Drought conditions spread across the northern portions of the region during the early part of the month, but beneficial rainfall in the middle of the month improved conditions.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Drought conditions spread across the northern portions of the region during the early part of the month, but beneficial rainfall in the middle of the month improved conditions.
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 6, 10:45 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1145 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012 .AVIATION... /6Z TAFS/ VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING WITH ONLY A COUPLE OF ISOLATED STORMS RIGHT ALONG THE RED RIVER. EXPECT ANY CONVECTION OVERNIGHT TO REMAIN ISOLATED...HOWEVER THE LOW LEVEL ENVIRONMENT WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR GUSTY WINDS WITH ANY STORMS. A RECENT STORM PRODUCED 42KTS AT KDTO WELL AFTER SUNSET. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS MOVING INTO THE METROPLEX FROM THE NORTH AND WILL LEAVE SURFACE WINDS A LITTLE VARIABLE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. EXPECT GENERALLY SOUTHERLY FLOW TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD. FOR NOW...WILL SHOW SCT070 CONDS TOMORROW AFTERNOON... ALTHOUGH THERE WILL LIKELY BE AT LEAST ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN. SIMILAR TO TODAY...ANY STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS. DUNN && .UPDATE... WILL KEEP THE LOW POPS ACROSS THE NW ZONES THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BUT OTHERWISE ACTIVITY HAS DISSIPATED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. THE HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED ACROSS THE EAST AS LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD COOL INTO THE MID 70S TONIGHT AND HEAT INDEX VALUES DID NOT REACH 105 THERE THIS AFTERNOON. HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA WAS MET OVER THE METROPLEX TODAY...AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT WILL BE MET AGAIN FOR TOMORROW. HOWEVER WITH DIMINISHING PRECIPITABLE WATER TOMORROW...THIS SHOULD ALLOW DEWPOINTS TO MIX OUT A BIT MORE THAN TODAY. WILL DEFER THE DECISION TO ISSUE ANY NEW HEAT ADVISORIES TO LATER SHIFTS. TR.92 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 346 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012/ SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING NEAR A SURFACE BOUNDARY NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHWEST OR SOUTH AT AROUND 10 MPH AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE STORMS WILL WEAKEN TOWARD SUNSET. WE WILL SEE LOW CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AND HAVE KEPT/PLACED 20 PERCENT POPS THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD. THE GFS BRINGS A FRONT INTO THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS BEFORE DAYBREAK THURSDAY AND THROUGH MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE ECMWF ALSO BRINGS A FRONT INTO NORTH TEXAS BUT IS NOT QUITE AS AGGRESSIVE. FOR NOW HAVE GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE ECMWF WHICH IS DRIER...PRECIPITATION WISE...THAN THE GFS. TEMPERATURES MAY FALL BY A FEW DEGREES LATE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS. 58 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 81 104 80 102 80 / 20 20 20 20 20 WACO, TX 75 102 76 101 77 / 10 20 10 20 20 PARIS, TX 77 100 76 98 74 / 40 20 10 20 20 DENTON, TX 79 104 78 102 77 / 20 20 20 20 20 MCKINNEY, TX 78 103 77 102 77 / 20 20 20 20 20 DALLAS, TX 82 103 82 102 80 / 20 20 20 20 20 TERRELL, TX 77 101 76 100 76 / 20 20 20 20 20 CORSICANA, TX 76 101 77 100 77 / 10 20 10 20 20 TEMPLE, TX 73 101 74 100 74 / 10 20 10 20 20 MINERAL WELLS, TX 78 103 74 101 73 / 30 10 20 20 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 840 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-071200- 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- 840 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF A CISCO TO GAINESVILLE LINE OVERNIGHT. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS STORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A CHANCE FOR MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS AND LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN THREATS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DUNN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
756 PM CDT MON AUG 06 2012
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0625 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SW PARIS 33.61N 95.58W
08/06/2012 LAMAR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
FROM PARIS PD... DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS IN
ROAD. REPORTED TREE LIMBS WERE BLOCKING ROADS.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
11 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe drought conditions (D2) developed in the county during the early part of the month. However, the county received an average of 2-5 of rain by the middle of the month and drought conditions improved to Moderate (D1).
Severe drought conditions (D2) developed in the county during the early part of the month. However, the county received an average of 2-4 of rain by the middle of the month and drought conditions improved to Moderate (D1).
Severe drought conditions (D2) spread across the county during the early part of the month. However, the county received an average of 2-6 of rain by the middle of the month and drought conditions improved to Moderate (D1).
Severe drought conditions (D2) spread across the county during the early part of the month. However, the county received an average of 1-3 of rain by the middle of the month and drought conditions improved to Moderate (D1).
Severe drought conditions (D2) developed across the county during the early part of the month. However, the county received an average of 1-2 of rain by the middle of the month and drought conditions improved to Moderate (D1).
Severe drought conditions (D2) developed across the county during the early part of the month. However, the county received an average of 2-4 of rain by the middle of the month and drought conditions improved to Moderate (D1).
Severe drought conditions (D2) developed across the county during the early part of the month. However, the county received an average of 1-4 of rain by the middle of the month and drought conditions improved to Moderate (D1).
Severe drought conditions (D2) developed across the county during the early part of the month. However, the county received an average of 2-5 of rain by the middle of the month and drought conditions improved to Moderate (D1).
Severe drought conditions (D2) developed across the county during the early part of the month. However, the county received an average of 2-5 of rain by the middle of the month and drought conditions improved to Moderate (D1).
Severe drought conditions (D2) developed across the county during the early part of the month. However, the county received an average of 2-6 of rain by the middle of the month and drought conditions improved to Moderate (D1).
Severe drought conditions (D2) developed across the county during the early part of the month. However, the county received an average of 2-6 of rain by the middle of the month and drought conditions improved to Moderate (D1).
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2012
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: 408479, 408480, 408481, 408482, 408483, 408484, 408485, 408486, 408487, 408488, 408489.