MORE LIKELY IN THE FUTURE. REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...WE REMAIN IN A FAIRLY WET AND UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN FOR THE WEEK AHEAD. MAINTAINED A LOW CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY AS THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN IS SIMPLY MORE FAVORABLE FOR WET/UNSETTLED CONDITIONS RATHER THAN HOT AND DRY PATTERN. CAVANAUGH && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 1233 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015/ CONCERNS..TIMING OF FROPA AND CONVECTION. AT MIDDAY...A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS TO EAST OF WICHITA FALLS TO SOUTH OF LUBBOCK. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT KAFW NEAR 23Z...KDFW 2330Z...KDAL AROUND 00Z AND KACT BY 03Z. SOME CONVECTION...MOSTLY SHRA...COULD AFFECT THE TERMINALS EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN EXPECT SOME TSRA MIXED IN. STRONG TO SEVERE TSRA ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG THE FRONT MID/LATE AFTERNOON FROM NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND BUILD DOWN INTO NORTHEAST/NORTH TEXAS. WILL CARRY VCTS 20-02Z WITH THE BEST TIME PERIOD FOR AFFECTING THE METROPLEX TERMINALS BEING 22-00Z...AND KACT 02-05Z. SOUTHERLY WINDS 10 TO 16 KNOTS WILL VEER WESTERLY AS A PRE-FRONTAL SURFACE TROUGH ARRIVES AROUND 20Z...THEN GO NORTH 14-20 KNOTS AND GUSTY THIS EVENING AFTER FROPA. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEASTERLY NEAR 10 KNOTS MID MORNING TOMORROW. CIGS...KACT WILL REMAIN MVFR THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THEN LIFTING TO AROUND 4000 FEET THIS EVENING AND BKN040-050 OVERNIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. SCATTERED MVFR CIGS ACROSS THE METROPLEX SHOULD LIFT WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH SCT-BKN035-040 UNTIL 02Z THEN BECOMING VFR AFTERWARD. 75 && .AVIATION... CONCERNS..TIMING OF FROPA AND CONVECTION. AT MIDDAY...A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS TO EAST OF WICHITA FALLS TO SOUTH OF LUBBOCK. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT KAFW NEAR 23Z...KDFW 2330Z...KDAL AROUND 00Z AND KACT BY 03Z. SOME CONVECTION...MOSTLY SHRA...COULD AFFECT THE TERMINALS EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN EXPECT SOME TSRA MIXED IN. STRONG TO SEVERE TSRA ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG THE FRONT MID/LATE AFTERNOON FROM NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND BUILD DOWN INTO NORTHEAST/NORTH TEXAS. WILL CARRY VCTS 20-02Z WITH THE BEST TIME PERIOD FOR AFFECTING THE METROPLEX TERMINALS BEING 22-00Z...AND KACT 02-05Z. SOUTHERLY WINDS 10 TO 16 KNOTS WILL VEER WESTERLY AS A PRE-FRONTAL SURFACE TROUGH ARRIVES AROUND 20Z...THEN GO NORTH 14-20 KNOTS AND GUSTY THIS EVENING AFTER FROPA. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEASTERLY NEAR 10 KNOTS MID MORNING TOMORROW. CIGS...KACT WILL REMAIN MVFR THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THEN LIFTING TO AROUND 4000 FEET THIS EVENING AND BKN040-050 OVERNIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. SCATTERED MVFR CIGS ACROSS THE METROPLEX SHOULD LIFT WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH SCT-BKN035-040 UNTIL 02Z THEN BECOMING VFR AFTERWARD. 75 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 54 72 56 73 64 / 30 10 20 30 20 WACO, TX 57 72 58 75 64 / 50 20 20 50 40 PARIS, TX 50 72 51 72 61 / 60 10 10 20 20 DENTON, TX 53 72 53 71 62 / 10 10 20 20 20 MCKINNEY, TX 52 72 53 71 62 / 30 10 20 20 20 DALLAS, TX 54 74 57 73 64 / 30 10 20 20 20 TERRELL, TX 52 72 55 73 62 / 60 10 10 20 20 CORSICANA, TX 55 72 57 74 63 / 80 20 20 40 40 TEMPLE, TX 59 71 59 75 64 / 50 20 20 50 40 MINERAL WELLS, TX 54 72 54 72 62 / 10 10 30 40 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && /
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 338 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-101300- 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- 338 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A BONHAM TO KAUFMAN TO KILLEEN LINE. LARGE HAIL UP TO PING PONG BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS...HOWEVER A FEW TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW STRONG TO BRIEFLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. INDIVIDUALS WITH OUTDOOR FESTIVITIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE EVENING FOR LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF A SHERMAN TO LAMPASAS LINE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
419 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
TXZ135-147-148-092200-
HENDERSON TX-ANDERSON TX-FREESTONE TX-
419 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN NAVARRO...
NORTHEASTERN FREESTONE...HENDERSON...AND ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 500
PM CDT...
AT 418 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES SOUTH OF MALAKOFF...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATHENS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PALESTINE...ATHENS...CHANDLER...MALAKOFF...TOOL...FRANKSTON...
BROWNSBORO...BERRYVILLE...TRINIDAD...ENCHANTED OAKS...COFFEE CITY...
CANEY CITY...PAYNE SPRINGS...LOG CABIN...MURCHISON...STAR HARBOR...
POYNOR AND MOORE STATION.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3161 9599 3198 9612 3201 9605 3208 9606
3208 9611 3215 9610 3216 9615 3221 9615
3226 9617 3236 9545 3229 9545 3223 9549
3218 9546 3215 9548 3208 9542 3196 9545
3193 9542 3185 9545 3183 9541 3179 9540
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 247DEG 28KT 3200 9598
69The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:21 UTC.
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Ping pong ball sized hail was reported seven miles north-northeast of Mart.
Penny sized hail was reported at Highway 79 and FM 832 between Buffalo and Oakwood.
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