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.
Bell and Milam Counties were considered to be in Severe Drought (D2) or worse 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 Sep 30, 4:47 PM CST, 7 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 547 PM CDT TUE SEP 30 2008 .AVIATION... 547 PM VFR/CAVU THRU PERIOD. NORTH FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING...THEN BECOME ALMOST CALM THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT. 84 && .DISCUSSION... 314 PM AN EARLY FALL COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND BROUGHT DRIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR TO THE REGION. NORTH TEXAS WILL REMAIN IN DRY NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS REMAINS POISED OVER THE ROCKIES. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN LATE IN THE WEEKEND AS A POWERFUL TROUGH MOVES ONSHORE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO DEEPEN AND MOVE EASTWARD SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE BEST DYNAMICS AND RAIN CHANCES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE WILL BE NORTH OF THE REGION WITH SOME MOUNTAIN SNOW LIKELY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE ROCKIES. THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND LIFT TO WARRANT SLIGHT SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. THE GFS IS A BIT MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH THE TROUGH AND BRINGS AN END TO THE PRECIP BY MONDAY EVENING WHILE THE ECMFW KEEPS THE TROUGH AND RAIN CHANCES IN PLACE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FOR NOW WILL SIDE WITH THE DRIER/MORE PROGRESSIVE SOLUTION AND KEEP RAIN OUT OF THE FORECAST BEYOND MONDAY. THE COMBINATION OF DRY AIR...DECREASING WIND SPEEDS...AND A CLEAR SKY WILL ALLOW OVERNIGHT LOWS TO FALL INTO THE 40S IN THE NORTH WITH LOWER TO MIDDLE 50S ELSEWHERE. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY WARM THROUGH THE WEEK AS SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS RETURN AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE GRADUALLY INCREASES. 79 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 57 87 60 85 61 / 5 5 5 5 5 WACO, TX 53 89 56 88 58 / 5 5 5 5 5 PARIS, TX 51 82 54 79 53 / 5 5 5 5 10 DENTON, TX 48 86 52 83 56 / 5 5 5 5 10 MCKINNEY, TX 48 84 52 82 55 / 5 5 5 5 10 DALLAS, TX 56 87 59 84 60 / 5 5 5 5 5 TERRELL, TX 51 85 55 84 56 / 5 5 5 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 53 84 56 84 56 / 5 5 5 5 5 TEMPLE, TX 54 87 56 88 57 / 5 5 5 5 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 25/79
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 300 PM CDT TUE SEP 30 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-011100- 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- 300 PM CDT TUE SEP 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 25
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The western portion of Bell County was undergoing Severe Drought (D2). Oat and wheat products which are now emerging are stressed from the lack of rain.
The western portion of Milam County was undergoing Severe Drought (D2) with Extreme Drought (D3) existing in the extreme western tip of the county. Oat and wheat products which are now emerging are stressed from the lack of rain.
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, October 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: 134569, 134570.