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.
Southwestern portions of north Texas were undergoing drought 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 Aug 31, 11:01 PM CST, 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1201 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008 .AVIATION... THERE IS NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THINKING FROM THE 00Z TAF ISSUANCE. SOME HAZE/FOG MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES INTO THE 4-6SM RANGE BETWEEN 11 AND 14Z...OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. WE WILL SEE WINDS BACK AROUND TO THE NORTHEAST AND NORTH MONDAY AS GUSTAV APPROACHES. WE SHOULD BE IN AN AREA OF GREATER SUBSIDENCE MONDAY...THUS HAVE NOT MENTIONED CB IN TAFS. 58 && .UPDATE... SIMILAR TO THE PAST FEW DAYS...SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA DISSIPATING WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. WILL UPDATE GRIDS/PRODUCTS TO REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS. GUSTAV CONTINUES ON COURSE FOR LOUISIANA COAST. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS DRYING/SUBSIDENCE NORTHWEST OF GUSTAV APPROACHING THE CWA...WITH LEADING HIGH CLOUDS ALSO ON THE WAY. WILL SHOW A SLIGHT INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER OVER EAST/SOUTHEAST COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. EVEN WITH INCREASING HIGH CLOUD COVER...SUBSIDENCE SHOULD RESULT IN WARM TEMPS MONDAY...AS DEPICTED IN CURRENT FORECAST. UPDATES OUT SHORTLY. ..06.. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 341 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008/ SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FIRE MAINLY ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. DONT EXPECT MUCH ACTIVITY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF DUE STRONG LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE. ALL PRECIP SHOULD DISSIPATE AROUND SUNSET. MONDAY WILL BE QUIET ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND LITTLE IN THE WAY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BEGIN TO TIGHTEN IN THE SOUTHEAST ZONES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AS GUSTAVE MAKES LANDFALL EAST OF LAKE CHARLES. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS TO INCREASE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE REMAINS OF GUSTAVE APPROACH WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE ACROSS THE EASTERN THIRD OF NORTH TEXAS ALONG WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. AS FOR RAINFALL...EXPECT RAIN/STORMS MONDAY NIGHT TO STAY FAIRLY CONCENTRATED AROUND THE CENTER OF GUSTAVE...BUT A FEW MAY AFFECT THE SOUTHEAST ZONES. RAIN CHANCES SHOULD INCREASE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE CIRCULATION MOVES INTO EAST TEXAS. THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME FLOODING ALONG WITH A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS (SEE FWDPNSFWD). THE MODELS STILL DIVERGE ON THE FATE OF GUSTAVE BEYOND WEDNESDAY. THE ECM HAS BEEN CONSISTENT ABOUT LIFTING THE SYSTEM INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS WHILE THE GFS LINGERS THE REMNANT LOW OVER EAST TEXAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FOR NOW...WILL HOLD ONTO SOME CHANCE POPS IN THE EAST THURSDAY AND LOW CHANCE POPS FRIDAY. MONDAY SHOULD BE ANOTHER SEASONABLY WARM AND HUMID DAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S. THE INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND THE RETURN OF NORTHEAST WINDS SHOULD KEEP TEMPS IN THE 80S ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY AND IN MANY LOCATIONS FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 79 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 74 98 75 88 73 / 10 5 10 30 30 WACO, TX 73 98 73 92 74 / 10 10 10 30 30 PARIS, TX 71 94 73 82 69 / 10 10 20 60 70 DENTON, TX 70 98 71 88 73 / 10 5 10 30 30 MCKINNEY, TX 68 96 75 86 70 / 10 5 10 40 40 DALLAS, TX 76 97 75 87 72 / 10 5 10 40 40 TERRELL, TX 72 97 74 86 71 / 10 10 20 50 50 CORSICANA, TX 72 96 74 90 73 / 10 10 20 50 40 TEMPLE, TX 71 98 73 93 74 / 10 10 10 20 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 58/06
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 833 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 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- 833 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. AS GUSTAV MOVES INTO TEXAS TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORMS AND INCREASED WINDS WILL ALSO SPREAD INTO NORTH TEXAS. A WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR THE EASTERN THIRD TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL... FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1040 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008 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- 1040 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008 ...GUSTAV WILL SPREAD RAIN AND WIND INTO NORTH TEXAS... HURRICANE GUSTAV WILL MAKE LANDFALL IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AROUND MIDDAY MONDAY AND CONTINUE ON A NORTHWEST TRACK THROUGH WESTERN LOUISIANA AND INTO EAST TEXAS BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF GUSTAV TAKES ITS REMNANTS THROUGH EAST TEXAS FROM TOLEDO BEND LAKE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING TO NORTHWEST OF PALESTINE BY FRIDAY MORNING. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SPREAD OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF NORTH TEXAS AS GUSTAV ARRIVES AND AMOUNTS BY FRIDAY COULD AVERAGE FROM AROUND ONE INCH ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR TO OVER FOUR INCHES FROM ATHENS NORTHWARD INTO THE PARIS AREA. THERE COULD BE ISOLATED RAIN SWATH WITH TOTALS IN EXCESS OF SIX INCHES FROM PARIS SOUTH TO CANTON. AS FOR WINDS...THEY WILL BECOME MORE NORTHERLY AND INCREASE AS GUSTAV APPROACHES. A WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED ACROSS THE EASTERN COUNTIES TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY ALSO SPREAD INTO THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS THE REMNANTS OF GUSTAV LINGER OVER THE REGION. STAY TURN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON GUSTAV AND ITS IMPACT ON NORTH TEXAS THIS WEEK.
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 the far western tip of the county considered to be in Extreme Drought(D3). 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, September 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: 134571, 134572.