In Waco, a homeless man was swept away and drowned when the creek that he was sleeping next to quickly rose in response to heavier rain earlier in the night.
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In Waco, a homeless man was swept away and drowned when the creek that he was sleeping next to quickly rose in response to heavier rain earlier in the night.
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 27, 2:11 AM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 311 AM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015 .DISCUSSION... THE UPPER PATTERN ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAS BECOME ONE OF A STRONG UPPER HIGH OVER THE WESTERN STATES AND A FAIRLY ACTIVE TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN CONUS. THIS PLACES NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS IN A GENERAL LIGHT NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...BUT DOMINATED MOSTLY BY UPPER DIFFLUENCE...THROUGH TUESDAY. AFTER A SHORT WAVE PASSAGE ON TUESDAY...THE WESTERN UPPER HIGH WILL RIDGE INTO OKLAHOMA BY MID NEXT WEEK AND THEN TRY TO CONNECT WITH AN UPPER HIGH OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. A WEAKNESS IN THE MAY DEVELOP OVER THE STATE BY LATE NEXT WEEK AT THIS WRITING...THE COLD FRONT WAS MOVING SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER AND WILL MOVE STEADILY THROUGH I-20 THIS MORNING. AS IT MOVES INTO SOUTHERN COUNTIES...IT SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND THEN STALL EITHER OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES OR JUST SOUTH OF THERE FOR THE NIGHT. WE WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS AROUND THE FRONT TODAY AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY. THE COOLER CONDITIONS WILL BE BRIEF THIS WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES RETURNING BACK TO NORMAL ON MONDAY AND PREVAILING THROUGH LATE NEXT WEEK. ALTHOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RETURN WILL BE SLOW AND LIMITED NEXT WEEK...FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THERE WILL BE ENOUGH AFTERNOON/EVENING INSTABILITY FOR SOME CONVECTION ON ANY ONE DAY NEXT WEEK. SO LEFT SOME LOW CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST WITH THE BEST CHANCE BEING ON TUESDAY OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES. 75 && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 1153 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015/ FOR THE 06Z TAFS...MADE SOME MINOR TIMING CHANGES TO THE TAFS...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE OVERALL THINKING OF THE 00Z TAFS. THE COLD FRONT REMAINED NORTH OF THE RED RIVER AS OF 05Z...SO WENT AHEAD AND BACKED OFF ON THE TIMING OF THE FRONT BY AN HOUR. LIGHT RAIN OR RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL THE FRONT ARRIVES EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. MOST HIGH RESOLUTION MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SUGGEST THAT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP BEFORE THE COLD FRONT ARRIVES...SO KEPT IN A 3 HOUR TEMPO GROUP FOR THUNDERSTORMS OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVERNIGHT. WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THE FRONT AND AMEND AS NECESSARY BASED ON SHORT TERM CONVECTIVE TRENDS AND THE FRONTAL TIMING. SOME OF THE LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT THE FRONT MAY NOT CLEAR CENTRAL TEXAS BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IF THE FRONT DOES INDEED STALL...WILL HAVE TO ADJUST THE KACT TAF TO INCLUDE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST EITHER LATE SATURDAY MORNING OR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FOR NOW WILL KEEP THE FRONT MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA. ASSUMING THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT OVERNIGHT AGAIN...OUTFLOW FROM THESE STORMS SHOULD HELP BRING THE FRONT SOUTH OF CENTRAL TEXAS BY SATURDAY MORNING. CAVANAUGH && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 89 68 91 71 93 / 10 10 5 5 10 WACO, TX 89 67 91 69 94 / 40 20 10 5 10 PARIS, TX 86 67 88 68 91 / 10 5 5 5 20 DENTON, TX 88 65 90 67 93 / 10 5 5 5 10 MCKINNEY, TX 87 64 89 67 92 / 10 10 5 5 10 DALLAS, TX 90 69 92 73 94 / 10 10 5 5 10 TERRELL, TX 88 68 90 68 92 / 20 10 5 5 10 CORSICANA, TX 88 68 90 71 92 / 40 20 10 5 10 TEMPLE, TX 89 67 91 69 93 / 50 20 10 10 20 MINERAL WELLS, TX 87 65 89 65 94 / 10 5 5 5 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && /75
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 311 AM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-281200- 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- 311 AM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH STRONGER STORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WHERE HEAVIER RAINFALL OCCURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL SHIFT SOUTH INTO CENTRAL TEXAS ON SUNDAY. A FEW STRONGER STORMS CONTAINING GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOW THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TO MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS LATER MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...THEN ACROSS THE IMMEDIATE RED RIVER VALLEY ON FRIDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1151 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015
TXZ115-270530-
STEPHENS TX-
1151 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL STEPHENS COUNTY UNTIL
1230 AM CDT...
AT 1151 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR NECESSITY...OR 7 MILES EAST OF BRECKENRIDGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRECKENRIDGE...NECESSITY AND GUNSIGHT.
LAT...LON 3283 9909 3286 9874 3263 9857 3262 9858
3252 9899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 326DEG 7KT 3275 9878
JLDUNNSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1227 AM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015 TXZ130-143-144-270615- HAMILTON TX-BOSQUE TX-ERATH TX- 1227 AM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON... SOUTHEASTERN ERATH AND WEST CENTRAL BOSQUE COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT... AT 1226 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR IREDELL...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STEPHENVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HICO AND IREDELL. 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 3211 9806 3212 9790 3182 9773 3176 9815 TIME...MOT...LOC 0526Z 350DEG 12KT 3205 9794 05
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1234 AM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015 TXZ132-133-144-145-270615- JOHNSON TX-HILL TX-BOSQUE TX-SOMERVELL TX- 1234 AM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN HILL...EAST CENTRAL SOMERVELL...SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON AND NORTH CENTRAL BOSQUE COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT... AT 1233 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CLEBURNE STATE PARK...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLEBURNE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS WHERE JUST WEST OF RIO VISTA AND BLUM...ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BLUM...CLEBURNE STATE PARK AND MORGAN. 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 3224 9772 3234 9755 3217 9733 3201 9763 TIME...MOT...LOC 0533Z 324DEG 6KT 3224 9759 05
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:01 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
In Waco, a homeless man was swept away and drowned when the creek that he was sleeping next to quickly rose in response to heavier rain earlier in the night. The man was asleep behind the Walmart on Franklin Avenue.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, McLennan | 2015-06-27 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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