With little rain during the month, conditions worsened for Denton County. This county was classified in a severe drought (D2) at the end of the month.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
With little rain during the month, conditions worsened for Denton County. This county was classified in a severe drought (D2) at 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 30, 10:40 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1140 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012 .AVIATION... VFR WILL PREVAIL. WINDS WILL VARY FROM SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD BUT SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN BELOW 12 KTS. SOME AFTERNOON WIND GUSTS UP TO 15 KTS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE. A FEW HIGH BASED CUMULUS CLOUDS AROUND 8 KFT WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. 82/JLD && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 305 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012/ THE HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL WEDNESDAY 8 PM DUE TO THE STAGNANT NATURE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE CELL ALOFT OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES. HOWEVER...COME LATE WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND THE UPPER HIGH IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SLIGHTLY OVER NORTH TEXAS AS AMPLIFIED FLOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY FORCES THE HIGH TO DRIFT A LITTLE TO THE WEST. TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY COOL DOWN A FEW DEGREES...BUT THIS MAY BE ENOUGH TO END THE HEAT ADVISORY OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. AS FOR RAIN...NONE IS FORESEEN DURING THIS FORECAST...AND LONG RANGE MODELS DO NOT HINT AT ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT THROUGH THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF AUGUST. AUGUST IS NORMALLY THE DRIEST MONTH FOR NORTH TEXAS WITH AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF 1.91" AT DFW AND 2.05" AT WACO. HENCE...UNLESS A LARGE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX OR A TROPICAL SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION MID TO LATE AUGUST...IT/S UNLIKELY THAT OUR RAINFALL DEFICIT WILL IMPROVE BEFORE SEPTEMBER. 75 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 80 105 80 105 81 / 0 0 0 0 0 WACO, TX 76 102 76 102 76 / 0 0 0 0 0 PARIS, TX 75 104 75 103 75 / 0 0 0 0 0 DENTON, TX 76 105 78 106 78 / 0 0 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 77 105 79 105 79 / 0 0 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 80 105 81 105 81 / 0 0 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 75 104 76 102 76 / 0 0 0 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 76 102 76 102 77 / 0 0 0 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 73 100 73 101 74 / 0 0 0 0 0 MINERAL WELLS, TX 74 103 76 103 76 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR TXZ091>095-101>107- 117>123. && 82/05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 329 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-311245- 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- 329 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO REACH OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WEATHERFORD TO CANTON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 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).
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