Thunderstorms erupted just northwest of the forecast area along a frontal boundary during the afternoon and evenings of both July 3 and July 4. The storms moved southeast across the area during the evening and overnight hours both days, with most of the severe weather occurring the evening of July 4.
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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.
Thunderstorms erupted just northwest of the forecast area along a frontal boundary during the afternoon and evenings of both July 3 and July 4. The storms moved southeast across the area during the evening and overnight hours both days, with most of the severe weather occurring the evening of July 4.
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 Jul 4, 3:05 AM CST, 55 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 405 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2016 .DISCUSSION... Convection continues this morning across parts of North Texas aided by ascent from a broad shortwave trough and increased low level convergence along a subtle surface frontal boundary. The bulk of the activity extends from the Metroplex north to the Red River but there is one cluster of thunderstorms south of Waxahachie to just north of Waco. This southern cluster should weaken over the next couple of hours as a strong outflow boundary is surging southward and it pulls a little farther away from the better forcing. North Texas will be beneath a broad area of weak forcing for ascent through much of the day today which is likely to support at least some shower and thunderstorm activity on and off. Current thinking is that this morning activity will persist as it moves to the east with the mean flow along with the general movement of the shortwave trough. Areas along and north of Interstate 20 into our far northeast counties should have the best chance for showers and thunderstorms through midday. A couple of these storms could continue to be strong with frequent cloud to ground lightning being the main threat. RAP soundings for early this morning still indicate about 1500-2000 j/kg of CAPE which will support robust updrafts...but freezing levels around 16 kft are generally too high to support severe hail without a stronger shear profile. Gusty winds will remain possible with any storms. There should be a decrease in coverage of thunderstorms by early afternoon as the best forcing begins to move to the east of the area and some drier 850-700mb air moves in from the north. Skies will likely scatter out in many areas with temperatures rising back into the mid/upper 90s. With the added moisture in many areas...heat index values should rise to above 105 degrees by mid afternoon. Concerning the heat advisory...we have added the remainder of our counties to the current advisory which runs through Tuesday evening. Late this afternoon and evening...there is still some uncertainty with respect to potential redevelopment of thunderstorms back to the northwest...similar to yesterday evening. The weak frontal boundary will still be draped across far southern Oklahoma into northwest Texas...although convergence along this feature should be fairly weak. All of the guidance indicates the presence of a subtle shortwave moving out of west Texas this evening...as evidenced by cyclonic curvature of the winds at 700mb with an embedded speed max. This feature will likely provide some lift from late afternoon into early evening across our northwest counties. This occurs as southerly 850mb flow increases to 30-35kt with strong warm moist advection atop the weak frontal boundary. This should be sufficient for at least scattered thunderstorms to develop across the northwest counties. Similar to yesterday...these should move east-southeast with the mean flow. There is some potential for an isolated severe storm...as instability should be approaching 4000 j/kg with moderate 0-6km shear for this time of year. Organized severe weather is not expected...but a damaging wind gust or marginally severe hail can't be ruled out. This activity should diminish by late evening. Will have highest PoPs across the northwest and along the I-20 corridor through tonight. After tonight...the upper pattern looks hot and mostly dry...although the upper ridge never really gets a chance to amplify strongly. This suggests that nearly zonal flow will dominate the southern Plains through the end of the week. That being the case...we will have to watch for subtle embedded shortwaves which can trigger at least isolated convection during peak heating. Otherwise...temperatures will be near 100 degrees each afternoon through the end of the week and into next weekend. Dunn && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 1137 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016/ /06Z TAFs/ Convective trends are the greatest uncertainty in the TAF period followed closely by MVFR stratus trends tonight. An area of rain is moving through the DFW Metroplex now but additional convection is also occurring farther west. There is little confidence if additional convection will impact the DFW TAF sites overnight and also if any convection will affect the Waco area as an outflow boundary moves south of Interstate 20. Some guidance suggests isolated to scattered convection will occur near the airports several times through 14Z Monday morning. Will continue to monitor trends overnight and amend where needed. Otherwise, will include a VCSH mention at the DFW TAF airports starting at 05/02Z for another potential round of rain activity Monday evening. MVFR stratus is already developing in Central Texas and will move north again tonight. Latest timing suggests it will arrive around 08-09Z at KACT, lowering to 1-2 kft between 10-14Z. For the Metroplex, ongoing convection and the outflow boundary moving through now may prevent MVFR cigs from being realized in the Metroplex but will mention SCT020 with a tempo for BKN015 from 10-14Z. JLDunn && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 97 78 98 79 98 / 30 30 10 5 0 Waco 98 78 99 78 98 / 10 10 5 5 0 Paris 92 76 94 75 95 / 40 10 10 5 0 Denton 96 77 97 77 97 / 30 30 10 5 0 McKinney 95 77 96 77 96 / 40 20 10 5 0 Dallas 97 79 98 80 98 / 30 20 10 5 0 Terrell 95 78 96 77 97 / 30 20 10 5 0 Corsicana 97 77 97 79 97 / 20 10 5 5 0 Temple 97 77 97 77 97 / 10 5 5 5 0 Mineral Wells 98 77 99 76 100 / 20 30 10 5 0 && .FWD Watches/Warnings/Advisories... Heat Advisory until 8 PM CDT Tuesday for TXZ091>095-100>107- 115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1222 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2016 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-041100- 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- 1222 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT NORTH OF A LINE FROM CISCO TO HILLSBORO TO ATHENS LINE. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS INDEPEDENCE DAY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM GRAHAM TO FORT WORTH TO CANTON. BESIDES CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON THAT COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. WHILE STORMS AREN'T EXPECTED TO LAST AT ANY ONE LOCATION FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR...FOLKS WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PLANNED SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ADVERSE WEATHER...AND HAVE A SAFETY OPTION IN PLACE. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RISE TO BETWEEN 105 AND 110 ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF THE HAT AND HUMIDITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 58
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 105 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2016 TXZ117-040630- PARKER TX- 105 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN PARKER COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM CDT... AT 104 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MINERAL WELLS STATE PARK...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINERAL WELLS... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MINERAL WELLS...COOL...POOLVILLE AND MINERAL WELLS STATE PARK. LAT...LON 3299 9805 3300 9770 3280 9771 3279 9805 TIME...MOT...LOC 0604Z 265DEG 14KT 3289 9798 58
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
132 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2016
TXZ133-040700-
JOHNSON TX-
132 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY UNTIL
200 AM CDT...
AT 132 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
KEENE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLEBURNE...KEENE...ALVARADO...VENUS AND GRANDVIEW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. SEEK
A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3242 9740 3244 9709 3226 9709 3226 9710
3227 9739
TIME...MOT...LOC 0632Z 265DEG 14KT 3235 9730
58SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
303 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2016
TXZ102-103-040845-
WISE TX-DENTON TX-
303 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN WISE AND
NORTHWESTERN DENTON COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM CDT...
AT 304 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES NORTHEAST OF DECATUR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DECATUR...KRUM AND PONDER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. SEEK
A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3343 9737 3343 9722 3319 9725 3326 9761
3343 9757 3344 9743
TIME...MOT...LOC 0803Z 280DEG 12KT 3334 9750
58SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
326 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2016
TXZ102-103-040900-
WISE TX-DENTON TX-
326 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL WISE AND
SOUTHWESTERN DENTON COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT...
AT 326 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW FAIRVIEW...OR 12 MILES EAST OF DECATUR...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...SOUTHLAKE...CORINTH...HIGHLAND
VILLAGE...TROPHY CLUB...ROANOKE...ARGYLE...HICKORY CREEK...JUSTIN...DOUBLE
OAK...NORTHLAKE...HASLET...BARTONVILLE...COPPER CANYON...NEW FAIRVIEW...
CORRAL CITY...PONDER AND WESTLAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. SEEK
A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3310 9700 3298 9716 3299 9734 3316 9755
3331 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 0826Z 309DEG 24KT 3320 9738
58SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
431 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2016
TXZ092-093-041015-
GRAYSON TX-COOKE TX-
431 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN GRAYSON AND
SOUTHEASTERN COOKE COUNTIES UNTIL 515 AM CDT...
AT 430 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
GAINESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
WINDS GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GAINESVILLE...WHITESBORO...COLLINSVILLE...LINDSAY...CALLISBURG...LAKE
KIOWA...SOUTHMAYD AND SADLER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. SEEK
A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3375 9674 3348 9678 3358 9727 3373 9717
3372 9714 3372 9711 3373 9709 3376 9708
TIME...MOT...LOC 0930Z 277DEG 23KT 3367 9713
58SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
432 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2016
TXZ091-101>103-116-117-041015-
PALO PINTO TX-MONTAGUE TX-PARKER TX-WISE TX-JACK TX-DENTON TX-
432 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN PARKER...WISE...WEST
CENTRAL DENTON...NORTHEASTERN PALO PINTO...SOUTHEASTERN MONTAGUE AND
SOUTHERN JACK COUNTIES UNTIL 515 AM CDT...
AT 432 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR FORESTBURG TO BRYSON. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DENTON...MINERAL WELLS...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...JACKSBORO...BRIAR...
SPRINGTOWN...NORTHLAKE...ALVORD...NEW FAIRVIEW...AURORA...BOYD...CHICO...
GRAFORD...BRYSON...PARADISE...POOLVILLE...BOONSVILLE...COTTONDALE AND
RHOME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3352 9749 3344 9749 3343 9741 3316 9717
3275 9830 3316 9840
TIME...MOT...LOC 0932Z 337DEG 22KT 3347 9750 3313 9838
58The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:58 UTC.
12 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Two Flower Mound, TX homes were struck by lightning during the early morning hours of July 4th.
A dock on Lake Lewisville broke free of its anchoring and collided with another dock due to gusty winds from a thunderstorm.
A 64 MPH thunderstorm wind gust was reported by AWOS at the Addison airport.
Broadcast media received a picture of ping pong to golf ball sized hail from a viewer just south of Cisco, Texas.
Golf ball size hail reported 1 to 2 miles south of Cisco.
Law enforcement reports power lines down in Breckenridge.
One inch hail reported in Breckenridge.
Mineral Wells ASOS reported 62 MPH thunderstorm wind gust.
Large tree branches fell onto house and through the roof and ceiling. There was also damage to the A/C unit.
Downed trees reported along Tin Top Highway near Montgomery Lane.
A 59 MPH wind gust reported 1.5 miles west of KFWD by David Vantage Pro2 anemometer.
Multiple tree damage reports from Burleson.
KDFW airport ASOS airport reported a 60 MPH thunderstorm wind gust.
Promenade at Valley Ridge Apartments sustained some damage to the carports.
The City of Garland Emergency Manager reported 47 locations of downed trees in the city.
Spotter reported a 62 MPH wind gust in Mesquite, as well as numerous trees blown down.
A Southern Methodist University police officer drowned after his vehicle was washed off the road by high water near the Fitzhugh Avenue crossing over Turtle Creek in Dallas, TX.
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, Dallas | 2016-07-05 | 45 | Male | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2016
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: 651265, 651284, 648322, 648109, 648362, 648334, 648335, 648338, 648342, 648350, 648354, 648370, 648356, 648358, 648360, 648374, 650535.