Thunderstorms developed along a dryline over the western and northern counties of the FWD CWA during the late afternoon and evening hours of Tuesday as an upper level disturbance moved overhead. Storms eventually organized into a line during the late evening hours, which moved east across the rest of the region.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed along a dryline over the western and northern counties of the FWD CWA during the late afternoon and evening hours of Tuesday as an upper level disturbance moved overhead. Storms eventually organized into a line during the late evening hours, which moved east across the rest of the region. Damaging winds were the main severe threat that night but three tornadoes occurred in Grayson 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 Apr 26, 5:49 PM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 649 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016 .AVIATION... THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH THIS TAF PACKAGE WILL BE TIMING THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT IS CURRENTLY WEST OF ALL TERMINALS. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AROUND 35 KNOTS AND SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPACT THE METROPLEX TERMINALS AROUND 02Z AND WACO SHORTLY AFTER THAT. THE LINE WILL CONTAIN HAIL...STRONG/GUSTY WINDS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND RESULT IN GROUND STOPS FOR AN HOUR OR TWO. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A FEW STORMS AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE COULD IMPACT THE TAF SITES THROUGH 02Z BUT COVERAGE SHOULD REMAIN ISOLATED SO WILL NOT INCLUDE IN THIS PACKAGE. SINCE THE MAIN LINE OF STORMS WILL REMAIN PROGRESSIVE...RAPID IMPROVEMENTS ARE EXPECTED AFTER 05Z. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT/WEDNESDAY WITH MAINLY CLEAR SKIES ON WEDNESDAY. A GUSTY SOUTH WIND WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE EVENING UNTIL THE DRYLINE AND LINE OF STORMS ARRIVES. THE WIND WILL BECOME WEST BEHIND THE LINE OF STORMS AND REMAIN FROM THE WEST OVERNIGHT/WEDNESDAY. PREVAILING WIND SPEEDS OVERNIGHT/WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 13 AND 16 KNOTS WITH SPEEDS DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. NO MAJOR CROSSWIND ISSUES ON NORTH/SOUTH RUNWAYS ARE EXPECTED SINCE WIND SPEEDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 20 KNOTS. 79 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 351 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016/ THE UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO TONIGHT'S SEVERE WEATHER EVENT HAS BEEN MOVING NORTH TODAY AND IS NOW CENTERED IN WYOMING. A LOBE OF VORTICITY IS PIVOTING AROUND THE BASE OF THE TROUGH SPREADING LIFT ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WEST TEXAS. THIS LIFT WAS NOTED AS AN EXPANDING CUMULUS FIELD AND AT 3 PM ONLY ONE STORM NEAR MIDLAND HAD DEVELOPED. AT THE SURFACE...THE DRYLINE IS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM VERNON TO SWEETWATER TO OZONA. THE 18Z SOUNDING FROM KDFW SHOWED A STOUT CAP WAS STILL IN PLACE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. IT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ANOTHER FEW HOURS BEFORE THE LIFT OVERSPREADS THE DRYLINE ENOUGH TO BREAK THE CAP AND ALLOW STORMS TO FORM. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT IS STILL NEAR A LINE FROM WICHITA FALLS TO SAN ANGELO. WHEN INITIATION OCCURS...EXPECT STORMS TO DEVELOP QUICKLY AND QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE WITH A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POTENTIALLY A FEW TORNADOES. I AM NOT GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT'S EVENT AS THE LATEST THINKING IS STILL VERY CLOSE TO THE MORNING UPDATE WITH STORMS BEGINNING TO AFFECT OUR WESTERN COUNTIES BETWEEN 4-6 PM. WE HAVE BETTER CONFIDENCE THAT THE STORMS THAT FORM NEAR THE DRYLINE WILL BE THE ONES THAT MERGE INTO A SQUALL LINE THAT MOVES EAST OVERNIGHT. WITH THE SQUALL LINE...THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SHORT TERM UPDATES CAN NOW BE BEST OBTAINED ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS AND GRAPHICS ON OUR WEBPAGE. HI-RES GUIDANCE IS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THE LINE OF STORMS WILL LIKELY BE OUT OF OUR CWA BEFORE DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY BUT WILL LINGER LOW POPS IN OUR EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES WEDNESDAY MORNING TO ACCOUNT FOR ANY DELAY IN THE TIMING. THE REMAINDER OF WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE DRY WITH CLEARING SKIES AND AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. ON THURSDAY...SOUTH FLOW WILL RETURN BRINGING HIGHER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BACK NORTH IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THAT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN CONUS. THURSDAY LOOKS LIKE A DRY DAY BUT THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY ARE SHAPING UP FOR ANOTHER ROUND OR POSSIBLY TWO OF SEVERE STORMS. ON THURSDAY NIGHT...A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE REGION AS A SURFACE LOW MOVES INTO WEST TEXAS. ISENTROPIC LIFT ACROSS THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO FORCE CONVECTION EVEN THOUGH THE BEST LIFT WITH THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL STILL BE WEST OF THE REGION. LAPSE RATES WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS AND A COMBINATION OF ELEVATED INSTABILITY AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR SUPPORTS THE POTENTIAL FOR ELEVATED SEVERE STORMS. OUR ENTIRE AREA IS ALREADY OUTLOOKED IN A SEVERE WEATHER MARGINAL OR SLIGHT RISK AREA BY SPC WITH THE SLIGHT RISK AREA COVERING THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR CWA. THE MAIN LIFT AREA AND GENERAL LOCATION OF STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SHIFTING NORTH THROUGH THE NIGHT AS THE WARM SECTOR ALSO ADVANCES NORTH. FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD...KEPT POPS AT 30-40 PERCENT AS THE NAM LIFTS THE WARM FRONT NORTH VERY QUICKLY WHICH MAY RESULT IN A DRIER OVERNIGHT PERIOD FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. THE SEVERE THREAT DOES NOT END THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY MORNING AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE MOVING INTO THE PLAINS LATE FRIDAY. ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE DRYLINE WILL BE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE STATE AND THE SET-UP FAVORS ANOTHER DRYLINE SEVERE STORM EVENT WITH STORMS FORMING ON THE DRYLINE AND MOVING EAST DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. WE ARE NOT SAYING THE IMPACTS OR OUTLOOK WITH FRIDAY'S SEVERE STORM EVENT WILL BE AS HIGH AS TONIGHT'S ROUND OF STORMS...THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL DAYS TO REFINE THE PARAMETERS FOR FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR RAIN AND POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS MAY CONTINUE ON SATURDAY AS THE BASE OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND A FRONT MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION. THE FORECAST FOR SATURDAY AND BEYOND IS MUDDY AT THIS TIME DUE TO DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE MODELS. THE GFS INDICATES ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN/STORMS EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE PLAINS BUT THE ECMWF IS LESS AMPLIFIED AND QUIETER OVERALL EARLY NEXT WEEK. JLDUNN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH 64 85 61 86 67 / 80 5 5 10 40 WACO 63 85 60 85 69 / 70 20 5 10 30 PARIS 64 81 58 84 64 / 70 20 5 5 40 DENTON 59 83 56 85 66 / 80 5 5 5 40 MCKINNEY 61 82 56 85 65 / 80 10 5 5 40 DALLAS 64 85 62 86 67 / 80 10 5 10 40 TERRELL 65 83 58 86 67 / 70 20 5 5 40 CORSICANA 65 84 63 86 69 / 70 20 5 10 40 TEMPLE 61 85 63 86 69 / 60 20 10 10 30 MINERAL WELLS 55 84 56 85 65 / 80 0 5 10 30 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 79/79
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 341 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016 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- 341 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH EARLY EVENING MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND WILL CONSOLIDATE INTO A LINE MOVING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. VERY LARGE HAIL...BASEBALL SIZE OR LARGER...ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. WHEN THE STORMS FORM INTO A LINE...THE TORNADO THREAT WILL DIMINISH AND THE DAMAGING WIND THREAT WILL INCREASE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS WILL REMAIN IN AN ACTIVE PATTERN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. STORM CHANCES RETURN TO NORTH TEXAS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT AND DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. DUNN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
711 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
TXZ102-270045-
WISE TX-
711 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL WISE COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM
CDT...
AT 711 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BOONSVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRIDGEPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...ALVORD...CHICO...PARADISE...BOONSVILLE...RUNAWAY BAY
AND LAKE BRIDGEPORT.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO CLOSELY MONITOR FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
FORT WORTH.
LAT...LON 3336 9739 3327 9739 3300 9784 3308 9792
3318 9792 3344 9763 3343 9747
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 228DEG 43KT 3312 9785
92The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:13 UTC.
12 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency management reported a 60 MPH wind gust approximately 5 miles west of Olney, TX.
Emergency management reported trees snapped and damage to the roof and carport of a house about a mile south of Olney, TX.
A trained spotter reported penny-sized hail about a mile north of Bridgeport, TX.
Strong thunderstorm winds tore about a metal barn on Hoben Road north of Nocon and another barn along CR 3394 to the north and west.
A trained spotter reported a 60 MPH wind gust just west of Cool, TX.
A trained spotter reported golf-ball sized hail in Myra, TX.
A public report indicated a 60 MPH wind gust in Alvord, TX.
A National Weather Service storm survey crew determined a brief tornado produced EF-0 damage on the southeast side of Whitesboro. This tornado was embedded in a squall line and produced damage to four homes and two businesses. The most damage was done to a business, which took the brunt of a direct hit of a roof which was blown off of another house upstream.
Emergency management reported roof damage to apartments and office buildings. Power lines were reported blown down, along with debris on the ground in mid-town.
Spotter reports indicated an estimated 70 MPH wind gust, as well as a car blown off the road near the intersection of Sandusky Road and Highway 377.
The Cooke County Emergency Manager reported to the local newspaper that some homes near Lake Kiowa sustained roof damage from high thunderstorm winds.
A National Weather Service damage survey team determined a tornado produced EF-0 and EF-1 damage to several homes, businesses, and one school on the evening of April 26th. The tornado occurred in Howe, just south of the Sherman city limits, beginning on the west side of US 75. The tornado damaged a mobile home business near the Howe High School, where superficial damage was done due to debris flying into and onto the school. The damage to the school was mainly superficial, however. The tornado continued to move northeast and damaged approximately 20 homes, causing widespread roof, fence, and vehicle damage. Five people were injured in this area, but none had life threatening injuries.
Thunderstorm winds damaged and split trees along Kennon Lane northwest of Pottsboro. The resident estimated 65-80 mph winds.
Amateur radio spotters observed and reported a tornado which moved from southwest of Bells to just northwest of the Bells High School. This storm produced little damage other than tree damage near Bells. The only damage in town was to a recreational vehicle business near the intersection of US 82 and US 69.
Amateur radio reported a 90 MPH wind gust in Sherman, TX.
Thunderstorm winds damaged part of Denison High School and the school had to be closed the next day.
A trained spotter reported nickel-sized hail near the intersection of Interstate 30 and Bobtown Road in Garland, TX.
Lampasas Sheriff's Department reported numerous trees and power lines down, causing several road blocks and power outages in the city.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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