Persistent showers and thunderstorms occurred over the northeastern counties of North Texas where a weak upper level trough was located. The heavy rainfall resulted in some flash flooding north to east of DFW.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Persistent showers and thunderstorms occurred over the northeastern counties of North Texas where a weak upper level trough was located. The heavy rainfall resulted in some flash flooding north to east of DFW.
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 Jun 21, 5:45 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 645 AM CDT SUN JUN 21 2015 .AVIATION... THE PRIMARY AVIATION WEATHER CONCERN WILL BE MORNING THUNDERSTORMS AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. THE BEST FORCING SHOULD BE JUST EAST OF THE TAF SITES. BUT A VCTS IS WARRANTED FOR ALL METROPLEX TAF SITES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. MVFR TO OCCASIONAL IFR CEILINGS WILL ALSO PREVAIL AT ALL NORTH TEXAS TERMINALS THIS MORNING BUT CEILINGS SHOULD BECOME VFR BY MIDDAY. SOME DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO WORK IN FROM THE WEST BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS SHOULD KEEP VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. A SOUTH WIND WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TONIGHT AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 9 AND 14 KNOTS ALONG WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. 79 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 325 AM CDT SUN JUN 21 2015/ A PERSISTENT WEAK UPPER TROUGH LINGERS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUES TO SUPPORT SCATTERED SHOWERS AT THIS HOUR. RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS LIGHT ECHOES FROM CENTRAL TEXAS ALL THE WAY INTO THE ARKLATEX...ALTHOUGH ONLY A COUPLE OF SITES ARE ACTUALLY REPORTING ANY PRECIPITATION. BASED ON RADAR/SATELLITE IMAGERY...IT APPEARS THAT MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY IS BASED IN THE MID LEVELS AND ANYTHING REACHING THE GROUND IS FAIRLY LIGHT AT THIS TIME. THESE WEAK UPPER TROUGHS OFTEN TIMES LEAD TO CHALLENGING FORECASTS IN THE SUMMER. IN GENERAL...WHEN THESE FEATURES ARE OVERHEAD...AT LEAST SOME SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED. THIS IS MAINLY BECAUSE THESE TROUGHS ARE USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH A POCKET OF COLDER AIR ALOFT. THIS IN TURN HELPS DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE. CONVECTION STILL REQUIRES A FORCING MECHANISM AND IT IS THIS PART OF THE EQUATION THAT IS DIFFICULT TO NARROW DOWN. TODAY THE TROUGH AXIS WILL ACTUALLY BE MOVING TO OUR NORTHEAST...BUT THE POCKET OF COLDER AIR ALOFT WILL BE POSITIONED RIGHT OVER NORTH TEXAS. ALL OF THE MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS AT LEAST SOME SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH AFTERNOON AND THIS MAKES SENSE GIVEN THAT THERE WILL BE MODEST INSTABILITY AND LITTLE CAPPING. EXACTLY WHERE THESE SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS DEVELOPS IS TOUGH TO SAY. AT LEAST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...IT APPEARS THAT AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF I-35 WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE...AS THIS IS WHERE ONGOING ACTIVITY IS LOCATED INDICATING THE LOCATION OF CURRENT FORCING FOR ASCENT. BY LATER TODAY...THINK THE MOST FAVORED AREA WILL BE ALONG A LINE FROM KILLEEN TO WACO TO PARIS. FARTHER TO THE NORTHWEST OF THAT LINE...SOME DRIER AIR BEGINS TO WORK IN ACROSS THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES. ALL THAT BEING SAID...WILL HAVE SOME 20/30 POPS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE TROUGH SHIFTS EAST AND SOUTH LATER TONIGHT THEN BACK TO THE WEST ON MONDAY. THIS SHOULD BRING RAIN CHANCES BACK DOWN BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. MOST OF NEXT WEEK SHOULD BE DRY AND WARMER THAN TODAY AS RIDGING BUILDS BACK TO THE WEST. THE RIDGE NEVER REALLY BUILDS IN OVER TEXAS KEEPING TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THERE ARE STILL INDICATIONS THAT NEXT WEEKEND WE COULD SEE AN ACTUAL COLD FRONT SLIDE INTO THE REGION. WHILE IT WOULDN'T MEAN MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES...RAIN CHANCES WOULD LIKELY INCREASE ALONG THE FRONT. DUNN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 88 75 93 75 93 / 40 10 5 5 5 WACO, TX 89 75 92 74 91 / 30 10 5 5 5 PARIS, TX 88 72 92 73 92 / 50 10 5 5 5 DENTON, TX 88 74 92 73 93 / 30 10 5 5 5 MCKINNEY, TX 87 74 92 73 92 / 40 10 5 5 5 DALLAS, TX 89 76 94 76 94 / 40 10 5 5 5 TERRELL, TX 87 75 92 75 92 / 50 10 5 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 88 74 92 73 91 / 30 10 5 5 5 TEMPLE, TX 89 72 91 71 90 / 30 10 5 5 5 MINERAL WELLS, TX 89 71 92 71 92 / 20 10 5 5 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 79/91
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 324 AM CDT SUN JUN 21 2015 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-220900- 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- 324 AM CDT SUN JUN 21 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY THE PRIMARY HAZARDS ARE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TO WORSEN ONGOING FLOODING ISSUES...MANY CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS AND RESERVOIRS...WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAMPASAS TO PALESTINE ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:59 UTC.
7 flash flood, 3 flood, 2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A house fire was reported on Chaparral Trot in Collin County around 8 am local time. Local fire officials stated lightning hit the peak of the roof sparking a fire in the attic of a two-story home. Fire damage was incurred in the attic and smoke and water damage plagued the rest of the home.
Westbound I-30 near FM 36 was closed due to high water, and service roads along I-30 in Royse City were closed due to high water. Flooding was also reported on FMs 552 and 1141.
Business 78 near Highway 78 in Lavon was closed due to flooding. Several county roads were also flooded.
Several roads were flooded in eastern portions of Grayson County including the Bells area.
DPS reported Bushy Creek running over the bridge at St. Hwy. 66 near Caddo Mills. Some high water rescues were also reported in Caddo Mills.
DPS reported Bois D'Arc Creek nearly up to the I-30 bridge near mile marker 78.
Several non-typical roadways were flooded in Denison including: 691 and Texoma Pkwy and Spur 503 and 91. Multiple roads in eastern portions of the county were flooded as well.
US 69 near Bells was closed due to high water.
US 75 at Travis Street was closed in Sherman due to high water.
The South Sulphur River bridge at FM118 collapsed.
A house fire was reported on Windmill Hill Lane in DeSoto around 3 pm local time. According to the DeSoto Fire chief, lightning struck the home and caused about $500,000 in damage.
Still several Farm to Market roads closed due to water. Water still covers portions of some highway service roads as well.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 2015
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: 588799, 588016, 588019, 588026, 588199, 588210, 588027, 588028, 588029, 588814, 588800, 588233.