Severe drought conditions (D2) began in the middle of month across Bell County after little rainfall occurred during the month.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Severe drought conditions (D2) began in the middle of month across Bell County after little rainfall occurred during 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 Sep 10, 10:29 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1129 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 .AVIATION... QUIET WEATHER SHOULD CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE SOUTHERN CONUS. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE ROCKIES. THIS MAY BRING SOME MVFR STRATUS INTO THE PICTURE WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES...LIKELY SOUTH OF THE METROPLEX. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS FORECAST CYCLE. 30 && .UPDATE... THE PREVIOUS FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE. HAVE JUST MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE HOURLY GRIDS BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS. 58 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 345 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012/ SOUTH WINDS HAVE RETURNED TO NORTH TEXAS...BUT DEW POINTS REMAIN IN THE 30S AND 40S. THE GULF WILL NOT FULLY OPEN UNTIL WEDNESDAY...ALLOWING FOR AT LEAST ONE MORE DAY OF UNSEASONABLY PLEASANT HUMIDITY. WITH RIDGING ALOFT...HIGHS WILL REMAIN NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS THROUGH MIDWEEK. LOWS WILL GRADUALLY CLIMB TO NEAR 70 DEGREES BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE SHORTWAVE IN THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL HAVE A TENDENCY TO BE DRAWN NORTHWARD TOWARD THE POLAR STREAM...AND WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY SHEARED IN THE PROCESS. HOWEVER...THE DISTURBANCE WILL REMAIN INTACT...AND ITS PASSAGE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS COULD COINCIDE WITH A FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE IN THE WEEK. AS THE POLAR TROUGH NOW OVER THE CANADIAN ROCKIES REACHES THE LOWER TERRAIN EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS...IT WILL DIG SOUTHWARD. THIS AMPLIFICATION WILL RESULT IN NORTHERLY FLOW UPSTREAM OF THE MAIN POLAR TROUGH... ALLOWING A COLD FRONT TO SURGE SOUTHWARD DOWN THE HIGH PLAINS. ALTHOUGH THERE IS STILL CONSIDERABLY MODEL DISPARITY IN THE EVOLUTION OF THESE FEATURES...SOLUTIONS ARE GRADUALLY CONVERGING ON TIMING OF FROPA...LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN TROUGH AXIS WILL LIKELY LAG BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF THE SURFACE FRONT...PROLONGING PRECIP CHANCES. POPS REFLECT THIS...BUT GENERALLY BELIE CONFIDENCE IN PRECIP OCCURRING. POPS ARE GENERALLY UNDER GUIDANCE DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING. AT THIS TIME... HIGHEST CONFIDENCE IS DURING THE POSTFRONTAL TIME PERIOD THURSDAY NIGHT. EVENT MAY BE DONE IN TIME FOR FRIDAY EVENING ACTIVITIES. POSTFRONTAL TEMPS THIS TIME ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FLIRT WITH RECORD LOWS...BUT SOME LOCATIONS MAY SEE MORNING TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. 25 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 65 92 69 92 72 / 0 0 0 0 0 WACO, TX 61 92 68 92 71 / 0 0 0 0 0 PARIS, TX 61 90 63 90 67 / 0 0 0 0 0 DENTON, TX 60 92 65 92 70 / 0 0 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 57 91 62 91 68 / 0 0 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 66 92 70 92 73 / 0 0 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 60 91 65 92 70 / 0 0 0 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 62 92 67 92 70 / 0 0 0 0 5 TEMPLE, TX 61 92 67 92 70 / 0 0 0 5 5 MINERAL WELLS, TX 59 92 66 92 69 / 0 0 0 0 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 30/58
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 806 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-111115- 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- 806 PM CDT MON SEP 10 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. A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO ALL NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST EARLY SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .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.
Severe drought conditions (D2) began in the middle of month after little rainfall occurred during the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 413047.