One thunderstorm produced damaging downburst winds and flash flooding in Dallas County.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
One thunderstorm produced damaging downburst winds and flash flooding in Dallas 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 9, 2:53 PM CST, 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 353 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015 .UPDATE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON WHICH EXTENDS FROM NEAR BOWIE TO DFW AND EAST TO CANTON. THERE ISNT MUCH OF A TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE ACROSS THE BOUNDARY BUT IT IS CONSIDERABLY DRIER NORTHEAST OF DALLAS TOWARD PARIS. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A PERSISTENT BAND OF THICK CIRRUS STRETCHING RIGHT ACROSS THE CWA FROM BOWIE TO DFW TO CENTERVILLE WHICH HAS CREATED A LITTLE ENHANCEMENT OF THE THERMAL GRADIENT RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THESE CLOUDS. THIS IS WHERE MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST HOUR AND THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A WEAK SHORTWAVE IS ALSO SLIDING SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD BE SOUTH OF THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING. STEERING FLOW IS WEAK SO THESE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING BUT WILL BE CAPABLE OF AN OCCASIONAL SEVERE WIND GUST. ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. ON WEDNESDAY...THE RIDGE AXIS WILL STILL BE CLOSE BUT IT SHOULD BE WEAKENING AS A STRONG SHORTWAVE MOVES INTO THE SOUTHWEST U.S. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN PLAY THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BECOME MOSTLY WASHED OUT BY TOMORROW...SO COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LOWER THAN TODAY. RIDGING WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGH THURSDAY WITH TEMPERATURES CONTINUING TO COOL SLIGHTLY. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL BE APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY EARLY FRIDAY WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE DRAPED ACROSS THE PANHANDLE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP WELL TO THE NORTHWEST OF OUR AREA DURING THIS TIME. THESE STORMS MAY TEND TO MOVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD NORTH TEXAS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. WILL HAVE SOME 20 POPS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS AND WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SORT OF DECAYING MCS APPROACHING THE AREA. THE UPPER TROUGH TO THE WEST WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE WEEKEND WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. DONT EXPECT A WIDESPREAD RAINFALL EVENT...BUT COVERAGE SHOULD GENERALLY BE SCATTERED ENOUGH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR MANY AREAS TO SEE SOME RAIN THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. DUNN && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 1256 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015/ MAIN CONCERNS FOR 18 UTC TAF CYCLE WILL BE FOR LOW THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND GRADUAL WINDSHIFT. FOR THE METROPLEX TAF STIES...CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACTUALLY DWINDLE SOMEWHAT ACROSS THIS REGION AS THE WEAK WAVE AND ASSOCIATED DIFFUSE FRONTAL BOUNDARY GRADUALLY SLIDE SOUTHWARD. ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS INVOF OF THE TERMINALS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS. AGAIN...CONFIDENCE IS FAIRLY LOW THAT ANY ONE TAF SITE WILL BE IMPACTED SO WILL ONLY CARRY VCTS FOR THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY TURN TOWARDS THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST IN THE WAKE OF THE WEAK FRONT AS HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY SLIDES TO THE EAST THROUGH THE TAF CYCLE. OTHERWISE...EXPECT VFR FLYING CONDITIONS. FOR THE WACO TAF SITE...STORM CHANCES APPEAR HIGHER ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTH TEXAS AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING TROUGH. MAIN IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS AND SOUTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL. BAIN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 75 95 75 92 74 / 5 10 5 5 5 WACO, TX 73 93 73 92 74 / 5 5 5 5 5 PARIS, TX 72 92 73 90 72 / 5 10 5 5 5 DENTON, TX 71 94 74 92 74 / 5 5 5 5 5 MCKINNEY, TX 72 93 73 90 73 / 5 10 5 5 5 DALLAS, TX 76 95 76 92 75 / 5 10 5 5 5 TERRELL, TX 73 93 74 91 73 / 5 10 5 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 74 92 74 90 73 / 5 10 5 5 5 TEMPLE, TX 72 92 72 91 73 / 5 5 5 5 5 MINERAL WELLS, TX 71 95 72 92 72 / 5 5 5 5 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 244 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-101200- 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- 244 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GREENVILLE TO DFW TO BRECKENRIDGE. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TO ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... VERY LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH 7 PM.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
235 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015
TXZ121-122-092000-
KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-
235 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN VAN ZANDT AND EAST
CENTRAL KAUFMAN COUNTIES...
AT 234 PM CDT...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING FROM
NORTH OF KAUFMAN TO SOUTHEAST OF CANTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TERRELL...KAUFMAN...CANTON...OAK GROVE...POST OAK BEND CITY AND OAK
RIDGE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 507 AND 529.
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 3237 9568 3252 9637 3270 9632 3264 9595
3246 9562
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 012DEG 14KT 3261 9624
75SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 245 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015 TXZ119-092015- DALLAS- 245 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY... AT 245 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR UNIVERSITY PARK... MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DALLAS...GARLAND...MESQUITE...RICHARDSON...UNIVERSITY PARK...HIGHLAND PARK AND BUCKINGHAM. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES... INTERSTATE 30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 51 AND 54. INTERSTATE 635 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 20. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3295 9676 3293 9666 3278 9666 3282 9684 TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 012DEG 13KT 3289 9672 75
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
301 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015
TXZ103-092030-
DENTON-
301 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN DENTON COUNTY...
AT 301 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR JUSTIN...OR 12 MILES
WEST OF DENTON. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DENTON...JUSTIN...NORTHLAKE AND PONDER.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3317 9723 3307 9725 3312 9739 3316 9739
3321 9734
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 036DEG 4KT 3317 9733
75SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
331 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015
TXZ119-092100-
DALLAS TX-
331 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY UNTIL 400
PM CDT...
AT 330 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
JUST EAST OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DALLAS...MESQUITE...DESOTO...DUNCANVILLE...LANCASTER...BALCH
SPRINGS...HUTCHINS...SUNNYVALE...WILMER AND FERRIS.
LAT...LON 3254 9665 3254 9669 3266 9695 3286 9675
3279 9656
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 027DEG 11KT 3277 9670
92SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
406 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015
TXZ119-092130-
DALLAS-
406 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY...
AT 404 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR DALLAS...MOVING SOUTH
AT 10 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. EARLIER...THIS STORM PRODUCED WINDS TO 40 MPH AROUND CEDAR
HILL...AND MAY PRODUCE MORE STRONG WINDS AS IT BEGINS TO WEAKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DALLAS...IRVING...MESQUITE...RICHARDSON...DESOTO...DUNCANVILLE...
LANCASTER...FARMERS BRANCH...BALCH SPRINGS...UNIVERSITY PARK...
SEAGOVILLE...HIGHLAND PARK...HUTCHINS...COCKRELL HILL...WILMER AND
BUCKINGHAM.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
INTERSTATE 35E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 416 AND 439.
INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 463 AND 481.
INTERSTATE 30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 39 AND 55.
INTERSTATE 635 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5...AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 14 AND 28.
INTERSTATE 45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 272 AND 284.
LAT...LON 3289 9697 3296 9673 3265 9655 3260 9659
3262 9688
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 013DEG 10KT 3272 9677
75The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:17 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A downburst snapped a 5-6 inch tree limb in University Park.
The automated weather station at KDAL measured a 59 kt wind gust. The strong winds snapped trees and tree limbs in the area around the airport which damaged cars and power lines.
A suspected lightning strike started a house fire near Hillcrest High School in Dallas.
A downburst broke off 8-12 inch tree limbs near Midway Road and Northwest Highway.
A downburst snapped a 12-16 inch diameter tree at Marsh Lane and Walnut Hill Lane. Several other trees were snapped or damaged in this same area.
Portions of Lemmon Avenue near Oak Lawn Avenue were impassable due to water over the road. Other portions of Lemmon Avenue were reported flooded and some of the streets in the M Street area was also flooded.
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: 584731, 584733, 584742, 584734, 584737, 584743.