Drought conditions returned to the southeast 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 southeast 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 17, 10:38 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1138 PM CDT MON AUG 17 2015 .AVIATION... EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL AT THE TAF SITES THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 17Z TUESDAY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM KRPH /GRAHAM/ TO KTKI /MCKINNEY/ TO KTRL /TERRELL/ TO KLHB /HEARNE/. SOUTH WINDS AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15 KNOTS BY 15Z TUESDAY. 58 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 239 PM CDT MON AUG 17 2015/ A STRENGTHENING UPPER TROUGH WILL DIG THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES OVERNIGHT...DEVELOP INTO A DEEP CLOSED LOW OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY AND THEN PIVOT THROUGH THE MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES REGION LATE WEEK AS A SECOND UPSTREAM UPPER TROUGH FOLLOWS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. OUR MID WEEK COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY OVER NORTHERN KANSAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WE EXPECT THE FRONT TO CROSS THE RED RIVER BEFORE MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...STALL OVER THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND LIFT BACK THROUGH THE CWA ON BY THURSDAY EVENING. A SECOND FRONT MAY BRIEFLY ENTER NORTH TEXAS SUNDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL BE LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES BEFORE THE FRONT ARRIVES. WEDNESDAY WILL BE 8-10 DEGREES COOLER BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT JUST AS HOT AHEAD OF IT. WE EXPECT THURSDAY TO REMAIN ON THE COOL SIDE DUE TO WEDNESDAY NIGHT CONVECTION AND CONTINUED CLOUD COVER DURING THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM BACK INTO THE 90S ON FRIDAY AND INTO THE MID AND UPPER 90S OVER THE WEEKEND AND ON MONDAY. AS FOR CONVECTION AND RAINFALL...SOME ISOLATED ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY ALONG THE RED RIVER AND OVER THE EASTERN COUNTIES. CONVECTION WILL INCREASE AND SPREAD SOUTH OVER THE REGION WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. FORECAST SOUNDING INDICATE SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY FOR STRONG STORMS ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT...CAPE OF 1800-2400 J/KG WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND AROUND 1500 J/KG ABOVE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ONLY THE EASTERN COUNTIES MAY SEE CONVECTION ON FRIDAY. HAVE ADDED LOW CHANCE POPS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-20 AS THE NEXT FRONT NEARS. THE POTENTIAL AVERAGE RAINFALL TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT RANGES FROM AROUND ONE INCH AROUND PARIS TO 1/4 INCH AROUND LAMPASAS. SOME LUCKY AREAS MIGHT RECEIVE MORE THAN ONE INCH WHILE A FEW LOCATIONS MAY BE MISSED ALL TOGETHER. 75 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 78 98 78 91 70 / 5 10 20 50 70 WACO, TX 75 99 76 95 72 / 10 10 5 20 50 PARIS, TX 73 95 74 87 66 / 10 20 20 70 70 DENTON, TX 75 97 77 89 65 / 5 10 20 60 60 MCKINNEY, TX 75 97 76 89 66 / 5 10 20 60 60 DALLAS, TX 79 98 80 91 71 / 10 10 20 40 70 TERRELL, TX 75 97 76 91 69 / 10 10 10 50 70 CORSICANA, TX 75 98 76 95 71 / 10 10 10 40 60 TEMPLE, TX 74 98 76 97 72 / 10 10 5 20 50 MINERAL WELLS, TX 74 98 75 89 65 / 5 10 20 40 60 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 58/66
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 911 PM CDT MON AUG 17 2015 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-181130- 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- 911 PM CDT MON AUG 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE RED RIVER COUNTIES AND EAST OF A GREENVILLE TO FAIRFIELD AND HEARNE LINE ON TUESDAY. STRONG WINDS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING REMAIN THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD OVER THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME LINGERING LOW CHANCES OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE MAINLY EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR FRIDAY. FINALLY...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT MAINLY NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe/D2 drought conditions returned across the county after a few months of below normal rainfall. Conditions worsened into the Extreme/D3 Category across the southern half of the county by the end of the month.
Severe/D2 drought conditions returned across the county after a few months of below normal rainfall. Conditions worsened into the Extreme/D3 Category across most of the county by the end of the month.
Severe/D2 drought conditions returned across the county after a few months of below normal rainfall. Conditions worsened into the Extreme/D3 Category across the southern half of the county 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: 599057, 599058, 599059.