Little rain was recorded for the counties just north of the Interstate 20 corridor during the month of July. Non-drought conditions were downgraded to severe drought on July 9th and remained in this category for the rest 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.
Little rain was recorded for the counties just north of the Interstate 20 corridor during the month of July. Non-drought conditions were downgraded to severe drought on July 9th and remained in this category for the rest 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 Jul 8, 10:42 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1142 PM CDT MON JUL 8 2013 .AVIATION... /06Z TAFS/ CONCERNS...MVFR CIGS AT KACT TUESDAY MORNING. MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN CENTRAL TEXAS OVERNIGHT AND WILL LIKELY MOVE NORTHEAST...REACHING KACT BY 11-12Z. THE MVFR CIGS /AROUND 1500 FEET/ WILL DISPERSE BY 14-15Z AND VFR WILL PREVAIL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. THE WINDS ON TUESDAY WILL MOSTLY BE FROM A SOUTH-SOUTHWEST DIRECTION BETWEEN 10-14 KTS WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER GUSTS...BUT WILL BECOME MORE SOUTH-SOUTHEASTERLY BY THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING HOURS. 82/JLD && .UPDATE... WILL SEND OUT A QUICK UPDATE TO REMOVE EARLY EVENING POPS. THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE SO WILL MAKE NO CHANGES. 79 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 312 PM CDT MON JUL 8 2013/ AFTERNOON CONVECTION OVER THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES IS NOT AS EXTENSIVE AS EXPECTED...THUS HAVE TRIMMED GRIDDED POPS AND COVERAGE A LITTLE FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE EASTERLY WAVE MOVING WEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS TODAY WILL LOSE IT/S INFLUENCE ON NORTH TEXAS BY TOMORROW...THUS THERE SHOULD BE MORE INSOLATION AND SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. TO THE WEST...THE UPPER HIGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST THROUGH THURSDAY THEN DRIFT TO EASTERN COLORADO FOR THE WEEKEND AS EAST COAST TROUGHING AMPLIFIES. AS FOR THE BACKDOOR FRONT ON THURSDAY NIGHT...THE GFS AND NAM DO BRING IT INTO THE PARIS AREA BRIEFLY WHILE THE ECMWF ONLY PUSHES IT INTO THE ARKLATEX REGION. FEEL THE NAM/GFS IS BEST FOR THE SYSTEM AND HAVE COOLED MAX TEMPS AND ADDED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER THE NORTHEAST COUNTIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THERE REMAINS MODEL TO MODEL INCONSISTENCIES IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST AS RELATED TO THE EAST COAST TROUGH PINCHING OFF A CLOSED LOW OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES OR WHETHER AN INVERTED OPEN WAVE WILL DEVELOP. EITHER OF THESE SOLUTIONS WILL RESULT IN A SYSTEM MOVING WESTWARD ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES...AND ACROSS TEXAS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. CURRENTLY...HAVE CONTINUED THE LOW CHANCE POPS FOR MUCH OF THE CWA DURING THIS TIME PERIOD AS THERE DOES NOT SEEM BE A VERY STRONG TROPICAL CONNECTION WITH IT. ONE THING IS MORE CERTAIN...THE UPPER HIGH WILL RE- POSITION TO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND CENTRAL PLAINS ON SUNDAY WHICH WOULD PROVIDE FOR SLIGHTLY COOLER HIGH TEMPS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. 75 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 76 99 78 100 79 / 10 5 5 5 5 WACO, TX 73 100 75 101 77 / 20 5 5 5 5 PARIS, TX 74 96 75 99 76 / 10 5 5 5 10 DENTON, TX 75 97 77 98 77 / 10 5 5 5 5 MCKINNEY, TX 75 98 76 99 78 / 10 5 5 5 5 DALLAS, TX 79 100 80 102 81 / 10 5 5 5 5 TERRELL, TX 75 99 76 100 77 / 10 5 5 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 74 100 76 100 77 / 20 10 10 5 5 TEMPLE, TX 72 99 73 100 74 / 20 10 10 5 5 MINERAL WELLS, TX 72 99 74 99 74 / 10 5 5 0 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 82/79
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 931 PM CDT MON JUL 8 2013 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-100245- 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- 931 PM CDT MON JUL 8 2013 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. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEAST OF A BOWIE TO EMORY LINE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND NORTHEAST OF A SHERMAN TO EMORY LINE FRIDAY. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A SHERMAN TO TEMPLE LINE SUNDAY. .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.
After less than two inches of rain fell during the month, the county was downgraded to severe drought (D2) on the 9th of the month. The classification remained unchanged during the rest of the month.
After less than two inches of rain fell during the month, the county was downgraded to severe drought (D2) on the 9th of the month. The classification remained unchanged during the rest of the month.
After less than two inches of rain fell during the month, the county was downgraded to severe drought (D2) on the 9th of the month. The classification remained unchanged during the rest of the month.
After less than two inches of rain fell during the month, the county was downgraded to severe drought (D2) on the 9th of the month. The classification remained unchanged during the rest of the month.
After less than two inches of rain fell during the month, the county was downgraded to severe drought (D2) on the 9th of the month. The classification remained unchanged during the rest of the month.
After less than two inches of rain fell during the month, the county was downgraded to severe drought (D2) on the 9th of the month. The classification remained unchanged during the rest of the month.
After less than two inches of rain fell during the month, the county was downgraded to severe drought (D2) on the 9th of the month. The classification remained unchanged during the rest 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, July 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: 464069, 464076, 464077, 464078, 464080, 464081, 464082.