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 26, 11:36 PM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1136 PM CST MON NOV 26 2012 .AVIATION... PATCHY STRATUS IN THE METROPLEX SEEMS TO BE DISSIPATING...WITH SITES TO THE NORTH NOW LOSING THEIR LOW CEILINGS. WILL BRING CIGS UP TO VFR AT 0200 CST. STRATUS NOW JUST NORTH OF WACO SO SO BROUGHT CIGS DOWN TO MVFR AT 0100 CST AND EXPECT THEM BACK UP TO VFR BEFORE SUNRISE. 84 && .UPDATE... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST OUT OF OUR FORECAST AREA...SO WENT AHEAD AND UPDATED THE FORECAST TO REMOVE THUNDER THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SOME SPOTTY RAIN SHOWERS REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES THIS EVENING...SO LEFT 20 POPS IN WITH MENTION OF RAIN SHOWERS TROUGH MIDNIGHT. OTHERWISE HIGH CLOUDS LOOK TO HOLD IN PLACE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. NORTHERLY WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 10 KTS ALL NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF BREEZY NORTH WINDS AND HIGH CLOUDS SHOULD KEEP OVERNIGHT LOWS ABOVE FREEZING FOR MOST OF NORTH TX TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. CAVANAUGH && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 204 PM CST MON NOV 26 2012/ THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PROGRESS SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND AS OF 2 PM...THE FRONT WAS ALONG A LINE FROM BONHAM TO DALLAS TO GOLDTHWAITE. THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA REMAINS CAPPED AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BUT CIN IS WEAKENING. THERE REMAINS THE POSSIBILITY OF A BRIEF WINDOW WHERE SCATTERED STORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN ZONES LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING WHEN THE CAP IS WEAK AND BEFORE THE FRONT PUSHES OUT OF THE CWA. CURRENT TIMING HAS THE FRONT SOUTH OF THE CWA AROUND 8 PM. THE BEST CHANCES FOR CONVECTION WILL BE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CWA THIS EVENING...WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE IS LIKELY TO BE MOST UNSTABLE AND MORE SUPPORTIVE OF CONVECTION. THE LATEST RUN OF THE TTU- WRF...KEEPS THE CWA MOSTLY DRY AND WILL TRIM OUR POPS TO 20 PERCENT FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN ZONES. THE OVERALL THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW...DUE TO MEAGER INSTABILITY...LIFT AND SHEAR. HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE LOW-CLOUDS DEVELOPING THIS EVENING BEHIND THE FRONT...PERSISTING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS TOMORROW. THE MAVMOS CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE WITH THESE CLOUDS AND THUS WENT A FEW DEGREES WARMER FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS...BUT TEMPS WILL STILL BE COLD...IN THE 30S AND 40S ACROSS THE AREA. NO FREEZE IS EXPECTED. HIGHS TOMORROW WILL BE A BIT COOLER THAN WHAT MOS IS ADVERTISING FOR MOST OF THE AREA...DUE TO THE CLOUD COVER. HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE 50S ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA. SOUTHERLY WINDS COMMENCE WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH. LIFT WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION THURSDAY WHICH WILL LEAD TO A SMALL CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. INSTABILITY IS NON- EXISTENT WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND LIFT IS RELATIVELY WEAK...WHICH WILL LIMIT THE OVERALL COVERAGE. THE NAM IS THE MOST OPTIMISTIC FOR POPS...BUT CONSENSUS LEANS TOWARDS A LESSER COVERAGE. THE REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD AND BEYOND APPEAR TO BE QUIET. THE GFS IS BROAD BRUSHING LIGHT QPF VALUES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ACROSS THE EASTERN ZONES...BUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE MODEL IN THESE TYPES OF SYNOPTIC PATTERNS. NO MAJOR WEATHER SYSTEMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT NORTH TEXAS...AS THE JET STREAM STAYS ACROSS THE NORTHERN CONUS. THIS WILL LEAD TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL THROUGH AT LEAST NEXT WEEK. HIGHS WILL AVERAGE IN THE MID-70S WITH LOWS IN THE 50S AND 60S. 85/NH && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 39 54 37 66 48 / 0 0 0 0 5 WACO, TX 42 57 33 65 46 / 10 0 0 0 5 PARIS, TX 39 53 35 63 41 / 5 0 0 0 5 DENTON, TX 36 53 32 65 46 / 0 0 0 0 5 MCKINNEY, TX 38 54 30 62 46 / 0 0 0 0 5 DALLAS, TX 40 53 38 65 47 / 0 0 0 0 5 TERRELL, TX 42 53 34 62 44 / 5 0 0 0 5 CORSICANA, TX 43 56 36 65 45 / 10 0 0 0 5 TEMPLE, TX 42 58 35 67 48 / 20 0 0 0 5 MINERAL WELLS, TX 35 54 33 67 47 / 0 0 0 0 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && /
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 947 PM CST MON NOV 26 2012 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-280400- 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- 947 PM CST MON NOV 26 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. CAVANAUGH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
722 PM CST MON NOV 26 2012
TXZ174-270145-
MILAM TX-
722 PM CST MON NOV 26 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN MILAM COUNTY
THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS LOCATED NEAR MILANO...MOVING
EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3073 9709 3100 9677 3100 9675 3097 9677
3093 9676 3090 9672 3090 9669 3087 9670
3082 9664 3078 9665 3076 9661 3075 9663
3073 9662 3055 9696
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 289DEG 25KT 3069 9683
CAVANAUGHThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 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).
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: 419779, 419780, 419781, 419782, 419783, 419784, 419785.