Severe drought conditions (D2) occurred during much of the month across Eastland and Stephens County.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Severe drought conditions (D2) occurred during much of the month across Eastland and Stephens County.
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 Aug 31, 10:13 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1113 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 .AVIATION... NO MAJOR CONCERNS OUTSIDE OF BRIEF ISOLATED SHRA OR SPRINKLES OVERNIGHT. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM SE TX STORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING SHORT RAPIDLY NORTHWEST AND INTO THE METROPLEX THIS PAST HOUR. MODELS DO NOT KNOW THIS...SO HAVE GONE 2 LINES FOR FORECAST WITH PREVAILING SSE WINDS AROUND 10 KTS OVERNIGHT BECOMING SSW 6-7 KTS AFTER DAYBREAK. ISOLATED CONVECTION POSSIBLE ONE MORE AFTERNOON FROM MID LEVEL MOISTURE OUTER SOUTHWEST PERIPHERY OF TD ISAAC CIRCULATION OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. CONFIDENCE TOO LOW FOR ANY MENTION IN TAFS AT THIS TIME. 05/ && .UPDATE... LOWERED POPS TO ISOLATED AND DECREASED COVERAGE TO THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. DO NOT EXPECT ANY CONVECTION AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS THE REMNANTS OF ISAAC PUSH FARTHER INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI. IR LOOPS CONTINUES TO SHOW SOME CLOUDINESS LINGER OVER PARTS OF THE CWA AND EXPECT SOME TO LINGER MOST OF THE NIGHT. LEFT THE REST OF THE FORECAST INTACT. BOTH THE ECMWF AND GFS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE A STRONG COLD FRONT NEXT WEEKEND. TIMING IS NOT DEFINITE...BUT SEVERAL RUNS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT. 75 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 342 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012/ THE REMNANTS OF ISAAC WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH INTO THE MIDWEST TONIGHT. CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO CLEAR THIS EVENING AFTER THE LATE AFTERNOON CLOUDS DISSIPATE. SURFACE HEATING AND ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL YIELD SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS WHERE THE INSTABILITY IS MOST FAVORABLE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL ANCHOR ITSELF OVER NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AND BRING HOT DAYS AND WARM NIGHTS. THE RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. A COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE RED RIVER THURSDAY BUT NOT PUSH THROUGH THE REGION UNTIL FRIDAY. THE GFS IS A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN THE ECMWF WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT. FOR NOW WE WILL SIDE A BIT CLOSER TO THE GFS SOLUTION WHICH HAS BEEN CONSISTENT THE LAST SEVERAL MODEL RUNS. THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT SHOULD BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEKEND. LOOKS LIKE HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 101 WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL THE COLD FRONT NEXT FRIDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 70S...EXCEPT FOR SOME READINGS AROUND 80 IN THE METROPLEX. 79 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 77 100 79 99 79 / 5 20 20 10 10 WACO, TX 76 100 77 97 76 / 5 20 20 20 20 PARIS, TX 74 98 75 97 75 / 10 20 20 10 10 DENTON, TX 75 100 77 100 76 / 5 20 20 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 73 98 74 97 75 / 5 20 20 10 10 DALLAS, TX 78 98 79 98 79 / 5 20 20 10 10 TERRELL, TX 74 97 76 97 76 / 10 20 20 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 75 97 76 97 76 / 10 20 20 20 20 TEMPLE, TX 74 98 75 96 74 / 5 20 20 20 20 MINERAL WELLS, TX 70 99 72 99 73 / 5 10 10 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 05/75
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 906 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-011200- 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- 906 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A CISCO TO GAINESVILLE LINE...AND AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SOUTHEAST OF A CANTON TO LAMPASAS LINE. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY STRONGER STORMS. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 05/
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe drought conditions (D2) occurred in the county during the month. The county did receive an average of 2-4 of rain, but conditions did not improve.
Severe drought conditions (D2) occurred in the county during the early part of the month. However, the county received an average of 3-6 of rain by the middle of the month and drought conditions improved.
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, September 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: 413043, 413045.