Drought conditions returned to the southwest counties of the region after a few months of below normal rainfall.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Drought conditions returned to the southwest counties of the region after a few months of below normal rainfall.
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 Aug 10, 10:11 PM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1111 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015 .AVIATION... OUTSIDE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY AT ALL OF THE TAF SITES. A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDED SOUTH OF A KPRX /PARIS/ TO KLUD /DECATUR/ LINE AT 04Z WILL MOVE THROUGH THE DFW METROPLEX 06-07Z WITH A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 5 KNOTS. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST AROUND 10 KNOTS BY 17Z TUESDAY. AT WACO...LIGHT SOUTH WINDS TONIGHT WILL BECOME NORTH AROUND 5 KNOTS BY 13Z TUESDAY. 58 && .UPDATE... SUMMERTIME COLD FRONT IS MOVING ACROSS THE RED RIVER AT THIS TIME AND WILL MAKE SLOW PROGRESS SOUTH THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE FRONT IS BEING TRACKED BY LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS AND ALSO INCREASING DEWPOINTS BEHIND THE FRONT. THE CHANCES FOR RAIN OVERNIGHT ARE LOW BUT CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR AREA OF LIGHT RAIN NEAR THE RED RIVER COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT. THE 00Z KFWD SOUNDING SHOWS A VERY DRY ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE...BUT FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ALONG THE FRONT. THIS IS EVIDENT ON THE 00Z KOUN SOUNDING. THE OVERALL LIFT ALONG THE FRONT IS VERY MINIMAL AND THUS IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP PRECIPITATION. INSTEAD...ONLY AN INCREASE IN MID LEVEL CLOUD COVER MAY OCCUR THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH THE FRONT. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WERE NEEDED FOR THE EVENING UPDATE AND ONLY UPDATED HOURLY TRENDS BASED ON LATEST OBSERVATIONS. THE HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ATHENS TO WACO TO GOLDTHWAITE. TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL SOAR TO AROUND 105 IN THE AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT. JLDUNN && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 326 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015/ ANOTHER VERY HOT DAY IS IN PROGRESS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 100 TO 104 DEGREES IN MOST LOCATIONS. ANOTHER COUPLE OF DEGREES OF WARMING IS EXPECTED THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...SO HIGHS SHOULD TOP OUT IN THE 105 TO 107 RANGE ACROSS THE REGION. SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...MIXING OF THE SHALLOW MOISTURE OUT HAS RESULTED IN VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...GENERALLY BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT. THIS DRY AIR RESULTS IN HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR OR EVEN BELOW THE ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURE. WITH SOME RELIEF ON THE WAY IN THE FORM OF A WEAK COLD FRONT TOMORROW...THE HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE THIS EVENING FOR MOST OF THE AREA. WE WILL EXTEND IT THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING FOR OUR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST COUNTIES. THE COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE LOWER 80S UNDER CLOUD COVER. AS AN UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. THIS FRONT WILL SLIDE INTO OUR AREA DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. THERE WONT BE A SUBSTANTIAL TEMPERATURE CHANGE BEHIND THE FRONT BUT IT WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER WITH A LITTLE MORE MOISTURE. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...MIXING WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB TO NEAR 105 DEGREES AGAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA...WITH HEAT INDICES A NOTCH HIGHER THAN TODAY. AS FOR PRECIPITATION CHANCES...THEY GENERALLY LOOK LOW ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. THE LACK OF ANY SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL FORCING FOR ASCENT WILL LIKELY MEAN THAT ALL OF TOMORROWS ACTIVITY WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG OR JUST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...AND WILL BE SPOTTY IN NATURE. ANY SHOWERS OR STORMS THAT CAN DEVELOP WILL LIKELY BE HIGH BASED AND MAY BE A WIND THREAT. THE REMNANTS OF THE FRONT SHOULD BE LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS ON WEDNESDAY AND THE CENTER OF THE RIDGE AXIS WILL BE LOCATED TO THE WEST OF THE AREA. THIS SHOULD ALLOW HIGHS TO BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THERE REALLY APPEARS TO BE VERY LITTLE CHANCE FOR RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT 7 TO 10 DAYS BUT THE CENTER OF THE RIDGE WILL LIKELY REMAIN TO OUR WEST WITH DRIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER NORTH/NORTHEAST FLOW ALOFT. FORECAST HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 90S OR NEAR NORMAL OF THIS TIME OF YEAR THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. DUNN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 81 99 78 97 77 / 5 20 10 5 5 WACO, TX 76 104 77 98 76 / 0 20 10 10 5 PARIS, TX 78 97 72 94 71 / 10 10 5 5 5 DENTON, TX 79 98 75 96 73 / 10 20 5 5 5 MCKINNEY, TX 77 98 75 96 72 / 10 20 5 5 5 DALLAS, TX 81 100 80 98 78 / 5 20 10 5 5 TERRELL, TX 76 99 75 97 73 / 5 20 10 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 77 102 77 98 75 / 5 20 10 5 5 TEMPLE, TX 74 104 75 98 75 / 0 10 10 10 5 MINERAL WELLS, TX 73 98 73 97 73 / 5 20 10 10 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR TXZ135-142-143-146>148- 156>162-174-175. && 58/82
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 335 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-111200- 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- 335 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN ATHENS TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE THROUGH 7 PM ON TUESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. BAIN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe/D2 drought conditions returned across the county after a few months of below normal rainfall.
Severe/D2 drought conditions returned across the county after a few months of below normal rainfall. Conditions worsened into the Extreme/D3 Category by the end of the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2015
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: 599055, 599056.