With little to no rainfall across the area throughout the month of November counties that were not classified in drought at the beginning of the month were downgraded to severe drought (D2) by the end of the month.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
With little to no rainfall across the area throughout the month of November counties that were not classified in drought at the beginning of the month were downgraded to 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 Nov 12, 11:26 PM CST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1126 PM CST MON NOV 12 2012 .AVIATION... /6Z TAFS/ NO CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUS SET OF TAFS OTHER THAN TO INCLUDE THE HIGH CLOUDS STREAMING IN FROM THE WEST. NEAR CALM WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH A GRADUAL SHIFT TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST DURING THE MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH NO SIGNIFICANT AVIATION CONCERNS DURING THE NEXT 30 HOURS. DUNN && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 319 PM CST MON NOV 12 2012/ IT HAS BEEN A QUIET DAY ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE QUIET WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE IS CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA RESULTING IN MOSTLY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES HAVE REACHED THE 50S THIS AFTERNOON BUT WILL DROP INTO THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S OVERNIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL BE CONDUCIVE TONIGHT FOR GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING DUE TO CLEAR SKIES AND CALM/LIGHT WINDS. NEARLY ALL OF THE REGION WILL FALL TO OR BELOW FREEZING AND WILL ISSUE A FREEZE WARNING TONIGHT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A GOLDTHWAITE TO FORT WORTH TO PARIS LINE. AREAS NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE WILL SEE SOME OF THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES IN THE REGION BUT THESE LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY FALLEN BELOW FREEZING A FEW TIMES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER /INCLUDING THIS MORNING/. TEMPERATURES IN THE IMMEDIATE DFW METROPLEX WILL LIKELY REMAIN JUST ABOVE FREEZING BUT OUTLYING AREAS SHOULD FALL TO OR BELOW FREEZING. ELSEWHERE...THIS WILL BE THE FIRST FREEZE OF SEASON. THERE IS A LITTLE CONCERN THAT IF THE WINDS REMAIN AROUND 5 MPH IN THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES...LOCATIONS EAST OF WACO AND SOUTH OF TERRELL MAY NOT QUITE REACH FREEZING. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...A SURFACE HIGH WILL REMAIN EAST AND NORTHEAST OF THE REGION RESULTING IN EAST TO EVENTUALLY SOUTHEAST WINDS. HOWEVER...MOISTURE RETURN WILL BE SCANT AS THE GULF OF MEXICO REMAINS CLOSED OFF ALL WEEK DUE TO NORTHERLY SURFACE WINDS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PASS THROUGH THE PLAINS LATE TUESDAY/EARLY WEDNESDAY...BUT NO PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR WITH THIS FEATURE DUE TO THE LACK OF MOISTURE. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PLAINS ON FRIDAY WITH A THIRD TROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WITH THE MOISTURE REMAINING SCOURED OUT THIS WEEK...THE FORECAST REMAINS DRY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WE MAY GET SOME MOISTURE RETURN EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE THE THIRD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. IN BETWEEN EACH SUCCESSIVE TROUGH...WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL OCCUR. WITH THE PATTERN OF SUCCESSIVE TROUGHS AND NEARLY PERSISTENT SURFACE FEATURES THIS WEEK...NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A WARM UP THIS WEEK BUT TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL. TEMPERATURES DURING THE DAY WILL MOSTLY BE IN THE 60S WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 30S. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM A LITTLE MORE OVER THE WEEKEND AS A SLIGHTLY STRONGER UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE REGION. OVERALL...FELT THAT MOS GUIDANCE FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK WAS A LITTLE TOO WARM AND UNDERCUT GUIDANCE FOR THE MOST PART. 82/JLD && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 33 60 34 63 38 / 0 0 0 0 0 WACO, TX 29 59 30 64 33 / 0 5 5 0 0 PARIS, TX 31 58 32 61 32 / 0 0 0 0 0 DENTON, TX 25 59 30 63 33 / 0 0 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 26 58 31 62 33 / 0 0 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 34 60 35 64 39 / 0 0 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 29 59 32 62 34 / 0 0 0 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 32 60 35 63 35 / 0 5 5 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 29 59 31 65 34 / 0 5 5 0 0 MINERAL WELLS, TX 26 58 30 64 34 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FREEZE WARNING FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY FOR TXZ095-104>107- 118>123-133>135-142>148-156>162-174-175. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 319 PM CST MON NOV 12 2012 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-131100- 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- 319 PM CST MON NOV 12 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. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month not in drought. With little to no rainfall throughout the month conditions worsened and by the end of the month the county was classified in severe drought (D2).
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month not in drought. With little to no rainfall throughout the month conditions worsened and by the end of the month the county was classified in severe drought (D2).
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month not in drought. With little to no rainfall throughout the month conditions worsened and by the end of the month the county was classified in severe drought (D2).
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month not in drought. With little to no rainfall throughout the month conditions worsened and by the end of the month the county was classified in severe drought (D2).
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month not in drought. With little to no rainfall throughout the month conditions worsened and by the end of the month the county was classified in severe drought (D2).
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month not in drought. With little to no rainfall throughout the month conditions worsened and by the end of the month the county was classified in severe drought (D2).
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month not in drought. With little to no rainfall throughout the month conditions worsened and by the end of the month the county was classified in severe drought (D2).
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month not in drought. With little to no rainfall throughout the month conditions worsened and by the end of the month the county was classified in 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, November 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: 419761, 419762, 419763, 419764, 419765, 419766, 419767, 419768.