Two storms in Anderson and Leon counties produced up to quarter sized hail.
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Two storms in Anderson and Leon counties produced up to quarter sized hail.
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 May 1, 10:41 PM CST, 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1141 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 .AVIATION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRAVERSING THE REGION. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS TAF FORECAST PACKAGE WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS POSSIBLE AT ALL TAF SITES THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. VFR CONDITIONS AND NORTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD...ALTHOUGH CIGS AROUND FL040-060 WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEFORE MOVING EASTWARD BY MIDDAY. BRIEF MVFR CIGS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF ANY RAIN SHOWERS...BUT DO NOT EXPECT COVERAGE TO BE WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO WARRANT ANY MENTION IN THE TAFS AT THIS TIME. SHOULD A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS DEVELOP AND APPROACH A TAF SITE...A TEMPO GROUP MAY NEED TO BE INCLUDED TO MENTION BRIEF CIGS AROUND FL020. THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDER IS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN THE TAFS WITH VERY LIMITED INSTABILITY IN PLACE NORTH OF THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. OTHERWISE...SKIES WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR ON MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH NORTH WINDS OF 10-15 KTS PERSISTING THROUGH MONDAY MONDAY NIGHT. STALLEY && .UPDATE... EVENING SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS SPREADING IN FORM THE WEST AHEAD OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH. SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME OVERCAST OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. AS THE SHORTWAVE CROSSES THE AREA...LIFT IS EXPECTED TO BE SUFFICIENT FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A THUNDERSTORM THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. CURRENT FORECAST HANDLES THIS WELL BUT HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES TO TIMING AS MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE AFTER MIDNIGHT. LIKEWISE...ANY REMAINING SCATTERED SHOWERS SHOULD BE MOVING OUT OF THE AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY WITH SKIES CLEARING LATER IN THE DAY. DUNN && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 307 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016/ A DRY AND COOLER AIRMASS HAS TAKEN OVER NORTH-CENTRAL TX TODAY WITH A STATIONARY COLD FRONT LOCATED NEAR THE I-10 CORRIDOR TEXAS. MEANWHILE AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER NORTHERN AZ/NM WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN UP AND LIFT EAST-NORTHEAST OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. BETTER MOISTURE AND RESULTANT SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF THE CWA NEAR THE STALLED SURFACE FRONT. AS THE LARGE-SCALE LIFT APPROACHES THIS EVENING... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ELEVATED INSTABILITY REMAINING ACROSS THE AREA. SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA WHICH IS WITHIN THE LOW LEVEL COOL SECTOR...THOUGH RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE OVERLY HEAVY. ACTIVITY MAY START OFF AS VIRGA...BEFORE THE ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN BECOMES SATURATED ENOUGH TO TRANSPORT RAIN DOWN TO THE SURFACE. WE WILL MAINTAIN CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE AREA...DUE TO THE DRIER COLUMN MOISTURE NEEDING TO BE OVERCOME AND THE GRADUAL WEAKENING OF THE UPPER DISTURBANCE NORTH OF THE RED RIVER. BEST RAIN CHANCES WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES WHERE SLIGHTLY RICHER PWAT VALUES BETWEEN 1.25-1.5 INCHES WILL EXIST BY SUNRISE MONDAY. UPPER LEVEL LIFT WILL TRAIL ACROSS THE AREA MAINLY MONDAY MORNING WITH LINGERING CHANCES MOSTLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20...BEFORE SUBSIDENCE ARRIVES MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE DEPARTURE OF THIS DISTURBANCE. THE MOSTLY CLOUDY...COOL AND SHOWERY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN A COOL START TO THE WEEK WITH HIGHS STRUGGLING THROUGH THE 60S AND LOWER 70S. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE IN WITH CLEARING SKIES AND LIKELY OUR COOLEST MORNING OCCURRING ON TUESDAY. LOWS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 45 AND 55 DEGREES...BUT SHOULD WARM READILY BACK INTO THE LOWER 70S UNDER ABUNDANT SUNSHINE. BY LATE IN THE DAY...A SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCE EMBEDDED WITHIN CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT ARRIVES ACROSS NORTHWEST TX AND MAY BRING A LOW CHANCE FOR A FEW HIGH-BASED STORMS ACROSS OUR NORTHWEST COUNTIES TUESDAY EVENING. AT THIS TIME...WE DO NOT EXPECT THESE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL OR SEVERE WEATHER AS MOISTURE WILL LIKELY BE BASED IN THE MID LEVELS. THAT BEING SAID...WE WILL WATCH THIS SYSTEM CLOSELY AS THEY CAN BE TRICKY TO DIAGNOSE AND CAN CATCH ONE OFF-GUARD. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL PASS SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY WITH CLEARING SKIES AND A WARM UP BACK INTO THE 80S FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A LONGWAVE UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WITH SOUTHERLY BREEZES AND HIGHS WARMING WELL INTO THE 80S. WITH THE GULF OF MEXICO OPEN FOR BUSINESS...A GRADUAL UPWARD TREND IN SURFACE DEW POINTS WILL OCCUR BY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY WITH THE APPROACH OF YET ANOTHER LARGE UPPER LOW OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE AREA WILL GET THE CHANCE TO DRY OUT SOME AFTER SOME OF THE RECENT HEAVIER RAINS ACROSS THE EASTERN COUNTIES. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL THEN OCCUR LATER NEXT WEEKEND WITH AN INCREASE OF CLOUDINESS AND SOME LOW CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE CWA. OBVIOUSLY THIS FAR OUT... UNCERTAINTIES ABOUND ON MOISTURE...CAP STRENGTH AND INSTABILITY REGARDING RAIN CHANCES AND SEVERE POTENTIAL NEXT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MAY 9TH. IT/LL TAKE AWHILE BEFORE THIS SYSTEM TRULY GETS SAMPLED WELL WITHIN THE NORTH AMERICAN U/A NETWORK AND DETAILS BECOME MORE CLEAR ON ALL THESE PARAMETERS. 05/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH 56 69 52 74 55 / 40 20 5 5 5 WACO 57 70 49 74 52 / 50 20 5 5 5 PARIS 54 68 49 71 51 / 30 10 5 5 0 DENTON 52 69 46 73 51 / 40 10 5 5 10 MCKINNEY 54 69 48 72 52 / 40 10 5 5 5 DALLAS 57 70 53 74 55 / 40 20 5 5 5 TERRELL 57 71 50 73 52 / 40 20 5 5 0 CORSICANA 59 72 52 73 52 / 50 20 5 5 0 TEMPLE 59 68 50 73 52 / 50 20 10 5 0 MINERAL WELLS 50 67 47 74 50 / 30 10 5 5 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 77/91
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 316 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-021245- 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- 316 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 WHERE THE HIGHEST MOISTURE LEVELS RESIDE. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED... BUT A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCES REMAINING SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS TUESDAY NIGHT NORTH OF I-20 AND WEST OF I-35. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1139 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016
TXZ148-162-020545-
ANDERSON TX-LEON TX-
1139 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ANDERSON AND LEON
COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM CDT...
AT 1138 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES SOUTH OF CENTERVILLE...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF
MADISONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF OAKWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PALESTINE...BUFFALO...ELKHART...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...NORMANGEE...OAKWOOD...
MARQUEZ AND LEONA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. SEEK
A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3151 9574 3146 9575 3146 9571 3132 9566
3127 9573 3114 9578 3109 9576 3109 9598
3097 9624 3106 9624 3125 9633 3137 9632
3162 9579 3166 9579 3182 9541 3176 9540
3174 9536 3173 9537 3173 9533 3161 9526
TIME...MOT...LOC 0438Z 247DEG 19KT 3112 9594
STALLEYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1202 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2016
TXZ148-020545-
ANDERSON TX-
1202 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY UNTIL
1245 AM CDT...
AT 1202 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
PALESTINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PALESTINE AND FRANKSTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. SEEK
A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3166 9579 3169 9578 3167 9581 3168 9581
3178 9588 3205 9566 3208 9543 3206 9544
3204 9542 3203 9544 3201 9543 3199 9545
3196 9545 3193 9542 3190 9544 3188 9543
3185 9545 3182 9540
TIME...MOT...LOC 0502Z 204DEG 25KT 3171 9570
STALLEYThe Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 173 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:09 UTC.
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter sized hail fell at NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility just west of the Palestine Municipal Airport.
Dime to nickel sized hail was reported in Marquez.
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, May 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: 636510, 636512, 636513.