Thunderstorm Wind — Denton, Texas

2023-03-02 · near Carney, Denton, Texas

Event narrative

A swath of damaging straight line winds impacted a marina on the far southeastern corner of Lake Lewisville. Extensive damage to metal roofing on several rows of docks, including bent and leaning support poles, as well as the loss of roofing on smaller buildings in the area was consistent with peak wind gusts of 90 mph. Along East Hill Park Road, damage to the external walls of a few small metal buildings and snapped tree limbs were observed in addition to storage containers that had been knocked over.

Wider weather episode

An upper level low pressure system moved eastward from the Desert Southwest into the Southern Plains, generating a round of showers and thunderstorms across much of North and Central Texas the evening of Thursday March 2. Large hail fell early in the event, with the main severe weather occurrence shifting to damaging winds for most of the evening.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1088498. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.