Thunderstorms developed within an upper level trough that was moving across the region ahead of a cold front. One thunderstorm produced damaging winds in Hurst in Tarrant County.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed within an upper level trough that was moving across the region ahead of a cold front. One thunderstorm produced damaging winds in Hurst in Tarrant 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 Jun 26, 6:07 PM CST, 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 707 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015 .AVIATION... FOR THE 00Z TAFS...SHORT TERM CONCERNS ARE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING DFW AREA AIRPORTS...AND TIMING THE WIND SHIFTS ASSOCIATED WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MOVING TOWARDS THE DFW AREA FROM STORMS ACROSS THE REGION. HAVE A WIND SHIFT TIMED FOR KDFW AND KDAL FROM SOUTH WINDS TO NORTHWEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING IN FROM DENTON COUNTY. HAVE A WIND SHIFT TIMED AT KAFW AND KFTW FOR THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING DUE EAST FROM PARKER COUNTY. THESE BOUNDARIES ARE LIKELY TO MERGE...WITH THE DENTON COUNTY BOUNDARY DOMINATING THE RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION BECAUSE MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE FEEDING THIS BOUNDARY VERSUS THE PARKER COUNTY BOUNDARY. EXPECT A NORTHWEST WIND TO EMERGE BEHIND THESE BOUNDARIES HERE SHORTLY AFTER 00Z. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SHORT TERM RADAR TRENDS...AND AMEND FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON AN AIRPORT BY AIRPORT BASIS IF WE SEE THEM DEVELOP NEARBY. IF STORMS DO DIRECTLY IMPACT NORTH TEXAS AIRPORTS...LOCALLY STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS ASIDE FROM LIGHTNING. THINK WE WILL SEE A SECOND AREA OF DEVELOPING STORMS TONIGHT... CLOSER TO MIDNIGHT. THIS SECONDARY DEVELOPMENT IS SUGGESTED BY MANY SHORT-RANGE AND HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS...AND IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...THINK THAT DRIER AIR AND SUBSIDENCE WILL CAUSE MOST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO SINK SOUTH IN ITS WAKE. AS A RESULT...DO NOT HAVE ANY MENTION OF PRECIPITATION IN BEHIND THE EXPECTED FRONT PASSAGE AT THIS TIME. VFR CONDITIONS AND NORTH FLOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ON SATURDAY. CAVANAUGH && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 343 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015/ AT 3 PM A COLD FRONT WAS ANALYZED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR LUBBOCK TO OKLAHOMA CITY...AND IT CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN AN UNSTABLE AND UNCAPPED AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WITHIN AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS THAT IS ALSO ADVANCING SOUTHWARD. SO FAR CONVECTION IS UNORGANIZED...BUT AS CONVECTIVE COLD POOLS ARE GENERATED...WOULD EXPECT SOME CLUSTERS OF STORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY REGION AND TRACK SOUTHWARD. IT IS NOT ENTIRELY CERTAIN JUST HOW MUCH COVERAGE WILL OCCUR DURING THE EVENING HOURS...BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THESE LATE AFTERNOON CLUSTERS OF STORMS AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES TO SEED MANY MORE STORMS. IN EFFECT THIS MEANS MOST OF THE CONVECTION COULD OCCUR THIS EVENING AS THE ATMOSPHERE RAPIDLY OVERTURNS. THE MODEL GUIDANCE HOWEVER IS MORE IMPRESSED WITH THE CONVECTIVE CHANCES AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS IS WHEN SUSTAINED LIFT BEGINS TO SATURATE A DEEP LAYER FROM 700-850MB WHICH YIELDS 1000-2000 J/KG OF ELEVATED CAPE WITH PARCELS LIFTED FROM THIS LEVEL. SINCE THERE IS REALLY NOTHING TO INHIBIT THE AFTERNOON CONVECTION FROM GROWING UPSCALE THIS EVENING...WILL SHOW HIGH POPS DURING THE EVENING HOURS OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA...BUT HAVE ALSO KEPT THE HIGH POPS CONTINUING AFTER MIDNIGHT IN CASE THE EVENING ACTIVITY DOES NOT MATERIALIZE AND IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER FOR THINGS TO GET GOING. OTHERWISE THE MAIN CHANGE WAS TO RAISE POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT...AS THE CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THEMSELVES AS THEY DROP SOUTHWARD. RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED EVERYWHERE TONIGHT...AS THERE IS NOT ENOUGH DEEP LAYER SHEAR TO PREVENT GAPS IN ANY QUASI- LINE THAT DEVELOPS...BUT DO EXPECT 50-80 PERCENT COVERAGE WITH THE HIGHER COVERAGE OVER THE EASTERN ZONES. GIVEN THE SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY AND VERY WEAK WIND SHEAR...THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH ANY STORMS IS DAMAGING WINDS...OCCURRING PRIMARILY BEFORE 10 PM. HOWEVER ALL STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE FRONT WILL QUIETLY PASS THROUGH MOST OF THE CWA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BUT EVENING AND OVERNIGHT CONVECTION MAY GREATLY DISTURB AND DISTORT THE WIND FIELDS AND SURFACE FEATURES SO THAT IDENTIFYING FROPA MAY BE DIFFICULT. IN ANY CASE...THIS FRONT SHOULD BECOME SET UP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWA TOMORROW...WITH SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION IN ITS VICINITY. DRIER AIR WILL BE MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH...AND THUS THE BEST CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES...ENDING BY THE EVENING HOURS AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH OUT OF THE AREA. HIGH TEMPS SATURDAY WILL ALSO BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER TODAY...WITH DEWPOINTS FALLING INTO THE 60S ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES DURING THE AFTERNOON. THESE LOW DEWPOINTS AND OTHER FAVORABLE RADIATIONAL COOLING PARAMETERS WILL ENSURE PLEASANTLY COOL TEMPERATURES BY SUNDAY MORNING WITH LOWS IN THE 60S. HIGHS SUNDAY WILL BE NEAR 90 FOR MOST OF THE CWA...BUT AGAIN DEWPOINTS WILL BE LOWER THAN NORMAL...MAKING IT FEEL FAIRLY PLEASANT FOR LATE JUNE. NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK AS A LARGE UPPER LEVEL HIGH SETS UP OVER THE WESTERN CONUS AND AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PERSISTS OVER THE EAST. MEANWHILE A FAIRLY STRONG THERMAL LOW WILL SET UP OVER THE HIGH PLAINS...ENSURING MODERATE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW IN THE LOW TO MID LEVELS. THE WIND PROFILE FROM 4000 FT UP WILL NOT BE TOO FAVORABLE FOR BRINGING ANY QUALITY MOISTURE INTO THE AREA WHICH WILL KEEP ANY RAIN CHANCES LOW. THE BETTER CHANCES FOR ANY RAIN LOOK LIKE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WHEN AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE AXIS WILL DROP INTO AND THROUGH THE REGION. ANY CONVECTION SHOULD BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DUE TO LIMITED MOISTURE. WILL KEEP THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST DRY...BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THERE WILL BE STRAY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY EVERY AFTERNOON NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO REBOUND FROM THE WEEKEND COOL-DOWN...BUT HIGHS WILL STAY NEAR NORMAL IN THE LOW TO MID 90S AS TEXAS REMAINS IN A WEAKNESS ALOFT. TR.92 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 73 89 68 91 71 / 70 20 5 5 5 WACO, TX 74 89 67 91 69 / 50 40 20 10 5 PARIS, TX 72 86 67 88 68 / 70 20 0 5 5 DENTON, TX 71 88 65 90 67 / 60 20 0 5 5 MCKINNEY, TX 73 87 64 89 67 / 70 20 0 5 5 DALLAS, TX 74 90 69 92 73 / 70 20 5 5 5 TERRELL, TX 73 88 68 90 68 / 80 30 5 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 73 88 68 90 71 / 70 40 10 10 5 TEMPLE, TX 73 89 67 91 69 / 30 50 20 10 5 MINERAL WELLS, TX 72 87 65 89 65 / 50 20 5 5 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 350 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-271200- 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- 350 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HIGHEST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 THIS EVENING...THEN SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST OVERNIGHT. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING BEING THE MAIN THREATS. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL SHIFT SOUTH INTO CENTRAL TEXAS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. A FEW STRONGER STORMS CONTAINING GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... VERY LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DUNN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 537 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015 TXZ102-262315- WISE TX- 537 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WISE COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 537 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CHICO...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF BRIDGEPORT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3343 9738 3299 9740 3300 9792 3343 9792 TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 269DEG 9KT 3332 9776 30
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
557 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015
TXZ092-093-262345-
GRAYSON TX-COOKE TX-
557 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 555 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAKE TEXOMA TO NEAR
GAINESVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHERMAN...DENISON...GAINESVILLE...WHITESBORO...POTTSBORO...
COLLINSVILLE...BELLS...LINDSAY...CALLISBURG...KNOLLWOOD...
DORCHESTER...LAKE KIOWA...EISENHOWER STATE PARK...SOUTHERN LAKE
TEXOMA...SOUTHMAYD...TIOGA...VALLEY VIEW AND SADLER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3390 9659 3384 9662 3382 9653 3377 9650
3378 9643 3373 9638 3363 9639 3342 9698
3343 9703 3359 9737 3373 9716 3372 9711
3378 9709 3390 9690 3385 9686 3387 9683
3387 9680 3382 9676 3384 9669 3392 9667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 286DEG 11KT 3378 9679 3365 9711
30SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 612 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015 TXZ117-270000- PARKER TX- 612 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL PARKER COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 612 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COOL...OR 8 MILES WEST OF WEATHERFORD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WEATHERFORD...WILLOW PARK...ALEDO...HUDSON OAKS...ANNETTA...COOL... ANNETTA SOUTH...ANNETTA NORTH AND MILLSAP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3272 9802 3289 9797 3287 9755 3259 9763 TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 283DEG 14KT 3279 9792 30
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
705 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015
TXZ103-104-118-119-270100-
DALLAS TX-TARRANT TX-DENTON TX-COLLIN TX-
705 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN DALLAS...DENTON...COLLIN
AND NORTHEASTERN TARRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...
AT 702 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW
WINDS EXTENDING FROM MCKINNEY TO LINCOLN PARK TO ROANOKE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS AS THE
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. ANY STORMS WHICH POP UP
ACROSS THE AREA COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.
LAT...LON 3342 9696 3341 9684 3340 9639 3334 9638
3335 9629 3298 9630 3298 9651 3290 9652
3289 9733 3343 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 273DEG 25KT 3318 9688
30SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
728 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015
TXZ094-103>105-118>121-270115-
ROCKWALL TX-HUNT TX-DALLAS TX-TARRANT TX-KAUFMAN TX-DENTON TX-
COLLIN TX-FANNIN TX-
728 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ROCKWALL...DALLAS...WEST CENTRAL
HUNT...SOUTHEASTERN DENTON...NORTHWESTERN KAUFMAN...COLLIN...EASTERN
TARRANT AND SOUTHWESTERN FANNIN COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...
AT 725 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
EXTENDING FROM PRINCETON TO EULESS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THIS BOUNDARY MAY PRODUCE
SMALL HAIL. OTHERWISE...STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY..
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN ANY
THUNDERSTORM WHICH DEVELOPS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM
A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3345 9626 3256 9631 3255 9714 3323 9706
3331 9653
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 278DEG 8KT 3292 9697
30SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
732 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015
TXZ095-270100-
LAMAR TX-
732 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTY UNTIL
800 PM CDT...
AT 732 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BLOSSOM...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARIS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARIS...BLOSSOM AND SUN VALLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3363 9549 3388 9548 3389 9547 3389 9546
3387 9546 3387 9534 3389 9533 3388 9531
3360 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 278DEG 7KT 3374 9537
30The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:47 UTC.
2 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 12 inch tree was uprooted and several 8 inch diameter tree limbs were downed near Pipeline and 820.
A house fire was reported around 8 pm local time in Flower Mound. The home was heavily damaged and likely caused by a lightning strike.
Lightning was the suspected cause of a house fire in Plano on Rockcreek Lane. The fire was contained to the attic and the roof.
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