Drought in Texas, November 1 to 30, 2006

Name: Drought in Texas, November 1 to 30, 2006
Start: 2006-11-01T00:00
End: 2006-11-30T23:59
Location: Texas

November 1 to 30, 2006 · NWS FWD · 46 events in 46 counties and zones

Drought conditions continued across North Texas. Although occasional rainfall helped some areas of North Texas improve by the end of October, many areas missed out on the beneficial rains.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 46 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: $37 million
Events: 46

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.

Drought conditions continued across North Texas. Although occasional rainfall helped some areas of North Texas improve by the end of October, many areas missed out on the beneficial rains. The U.S. Drought Monitor included more of the North Texas in the Extreme Drought (D3) category by the end of November than in the previous month, but did eliminate the Exceptional Drought (D4) area from North Texas.|Areas which did receive rainfall experienced reduced fire danger. Hydrologic deficits remained extremely high, with almost every lake well below conservation levels. The worst included Lake Bridgeport at over seventeen feet below normal, and Lake Grapevine at twelve feet below normal. Stage 1 water restrictions remained in effect in most metroplex counties. |The Drought Impact Reporter reported that hay prices in Texas were approximately twice what they were before the drought began this month. Crops continued to suffer, with the cotton production this year about half of last year’s crop.

What forecasters said that day

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 Oct 31, 11:30 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 11:30 PM CST, 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1130 PM CST TUE OCT 31 2006

.06Z AVIATION UPDATE...LOW CLOUDS TO THE NORTH AND INCREASING MID
LEVEL CLOUDINESS TO THE SOUTH IS MAKING FOR A TRICKY TAF
FORECAST...AT LEAST THROUGH THE MID MORNING. SECONDARY PUSH OF
COOLER AIR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS BY WED
AFTN...BUT SHALLOW LOW/MID LEVEL MOISTURE (DELINEATED BY SHARP 850
AND 700MB THETA-E BOUNDARIES) WILL LEAD TO MORE WIDESPREAD CLOUD
COVER. CIGS MAY BOUNCE AROUND...ESPECIALLY AT KACT FROM MVFR
BKN025 TO VFR BKN050 THROUGH THE MORNING. EXPECTING HIGHER CIGS AT
THE METROPLEX TERMINALS THROUGH THE MORNING...BUT LOW CLOUDS TO
THE NORTH HAVE BEEN TROUBLESOME...AND AMENDMENTS FOR LOWER CIGS
ARE A POSSIBILITY. ADDITIONALLY...THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT
MOISTURE AND FORCING FOR SOME ELEVATED CONVECTION ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA...MAINLY AFFECTING WACO DURING THE LATE
MORNING AND EARLY AFTN. HAVE PUT A CB IN THE CLOUD GROUP...BUT
WILL LEAVE PRECIP OUT FOR NOW. VFR CONDS AND CLEARING SKIES ARE
EXPECTED TOWARD THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

91/DUNN

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 900 PM CST TUE OCT 31 2006/

MANY AREAS NORTHWEST HALF ALREADY IN THE 40S. COLD ADVECTION WILL
DIMINISH A BIT AS WINDS EASE. IN ADDITION...CLOUDS WILL PROVIDE
SOME INSULATION NORTHEAST ZONES...INCLUDING PARTS OF METROPLEX.
EXPECT LOW CLOUDS TO GRADUALLY MOVE EAST...WITH STEADY WESTERLY
FLOW ABOVE FRONTAL LAYER AND DRY ADVECTION BENEATH CLOUD BASES.
ALL THAT SAID...ADDITIONAL COLD AND DRY ADVECTION WILL DROP
TEMPERATURES SEVERAL MORE DEGREES MOST LOCATIONS...AND HAVE
LOWERED MORNING LOWS ACCORDINGLY. UPDATED NUMBERS BELOW.

ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 30S NORTH AND WEST OF THE
METROPLEX...DO NOT EXPECT MANY ISSUES WITH FROST. WINDS SHOULD
HELP KEEP THE SURFACE LAYER MIXED MOST AREAS. SOME PATCHY LIGHT
FROST POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM JACKSBORO TO
RANGER...WHERE WINDS HAVE ALREADY DIED DOWN. DEW POINTS STILL A
BIT HIGH FOR SIGNIFICANT FROST...AND HIGH CLOUDS WILL PROVIDE A
LITTLE INSULATION. WITH FROST ADVISORY TO THE IMMEDIATE WEST...
HAVE DECIDED TO INCLUDE PATCHY FROST ADJACENT TO ADVISORY FAR
NORTHWEST.

UPDATED ZFP AND WEB PRODUCTS BEING GENERATED NOW. 25

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 31, 2:30 PM CST, 9 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
230 PM CST TUE OCT 31 2006

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-011300-
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-
230 PM CST TUE OCT 31 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WHEN A WEAK
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED BUT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL
PRESENT A HAZARD.

THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE ENTIRE AREA SATURDAY
THROUGH MONDAY...AS WARM AND MOIST AIR SPREADS NORTHWARD AHEAD
OF AN INTENSIFYING UPPER LEVEL STORM OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

46 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Anderson

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Anderson forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 31.813, -95.653 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Bell

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Bell forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 31.038, -97.478 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Collin

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Collin forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 33.188, -96.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Comanche

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Comanche forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 31.948, -98.558 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Bosque

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Bosque forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 31.900, -97.634 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Cooke

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Cooke forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 33.639, -97.213 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Coryell

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Coryell forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 31.391, -97.799 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Dallas

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Dallas forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 32.767, -96.778 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Delta

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Delta forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 33.386, -95.672 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Denton

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Denton forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 33.205, -97.117 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Eastland

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Eastland forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 32.327, -98.832 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Ellis

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Ellis forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 32.348, -96.794 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Erath

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Erath forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 32.236, -98.218 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Falls

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Falls forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 31.253, -96.936 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Fannin

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Fannin forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 33.594, -96.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Freestone

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Freestone forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 31.705, -96.149 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Grayson

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Grayson forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 33.627, -96.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Hamilton

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Hamilton forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 31.705, -98.111 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Henderson

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Henderson forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 32.212, -95.854 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Hill

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Hill forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 31.991, -97.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Hood

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Hood forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 32.430, -97.832 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Hopkins

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Hopkins forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 33.150, -95.564 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Hunt

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Hunt forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 33.124, -96.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Jack

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Jack forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 33.234, -98.172 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Johnson

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Johnson forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 32.379, -97.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Kaufman

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Kaufman forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 32.599, -96.288 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Lamar

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Lamar forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 33.667, -95.571 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Lampasas

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Lampasas forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 31.196, -98.241 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Leon

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Leon forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 31.297, -95.996 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Limestone

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Limestone forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 31.546, -96.580 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, McLennan

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: McLennan forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 31.552, -97.202 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Milam

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Milam forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 30.786, -96.977 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Mills

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Mills forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 31.495, -98.595 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Montague

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Montague forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 33.676, -97.725 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Navarro

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Navarro forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 32.047, -96.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Palo Pinto

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Palo Pinto forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 32.753, -98.313 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Parker

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Parker forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 32.778, -97.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Rains

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Rains forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 32.870, -95.793 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Robertson

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Robertson forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 31.027, -96.513 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Rockwall

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Rockwall forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 32.898, -96.408 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Somervell

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Somervell forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 32.222, -97.774 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Stephens

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Stephens forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 32.736, -98.836 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Tarrant

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Tarrant forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 32.772, -97.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Van Zandt

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Van Zandt forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 32.564, -95.836 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Wise

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Wise forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 33.216, -97.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Young

When: November 1, 12:00 AM CST to November 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Young forecast zone
Crop damage: $800,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 33.177, -98.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Drought: A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

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: 4766, 4768, 4769, 4770, 4772, 4773, 4774, 4775, 4776, 4777, 4778, 4780, 4781, 4782, 4783, 4784, 4785, 4786, 4788, 4789, 4790, 4791, 4792, 4793, 4795, 4796, 4798, 4799, 4800, 4801, 4802, 4803, 4804, 4805, 4807, 4808, 4809, 4810, 4811, 4812, and more.