A 19-year-old male drowned in the Brazos River when the river quickly rose in response to water releases from Possum Kingdom Lake upstream.
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A 19-year-old male drowned in the Brazos River when the river quickly rose in response to water releases from Possum Kingdom Lake upstream.
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 22, 10:56 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1156 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015 .AVIATION... FOR THE METROPLEX TAF SITES...VFR WILL PREVAIL WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND SOUTH WINDS NEAR 10KT THROUGH THE PERIOD. FOR WACO THE SAME GENERAL WEATHER IS EXPECTED...EXCEPT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF MVFR CIGS AROUND AND JUST AFTER DAYBREAK AND HAVE INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP FROM 11 TO 15Z. TR.92 && .UPDATE... CURRENT FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE NEEDED. HAVE ONLY MADE SMALL ADJUSTMENTS TO ACCOUNT FOR CLOUD AND TEMPERATURE TRENDS OVERNIGHT. STALLEY && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 254 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015/ AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CURRENTLY CENTERED JUST NORTHWEST OF THE REGION WILL INFLUENCE THE WEATHER IN NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A FEW VERY WEAK SHOWERS HAVE OCCURRED IN OUR FAR SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON BUT ANY ADDITIONAL SHOWER ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO PERSIST PAST SUNSET. WARM...HUMID AND MOSTLY RAIN-FREE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK WITH A FEW MINOR EXCEPTIONS. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN UPPER 80S AND 90S BUT HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 90S AND NEAR 100 DEGREES AT TIMES. THE CENTER OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE REGION WHICH MAY ALLOW A SHOWER OR TWO TO MOVE INTO OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...WILL NOT MENTION A CHANCE FOR RAIN AT THIS TIME AND KEEP A 10 POP IN OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES. ON WEDNESDAY...A WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVING WEST UNDER THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND EAST TEXAS. A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. WILL KEEP A 20 POP IN THIS AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. STARTING FRIDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO AMPLIFY OVER THE WESTERN CONUS AS A TROUGH DEEPENS ACROSS THE EASTERN CONUS. TEXAS WILL BE WEDGED BETWEEN THE TWO FEATURES WITH A TRANSITION TO NORTH FLOW ALOFT. THIS WILL ALLOW A FRONT TO MOVE DOWN THE PLAINS AND INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY...BRINGING RAIN CHANCES BACK TO NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS THIS WEEKEND ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES. JLDUNN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 75 93 75 92 76 / 5 5 5 10 10 WACO, TX 74 92 73 92 74 / 10 10 10 10 10 PARIS, TX 74 92 74 90 74 / 5 5 5 20 10 DENTON, TX 74 92 73 92 74 / 5 5 5 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 74 93 73 92 74 / 5 5 5 10 10 DALLAS, TX 76 94 76 93 77 / 5 5 5 10 10 TERRELL, TX 74 93 74 91 75 / 5 5 5 20 10 CORSICANA, TX 74 93 74 91 74 / 5 10 10 20 10 TEMPLE, TX 73 92 72 91 73 / 10 10 10 10 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 72 93 72 93 72 / 5 5 5 5 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 333 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-231300- 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- 333 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A LINE FROM BONNHAM TO TEMPLE ON WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS A FRONT PUSHES SOUTH INTO THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A 19-year-old male drowned in the Brazos River when the river quickly rose in response to water releases from Possum Kingdom Lake upstream.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flood, Palo Pinto | 2015-06-23 | 19 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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