Drought conditions returned across parts of the region after a few months of below normal rainfall.
Every event with a place to put it; 10 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.
Drought conditions returned across parts 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 24, 10:37 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1137 PM CDT MON AUG 24 2015 .AVIATION... /06Z TAFS/ CONCERNS: POTENTIAL PRE DAWN TO LATE MORNING SHOWERS/POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS. RIGHT NOW...MODELS ARE INDICATING DIFFERENT SIGNALS WITH POSSIBLE ELEVATED CONVECTION DEVELOPING WITH A SUBTLE SHORTWAVE ROTATING SW OUT OF ERN OK AND AR BEFORE DAYBREAK. HRRR AND WRF EAST ARE STRONGER SIGNALS THAN THE NAM12, GFS20, OR TTU WRF. FOR NOW...WILL CONTINUE A MENTION OF VCSH BETWEEN 09Z-15Z AT DFW AREA AIRPORTS AND 15Z-18Z AT WACO. THERE IS SOME LATENT ELEVATED INSTABILITY...BUT NOT STRONG. TOUGH CALL HERE...BUT WILL STAY CONSERVATIVE. OTHERWISE...LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT E/NE 5-10 KTS THROUGH MID EVENING TUESDAY...BEFORE EVENTUALLY RETURNING SELY BY MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY. 05/ && .UPDATE... AFTERNOON CONVECTION IS WANING FOR THE EVENING. A COUPLE OF HI-RES MODELS INDICATE SOMETHING DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND DRIFTING OVER THE NORTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL COUNTIES BEFORE DAYBREAK. WILL KEEP 20 POPS NORTHEAST OF A SHERMAN TO ATHENS LINE 1AM THROUGH 7AM. OTHERWISE...DO NOT SEE SUPPORT FOR MORE THAN ISOLATED ACTIVITY OR 10 POPS THE REST OF THE EVENING AND ELSEWHERE LATE TONIGHT. 75 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 246 PM CDT MON AUG 24 2015/ A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO REMAIN DRAPED ALONG THE I-20 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT IS HARD TO DISCERN DUE TO THE LIGHT WIND FIELD AND MEAGER DIFFERENCE IN THE TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT VALUES EITHER SIDE OF THE BOUNDARY. NEVERTHELESS...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED WITHING A REGION OF HEIGHTENED INSTABILITY ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF THE FRONT. WE HAVE KEPT THE HIGHEST POPS OF THE EVENING ACROSS AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20...AND EAST OF I-35...THOUGH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REST OF THE REGION. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL TAPER OFF WITH THE LOSS OF SURFACE HEATING LATER THIS EVENING....BUT A FEW ISOLATED STORMS MAY STILL LINGER INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GOOD INSTABILITY WILL LEAD TO A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS A POSSIBILITY. SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY DUE TO THE LACK OF WIND SHEAR. SLOW EASTWARD MOVEMENT WILL LIMIT THE CONVECTIVE COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT WILL ALSO LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING WHEREVER THE STRONGER STORMS OCCUR. THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL AMPLIFY TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AS A TROUGH DEEPENS IN THE EASTERN CONUS AND A RIDGE INTENSIFIES OVER THE FOUR-CORNERS REGION. THE RESULTING NORTH FLOW WILL GIVE THE FRONT ANOTHER PUSH SOUTH DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. THIS WILL FOCUS CONVECTION FARTHER SOUTH...AND THE HIGHEST POPS ON TUESDAY WILL BE CONFINED TO THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF NORTH TEXAS. DESPITE THE SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT...TEMPERATURES SHOULD STILL REACH THE 90S TUESDAY ACROSS ALL OF THE REGION DUE TO THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER RIDGE OFF TO OUR WEST. THE RIDGE IS NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE MUCH OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEK...WHICH WILL LEAD TO HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IN FACT...TRIPLE DIGIT HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE A GOOD POSSIBILITY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE REGION WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WE WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON A SHORTWAVE WHICH IS STILL BEING PROGGED TO DROP SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE PLAINS LATE THIS WEEK AROUND THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE RIDGE. THIS WILL SEND ANOTHER WEAK FRONT TO THE RED RIVER AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SOME LOW POPS MAY BE WARRANTED IF MODEL DATA BEGINS TO INDICATE HIGHER MOISTURE OR STRONGER LIFT WITH THE SYSTEM...BUT AT THIS TIME WE WILL MAINTAIN THE LESS-THAN 20 POPS FOR THAT PERIOD. 30 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 75 94 74 95 74 / 10 20 5 5 0 WACO, TX 75 97 73 96 71 / 10 30 5 5 0 PARIS, TX 68 89 65 93 68 / 20 10 5 5 0 DENTON, TX 72 92 71 95 70 / 10 20 5 5 0 MCKINNEY, TX 72 92 68 94 69 / 10 10 5 5 0 DALLAS, TX 76 94 75 95 75 / 10 20 5 5 0 TERRELL, TX 74 93 69 94 69 / 20 20 5 5 0 CORSICANA, TX 75 95 71 95 70 / 10 20 5 5 0 TEMPLE, TX 75 97 72 97 71 / 10 30 10 10 0 MINERAL WELLS, TX 72 93 71 95 70 / 10 20 5 5 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 05/75
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 918 PM CDT MON AUG 24 2015 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-260230- 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- 918 PM CDT MON AUG 24 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTHEAST OF A SHERMAN TO ATHENS LINE. GUSTY WINDS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY WITH THE BEST CHANCES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM EASTLAND TO WACO TO CENTERVILLE. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS DURING THE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
706 PM CDT MON AUG 24 2015
TXZ093-094-250030-
GRAYSON-FANNIN-
706 PM CDT MON AUG 24 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL GRAYSON AND CENTRAL
FANNIN COUNTIES...
AT 705 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER BELL EAST
OF SHERMAN AND OVER DODD CITY...OR NEAR BONHAM. THE STORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BONHAM...BELLS...SAVOY...ECTOR...DODD CITY...RAVENNA...BONHAM STATE
PARK AND WINDOM.
LAT...LON 3371 9637 3369 9635 3369 9632 3371 9631
3370 9592 3352 9600 3357 9651 3371 9650
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 186DEG 2KT 3361 9610
75PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
754 PM CDT MON AUG 24 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 PM HAIL SAVOY 33.60N 96.36W
08/24/2015 E1.00 INCH FANNIN TX PUBLIC
1 INCH HAIL NEAR SAVOYThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 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.
Severe/D2 drought conditions returned across the county after a few months of below normal rainfall.
Severe/D2 drought conditions returned across the southern half of the county after a few months of below normal rainfall.
Severe/D2 drought conditions returned across the southern half of 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.
Severe/D2 drought conditions returned across the county after a few months of below normal rainfall. However, conditions quickly improved by the end of the month.
Severe/D2 drought conditions returned across the county after a few months of below normal rainfall. However, conditions quickly improved by the end of the month.
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.
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: 599060, 599061, 599062, 599063, 599064, 599065, 599066, 599067, 599069, 599070.