2 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Aug 10, 10:30 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1130 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 .AVIATION... AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS LATE THIS MORNING WILL BACK AROUND TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN COME BACK AROUND TO THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST BY DAYBREAK. #58 && .UPDATE... 1030 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 THE HEAT IS ON...WITH SOME SITES SOARING INTO THE 90S BEFORE 10 AM. CURRENT HIGH TEMPERATURE GRIDS 99 TO 105 LOOK GOOD. A LITTLE BREEZY THIS AFTERNOON WITH DEEP MIXING. CURRENT GRIDS ON TRACK. NO UPDATE FORTHCOMING. 25 && .PREV DISCUSSION... 347 AM CDT FORECAST CONCERN: MAX TEMPS - HOW FAR ABOVE 100 SHOULD WE GO. WE/VE PUSHED MAX TEMPS UP FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS THE MASSIVE HIGH ALOFT REMAINS IN CONTROL OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WEATHER. ALTHOUGH DAYTIME MIXING WILL REDUCE AFTERNOON DEWPOINTS...THEY SHOULD BE A LITTLE HIGHER OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THUS...WE WILL ISSUE A HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE GREATER METROPLEX AND NORTHWARD TO THE RED RIVER. FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS CONTINUE TODAY WITH SEVERE DROUGHT...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND SOUTHERLY WINDS WEST OF A GAINESVILLE TO HAMILTON LINE. THIS AREA IS HIGHLIGHTED SINCE IT MISSED TIMELY RAINFALL FOR VEGETATION GREENUP IN THE LATE SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER MONTHS. A WEAK FRONT WILL SETTLE NEAR THE RED RIVER VALLEY FRIDAY NIGHT THEN MOVE BACK NORTH OVER THE WEEKEND. HAVE PLACE LOW CHANCE POPS ALONG THE VALLEY FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ALSO ADDED ISOLATED CONVECTION TO THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY WHERE LI/S ARE RUNNING -2 TO -4 AND CAPES ARE ABOVE 1000 J/KG. TUTT CURRENTLY POSITIONED OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO AND MOVING WEST. IT IS PROGGED TO MOVE INLAND SOUTH OF BROWNSVILLE ON FRIDAY... THEN CURVE UP THROUGH WEST TEXAS TO NEAR CHILDRESS TUESDAY. HAVE ADDED LOW CHANCE POPS OUT WEST TUESDAY. CURRENT AND PREVIOUS MODELS DO NOT FAVOR CONVECTION EXPANDING MUCH FARTHER EAST THAN OUR WEST COUNTIES. THIS COULD CHANGE IF THE TUTT HEADS FOR ABILENE. ALTHOUGH THE SUB-TROPICAL HIGH NEVER LEAVES THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY...HEIGHTS ALOFT WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER ACROSS THE REGION NEXT WEEK. THIS SHOULD FOR SLIGHTLY COOLER DAYTIME HIGHS - MAINLY MID 90S TO AROUND 100...AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. 75 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM FRIDAY FOR TXZ091- TXZ092-TXZ100-TXZ101-TXZ102-TXZ115-TXZ116-TXZ117-TXZ129-TXZ130- TXZ131-TXZ132-TXZ141-TXZ142-TXZ143. HEAT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 7 PM FRIDAY FOR TXZ092- TXZ093-TXZ102-TXZ103-TXZ104-TXZ117-TXZ118-TXZ119-TXZ120-TXZ133- TXZ134. && 58/25
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 355 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-102300- 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- 355 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THOSE PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS FROM THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METRO...NORTH TO PORTIONS OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL RISE TO BETWEEN 105 AND 108 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS ONLY FALLING TO BETWEEN 78 AND 83 DEGREES. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...DUE TO BRISK SOUTH WINDS AND AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES FALLING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT. THE ONGOING DROUGHT HAS ALSO RESULT IN VERY DRY FUELS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF A TEMPLE TO PALESTINE LINE...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES WEST TOWARD THE TEXAS COASTAL AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE DALLAS-FORTH METRO...NORTH TO PORTIONS OF THE RED RIVER WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 105 AND 108 DEGREES. AN ENHANCED FIRE DANGER WILL ALSO CONTINUE OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE RED RIVER VALLEY...WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON ACTIVITY OVER FAR SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. OTHERWISE...THERES A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS LATE TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. 05/
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Broad upper level high pressure dominated the weather pattern over north Texas...allowing temperatures to soar into the lower 100s. The combination of high afternoon temperatures, high overnight low temperatures, and high humidities prompted the issuance of a heat advisory during this time.
Broad upper level high pressure dominated the weather pattern over north Texas...allowing temperatures to soar into the lower 100s. The combination of high afternoon temperatures, high overnight low temperatures, and high humidities prompted the issuance of a heat advisory during this time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2006
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: 5528071, 5528072.