According to the US Drought Monitor, D2/Severe drought conditions developed in Grayson, Fannin, Lamar, and Delta counties by December 9th and continued through the end of the month.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
According to the US Drought Monitor, D2/Severe drought conditions developed in Grayson, Fannin, Lamar, and Delta counties by December 9th and continued through the end 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 Dec 8, 11:48 PM CST, 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1148 PM CST MON DEC 8 2014 .AVIATION... CONCERNS...IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS LIKELY OVERNIGHT THROUGH 16Z AS AREAS OF FOG CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. MVFR CONDITIONS 16Z THROUGH 18-20Z. AREAS OF FOG DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS MONDAY EVENING. VISIBILITIES HAVE BEEN VARIABLE FALLING BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES AND RISING TO 3-5SM. EXPECT VISIBILITIES OVERALL TO FALL TO 1 MILE OR LESS OVERNIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING TUESDAY AT THE TAF SITES...SO HAVE PLACED 1 SM BR IN MOST OF THE METROPLEX SITES...WITH A TEMPO 1/2SM 10-14Z. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY FALL TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES BUT FOR NOW WILL JUST LEAVE THE TEMPO 1/2SM. THE ONE INHIBITING FACTOR FOR DENSE FOG IS THE SHIELD OF HIGH CLOUDS THAT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY. EXPECT THE FOG TO DIMINISH BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT...MOSTLY NORTH TONIGHT AND NORTHEAST BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 58 && .UPDATE... QUICK UPDATE TO ISSUE DENSE FOG ADVISORY AREAWIDE THROUGH MID MORNING TUESDAY. NO OTHER CHANGES AT THIS TIME. DUNN && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 259 PM CST MON DEC 8 2014/ LOW CLOUDS WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE METROPLEX AND ALONG THE RED RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO ERODE THIS AFTERNOON WITH CLEAR SKIES EXPECTED BEFORE SUNSET. THIS WILL AGAIN LEAD TO A GOOD NIGHT FOR STRONG RADIATIONAL COOLING WITH FOG FORMATION BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT. AREAS OF DENSE FOG ARE POSSIBLE IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING COMMUTE. EXPECT THE FOG WILL BURN OFF IN THE LATE MORNING HOURS. ONCE THE FOG BURNS OFF...THE REST OF TUESDAY WILL BE SUNNY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...SEVERAL SHORT WAVES WILL BE AFFECTING THE REGION DURING THE PERIOD WHILE MOISTURE OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND NORTHERN MEXICO SPREADS EASTWARD. THIS WILL RESULT A RETURN OF CLOUDY SKIES AND A LOW CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS OVER THE WESTERN COUNTIES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. HIGHS WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER DUE TO THE INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. THUS...A LITTLE MORE SUN...WARMER HIGHS AND AN INCREASE IN SOUTH WINDS. SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...CONFIDENCE IS BUILDING THAT A STRONG UPPER CLOSED LOW WILL MOVE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE OUR FIRST GOOD RAIN EVENT OF DECEMBER. ALL MODELS ARE NOW IN BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM. THE ECMWF HAS A CORE THAT IS SLIGHTLY DEEPER AND SEVERAL DEGREES COLDER THAN THE GFS DURING ITS PASSAGE THROUGH THE STATE. AS IT COMES OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES SUNDAY MORNING...STRONG CYCLOGENESIS WILL TAKE PLACE IN WEST TEXAS WITH THE SURFACE LOW MOVING ALONG I-20 AND INTO NORTHERN LOUISIANA BY MONDAY EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND THIS WILL BE THE BEST TIME PERIOD FOR STRONG CONVECTION. RIGHT NOW...DYNAMICS AND INSTABILITY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING DO JUSTIFY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. IF THE SYSTEM WAS NOT VERTICALLY STACK MOVING ACROSS THE CWA...THEN DIRECTIONAL SHEAR WOULD BE MORE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS. THERE COULD BE SOME WRAP-AROUND PRECIPITATION LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS THE SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION. 75 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 41 66 44 63 48 / 0 0 5 5 5 WACO, TX 39 65 42 64 48 / 0 0 5 5 10 PARIS, TX 39 64 38 57 41 / 0 0 5 5 5 DENTON, TX 37 64 41 62 47 / 0 0 5 5 10 MCKINNEY, TX 35 64 40 61 45 / 0 0 5 5 5 DALLAS, TX 41 65 44 62 48 / 0 0 5 5 5 TERRELL, TX 37 66 42 61 45 / 0 0 5 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 39 67 43 63 46 / 0 0 5 5 5 TEMPLE, TX 38 67 44 64 49 / 0 0 5 5 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 36 65 42 64 49 / 0 0 5 5 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM CST TUESDAY FOR TXZ091>095- 100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175. && 58/91
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1136 PM CST MON DEC 8 2014 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-091430- 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- 1136 PM CST MON DEC 8 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY THROUGH 10 AM TUESDAY... AREAS OF FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1/2 MILE AT TIMES ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. AREAS OF FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1/2 MILE AT TIMES ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH 10 AM TUESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AREA WIDE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
According to the US Drought Monitor, D2/Severe drought conditions developed in Grayson County by December 9th and continued through the end of the month.
According to the US Drought Monitor, D2/Severe drought conditions developed in Fannin County by December 9th and continued through the end of the month.
According to the US Drought Monitor, D2/Severe drought conditions developed in Lamar County by December 9th and continued through the end of the month.
According to the US Drought Monitor, D2/Severe drought conditions developed in Delta County by December 9th and continued through the end of the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, December 2014
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: 550874, 550875, 550876, 550877.