A dry period has returned to the southern portions of the County Warning Area. Bell, Milam, and Robertson County returned to severe drought (D2) status by the end of the month.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
A dry period has returned to the southern portions of the County Warning Area. Bell, Milam, and Robertson County returned to severe drought (D2) status 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 Jun 18, 10:25 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1125 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2012 .AVIATION... /6Z TAFS/ VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT BUT STRONG MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR SOME MVFR CIGS TO SPREAD NORTH BY DAYBREAK. WILL SHOW THE MVFR CIGS BY 10-11Z AT ALL THE AIRPORTS WITH CIGS SCATTERING OUT BY LATE MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AGAIN PRIMARILY SOUTHEAST OF THE MAJOR AIRPORTS. SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 20KTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. ANOTHER ROUND OF MVFR CIGS LIKELY BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. DUNN && .UPDATE... ALL CONVECTION IS OVER FOR THE NIGHT. HAVE UPDATED THE GRIDS TO ALLOW FOR MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES THROUGH 2 AM...THEN STRATUS SHOULD BEGIN TO ADVECT INTO THE CWA THROUGH DAYBREAK. BURN OFF SHOULD OCCUR BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING. CURRENT FORECAST HAS THE TRENDS OF THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS COVERED VERY WELL AS INVERTED TROPICAL TROUGH RESIDES OVER THE STATE. TONIGHT/S LOW TEMPS LOOKS GOOD AS WELL AS TOMORROWS HIGH. 75 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 342 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2012/ AN INVERTED TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS COAST WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE REGION THE NEXT FEW DAYS. IT LOOKS LIKE OUR ONLY CHANCES FOR RAIN IN THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS WILL BE TIED TO THIS FEATURE. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER OUR FAR EAST AND SOUTHEAST COUNTIES THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS TODAY. THE CHANCE FOR RAIN ON TUESDAY WILL THEN SPREAD WEST AS THE AXIS OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES WEST. HAVE KEPT THE POPS ON TUESDAY OVER THE EASTERN 2/3RD OF THE CWA WITH THE HIGHEST POPS /30 PERCENT/ EAST OF INTERSTATE 35/35E. ON TUESDAY NIGHT...THE AXIS OF THE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO MOVE WEST OR SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA. FORECAST MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT SUBSIDENCE WILL BEGIN TO TAKE PLACE WEDNESDAY GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-20. THEREFORE...ADJUSTED POPS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO SOUTH OF I-20 WHERE A WEAK DISTURBANCE MAY STILL RESIDE IN THE BASE OF THE INVERTED TROUGH. THE OVERALL NATURE AND MODE OF THE RAIN ACTIVITY THE NEXT FEW DAYS IS EXPECTED TO BE MOSTLY ISOLATED. THE ACTIVITY WILL BE SLOW MOVING DUE TO WEAK WINDS THROUGH MOST OF THE ATMOSPHERE. WE WILL BE UNSTABLE AND UNCAPPED THE NEXT FEW DAYS...BUT THE WEAK WINDS WILL RESULT IN WEAK DEEP LAYER SHEAR OF ONLY 5 TO 15 KTS. IN THIS TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT...THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE RELATIVELY SHORT-LIVED. MOST OF THE STORMS WILL REMAIN BELOW STRONG AND SEVERE LIMITS BUT CANNOT RULE OUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG STORMS THAT MAY PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WINDS. WITH A SLOW MOVEMENT TO THE STORMS AND HIGH MOISTURE STILL IN THE REGION...HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL OCCUR AT TIMES BUT SHOULD NOT POSE A FLOOD RISK DUE TO THE SHORT-LIVED NATURE OF THE STORMS. ON THURSDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE THAT IS CURRENTLY PARKED NEAR BAJA CALIFORNIA WILL BEGIN TO TRACK EAST AND EXPAND OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. IT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST UNTIL SATURDAY WHEN THE CENTER OF THE RIDGE WILL PARK OVER OKLAHOMA. WITH THE RIDGE IN PLACE...DRY AND HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB AS THE RIDGE STRENGTHENS TO AROUND 595 DM EARLY NEXT WEEK. BY SUNDAY AND MONDAY...TEMPERATURES ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION WILL BE IN THE UPPER 90S WITH SOME LOCATIONS LIKELY REACHING THE CENTURY MARK. 82/JLD && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 76 92 75 92 73 / 5 20 20 10 10 WACO, TX 76 91 75 92 72 / 10 30 30 30 20 PARIS, TX 70 89 72 90 69 / 10 30 20 10 10 DENTON, TX 73 91 73 91 71 / 5 20 20 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 73 90 73 90 70 / 5 30 20 10 10 DALLAS, TX 76 92 75 92 74 / 5 30 20 10 10 TERRELL, TX 75 89 72 92 73 / 10 40 30 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 72 89 73 92 71 / 10 40 30 20 20 TEMPLE, TX 73 90 74 90 72 / 10 30 30 30 20 MINERAL WELLS, TX 71 92 73 93 70 / 5 10 10 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1122 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2012 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-191200- 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- 1122 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE FORECAST GENERALLY EAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO LAMPASAS LINE DURING THE DAYTIME AND EVENING HOURS TUESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY MAINLY SOUTH OF I-20. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DUNN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Less than two inches of rain fell throughout the month and severe drought (D2) returned to the county by the end of the month.
Less than two inches of rain fell throughout the month and severe drought (D2) returned to the county by the end of the month.
Less than three inches of rain fell throughout the month and severe drought (D2) returned to the county by the end of the month.
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, June 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: 392620, 392621, 392622.