The National Weather Service in Fort Worth put together a storm summary for the very active weather pattern from June 10 through June 14, including the Tornadoes in Denton County that prompted the warning for Frisco. I didn’t realize there was actually tornado damage reported in The Colony too, the only areas I heard of damage was from Roanoke, Trophy Club and Flower Mound. The Colony is Frisco’s western neighbor and only 3 miles away from downtown Frisco! At this time it appears that three separate tornado touchdowns occurred, the strongest being eF-1 in Flower Mound.
…SUMMARY OF STORM IMPACTS FROM JUNE 10 THROUGH JUNE 14…
AN UNUSUALLY ACTIVE SERIES OF SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS…EVEN BY NORTH
TEXAS STANDARDS…IMPACTED THE AREA FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON OF JUNE
10 THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF JUNE 14. BASED ON RADAR
DATA…STORM SPOTTER REPORTS…AND COORDINATION WITH LOCAL
OFFICIALS…HERE IS A BRIEF PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF THE STORM IMPACTS.JUNE 10…
A CLUSTER OF SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPED OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS AND
MOVED EAST. THE STORMS ORGANIZED INTO A BOW ECHO JUST WEST OF THE
DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX AND PRODUCED EXTREMELY STRONG WINDS.
NUMEROUS 70-80 MPH WIND GUSTS OCCURRED ACROSS NORTHERN PARKER…
SOUTHERN WISE…NORTHERN TARRANT…SOUTHERN DENTON…NORTHERN
DALLAS…AND SOUTHERN COLLIN COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE METROPLEX.WITHIN THE BROAD AREA OF DAMAGING WINDS…AT LEAST THREE BRIEF
TORNADOES OCCURRED. SPOTTERS OBSERVED THE TORNADOES FROM ROANOKE TO
TROPHY CLUB AT APPROXIMATELY 640 PM…IN FLOWER MOUND AT ROUGHLY 650
PM…AND IN THE COLONY-HEBRON AT ROUGHLY 705 PM. THE ROANOKE AND
COLONY TORNADOES WILL LIKELY BE RATED EF-0…WHILE THE FLOWER MOUND
TORNADO WILL LIKELY WARRANT AN EF-1 RATING. FURTHER INVESTIGATION
MAY REVEAL ADDITIONAL BRIEF TORNADOES WITHIN THE DAMAGE SWATH.JUNE 11…
THE STORMS FROM THE EVENING OF JUNE 10 LEFT BEHIND AN AREA OF
RAIN-COOLED AIR. THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE RAIN-COOLED AIR AND THE
WARM HUMID AIR SAGGED TO THE SOUTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR. WARM MOIST
AIR WAS FORCED UP AND OVER THE BOUNDARY…RESULTING IN A NEARLY
CONTINUOUS STREAM OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON OF JUNE 11. MORE THAN THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM JACK
COUNTY SOUTHEAST TO HENDERSON COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL FROM
NORTHERN TARRANT TO KAUFMAN COUNTY…WITH MORE THAN EIGHT INCHES
ACROSS MUCH OF DALLAS COUNTY. THE RESULTING HEAVY RAIN CAUSED
WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN THE AREA.A SEPARATE CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED WEST OF THE
HEAVY RAIN AREA…FROM EASTLAND COUNTY SOUTHWARD. LARGE HAIL FELL
FROM NEAR CISCO TO NORTH OF LAMPASAS…WITH THE HAIL REACHING
BASEBALL SIZE IN LAMPASAS COUNTY.JUNE 12…
A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN JACK COUNTY AND
MOVED SOUTH-SOUTHEAST. THE STORM PRODUCED AT LEAST TWO CONFIRMED
TORNADOES…WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH…AND HAIL LARGER THAN
BASEBALLS. THE TORNADOES WERE APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES SOUTH OF
JACKSBORO JUST BEFORE 530 PM…AND JUST WEST OF PERRIN AT AROUND 550
PM. DAMAGE TO OUTBUILDINGS AND ROOFS RESULTED…AND THESE WILL
LIKELY BE RATED AS EF-1.AS THE STORM MOVED THROUGH WESTERN PARKER COUNTY…POSSIBLE
TORNADOES IMPACTED AREAS NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF COOL…AND TO THE
SOUTHWEST OF WEATHERFORD. THE STORM UPROOTED TREES AND DESTROYED
STORAGE BUILDINGS IN THESE LOCATIONS. THE STORM CONTINUED PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND SEVERE WINDS INTO JOHNSON…HOOD…AND BOSQUE
COUNTIES.TO THE SOUTHWEST…A CLUSTER OF SEVERE STORMS MOVED INTO COMANCHE
AND MILLS COUNTIES. HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE WAS REPORTED WITH THESE
STORMS.JUNE 13-14…
A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ON THE
EVENING OF JUNE 13. THE STORMS MOVED INTO YOUNG AND MONTAGUE
COUNTIES BEFORE WEAKENING. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH MOVED
THROUGH THE NOCONA AREA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT JUNE 14. A LARGE
TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN WEST OF NOCONA…AND ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED IN
NOCONA.YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE INVESTIGATING THE
IMPACTS FROM THIS SERIES OF SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM EVENTS.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS AND INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED IN UPDATED
STATEMENTS AND POSTED TO OUR WEBSITE. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION…
VISIT /LOWER CASE/ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FORTWORTH
We saw the funnel cloud / wall cloud as it crossed over into Collin County. We were in the Souper Salad in Plano right where your map shows the rotation terminating. It was raining and then became calm for 10 minutes, then we saw the funnel cloud / wall cloud approach right as the sirens sounded going East / SE. The wind picked up and nearly blew the windows out of the restaurant. You could see the outside through the extreme bow in the windows. They must be plexi-glass. My family and I got in the restaurant cooler. Luckily, no touch down.
Hey this is just a late response to the June 10, 2009 Tornado event. WOW you thought you were close. How about I looked right under the rotating cloud!!
I was finishing up work at Monarch Dental at 6501 Windcrest in Plano Texas, Located between Spring Creek and Tennyson, just south of Legacy. I heard the Plano sirens going off. It was Wednesday which was when Emergency testing if done. Usually twice- morning and late evening. I looked at the time- it was 6:58 pm and assumed it was the last siren test for the day – until my phone rang. It was my boss. I wondered why he would be calling back to the office – he never does, so I thought it must be something urgent. He alerted me that the NWS had issued a Tornado Warning for Collin Co.! Being a Tornado Spotter, I became a little excited at first but knew this could be a dangerous situation since I was there in Collin Co. He suggested I get out of there and head home. I thanked him and hung-up.
Realizing the worst place to be was in my car if a Tornado touched down in that area, I decided to ride it out in the building – alone. I went outside to take a look at the developing storm and to get my emergency -safety bag from my car.
There were employees from the business, next-door, already outside and looking around and observing the lightening. When they saw me, one said, “Hey you’re the Storm Spotter. Right? I acknowledged them and warned of the danger of the lightening. He invited me to ride out the storm in their office instead of being alone in mine. I joined his staff of about 15 – 20 people and encouraged him to move them to the center of the building for safety. I gave several flashlights and prepared them to get on the floor and cover their heads if the tornado hit and the lights went out. He and two other staff members joined me back outside to watch the storm as it moved in closer from the west. I called a couple of my Storm Chaser friends, Michael and Brian (Ham Radio Operator), and as I figured, they were already on its tail!
At about 7:20 pm, I could see the outline of the storm front coming in from the west. It looked like a large rolling super-cell or Meso-cyclone. As it moved overhead I observed the rotating cloud. It had a slight greenish to blue hue. The outer ring of the cloud appeared to be rotating and sort of wobbly around its inner most part which was a mixture of varying colors of greenish and grayish clouds. It looked to be about one to two thousand feet up and about half a mile in diameter. At first it appeared to move due east directly over us but as it came within about half a mile it veered more to the south- just missing us. I noticed a funnel forming off the southwest edge of this rotating cloud.
There was first quietness and then the wind gust and rain came. The lightening was now to close so I warning of it’s danger and the four of us went inside to join the others.
I found out later that the storm had developed somewhere near Abilene and moved east. Since Abilene is known for its Dust Devils, I wondered if the storm brought any Dust Devils with it (LOL).