At the beginning of the month Bell, Milam, and Robertson County were classified in extreme (D3) to severe drought (D2). This area received 3 to 4 inches of rain during the month and some improvements were made.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
At the beginning of the month Bell, Milam, and Robertson County were classified in extreme (D3) to severe drought (D2). This area received 3 to 4 inches of rain during the month and some improvements were made. Robertson County was no longer in drought by the end of the month, and Bell and Milam were classified in a severe drought (D2).
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 Jun 30, 10:47 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1147 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012 .AVIATION... VFR WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BUT INCREASING MOISTURE SHOULD RESULT IN A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR CIGS SUNDAY MORNING. WILL BRING CIGS INTO WACO AROUND 11Z AND INTO THE METROPLEX AROUND 13Z. THEY SHOULD LIFT AROUND OR AFTER 16Z...WITH GENERALLY LOW VFR CIGS CONTINUING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. MOISTURE/INSTABILITY IS SUFFICIENT FOR A THREAT OF CONVECTION TOMORROW...WITH BEST CHANCES FARTHER SOUTH. MAY SEE SOME SHOWERS BY SUNRISE IN THE WACO AREA. WITH INSTABILITY LIMITED AND COVERAGE LOW ACROSS THE SOUTH...WILL MENTION VCSH IN LIEU OF VCTS BUT THIS MAY NEED TO BE CHANGED LATER. FOR THE METROPLEX INSTABILITY WILL BE HIGHER...BUT COVERAGE LOOKS TOO LOW TO MENTION VCTS AT THIS TIME...BUT BEST WINDOW FOR THIS IS LATE AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PREVAIL AT 10-15KT. && .UPDATE... ISOLATED SHOWERS MOVING INTO MILAM COUNTY FROM THE SOUTHEAST SHOULD FALL APART DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AND QUIET WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS ARE IN STORE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AGAIN TOMORROW WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE REGION. THE CURRENT FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE WITH NO SIGNIFICANT UPDATES NEEDED AT THIS TIME. 30 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 244 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012/ THE UPPER DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTH TEXAS CONTINUES TO DRIFT SLOWLY WEST THIS AFTERNOON. TO THE NORTHEAST OF DISTURBANCE IS WHERE RICH GULF MOISTURE IS BEING TRANSPORTED NORTHWEST TOWARD NORTH TEXAS. A BROAD AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA INTO THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND NORTHEAST MEXICO. THE ATMOSPHERE IS RELATIVELY MOIST ADIABATIC WITH MID LEVEL LAPSE NOT VERY STEEP...THUS SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE ALREADY APPROACHING AREAS FROM CAMERON TO CENTERVILLE WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SOME POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS...DUE TO DRIER MID LEVELS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS VERSUS SOUTH TEXAS. THIS DRY MID LEVEL AIR CAN ENHANCE EVAPORATIVE COOLING AND SOME DOWNDRAFT WIND POTENTIAL WITH STRONGER STORMS ON THE LEADING EDGE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. BEST POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF A LAMPASAS...WACO...PALESTINE LINE UNTIL SUNSET WHEN LOSS OF HEATING WILL RESULT IN A RAPID DOWNTREND IN ACTIVITY. SUNDAY LOOKS LIKE OUR BEST BET FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS AS DEEP MOISTURE TRANSPORT SURGES NORTH. BEST RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF I-20...THOUGH EVEN ISOLATED STORMS COULD OCCUR NORTH OF I-20. WITH NO FOCUS AT THE SURFACE OUTSIDE OF A RANDOM OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OR TWO...WILL NOT RAISE RAIN CHANCES ANY HIGHER WITH ONLY SUBTLE FORCING FROM THE UPPER DISTURBANCE. TRAINING OF RELATIVELY SLOW-MOVING CELLS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WE WILL LINGER SLIGHT CHANCES FOR PULSE TYPE SHOWERS AND STORMS EAST OF I-35 SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...DESPITE THE SOUTH TEXAS UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVING WEST ACROSS MEXICO. AN AXIS OF GREATER THAN 1.5 INCHES PWAT AND AN EMBEDDED WEAKNESS IN THE BROAD UPPER HIGH MAY INDUCE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY. HE UPPER HIGH WILL INTENSIFY OVER NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND DRY CONDITIONS RETURNING TO NORTH TEXAS. HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND THE CENTURY MARK WILL RETURN AFTER INDEPENDENCE DAY AND BEYOND. 05/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 78 93 75 96 78 / 5 20 10 10 10 WACO, TX 76 92 76 96 75 / 10 30 10 10 10 PARIS, TX 73 94 73 94 74 / 5 10 20 20 10 DENTON, TX 74 93 74 97 74 / 5 10 10 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 74 93 74 95 75 / 5 20 10 20 10 DALLAS, TX 78 93 75 96 78 / 5 20 10 20 10 TERRELL, TX 75 93 74 94 75 / 5 20 20 20 10 CORSICANA, TX 75 92 74 95 76 / 5 30 10 20 10 TEMPLE, TX 74 91 74 94 74 / 20 40 10 10 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 74 94 75 97 73 / 5 20 10 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 254 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-011215- 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- 254 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID EVENING MAINLY SOUTH OF A GOLDTHWAITE...WACO...PALESTINE LINE. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS ON SUNDAY...AND THEN GENERALLY EAST OF THE I-35 AND I-35E CORRIDOR ON MONDAY. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The county began the month in extreme drought (D3). Four inches of rain fell and the county improved to severe drought (D2) by the end of the month.
The county began the month in extreme drought (D3). Four inches of rain fell and the county improved to severe drought (D2) by the end of the month.
Three to four inches of rain fell during the month and drought conditions improved. By the end of the month the county was no longer classified in severe drought (D2).
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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