A few of the northern counties beginning the month of June in severe drought received some beneficial rains during the first week or so, and were subsequently upgraded to moderate drought around the middle of the month.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
A few of the northern counties beginning the month of June in severe drought received some beneficial rains during the first week or so, and were subsequently upgraded to moderate drought around the middle 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 May 31, 11:16 PM CST, 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1216 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 .AVIATION... STRATUS IS ALREADY FORMING OVER THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND SHOULD BEGIN MOVING INTO THE WACO AREA BETWEEN 07 AND 08Z...REACHING THE METROPLEX TERMINALS BETWEEN 09 AND 10Z. THE 40 TO 50 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET SHOULD KEEP ALL CEILINGS ABOVE 1000 FT THROUGH THE MORNING. EXPECT MVFR CEILINGS TO BECOME VFR MID TO LATE MORNING SATURDAY MUCH LIKE THE PAST FEW MORNINGS. VFR CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SKIES BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE ONLY OTHER AVIATION WEATHER CONCERN IS THE TIMING OF THE WIND SHIFT ASSOCIATED WITH FROPA AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FRONT. EXPECT THE FRONT TO REACH THE METROPLEX TAF SITES EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS TURNING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 19Z. WACO SHOULD SEE A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH BETWEEN 21 AND 22Z. HIGH RES AND SHORT RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW ONLY A BRIEF WINDOW OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH THE FRONT. THEREFORE...WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY VCTS AT ALL TAF SITES DURING AND JUST AFTER FROPA. 79 && .UPDATE... QUICK UPDATE TO DROP THE POPS THROUGH 1 A.M. AND LIMIT THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS 1 A.M. THROUGH 7 A.M. TO THE FIRST ROW OF COUNTIES SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER. 84 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 346 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013/ AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA MOVES EAST... A COLD FRONT THAT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST TO A SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI TO WICHITA FALLS LINE BEFORE DAYBREAK AND TO A PARIS TO DALLAS TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE FRONT/S SOUTHWARD PROGRESS WILL SLOW SOME...BUT MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN ZONES SATURDAY NIGHT. THE 12Z RAOB AND 18Z AND 19Z AMDAR SOUNDINGS FROM FLIGHTS OUT OF DFW AND DALLAS LOVE FIELD INDICATED THAT A STRONG CAPPING INVERSION REMAINS IN PLACE. SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN ZONES BEFORE SUNSET...AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO- TIERS OF COUNTIES OVERNIGHT. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY WE WILL SEE THE CAP WEAKEN...AND THERE SHOULD BE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. DRY WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. THE NAM TRIES TO BRING A COMPLEX SOUTHEAST FROM THE PANHANDLE/SOUTH PLAINS INTO THE WESTERN ZONES LATE SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY MORNING. THE GFS...ECMWF AND CANADIAN ARE NOT AS AGGRESSIVE AND GIVEN THE LACK OF STRONG INFLOW AHEAD OF THE SHORTWAVE...WILL NOT ADD THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FOR SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY...BUT AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE BEST CHANCES OF STORMS WILL REMAIN TO OUR NORTH. RAIN CHANCES WILL RETURN AREA WIDE FRIDAY AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE SLIDES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. 58 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 76 89 65 83 63 / 10 50 40 10 5 WACO, TX 76 93 69 85 64 / 10 40 50 20 5 PARIS, TX 75 83 61 79 60 / 20 50 40 10 5 DENTON, TX 75 85 60 81 59 / 10 40 30 10 5 MCKINNEY, TX 76 87 61 82 60 / 10 50 40 10 5 DALLAS, TX 78 91 68 85 66 / 10 50 50 10 5 TERRELL, TX 77 91 66 84 62 / 10 50 50 10 5 CORSICANA, TX 76 93 68 84 64 / 10 40 50 20 5 TEMPLE, TX 74 92 69 85 64 / 10 30 50 20 5 MINERAL WELLS, TX 77 88 63 84 62 / 10 30 30 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 79/84
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 806 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-020115- 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 FRI MAY 31 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1 A.M. ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BOWIE TO LAKE RAY ROBERTS TO PARIS. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED AFTER 1 A.M. IN COUNTIES ADJACENT TO THE RED RIVER.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
D2 / Severe drought conditions in place at the beginning of June improved to D1/moderate by June 18th, and remained as such through the end of the month.
D2/severe drought conditions in place at the beginning of June were upgraded to D1/moderate around the middle of the month. Moderate/D1 conditions remained in place through the end of the month.
D2/severe drought conditions in place at the beginning of June were upgraded to D1/moderate around the middle of June, and remained as such through the end of the month.
D2/severe drought conditions in place at the beginning of June were upgraded to D1/moderate around the middle of June, and remained as such 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, June 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: 457962, 457967, 457969, 457970.