Drought conditions improved across much of North Texas this month. S.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Drought conditions improved across much of North Texas this month. Only a few counties in North Texas were listed under the extreme drought (D3) category this month, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. But impacts were felt even in areas that are not considered to be in extreme drought or worse. Even with reduced water usage and evaporation rates during the winter months, lake levels remained extremely low, and above normal precipitation will be needed for several months to improve the deficits. Lake Bridgeport remained almost 18 feet below normal, and Lake Lavon was over 16 feet below normal. These figures ensure that the effects from the drought now almost two years in duration will be felt into next summer.
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 Nov 30, 10:40 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1040 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 .AVIATION... VFR WITH NO CONCERNS. THE LAST OF THE CONVECTIVE SNOW SHOWERS ENDED A COUPLE HOURS AGO. STRATUS CONTINUES TO CLEAR FROM WEST TO EAST... WITH THE BACK EDGE OF THE CLOUD LINE NOW SITUATED NORTH TO SOUTH FROM GLE TO DFW TO LHB. ALL TAF SITES SHOULD BE CLEAR BY TAF ISSUANCE TIME. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIE DOWN AND BECOME LESS GUSTY AS SURFACE LOW CONTINUE TO LIFT NE AND PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES. WINDS WILL VEER MORE TO THE WEST AND THEN S/SSE AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE REGION TOMORROW. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE NEAR THE END OF THIS TAF CYCLE. /13 && .UPDATE... 935 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 WE WILL UPDATE THE ZONES AND TAKE ALL PRECIP OUT OF THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. WE ALSO WILL DECREASE THE CLOUDS IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. #26 && .AVIATION... 450 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE A LITTLE BIT OF INSTABILITY LEFT IN THE LOW LEVELS WHICH IS HELPING TO KEEP LATEST AREA OF -SN GOING DESPITE DRY SLOT ALOFT. EXTRAPOLATION SHOWS THESE CONVECTIVE SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD BE THRU THE METROPLEX BY 02Z...WITH CIGS IMPROVING TO VFR BY 04Z. VFR CIGS MAY PERSIST FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE SKIES CLEAR OVERNIGHT. NW WINDS WILL BACK TO THE W AND THEN EVENTUALLY TO THE S AS THE SURFACE LOW PUSHES EAST AND HIGH PRESSURE TAKES ITS PLACE. WINDS WILL BECOME LARGELY LIGHT AND VARIABLE AS THIS OCCURS. /13 && .DISCUSSION... 312 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 AS THE UPPER LOW BEGINS TO LIFT OUT...THE HEAVIEST PRECIP IS ENDING OVER NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO WANE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THE 18Z SOUNDING SHOWED A DRAMATIC DROP IN TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE COLUMN WITH THE WARM NOSE NEARLY ELIMINATED. HENCE...THE TREND HAS BEEN FOR ALL PRECIP TO CHANGE TO ONLY SNOW. WE EXPECT THE AREA NORTH OF I-20 TO SEE SNOW DURING THE EVENING HOURS BUT AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT. ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF I-20 WE COULD SEE SOME FLURRIES DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD. WITH THE THREAT OF APPRECIABLE SNOW/ICE OVER...WE WILL CANCEL THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE. HOWEVER...WE WILL ISSUE A FREEZE WARNING FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. A HARD FREEZE CAN BE EXPECTED WITH TEMPERATURES ALREADY AT OR BELOW FREEZING FOR MOST OF THE AREA...AND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DROP OVERNIGHT. WE ARE GOING BELOW MAV MOS GUIDANCE FOR MINS TONIGHT...CLOSER TO BUT BELOW FWC GUIDANCE. TEMPS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS IN THE NORTHWEST TO LOWER 20S IN THE SOUTHEAST. SKIES WILL CLEAR FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AS THE LOW LIFTS OUT...AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SIGNIFICANT COOLING...WHICH WILL BE TEMPERED BY A LIGHT WEST WIND AND WET GROUND. LOOK FOR READINGS TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MID MORNING. THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK LOOKS COOL BUT DRY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND FOLLOWED BY A QUICK TURNAROUND AHEAD OF A SECOND COLD FRONT EXPECTED MID WEEK. MOISTURE RETURN WILL BE LIMITED FOR THE WEEKEND FRONT...WITH ONLY SLIGHTLY BETTER RETURN FOR THE MID WEEK EVENT. FOR NOW...WE WILL OPT TO LEAVE POPS OUT AND WATCH FOR A CONSISTENT TREND FOR ANY RAIN NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 21 52 29 53 / 30 0 0 0 WACO, TX 22 54 33 59 / 10 0 0 0 PARIS, TX 18 45 25 50 / 30 0 0 0 DENTON, TX 18 50 25 53 / 30 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 18 48 26 53 / 30 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 21 52 31 55 / 10 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 22 50 30 53 / 10 0 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 23 53 29 57 / 10 0 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 23 57 32 60 / 10 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FREEZE WARNING FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 10 AM FRIDAY FOR TXZ091- TXZ092-TXZ093-TXZ094-TXZ095-TXZ100-TXZ101-TXZ102-TXZ103-TXZ104- TXZ105-TXZ106-TXZ107-TXZ115-TXZ116-TXZ117-TXZ118-TXZ119-TXZ120- TXZ121-TXZ122-TXZ123-TXZ129-TXZ130-TXZ131-TXZ132-TXZ133-TXZ134- TXZ135-TXZ141-TXZ142-TXZ143-TXZ144-TXZ145-TXZ146-TXZ147-TXZ148- TXZ156-TXZ157-TXZ158-TXZ159-TXZ160-TXZ161-TXZ162-TXZ174-TXZ175. && 84/42
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 835 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-011200- ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA- DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON- HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS- LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO- PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT- WISE-YOUNG- 835 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... VERY COLD AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER INTO NORTH TEXAS BEHIND A DEPARTING ARCTIC FRONT. TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED TO FREEZING OR BELOW FREEZING ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS...AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ALLOW WIND CHILLS TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ALONG THE RED RIVER. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT ANIMALS AND SENSITIVE PLANTS FROM THE COLD SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ALTHOUGH WINTRY PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED OVER MOST OF NORTH TEXAS... A HARD FREEZE OVERNIGHT WILL ENSURE THAT PATCHY ICE MAY POSE A PROBLEM TO COMMUTERS FRIDAY MORNING. THE MOST LIKELY PLACE FOR ICE WILL BE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AND SOME LESS TRAVELED ROADS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 13
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 835 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141-143>146-159-010600- BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-DALLAS-DELTA-DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS- ERATH-FANNIN-GRAYSON-HAMILTON-HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK- JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-MCLENNAN-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO-PARKER- RAINS-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT-WISE-YOUNG- 835 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...PATCHY ICE WILL CONTINUE ON SOME ROADWAYS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... WINTER PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. HOWEVER...WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS...PATCHES OF ICE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM ON SOME BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LESS TRAVELED ROADS COULD ALSO CONTAIN SOME RESIDUAL PATCHES OF ICE. THUS...TRAVELERS MUST BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ICE...AND APPROACH BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WITH CAUTION THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY 11 AM FRIDAY...ENDING THE ICE PROBLEM. 26
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
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, December 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: 6650, 6651, 6652, 6654, 6655, 6656, 6657, 6659, 6660.