Drought conditions deteriorated across Freestone and Leon County during the second half of the month.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Drought conditions deteriorated across Freestone and Leon County during the second half 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 Apr 14, 10:46 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1146 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 .AVIATION... FOR THE 06Z TAFS...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST. MVFR STRATUS IS STILL EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR EARLY MONDAY MORNING. STRATUS DEVELOPED OVER THE TX GULF COAST AS OF 05Z AND WAS MOVING NORTH TOWARDS WACO AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STRATUS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER KACT IN THE 0830 TO 0900Z TIMEFRAME AND SHOULD REACH THE METROPLEX AROUND 11Z. NO CHANGES IN THE THUNDERSTORM FORECAST AS STORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO BE CLOSELY TIED TO A STALLED OUT FRONTAL BOUNDARY NORTHWEST OF THE METROPLEX MONDAY AFTERNOON. IF THE FRONT IS NEAR THE METROPLEX...STORMS MAY HAVE TO BE ADDED TO LATER TAFS. ADDED STRATUS TO THE VERY END OF THE DFW TAF AS WE WILL LIKELY SEE ANOTHER RESURGENCE OF MVFR STRATUS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. CAVANAUGH .../PREVIOUS AVIATION DISCUSSION/... FOR THE 00Z TAFS...TIMING THE ONSET OF THE MVFR STRATUS EARLY MONDAY MORNING...AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES MONDAY AFTERNOON ARE THE PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERNS. THE NAM REMAINS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE MODEL WITH REGARDS TO STRATUS POTENTIAL ACROSS NORTH TX EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WHICH DID NOT WORK OUT WELL FOR THE NAM YESTERDAY. HOWEVER THIS EVENING...THE RAP SOUNDINGS ARE COMING INTO BETTER ALIGNMENT WITH THE NAM FORECAST SOUNDINGS...AND PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANTLY...SHALLOW GULF MOISTURE IS ALREADY IN PLACE UNDER A STRONG CAP OVER NORTH TX. 00Z DEW POINT VALUES ACROSS THE REGION WERE IN THE MID 60S AND 22Z DFW ACARS SOUNDING DATA INDICATED A STRONG CAP WAS IN PLACE JUST ABOVE THE 900 MB LEVEL. THESE TWO FACTORS SHOULD ALLOW FOR RAPID AND EFFICIENT TRANSPORT OF UPSTREAM STRATUS OVER THE AREA...ONCE IT DEVELOPS. ONE LIMITING FACTOR FOR STRATUS EARLY MONDAY MORNING IS VEERED FLOW OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST ALOFT...JUST BELOW THE CAP. SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY SEND STRATUS EAST OF AREA AIRPORTS TOMORROW MORNING...BUT HAD SUFFICIENT CONFIDENCE IN STRATUS TO BRING IT IN FOR MOST TAF SITES AFTER 11Z. LEFT KFTW AND KAFW WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS ACCOUNTING FOR THE IMPACT OF THE SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT. THE OTHER AVIATION WEATHER CONCERN TOMORROW AFTERNOON IS THUNDERSTORM CHANCES NEAR DFW AREA TAF SITES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CLOSELY TIED TO A STALLED OUT FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH WAS MAKING SLOW PROGRESS SOUTH THRU OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING. IF THIS FRONT ENDS UP DRAPED OVER THE DFW METROPLEX...WE MAY HAVE TO ADD STORMS TO LATER FORECASTS. AS IT IS...THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL NORTHWEST OF THE METROPLEX KEEPING MOST TSTM ACTIVITY AWAY FROM AREA AIRPORTS. BOTTOM LINE IS WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE PROGRESS OF THE FRONT TOMORROW AND ADJUST FOR THE FORECAST ACCORDINGLY. CAVANAUGH && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 239 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013/ A COLD FRONT THAT IS NOW CROSSING THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NW OKLAHOMA WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTH AND BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS THE NW ZONES BY SUNRISE TOMORROW MORNING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT A DRYLINE HAS MOVED INTO THE WESTERN ZONES AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN SITUATED ACROSS THE NW ZONES TONIGHT. LOWS TONIGHT BEHIND THE DRYLINE IN THE NW ZONES WILL COOL INTO THE 50S DUE TO THE DRIER AIR...BUT LOWS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA WILL REMAIN IN THE 60S AS DEWPOINTS CONTINUE TO RISE AND LOW CLOUDS MOVE INTO FROM THE SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL VEER TO THE SOUTHWEST MONDAY AHEAD OF THE STATIONARY FRONT AND RESULT IN A 850MB THERMAL RIDGE AXIS ALONG A LINE FROM BRECKENRIDGE TO DECATUR. TEMPS IN THIS AREA WILL REACH NEAR 90 DEGREES...WITH HIGHS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. THESE HOT TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS LIKELY NEAR 60 DEGREES AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WILL RESULT IN SBCAPE OF 1000-2000J/KG WITH LITTLE TO NO REMAINING CIN BY MID AFTERNOON. CONVECTIVE INITIATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT PROVIDED MESOSCALE FORCING AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS STRONG ENOUGH TO OVERCOME APPARENT SUBSIDENCE ALOFT INDICATED BY HEIGHT RISES. SINCE THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF LIFT...ANY CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE ISOLATED IN NATURE. SEVERAL OF THE HIGH RES MODELS AND THE GFS INDICATE CONVECTIVE INITIATION ALONG THE FRONT...AND THEREFORE WILL MAINTAIN A FORECAST OF LOW POPS FROM LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING IN THE NW CWA. A SEVERE THREAT WILL EXIST AS INSTABILITY AND BULK SHEAR ARE ADEQUATE FOR SUPERCELL STORMS...BUT HIGH BASES AND MINIMAL 0-3KM CAPE ARGUE AGAINST A TORNADO THREAT. AS THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE WEST ON TUESDAY THE STATIONARY FRONT WILL RETREAT NORTH INTO OKLAHOMA AND THE DRY LINE WILL HEAD NORTHWEST. LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL BACK A BIT AND HIGHS WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER ON TUESDAY. THIS MEANS THE CAP WILL BE STRONGER AND GIVEN THE LACK OF ANY BOUNDARY NEAR THE CWA...THINGS SHOULD BE QUIET...BREEZY AND WARM. WILL KEEP THE FORECAST FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON/NIGHT DRY AS ALL ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP N AND NW OF THE CWA AND MOVE GENERALLY NORTHEAST. AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL EJECT OUT INTO THE PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL SEND A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME VERY UNSTABLE WITH CAPE LIKELY BETWEEN 2000-3000J/KG WITH LITTLE CIN REMAINING LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE POSITION AND TIMING OF THE UPPER TROUGH...THE DRY LINE SHOULD REMAIN WEST OF THE CWA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT SHOULD BECOME ACTIVE. SUPERCELL STORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO THE NW ZONES LATE IN THE AFTERNOON WHERE HIGHEST POPS OF 30-40 PERCENT WILL BE PLACED. AFTER SUNSET...STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG A SOUTHWARD MOVING COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT WILL NOT BE NEAR AS COLD AS LAST WEEK/S FRONT...AND THE CHANCE OF IT OUTRUNNING THE UPPER FORCING AND UNDERCUTTING THE STORMS IS MUCH LOWER. MOST OF THE CWA SHOULD SEE RAIN AND STORMS ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND HAVE RAISED POPS TO 50-60 PERCENT. OUTSIDE OF THE NW ZONES THE SEVERE POTENTIAL IS A BIT MORE UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. PREFER THE ECMWF TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THE FRONT...AS THIS MODEL REALLY HAS BEEN TOUGH TO BEAT OVER THE LAST MONTH. STRONG NW WINDS AND COLD ADVECTION SHOULD SEND LOW TEMPS INTO THE UPPER 30S NORTHWEST TO THE 50S SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. ELEVATED RAIN SHOWERS/STORMS WILL CLEAR THE REGION DURING THE DAY THURSDAY FROM WEST TO EAST WITH CLEARING SKIES THURSDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL REMAIN NEAR 10MPH THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE CENTER OF THE SURFACE HIGH WILL BE OVER THE PANHANDLE. THIS SHOULD PREVENT A FREEZE OR FROST OVER THE AREA...BUT LOWS WILL STILL DROP INTO THE 30S IN MOST AREAS BY FRIDAY MORNING. A COOL BUT NICE DAY IS EXPECTED FRIDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S. WITH THE CENTER OF THE HIGH OVER EAST TEXAS FRIDAY NIGHT...ANOTHER UNSEASONABLY COLD NIGHT IS EXPECTED...WITH POSSIBLE FROST IN THE EASTERN ZONES. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN SITUATED OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY INTO NEXT WEEK WHICH WILL KEEP OUR WEATHER DRY WITH GRADUALLY MODERATING TEMPS...BUT STILL COOL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. EXTENDED MODELS AND ENSEMBLES CONTINUE TO FAVOR EITHER A CUTOFF LOW OR DEEP UPPER TROUGH ACROSS FLORIDA NEXT WEEK. SUCH A PATTERN WILL RESULT IN NORTHERLY FLOW THROUGH THE GULF AND CARIBBEAN WHICH EFFECTIVELY CLOSES OFF OUR ACCESS FOR MOISTURE FOR SOME TIME. IN ADDITION THE ACTIVE PARADE OF UPPER SYSTEMS COMING IN FROM THE PACIFIC LOOKS TO END AS WE ENTER A SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE 5-WAVE HEMISPHERIC PATTERN. HOPEFULLY THE MIDWEEK SYSTEM PROVIDES EVERYONE WITH A GOOD ROUND OF RAINFALL...BECAUSE IT MAY BE THE END OF APRIL OR EARLY MAY UNTIL OUR NEXT CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT RAIN. TR.92 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 65 88 69 85 72 / 0 5 10 5 10 WACO, TX 66 86 69 86 72 / 0 5 5 5 10 PARIS, TX 63 83 66 83 68 / 0 5 10 5 10 DENTON, TX 62 89 68 86 71 / 0 20 20 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 63 86 67 84 70 / 0 5 10 5 10 DALLAS, TX 66 87 69 86 72 / 0 5 10 5 10 TERRELL, TX 64 84 68 84 69 / 0 5 5 5 10 CORSICANA, TX 65 84 68 84 70 / 0 5 5 5 10 TEMPLE, TX 65 85 68 86 71 / 0 5 5 5 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 57 91 65 88 68 / 0 10 20 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && /
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 330 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-151200- 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- 330 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF A BRECKENRIDGE TO FORT WORTH TO SHERMAN LINE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF STORMS CAN DEVELOP THEY WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WITH THE GREATEST THREAT NORTHWEST OF A COMANCHE TO PARIS LINE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DUNN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Freestone County began April 2013 with only moderate/D1 drought in place. By April 16, severe/D2 conditions had crept into the southern half of the county and remained in place through the end of the month.
Leon County began April 2013 with only moderate/D1 drought in place. By April 16, severe/D2 conditions had crept across the county and remained in place through the end of the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2013
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: 445282, 445283.