S. Drought Monitor.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
While much of the rest of north Texas received ample rainfall, portions of Milam and Bell Counties were still considered to be in Severe and Extreme Drought (D2 and D3) as defined by the U.S. Drought Monitor.
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 Jul 31, 10:22 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1122 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2008 .AVIATION... CONVECTION CONTINUING TO FIRE UNDER UPPER SHEAR AXIS ZONE ALONG A SURFACE BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF KDTO TO NEAR KGVT. THIS WILL KEEP A POTENTIAL FOR SCT-BKN MID LEVEL CLOUDS AND AN ISOLATED TSRA AROUND THE KDFW TRACON UNTIL DAYBREAK. CONVECTIVE DEBRIS OVER KACT SHOULD LINGER THROUGH 09Z THEN DISSIPATE. WINDS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY SOUTH 5-10KT OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY. AFTERNOON HEATING WILL AID CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT EARLY AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY ISOLATED CONVECTION GENERALLY SOUTH OF I-20 DI AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNSET. 75 && .UPDATE... 954 PM CDT. HAVE EXPANDED THE HEAT ADVISORY TO THE NORTHEAST AND TO THE SOUTH TO INCLUDE AREAS UP TO PARIS AND SOUTH TO WACO AND TEMPLE. HAVE ALSO EXTENDED THE ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE HEATWAVE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. THE TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDEX VALUES IN SOME SPOTS WILL BE BORDERLINE WITH SOME SPOTS BRIEFLY FALLING TO 75-77 DEGREES AND A SOME OTHERS MAY SEE HEAT INDEX VALUES JUST SHORT OF THE 105 MARK. THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ARE SLOWLY DYING OFF AND MOST OF NOT ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD DISSIPATE BY 06Z. #58 && .PREV DISCUSSION... 312 PM CDT. HAVE ISSUED HEAT ADVISORY FOR METROPLEX. ALTHOUGH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL REACH 105-110 ACROSS MANY AREAS OF NORTH TX...MORNING LOWS WILL DROP TO THE MID 70S OUTSIDE THE DFW METROPLEX HEAT ISLAND. THIS MORNING THE FAR NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...PARIS AREA...NEVER DROPPED BELOW 80 BUT WE FEEL THAT THE LAST NIGHT/S PERSISTENT THICK CLOUD COVER WILL NOT REPEAT AND FRIDAY MORNING LOWS WILL BE MID 70S. EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING EAST OF A GAINESVILLE...WEATHERFORD... TO COMANCHE LINE...AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 TOMORROW AFTERNOON/EVENING AS THE WEAK UPPER TROF SLOWLY SINKS SOUTH. TROF WILL BE REPLACED BY RIDGING BY SATURDAY AND A HOT DRY WEEKEND IS EXPECTED. OF NOTE FOR THE EXTENDED...THE MODELS PUSH THE RIDGE NORTH A BIT MID WEEK ALLOWING A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE TO MOVE WESTWARD UNDER THE RIDGE INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. HAVE CONTINUED WITH LOW CHANCES OF AFTERNOON POPS WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY...DROPPED HIGHS INTO THE 90S AS WELL. WE CAN HOPE FOR SOME MORE RAIN...BUT THIS NEW WAVE WILL LIKELY PROVIDE AT LEAST ANOTHER SLIGHT BREAK FROM THE TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT. 84 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 81 103 80 102 80 / 10 10 10 5 5 WACO, TX 78 102 78 103 76 / 10 10 10 5 5 PARIS, TX 77 101 77 103 77 / 20 10 10 5 5 DENTON, TX 76 101 77 102 76 / 10 10 10 5 5 MCKINNEY, TX 76 100 74 104 74 / 10 10 10 5 5 DALLAS, TX 81 102 80 104 80 / 10 10 10 5 5 TERRELL, TX 79 100 79 102 75 / 10 10 10 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 78 100 78 100 76 / 20 10 10 5 5 TEMPLE, TX 78 101 78 100 73 / 20 10 10 5 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ094-095-103>107-118>123-133>135-145>147-158>161-175. && 75/58
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1030 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-011100- 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- 1030 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... TONIGHT. A HEAT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR AREAS BOUNDED BY TEMPLE... FAIRFIELD...ATHENS...PARIS....BONHAM AND DENTON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-35....BUT MOSTLY NORTH THROUGH NORTHEAST OF THE METROPLEX. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR AREAS BOUNDED BY TEMPLE...FAIRFIELD...ATHENS...PARIS....BONHAM AND DENTON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THE REST OF TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
838 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0835 PM TSTM WND DMG PIDCOKE 31.28N 97.89W
07/31/2008 CORYELL TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
SOME TREES BLOWN DOWN NEAR PIDCOKE.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
857 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0814 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 N BELLMEAD 31.64N 97.09W
07/31/2008 MCLENNAN TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
SOME TREES BLOWN DOWN AROUND ELM MOTT.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
857 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 N BELLMEAD 31.64N 97.09W
07/31/2008 MCLENNAN TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
SOME TREES BLOWN DOWN AROUND ELM MOTT.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
902 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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0830 PM TSTM WND DMG LEROY 31.73N 97.02W
07/31/2008 MCLENNAN TX EMERGENCY MNGR
ROOF BLOWN OFF A MOBILE HOMEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
925 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0835 PM TSTM WND DMG LEROY 31.73N 97.02W
07/31/2008 MCLENNAN TX EMERGENCY MNGR
ROOF DAMAGE TO TWO HOUSE IN LEROY.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
926 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0835 PM TSTM WND DMG LEROY 31.73N 97.02W
07/31/2008 MCLENNAN TX EMERGENCY MNGR
CARPORT RIPPED OFF FROM A MOBIL HOME.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Portions of western Bell County were still considered to be in Severe Drought (D2) as defined by the U.S. Drought Monitor. East Bell County received ample rainfall during the first half of the month, thus improving their drought status from Severe (D2) to Moderate (D1).
Portions of western Milam County were still considered to be in Extreme Drought (D3) as defined by the U.S. Drought Monitor. East Milam County received ample rainfall during the first half of the month, thus improving their drought status from Extreme (D2) to Moderate (D1).
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2008
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: 129079, 129081.