The month of March is typically the fourth wettest month of the year, but totals across the western portions of North Texas were about 2-3 inches below normal. This led to deteriorating drought conditions across the area.
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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.
The month of March is typically the fourth wettest month of the year, but totals across the western portions of North Texas were about 2-3 inches below normal. This led to deteriorating drought conditions across the area. Comanche, Hamilton, Mills, and Hill County began the month in moderate drought (D1) and ended the month in extreme drought (D3). Lake levels continued to be well below full capacities with most municipalities under mandatory water restrictions.
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 Mar 10, 8:18 PM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 918 PM CDT MON MAR 10 2014 .UPDATE... WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS THE CENTER OF THE UPPER LOW SOMEWHERE BETWEEN UVALDE AND COTULLA AT 900 PM. CLOUDS AND A FEW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT. THERE IS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE THAT A FEW SHOWERS COULD MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS SO WE WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST TONIGHT. THE CURRENT FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE SO NO MAJOR CHANGES ARE NEEDED WITH THIS UPDATE. 79 && .AVIATION... /00Z TAFS/ CONCERNS...MVFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT TUESDAY EVENING. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY NIGHT HOURS. SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 5-11 KTS WILL PREVAIL. BROKEN CIGS BETWEEN 4000-5000 FEET WILL MOVE INTO WACO SHORTLY WHILE SOME HIGH CLOUDS ARE OBSERVED IN THE METROPLEX. LOW LEVEL STRATUS IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT KACT BEGINNING ABOUT 09Z TONIGHT. CIGS WILL BE BELOW 1500 FEET. DUE TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ABOVE THE SURFACE...THE STRATUS IS EXPECTED TO LARGELY REMAIN EAST OF THE METROPLEX AIRPORTS BUT MAY SEE FEW-SCT CLOUD BASES AROUND 1500 FEET EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SOME PATCHY FOG IS ALSO POSSIBLE TONIGHT WITH THE RETURN OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND WILL PREVAIL 4SM AT ALL SITES LATE TONIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15-20 KTS...FROM THE SOUTHWEST...DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS AROUND 25 KTS. THE INCREASING WINDS WILL CLEAR OUT ANY STRATUS AND FOG THAT MAY BE AROUND...LEAVING ONLY SOME HIGH CLOUDS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. IN THE EXTENDED...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TUESDAY EVENING...REACHING THE METROPLEX 02-03Z AND 05-06Z AT KACT. STRONG NORTH WINDS SUSTAINED 20-30 KTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KTS WILL OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT. OTHERWISE...CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN VFR BEHIND THE FRONT. 82/JLD && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 302 PM CDT MON MAR 10 2014/ SHOWERS OVER THE CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES SHOULD DIMINISH AROUND 6 PM WITH NONE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SOUTH WINDS TONIGHT WILL DRAW MOISTURE NORTH OVERNIGHT AND HELP KEEP LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S. THERE COULD BE SOME FOG OVER THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...BUT DO NOT EXPECT ANY DENSE FOG. TUESDAY WILL BE WARMER AND WINDY AS A SURFACE LOW DEEPENS ACROSS KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA AND MOVES EAST. SOME DRY AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES AND EXPECT A GRASS FIRE DANGER STATEMENT TO BE ISSUED WEST OF A COMANCHE TO BOWIE LINE FOR AFTERNOON HUMIDITY FALLS INTO THE TEENS. AS THE SURFACE LOW REACHES MISSOURI LATE IN THE AFTERNOON...A COLD FRONT WILL START MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION. DEEP UNIDIRECTIONAL NORTH FLOW UP TO 50 KNOTS IS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD BEGIN ABOUT 2 HOURS AFTER FROPA WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. ON WEDNESDAY...THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...THEN BEGIN TO WEAKEN MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MIDDAY. WEDNESDAY WILL ALSO BE NOTICEABLY COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S. COLD AIR ADVECTION CONTINUES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS WINDS DIMINISH EVEN MORE...THUS WE WILL SEE LOWS IN THE 30S WITH MANY RURAL AREAS SEEING LOWS AT OR JUST BELOW FREEZING. THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMING THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH MUCH OF THE REGION IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S ON SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WITH BE A LITTLE COOLER ON SUNDAY BEHIND A WEAK FRONT. THE ECMWF MODEL HAS COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH LAST NIGHT/S AND TODAY/S GFS RUN AND GFS ENSEMBLES. THE GFS SERIES REMAIN DRY DURING THE PERIOD AND IS PREFERRED...THUS HAVE REMOVED POPS FROM THE WEEKEND. IF THE ECMWF DOES PAN OUT...THEN 20-30 POPS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BE JUSTIFIED AS IT HAS SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW...HIGHER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND A SHORT WAVE TROUGH PASSING THROUGH THE REGION. ON THE OTHER HAND...THE GFS HAS A LIGHT NORTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW ON SATURDAY AND NO SHORT WAVE OR LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. 75 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 53 82 41 56 34 / 5 5 0 0 0 WACO, TX 49 79 40 58 30 / 10 5 0 0 0 PARIS, TX 50 81 40 54 30 / 5 0 0 0 0 DENTON, TX 50 83 37 56 30 / 5 5 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 50 80 38 56 32 / 5 5 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 54 82 42 56 36 / 5 5 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 51 78 41 56 32 / 5 5 0 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 52 79 43 57 33 / 10 5 0 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 49 77 40 58 31 / 20 5 0 0 0 MINERAL WELLS, TX 48 87 35 56 30 / 5 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 82/79
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 315 PM CDT MON MAR 10 2014 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-111130- 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- 315 PM CDT MON MAR 10 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. 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.
8 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month in moderate drought (D1). Less than an inch of rain fell during the month and conditions deteriorated into extreme drought (D3) by the end of the month.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month in moderate drought (D1). Less than an inch of rain fell during the month and conditions deteriorated into extreme drought (D3) by the end of the month.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month in moderate drought (D1). Less than an inch of rain fell during the month and conditions deteriorated into extreme drought (D3) by the end of the month.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month in moderate drought (D1). Less than an inch of rain fell during the month and conditions deteriorated into extreme drought (D3) by the end of the month.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month in moderate drought (D1). Less than an inch of rain fell during the month and conditions deteriorated into severe drought (D2) by the end of the month.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month in moderate drought (D1). Less than an inch of rain fell during the month and conditions deteriorated into severe drought (D2) by the end of the month.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month in moderate drought (D1). Less than an inch of rain fell during the month and conditions deteriorated into severe drought (D2) by the end of the month.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month in moderate drought (D1). Less than an inch of rain fell during the month and conditions deteriorated into severe drought (D2) by 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, March 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: 507364, 507365, 507367, 507368, 507370, 507371, 507372, 507373.