Very little rain fell during the month of February and many counties in North Texas experienced worsening drought conditions. Moderate drought (D1) deteriorated to severe drought (D2) by the 25th of the month across the central portions of the Fort Worth County Warning Area.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Very little rain fell during the month of February and many counties in North Texas experienced worsening drought conditions. Moderate drought (D1) deteriorated to severe drought (D2) by the 25th of the month across the central portions of the Fort Worth County Warning Area.
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 Feb 24, 11:59 PM CST, 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1159 PM CST MON FEB 24 2014 .AVIATION... /06Z TAFS/ CONCERNS...CEILING HEIGHTS...RAIN AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. METROPLEX... MOISTURE CONTINUES TO RIDE OVER A VERY SHALLOW POSTFRONTAL LAYER. CEILINGS FELL BELOW 2000FT AGL AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL THROUGH DAYBREAK...LIKELY INTO THE IFR CATEGORY. THE FRONTAL SLOPE IS GENTLE...BUT THE ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE ALONG AND ABOVE IT WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR SOME LIGHT RAIN ON TUESDAY. THE DEPTH OF THIS LIFT WILL BE LIMITED...BUT PARCELS ABOVE THE INVERSION WILL BECOME CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES ON TUESDAY. IMPULSES EMBEDDED IN THE MID-LEVEL FLOW APPEAR RATHER WEAK...AND THE THREAT OF THUNDER IS FAR TOO LOW TO INCLUDE MENTION IN THE TAFS. WACO... THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTH OF WACO...BUT ITS PROXIMITY WILL RESULT IN SOMEWHAT WORSE CEILING/VISIBILITY CONDITIONS THAN IN THE METROPLEX. ONCE CEILINGS FALL BELOW 1000FT DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...THEY WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE IFR CATEGORY THROUGHOUT THE DAY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. RAIN WILL NOT NECESSARILY BE MORE SIGNIFICANT ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS... BUT A GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF DRIZZLE WILL MORE NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE VISIBILITY. EXTENDED... A REINFORCING SURGE OF COLD AIR WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY EVENING. SOME SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING IN AREAS WEST OF I-35. 25 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 327 PM CST MON FEB 24 2014/ THE FRONT WHICH PUSHED THROUGH NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS YESTERDAY HAS BECOME STATIONARY OVER SOUTH TEXAS AND THE NORTHWESTERN GULF. LOW CLOUDS NORTH OF THE FRONT HAVE BLANKETED MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY. HOWEVER...SOME CLEARING HAS OCCURRED SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR...WHICH HAS LED TO TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE MID AND UPPER 60S. THE REST OF THE REGION HAS TOPPED OUT MAINLY IN THE 50-60 DEGREE RANGE. THE FRONT OVER SOUTH TEXAS WILL BEGIN LIFTING NORTH AS A WARM FRONT THIS EVENING AND SHOULD APPROACH THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS LATE TONIGHT. THE PROXIMITY OF THE FRONT WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FOG FORMATION OVER ROUGHLY THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ISENTROPIC LIFT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME PARTICULARLY STRONG....SO AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE FOG SHOULD REMAIN MOSTLY LIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG UNLIKELY. OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS...A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES WILL SWING SOUTHEAST FROM ALBERTA/SASKATCHEWAN THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND INTO THE MIDWEST...AROUND THE BASE OF A LONGWAVE TROUGH ENTRENCHED OVER THE NORTHEAST CONUS. THIS WILL SEND A COLD CANADIAN AIRMASS PLUNGING SOUTH THROUGH THE PLAINS AND INTO NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE COLD AIRMASS WILL OVERTAKE THE WARM FRONT OVER NORTH TEXAS...ESSENTIALLY FORCING THE BOUNDARY SOUTHWARD ONCE AGAIN AS A COLD FRONT. ONE AREA OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD OCCUR DUE TO LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION MAY END UP BEING MORE WIDESPREAD BEHIND THE FRONT...DUE TO INCREASING ISENTROPIC LIFT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SOUTHERN STREAM DISTURBANCE. WILL MAINTAIN SOME ISOLATED THUNDER TUESDAY DUE TO LIMITED ELEVATED INSTABILITY...BUT PRECIPITATION SHOULD MAINLY BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN SHOWERS. PRECIPITATION WILL COME TO AN END NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 TUESDAY EVENING AS MUCH DRIER AIR SPREADS OVERHEAD BEHIND THE FRONT. SOUTH OF I-20...ANOTHER REGION OF ISENTROPIC ASCENT WILL RAMP UP ONCE AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE SOUTHERN BRANCH TROUGH MOVES INTO WEST- CENTRAL TEXAS. TODAY/S MODEL DATA HAS BEEN MORE PRONOUNCED WITH THIS FEATURE AND IT NOW LOOKS LIKE POPS WILL BE NEEDED OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS FOR WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 30S WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT...AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO INCREASE MUCH IF AT ALL WITH THICK CLOUDS AND GOOD COLD AIR ADVECTION. WE HAVE DECIDED TO ADD A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES...ROUGHLY SOUTH OF I-20 AND WEST OF I-35...WHERE THE COLDEST AIR WILL RESIDE. IF ANY WINTER PRECIPITATION DOES FALL...IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE DUE TO SURFACE TEMPS REMAINING JUST ABOVE FREEZING. EAST OF I-35...WARMER TEMPERATURES SHOULD KEEP PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF COLD RAIN. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE SHORTWAVE EXITS TO THE EAST OF THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS SHOULD BE THE COLDEST PERIOD OF THE WEEK WITH LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA BY SUNRISE THURSDAY. WE WILL THEN UNDERGO A QUICK WARM-UP THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS AN UPPER RIDGE DEVELOPS OVERHEAD AND SOUTH WINDS RETURN AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT FRIDAY AS A SURFACE LOW DEEPENS ALONG THE COLD FRONT AND DIPS SOUTHEAST INTO THE RED RIVER REGION. WARM TEMPERATURES...AND STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT COULD LEAD TO HIGH FIRE DANGER OVER AT LEAST THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY. THE LACK OF MOISTURE WILL LIMIT RAIN CHANCES TO THE EASTERN-MOST COUNTIES WITH RAINFALL TOTALS REMAINING PRETTY LIGHT. WINDS WILL SLACKEN WHILE VEERING TO THE NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT AFTER SUNSET FRIDAY EVENING...WITH NEAR- NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND. 30 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 49 53 32 41 30 / 30 40 20 10 5 WACO, TX 55 62 34 38 30 / 30 40 30 20 10 PARIS, TX 45 52 32 42 26 / 30 50 20 5 5 DENTON, TX 47 51 31 41 26 / 30 40 20 10 5 MCKINNEY, TX 46 52 32 42 25 / 30 40 20 10 5 DALLAS, TX 49 53 33 42 31 / 30 40 30 10 5 TERRELL, TX 49 54 34 42 27 / 30 50 30 10 5 CORSICANA, TX 53 58 34 40 30 / 30 50 30 20 10 TEMPLE, TX 57 65 35 37 31 / 30 40 40 30 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 48 52 31 39 27 / 30 40 20 10 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 25/69
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 331 PM CST MON FEB 24 2014 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-251200- 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- 331 PM CST MON FEB 24 2014 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. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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 moderate drought (D1) but ended the month in severe drought (D2). Less than an inch of rain fell during February and which allowed for the drought conditions to deteriorate.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, the county began the month in moderate drought (D1) but ended the month in severe drought (D2). Less than an inch of rain fell during February and which allowed for the drought conditions to deteriorate.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, the county began the month in moderate drought (D1) but ended the month in severe drought (D2). Less than an inch of rain fell during February and which allowed for the drought conditions to deteriorate.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, the county began the month in moderate drought (D1) but ended the month in severe drought (D2). Less than an inch of rain fell during February and which allowed for the drought conditions to deteriorate.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, the county began the month in moderate drought (D1) but ended the month in severe drought (D2). Less than an inch of rain fell during February and which allowed for the drought conditions to deteriorate.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, the county began the month in moderate drought (D1) but ended the month in severe drought (D2). Less than an inch of rain fell during February and which allowed for the drought conditions to deteriorate.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, the county began the month in moderate drought (D1) but ended the month in severe drought (D2). Less than an inch of rain fell during February and which allowed for the drought conditions to deteriorate.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, the county began the month in moderate drought (D1) but ended the month in severe drought (D2). Less than an inch of rain fell during February and which allowed for the drought conditions to deteriorate.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, the county began the month in moderate drought (D1) but ended the month in severe drought (D2). Less than an inch of rain fell during February and which allowed for the drought conditions to deteriorate.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, the county began the month in moderate drought (D1) but ended the month in severe drought (D2). Less than an inch of rain fell during February and which allowed for the drought conditions to deteriorate.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, the county began the month in moderate drought (D1) but ended the month in severe drought (D2). Less than an inch of rain fell during February and which allowed for the drought conditions to deteriorate.
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