Thunderstorm Wind — Marion, Texas

2023-07-16 · near Kelleyville, Marion, Texas

Event narrative

Scattered trees and power lines were downed across Marion County.

Wider weather episode

A mesoscale convective system (MCS) developed during the early morning hours of July 16th across North Texas, along a stationary front that extended from North Texas east to along the Southern Arkansas/North Louisiana border. Large scale forcing just ahead a weak upper level disturbance traversing atop upper ridging in place across Westcentral Texas maintained this complex of thunderstorms through the morning, with strong diurnal heating contributing to ample instability to intensify these thunderstorms as they entered East Texas, Southern Arkansas, and North Louisiana. Thus, this line of thunderstorms became severe, producing damaging winds which resulted in numerous reports of downed trees and power lines across East Texas during the afternoon before they spread into Southern Arkansas and North Louisiana.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1102855. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.