With little rain during the month, drought conditions worsened for Montague, Wise, and Jack County and these locations were classified in a severe drought (D2) by the end of the month.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
With little rain during the month, drought conditions worsened for Montague, Wise, and Jack County and these locations were classified in a severe drought (D2) by the end of the month.
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 16, 10:36 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1136 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012 .AVIATION... STORMS HAVE ENDED AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ARE NO LONGER WELL DEFINED. THIS LEAVES SURFACE WINDS FROM THE SOUTH AROUND 5 TO 10 KNOTS. THE MAIN CONCERN OVERNIGHT WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOW MVFR STRATUS. HIGH RESOLUTION MODEL GUIDANCE IS MORE CONSISTENT ON DEVELOPING THE LOW CLOUDS OVER WACO NEAR DAYBREAK. THE MAV/LAMP DOES BRING IN BRIEF RESTRICTIONS TO DFW...BUT AM NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO MENTION IN THE TAFS. CLOUD BASES OF ANY STRATUS OVER WACO OR DFW WILL BE NEAR 1KFT. THE CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE THIN AND SHOULD QUICKLY BURN OFF WITH SOME HEATING. CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS TOMORROW ARE TOO LOW TO MENTION AT THIS TIME AND THE EXPECTED COVERAGE TOMORROW SHOULD BE LESS THAN TODAY. WINDS WILL PREVAIL FROM THE SOUTH BUT COULD CHANGE BRIEFLY IF ANY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MOVE THROUGH A TERMINAL. 85/NH && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 239 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012/ SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS AN ELONGATED MID AND UPPER LOW NOW SPINNING JUST WEST OF NORTH TEXAS COUNTIES. THE MOST INTENSE CONVECTION APPEARS TO BE OCCURRING JUST WEST OF THE AREA BENEATH THE COOLEST AIR ALOFT...SIMILAR TO WHAT WE EXPERIENCED LOCALLY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NONETHELESS...SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS HAVE STILL DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WHERE PLENTY OF MOISTURE IS STILL AVAILABLE. COVERAGE TODAY HAS REMAINED MORE ISOLATED IN NATURE AND SO FAR STORM INTENSITY HAS BEEN LOWER. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE STILL TO LIKELY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE STRONGEST STORMS AND BEST COVERAGE WILL BE OVER OUR WESTERN- MOST COUNTIES WHERE BEST UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT RESIDES. RADAR AND SATELLITE TRENDS INDICATE AN AREA OF ENHANCED DEVELOPMENT DURING THE PAST HOUR FROM EASTLAND COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD TO NEAR BOWIE....AND OUTFLOW FROM THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH MAINLY WEST OF I 35/35W BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME THINGS BEGIN SETTLING DOWN JUST PRIOR TO SUNSET. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TOMORROW AS THE UPPER LOW SHIFTS SLOWLY SOUTHWEST TOWARDS THE TEXAS/MEXICO BORDER NEAR DEL RIO. COVERAGE WILL PROBABLY BE EVEN LESS AS SUBSIDENCE FROM AN AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE EAST ON THE HEELS OF THE DEPARTING UPPER LOW. WILL KEEP THE 20 POPS IN FOR ALL BUT THE NORTHERN MOST COUNTIES...WITH TIMING BEING IN THE AFTERNOON DURING OPTIMAL SURFACE HEATING. MOISTURE WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK...BUT RAIN CHANCES WILL BE SLIM TO NONE AS THE UPPER RIDGE PARKS OVER THE PLAINS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR AN OUTSIDE SHOWER WOULD BE IF THE SEABREEZE PUNCHES INLAND INTO THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES DURING THE AFTERNOON...WHICH WOULD KICK OFF A FEW ISOLATED STORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE REBOUNDING TO MORE TYPICAL JULY READINGS AS HIGHS APPROACH TRIPLE DIGITS BY THE WEEKEND. 30 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 75 96 77 96 77 / 20 20 10 10 10 WACO, TX 74 94 74 95 75 / 10 20 10 10 10 PARIS, TX 72 94 74 94 73 / 10 10 10 10 10 DENTON, TX 72 97 75 96 74 / 20 10 10 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 73 94 73 95 73 / 20 10 10 10 10 DALLAS, TX 76 95 77 96 78 / 20 20 10 10 10 TERRELL, TX 73 95 74 94 74 / 20 20 10 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 73 94 74 94 75 / 10 20 10 10 10 TEMPLE, TX 72 94 73 94 74 / 10 20 10 10 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 69 96 71 96 72 / 20 20 10 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 85/85
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 248 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-171215- 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- 248 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CAVANAUGH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
728 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012
TXZ116-129-130-170100-
EASTLAND TX-ERATH TX-PALO PINTO TX-
728 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN EASTLAND COUNTY
NORTHWESTERN ERATH COUNTY
SOUTHERN PALO PINTO COUNTY
AT 727 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL 13 MILES NORTH OF
STEPHENVILLE...OR BETWEEN HUCKABY AND STRAWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GORDON...HUCKABAY AND MORGAN
MILL.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.
LAT...LON 3252 9856 3269 9857 3269 9806 3250 9807
3227 9817 3228 9850 3227 9856 3244 9861
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 211DEG 18KT 3243 9822The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The county received less than an inch of rain during the month which worsened agricultural conditions across the area. By the end of the month, the county was classified in a severe drought (D2).
The county received less than an inch of rain during the month which worsened agricultural conditions across the area. By the end of the month, the county was classified in a severe drought (D2).
The county received less than an inch of rain during the month which worsened agricultural conditions across the area. By the end of the month, the county was classified in a severe drought (D2).
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, July 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: 401439, 401440, 401441.