Most of north Texas was classified as being drought-free, or experiencing merely abnormally dry or moderate/D1 conditions for the month of January 2014. The exceptions included a small section of severe drought over far western portions of the region, and areas along the parched Colorado River Basin.
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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.
Most of north Texas was classified as being drought-free, or experiencing merely abnormally dry or moderate/D1 conditions for the month of January 2014. The exceptions included a small section of severe drought over far western portions of the region, and areas along the parched Colorado River Basin.
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 31, 10:59 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1059 PM CST TUE DEC 31 2013 .AVIATION... /6Z TAFS/ VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS TOMORROW EVENING WITH ABRUPT WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH AT 340G23G33KT. OTHER THAN THE WIND SHIFT NO SIGNIFICANT AVIATION CONCERNS. DUNN && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 237 PM CST TUE DEC 31 2013/ LITTLE CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS PACKAGE. GUIDANCE SHOWS CONTINUED DRY WESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE AREA...WITH A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES BRINGING COLD FRONTS THROUGH AT REGULAR INTERVALS. EXPECT COLD JANUARY TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONTS...WITH A MILD WARM UP AFTER WINDS SWITCH SOUTH AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT. THE COLDEST CANADIAN AIR GETS SHUNTED EAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND THEN TO NEW ENGLAND...GIVING NORTH TEXAS OUR USUAL GLANCING BLOW. WEDNESDAY NIGHT THE COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH DRY...BUT OF INTEREST IS THE STRONG GRADIENT BEHIND THE FRONT WHICH WILL BRING BRISK WINDS INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED JUST BEHIND THE FRONT...DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY SUNRISE. THE SUNDAY COLD FRONT ALSO BRINGS LITTLE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION. IN EASTERN COUNTIES I DROPPED THE RAIN/SNOW MIX SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY BECAUSE THE ECMWF/CMC...WHICH HAD SUPPORTED THE MIX...HAVE BECOME DRIER THIS RUN. ECMWF/GFS ALSO KEEP TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTHEAST ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL AFTER THE PALTRY MOISTURE IS SCOURED OUT. FORECAST NOW CALLS FOR SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN. THERE MAY POSSIBLY BE WET SLUSHY SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES...BUT SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S. MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY LOOKS COOL AND DRY. 84 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 34 65 30 46 26 / 0 0 0 0 0 WACO, TX 31 66 30 50 25 / 0 0 5 0 0 PARIS, TX 31 59 27 41 25 / 0 0 10 0 0 DENTON, TX 32 63 25 42 22 / 0 0 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 31 62 27 43 22 / 0 0 5 0 0 DALLAS, TX 35 64 30 46 29 / 0 0 5 0 0 TERRELL, TX 33 61 31 45 25 / 0 0 5 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 35 63 32 48 28 / 0 0 5 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 32 64 30 49 26 / 0 0 5 0 0 MINERAL WELLS, TX 31 64 26 49 23 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 230 PM CST TUE DEC 31 2013 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-011245- 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- 230 PM CST TUE DEC 31 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS 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.
5 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Young County spent all of January 2014 classified primarily under Severe/D2 Drought, with a few corners of the county listed as D1/Moderate Drought.
Stephens County spent all of January 2014 primarily under D1/Moderate drought conditions, with northeastern-most portions of the county classified under D2/Severe Drought.
Palo Pinto County spent all of January 2014 primarily under D1/Moderate drought conditions, with the northwestern quarter of the county classified under D2/Severe Drought.
Mills County spent all of January 2014 with Moderate/D1 Drought over most of the county, and D2/Severe Drought along the Colorado River Valley portion of the county.
Lampasas County spent all of January 2014 with Moderate/D1 Drought over most of the county, and D2/Severe Drought along the Colorado River Valley portion of the county.
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, January 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: 494544, 494552, 494554, 494560, 494561.