Only 11 out of the 46 counties in the Fort Worth County Warning Area experienced drought conditions in the month of November. Up to 4 to 5 inches of rain fell in Lamar, Parker, Wise, and Tarrant County which ended the drought for these counties.
Every event with a place to put it; 11 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 11 out of the 46 counties in the Fort Worth County Warning Area experienced drought conditions in the month of November. Up to 4 to 5 inches of rain fell in Lamar, Parker, Wise, and Tarrant County which ended the drought for these counties. However, little rain fell across the western portions of the area and drought persisted and even worsened to the extreme category for Palo Pinto, Stephens, and Young County.
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 Oct 31, 10:34 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1134 PM CDT THU OCT 31 2013 .AVIATION... LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE FRIDAY MORNING HOURS AS A SURFACE RIDGE OVER SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS SHIFTS EAST INTO LOUISIANA. ANOTHER WIND SHIFT WILL TAKE PLACE AT ALL TAF LOCATIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO THE PASSAGE OF A REINFORCING COLD FRONT. THE FRONT SHOULD PUSH SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE METROPLEX 20-21Z AND WACO SHORTLY THEREAFTER. NORTH WINDS OF 10-12 KT CAN BE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT. OTHERWISE CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN VFR THROUGH THE DURATION OF THIS FORECAST CYCLE. 30 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 306 PM CDT THU OCT 31 2013/ A FRONT MOVED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY BRINGING DRIER AIR AND GUSTY WINDS TO ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MID 60S TO UPPER 70S AND IT WILL BE A GOOD EVENING FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY THIS EVENING...SKIES WILL REMAIN CLEAR...AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 60S AND UPPER 50S. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO COOL INTO THE LOWER 50S AND 40S BY DAYBREAK. ANOTHER REINFORCING SHOT OF COOL AND DRY AIR ARRIVES ON FRIDAY... RESULTING IN A PLEASANT FALL WEEKEND. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE WEST COAST THIS WEEKEND...AFFECTING THE REGION FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD NEXT WEEK. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM CONSISTS OF TWO DISTURBANCES THAT COULD BRING RAIN TO THE REGION. THE FIRST DISTURBANCE IS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT APPROACHES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND BAJA SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS LOW WILL OPEN INTO A WAVE THAT PASSES THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT. THERE ARE SMALL RAIN CHANCES WITH THIS FIRST PASSING DISTURBANCE. PACIFIC MOISTURE WILL STREAM OVER THE REGION WITH THE DISTURBANCE...AGAIN ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER POTENTIAL TROPICAL SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN. HOWEVER...THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE COULD STILL BE LACKING BEHIND FRIDAY/S FRONT AS IT PUSHES DEEP INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. SOUTHERLY WINDS RETURN TO THE REGION ON SUNDAY BUT ANY RAINFALL ON MONDAY COULD BE RELATIVELY LIGHT WITH TOP-DOWN SATURATION PROCESSES DOMINATING. ON THE HEELS OF THIS FIRST DISTURBANCE...A LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL DIG ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS...MOVING INTO THE PLAINS LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. MOISTURE CONTENT WILL BE MUCH MORE ADEQUATE BY THEN WITH PWATS NEARING 1.5 INCHES. HAVE INCREASED RAIN CHANCES TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT OF A RAIN EVENT DURING THAT PERIOD. BEYOND TUESDAY NIGHT...THERE IS UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST OF WHEN THE RAIN WILL END. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS FORECAST BY THE GFS AND ECMWF TO MOVE INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY...BUT THE ECMWF SLOWS THE PROGRESSION OF THE UPPER TROUGH ALLOWING FOR THE RAIN TO LINGER WEDNESDAY AND POSSIBLY INTO THURSDAY. EITHER WAY...IT LOOKS LIKE THIS NEXT SYSTEM COULD BE ANOTHER DECENT RAIN MAKER FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. 82/JLD && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 51 77 48 71 43 / 0 0 0 0 0 WACO, TX 47 77 47 71 40 / 0 0 0 0 0 PARIS, TX 47 75 45 66 40 / 0 0 0 0 0 DENTON, TX 45 76 43 69 39 / 0 0 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 45 76 45 69 39 / 0 0 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 51 78 49 71 44 / 0 0 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 48 78 47 70 40 / 0 0 0 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 50 78 49 72 43 / 0 0 0 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 48 78 47 73 41 / 0 0 0 0 0 MINERAL WELLS, TX 44 76 43 71 39 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 351 PM CDT THU OCT 31 2013 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-011215- 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- 351 PM CDT THU OCT 31 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CAVANAUGH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
11 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month in severe drought (D2). Up to 5 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 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). With little rain throughout the month, conditions were unchanged at the end of the month.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month in severe drought (D2). With little rain throughout the month, conditions were unchanged at the end of the month.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month in severe drought (D2). With little rain throughout the month, conditions were unchanged at the end of the month.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month in severe drought (D2). With little rain throughout the month, conditions were unchanged at the end of the month.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month in severe drought (D2). With little rain throughout the month, conditions worsened to extreme drought (D3) by the end of the month.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month in severe drought (D2). With little rain throughout the month, conditions worsened to extreme drought (D3) by the end of the month.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month in severe drought (D2). With little rain throughout the month, conditions worsened to extreme drought (D3) by 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, November 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: 484146, 484147, 484148, 484149, 484151, 484152, 484153, 484154, 484155, 484156, 484157.