The month of March is typically the fourth wettest month of the year, but totals across North Texas were about two inches below normal. This led to deteriorating drought conditions across Anderson, Cooke, Denton, Freestone, and Grayson County.
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.
The month of March is typically the fourth wettest month of the year, but totals across North Texas were about two inches below normal. This led to deteriorating drought conditions across Anderson, Cooke, Denton, Freestone, and Grayson County. These locations were classified in severe drought (D2) with the March 25th issuance of the drought monitor.
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 24, 10:31 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1131 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2014 .AVIATION... VFR WILL PREVAIL WITH LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW. THE SURFACE HIGH IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT EAST BY EVENING AND A RETURN TO SOUTHERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 345 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2014/ PLEASANT AFTERNOON IN PROGRESS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. GENERALLY ZONAL FLOW ALOFT ACROSS TEXAS WILL BECOME SLIGHTLY MORE AMPLIFIED TONIGHT WITH A WEAK FRONT SLIDING THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS WILL PICK UP A BIT BEHIND THE FRONT BUT NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. SHORTWAVE NOTED ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE EAST AND APPROACH FAR WEST TEXAS BY TUESDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY AND INCREASE IN RESPONSE TO A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW ON WEDNESDAY. INCREASING LIFT FROM THE APPROACHING SHORTWAVE AND AMPLE MOISTURE SHOULD LEAD TO WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN AND EMBEDDED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. INSTABILITY ACROSS NORTH TEXAS IS WEAK AT BEST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BUT WHAT LITTLE THERE IS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME THUNDER. WILL HAVE HIGH POPS ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...BUT QPF AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE THAT HIGH. THE SHORTWAVE DEPARTS WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL LINGER ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. BY THURSDAY...THE MEAN FLOW IS ZONAL AGAIN ACROSS NORTH TEXAS BUT THE MODELS TO INDICATE A WEAK RIPPLE IN THE FLOW MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY AFTERNOON. AT THE SURFACE...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEEPEN AND APPROACH THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES WITH A COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTHWEST INTO THE OZARKS. A DRYLINE WILL SHARPEN AND EXTEND SOUTHWARD ACROSS OUR WESTERN COUNTIES BY AFTERNOON. EAST OF THE DRYLINE...SURFACE BASED CAPES WILL EXCEED 2000J/KG WITH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT THE BEST FORCING WILL BE DISPLACED TO THE NORTH. OTHER THAN MESOSCALE FORCING ALONG THE DRYLINE...IT DOESNT APPEAR THAT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE THAT HIGH...SO HAVE LOWERED POPS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO JUST 20 PERCENT. ANY STORMS THAT CAN DEVELOP MAY BECOME SEVERE. OTHERWISE...THE UPPER PATTERN IS PRETTY BENIGN THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILD WITH A WEAK FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY. RAIN CHANCES BEYOND THURSDAY WILL BE LOW. DUNN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 41 64 41 54 52 / 0 0 5 60 20 WACO, TX 41 64 42 57 56 / 0 0 10 50 20 PARIS, TX 36 61 38 52 49 / 0 0 5 70 20 DENTON, TX 37 63 39 54 53 / 0 0 5 60 20 MCKINNEY, TX 37 63 39 55 51 / 0 0 5 60 20 DALLAS, TX 42 63 42 54 52 / 0 0 5 60 20 TERRELL, TX 38 63 39 55 51 / 0 0 5 60 20 CORSICANA, TX 43 62 42 54 53 / 0 0 5 50 20 TEMPLE, TX 41 65 42 57 53 / 0 0 10 50 20 MINERAL WELLS, TX 37 63 42 55 52 / 0 0 10 60 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && /
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 334 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2014 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-251300- 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- 334 PM CDT MON MAR 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SOME WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE AS A DRYLINE INVADES FROM THE WEST. .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.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor the county began the month in moderate drought (D1). About three inches 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 two inches 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 two inches 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 two inches 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 two inches 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: 507380, 507381, 507382, 507384, 507385.