Severe drought conditions affected most of Bell County during the entire month of December after little rainfall was received.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Severe drought conditions affected most of Bell County during the entire month of December after little rainfall was received.
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 Nov 30, 11:21 PM CST, 39 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 1121 PM CST Sat Nov 30 2019 .AVIATION... /06z TAFs/ VFR conditions and northwest winds will prevail through the period. While sustained winds will generally be around 15 kts, occasional gusts in the 20-25 kt range are possible overnight through Sunday afternoon. These values aren't expected to be high enough to cause any significant crosswind issues at the D10 airports. Wind speeds will begin decreasing Sunday night. -Stalley && .LONG TERM... /Issued 213 PM CST Sat Nov 30 2019/ /Sunday Night through the End of Next Week/ An upper ridge will be parked over the Rockies for the first half of next week, which will keep the quiet weather going through at least Wednesday. A surface ridge which will be located just west of the area at the start of the period will move east into North and Central Texas Sunday night and Monday. Clear skies, dry air and light winds will allow for good radiational cooling conditions Sunday night. Low temperatures around daybreak Monday should dip to or below freezing for locations west of Interstate 35/35W, with the rest of the region dropping into the 33-38 degree range. Light return flow will develop at the lower levels during the day Monday as the surface ridge axis shifts east into Louisiana. Conditions will still remain a bit on the cool side, but seasonable, with highs ranging from the lower 50s in the northeast to around 60 in the southwest. A shortwave will drop southeast through the Plains on Tuesday, which will send a weak reinforcing front into the area. Southwest winds ahead of the front will allow temperatures to rebound into the 60s for afternoon highs, before dropping back down to around 40 Tuesday night behind the front. The axis of the upper ridge will shift directly overhead midweek as an upper low moves inland over Southern California. A nice day will be in store Wednesday with mostly sunny skies and highs in the 60s. A strengthening lee cyclone ahead of the West Coast system will tighten the pressure gradient across the Southern Plains, and strengthen the return flow across North and Central Texas Wednesday night. However, the upper low will likely move eastward fast enough to preclude significant moisture return. Scattered showers may still occur on Thursday as the upper low traverses the Southern Plains, with deeper convection likely holding off until the low moves well east of the region into the MS Valley and taps into better moisture. This would be followed by another cold front, near-normal temperatures and dry weather for the end of next week. 30 && .SHORT TERM... /Issued 1201 PM CST Sat Nov 30 2019/ /This Afternoon and Tonight/ Dry/cool air advection will increase this afternoon and tonight behind an eastward moving cold front. A thin line of showers and thunderstorms will accompany the cold front, but all storms will move east of the CWA by mid afternoon. A breezy west to northwest wind will continue through the night as a deep surface low moves east across the Central Plains. Since wind speeds will stay in the 10 to 20 mph range overnight, temperatures will not fall too rapidly even though it will be dry and clear. Overnight lows will range from the mid 30s in the west to the mid 40s across the southeast. Deep and dry northwest flow will keep it mostly clear across North and Central Texas on Sunday. Abundant sun will offset the low level cold air advection some, allowing afternoon highs to warm into the middle 50s to lower 60s. It will still feel a bit cooler due to west to northwest winds in the 10 to 20 mph range along with some higher gusts. 79 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 39 58 36 56 38 / 0 0 0 0 0 Waco 39 60 36 60 36 / 0 0 0 0 0 Paris 38 53 33 51 35 / 0 0 0 0 0 Denton 37 56 33 55 37 / 0 0 0 0 0 McKinney 38 56 34 54 36 / 0 0 0 0 0 Dallas 40 58 37 55 40 / 0 0 0 0 0 Terrell 38 57 34 55 35 / 0 0 0 0 0 Corsicana 41 57 37 56 37 / 0 0 0 0 0 Temple 42 61 36 60 37 / 0 0 0 0 0 Mineral Wells 37 56 31 58 36 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && 26
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 246 PM CST Sat Nov 30 2019 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-011215- 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- 246 PM CST Sat Nov 30 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. There is a slight chance of thunderstorms Thursday and Thursday night. Lightning will be the primary hazard. No severe weather is expected. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe drought affected most of Bell County for the entire month of December.
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