Severe drought conditions popped up across more of North and Central Texas towards the end of June as below-normal rainfall continued.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Severe drought conditions popped up across more of North and Central Texas towards the end of June as below-normal rainfall continued.
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 Jun 25, 10:54 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 1154 PM CDT Mon Jun 25 2018 .AVIATION... /06Z TAFs/ Morning MVFR stratus. Otherwise...VFR with south flow. As the deep upper low over the Central Plains ejects, it is sending one last spoke of energy through the Southern Plains, underneath which moist inflow will feed elevated updrafts. Storms have already developed from northeastern Oklahoma into the Ozarks. The low-level jet (LLJ) may result in some back-building further southwest of the ongoing activity, but with this southwesterly inflow nearly in phase with the mean flow aloft, the cells should maintain an eastward/northeastward storm motion, remaining far from North Texas. Before the Central Plains cyclone departs, its associated LLJ will provide one final late-season stratus surge Tuesday morning. As the mixing depth increases, the deck will effectively scatter by late morning, with some of the LLJ's remaining momentum resulting in some surface gusts. This will likely be the last breezy day, as surface wind speeds gradually return to seasonal normals. The Southwest and Southeast ridges will join forces on Tuesday, and the enhanced subsidence that results should effectively suppress convection. 25 && .SHORT TERM... /Issued 334 PM CDT Mon Jun 25 2018/ /Through Tonight/ Scattered afternoon convection east of I-35 has diminished some in coverage over the last hours as the air east of the Waco area has become a little more stable. Deeper moisture is in place across much of North Texas this afternoon, but a lack of any appreciable forcing will limit coverage of any additional thunderstorms. We'll hang on to some 20% PoPs generally east of I-35 into the early evening hours. For tonight, most areas will stay precipitation free, but as the low level jet strengthens after dark, warm advection will increase across much of Oklahoma. There is still a diffuse boundary draped across the central part of the state and into northwest Texas. While it's unlikely that widespread convection will develop, there could be some isolated showers or storms that try to initiate overnight in the warm advection regime. Any activity to impact our area would be confined to the Red River counties and we'll keep PoPs at 10% in that area. Other than very low rain chances, the strengthening southerly flow will allow for an extensive low cloud deck to spread northward overnight keeping overnight lows in the mid to upper 70s areawide. Dunn && .LONG TERM... /Issued 334 PM CDT Mon Jun 25 2018/ /Tuesday through next Monday/ A more quiescent weather pattern will eventually take shape over the next several days as mid-level ridging begins to build overhead once again. This will take a few days, however, and North and Central Texas will remain under the influence of lingering north to northwest flow aloft through Wednesday. A decaying complex of showers and thunderstorms may be ongoing Tuesday morning across parts of Oklahoma, but the best area of lift is expected to remain far enough to our north and east to keep a dry forecast going across our Red River counties. Temperatures will be about 2-3 degrees warmer tomorrow, resulting in afternoon heat indices in the 101-105 degree range. Some locally higher readings are possible, especially across Central Texas, where dewpoints may remain just a bit higher. Very strong isentropic ascent is slated to nose into northeastern Oklahoma Tuesday night/Wednesday morning on the nose of a stout 40-50 kt LLJ. This should result in yet another MCS, but the current thinking is that the initiating lift will be displaced far enough away to keep convective chances here to a minimum, even as any activity attempts to build southwestward into the low-level flow. If the main region of warm advection ends up farther south, we'll need to re-evaluate PoP chances Wednesday morning/afternoon. An associated shortwave trough will probably scrape our far eastern counties Wednesday, but forecast soundings appear too capped at this juncture to warrant any precip mention during the afternoon. Wednesday and Thursday are looking like the hottest days of the week as mid-level heights top out around 593-595 dm. Assuming our precipitation-free forecast for Wednesday goes as planned, high temperatures across much of the region should top out in the 98-103 degree range, with lower-mid 90s across our northeast and southern counties. Thursday may be a degree or two warmer in spots. Thankfully, it looks like we'll manage to work a bit more dry air down the surface both days during the afternoon hours. As a result, heat indices are forecast to remain below advisory criteria, not to mention a persistent 10-15 mph breeze will be present. The core of this mid-level ridge will begin to scoot eastward towards the end of the weekend and into next week. This will allow a bit more in the way of troughing to work into the region. We'll continue to advertise a low chance for shower/storms across our far northwestern counties Sunday afternoon/evening as a transient shortwave zips through the flow. A weak perturbation may pivot under the south side of the departing ridge Monday-Wednesday of next week, and this could begin to open up our Central Texas counties to more in the way of afternoon sea breeze activity. We've kept PoPs under 20% for the time being given timing differences in the extended model guidance, however. Carlaw && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 78 98 79 99 79 / 10 5 0 5 0 Waco 78 98 75 99 76 / 5 5 0 5 0 Paris 76 93 76 94 75 / 10 5 5 5 0 Denton 78 97 78 98 78 / 10 5 0 5 0 McKinney 76 96 78 96 77 / 10 5 5 5 0 Dallas 79 98 80 100 80 / 10 5 0 5 0 Terrell 77 97 76 97 77 / 10 5 0 5 0 Corsicana 76 97 76 96 76 / 10 5 0 5 0 Temple 76 96 74 97 74 / 5 10 0 5 0 Mineral Wells 76 99 76 100 75 / 5 0 0 5 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && 25/24
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 336 PM CDT Mon Jun 25 2018 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-261200- 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- 336 PM CDT Mon Jun 25 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Isolated thunderstorms are expected through early evening mainly east of I-35. Brief heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and lightning will be the main threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. There is a low chance for thunderstorms along and northwest of an Eastland to Bowie line on Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. Dunn
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe (D3) drought conditions developed across Hood County during the final week of June, 2018.
Severe (D3) drought conditions developed across eastern Wise County during the final week of June, 2018.
Severe (D3) drought conditions developed across western Denton County during the final week of June, 2018.
Severe (D3) drought conditions developed across eastern McLennan County during the final week of June, 2018.
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