Only 7 of the 46 counties in the Fort Worth CWA experienced drought conditions in the month of December. All counties did improve throughout the month because of 2 to 4 inches of rain across the area.
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
Only 7 of the 46 counties in the Fort Worth CWA experienced drought conditions in the month of December. All counties did improve throughout the month because of 2 to 4 inches of rain across the area. By the end of the month only Palo Pinto and Young counties remained in severe drought (D2).
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 30, 11:24 PM CST, 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1124 PM CST SAT NOV 30 2013 .AVIATION... /06Z TAFS/ CHALLENGES CONTINUE TO BE THE VEERED LLJ AND FIGURING OUT TIMING AND CATEGORY OF LOWERING CIGS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAYBREAK. SOUTH WINDS 5-10 KTS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY BECOME SSW BY MORNING AT ALL TERMINALS. HAVE DELAYED ARRIVAL OF STRATUS BY AN HOUR OR TWO FROM THE 00Z FORECAST DUE TO A CONTINUED/VEERED LLJ AND WINDS IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER TO SETTLE DOWN AND ALLOW BETTER COOLING/SATURATION. VFR CIGS POSSIBLE AROUND WACO BEFORE 09Z...THEN AFTERWARD SEEING A QUICK INVASION OF MVFR GOING TO IFR CIGS AT ALL TERMINALS BY 12Z. OCCASIONAL DROPS IN WIND SPEED TO LESS THAN 5 KTS SHOULD ALLOW FOR AT LEAST MVFR VSBYS AROUND DAYBREAK THROUGH MID MORNING...BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT VERY HIGH ALL AROUND. CIGS/VSBYS WILL IMPROVE TO VFR LATE MORNING/MIDDAY PERIOD WITH WARMING AND INCREASING WINDS/MIXING. SHOULD SEE A SCATTERING OF ANY STRATUS DECKS BY MID AFTERNOON ACROSS DFW TERMINALS WITH HIGH LEVEL CIGS ABOVE 150. LOWER VFR SHOULD HANG AROUND WACO A TAD LONGER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE SCATTERING LATE. SW WINDS 10 KTS OR LESS WILL GRADUALLY VEER AROUND TO WNW LESS BY LATE EVENING SUNDAY...AS A WEAK FRONT MOVES IN WAKE OF A SHORTWAVE PASSING OVERHEAD. 05/ && .UPDATE... CURRENT FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND NO MAJOR CHANGES ARE NEEDED AT THIS TIME. CLOUD COVER WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING WITH THE THICKEST AND MOST PERSISTENT CLOUD COVER SPREADING NORTHEAST INTO THE ARKLATEX. A FAST MOVING WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL SWING THROUGH THE PLAINS TOMORROW AND MAY HELP TRIGGER A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST COUNTIES ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE BETTER MOISTURE. OTHERWISE IT WILL BE QUIET WITH CONTINUED WARMING TEMPERATURES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. DUNN && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 334 PM CST SAT NOV 30 2013/ A LOW LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT WITH THE RETURN OF STRATUS OVERNIGHT. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE MIDDLE 40S IN THE NORTH TO THE MIDDLE 50S IN THE SOUTH. A SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL TRANSLATE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS ON SUNDAY AND ALLOW A WEAK COLD FRONT TO CROSS THE RED RIVER. ALTHOUGH MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED AND GENERALLY CONFINED TO THE LOWEST LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. A FEW SHOWERS/STORMS MAY ACCOMPANY THE SHORT WAVE...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN ZONES WHERE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE THE MOST FAVORABLE. DRIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR WILL MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS SUNDAY NIGHT AS WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TEMPORARILY BUILDS INTO THE REGION. BY MONDAY...THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO LIFT NORTHWARD IN RESPONSE TO A DEEPENING SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. LOW LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL QUICKLY INCREASE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS THE SURFACE TROUGH CONTINUES TO DEEPEN AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING LONG WAVE TROUGH ACROSS THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. THE GFS AND THE ECMWF SOLUTIONS BEGIN TO DIFFER IN THE TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME. THE GFS SOLUTION MOVES A PIECE OF ENERGY EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS AND GREAT LAKES AND ALLOWS A COLD FRONT TO SLIDE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/NIGHT. THE ECMWF SOLUTION KEEPS THE WESTERN TROUGH MORE CONSOLIDATED AND DIGS IT SOUTH...THUS KEEPING THE COLD FRONT NORTH OF THE REGION. WE WILL SIDE CLOSER TO THE ECMWF SOLUTION BASED ON RECENT MODEL PERFORMANCE WITH SIMILAR SYSTEMS. THEREFORE...WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES WARM ON WEDNESDAY AND NOT BRING THE FRONT THROUGH NORTH TEXAS UNTIL THURSDAY. WE WILL INCLUDE SOME WARM AIR ADVECTION SHOWERS IN THE THE FORECAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE RAIN/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WITH THE COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY. SOME POST FRONTAL RAIN IS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES EAST ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES FRIDAY MORNING SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 32 DEGREES AND NO FREEZING RAIN OR WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL BE COLD WITH LOWS IN THE 20S AND 30S AND HIGHS FROM THE UPPER 30S TO THE MIDDLE 40S. 79 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 50 68 45 68 48 / 0 0 0 0 5 WACO, TX 50 67 45 67 48 / 5 5 0 0 5 PARIS, TX 48 63 46 66 45 / 0 20 5 5 5 DENTON, TX 49 68 39 68 44 / 0 0 0 0 5 MCKINNEY, TX 48 66 42 65 43 / 0 10 0 0 5 DALLAS, TX 52 66 46 67 49 / 0 10 0 0 5 TERRELL, TX 51 65 46 67 47 / 0 20 0 0 5 CORSICANA, TX 52 65 48 68 50 / 0 10 0 0 5 TEMPLE, TX 52 68 46 72 49 / 5 5 0 0 5 MINERAL WELLS, TX 47 70 39 69 39 / 0 0 0 0 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 05/91
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 329 PM CST SAT NOV 30 2013 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-011245- 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- 329 PM CST SAT NOV 30 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A SHERMAN TO KAUFMAN AND ATHENS LINE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND AREAWIDE ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The 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 in severe drought (D2). Up to 4 inches of rain fell throughout the month and by the end of the month, the county was no longer in severe drought.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month in severe drought (D2). Up to 3 inches of rain fell throughout the month and by the end of the month, the county was no longer in severe drought.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month in severe drought (D2). Up to 3 inches of rain fell throughout the month and by the end of the month, the county was no longer in severe drought.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month in severe drought (D2). Up to 3 inches of rain fell throughout the month and by the end of the month, the county was no longer in severe drought.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month in extreme drought (D3). Up to 3 inches of rain fell throughout the month and by the end of the month, the county was upgraded to severe drought (D2).
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month in extreme drought (D3). Up to 3 inches of rain fell throughout the month and by the end of the month, the county was upgraded to severe drought (D2).
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month in severe drought (D2). Up to 3 inches of rain fell throughout the month and by the end of the month, the county was no longer in severe drought.
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, December 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: 484161, 484162, 484163, 484164, 484165, 484166, 484167.