Thunderstorm Wind — Collin, Texas

2018-06-07 · near Mckinney, Collin, Texas

Event narrative

A large live oak tree was blown on top of a vehicle at a little league baseball park near the city of McKinney, TX, killing one person in the vehicle.

Wider weather episode

A weak surface boundary coupled with disturbances in northwest flow aloft generated multiple rounds of thunderstorms. The strongest storms occurred late Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning, when large and damaging hail fell over parts of the Dallas/Ft Worth Metroplex.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 767004. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.