Severe drought conditions developed across parts of Central Texas.
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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.
Severe drought conditions developed across parts of Central Texas.
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, 11:10 PM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 1210 AM CDT Tue Aug 11 2020 .SHORT TERM... /NEW/ /Through Wednesday/ A shortwave trough ignited an area of showers and thunderstorms across the Southern Plains Monday afternoon, and this activity continues to push east-southeast across Oklahoma and Northwest Texas tonight. Activity has been mostly undercut by an outflow boundary, which extended from Oklahoma City to Vernon to near Lubbock around midnight. This boundary will produce a brief shift to northwest winds across the northwest zones during the overnight hours. It should eventually be overcome by the strong southerly low level flow and will likely stall prior to daybreak Tuesday. Isolated thunderstorm development in the vicinity of the boundary is not out of the question, and have added slight chance POPs for areas roughly along and north of a Graham to Paris line for the rest of the night. Subsidence associated with a strong ridge should suppress additional development farther south. One issue that will need to be monitored is an ongoing wildfire along the Jack/Palo Pinto County line, which would be affected by the wind shift if the outflow reaches far enough south, so will be keeping a close eye on that for the rest of the night. Precipitation along/north of the Red River will abate Tuesday morning as the low level jet mixes out. However, additional showers and storms will be possible later in the day through Tuesday evening across the northeast counties as the shortwave drops southeast through the Arklatex region. Chance to slight chance POPs will hence be in place during the afternoon and evening hours for areas northeast of the DFW Metroplex. Severe weather is unlikely, though 3000 J/KG of MUCAPE will open the door for a few strong storms with gusty winds. Hot and breezy weather will persist for the rest of the forecast area through Wednesday. Elevated fire weather conditions will be in place each afternoon west of I-35 where minimum RH values dip below 30 percent. Heat index readings will start to climb to or above 105, especially starting Wednesday. Will likely hold off on a Heat Advisory today, but may need to look at issuing one starting Wednesday. 30 && .LONG TERM... /Issued 257 PM CDT Mon Aug 10 2020/ /Wednesday Onward/ Hot and mostly dry conditions will persist through the rest of the week. The upper ridge will gradually shift westward through this time period, and become repositioned across the Desert Southwest by Thursday. In the meantime, occasional shortwaves will ripple across the northern fringes of the ridge, leading to showers and thunderstorms across portions of the Central Plains. This activity is expected to remain displaced north of the forecast area. Highs will be a few degrees above normal in the upper 90s to around 102 out west. Heat index values will climb into the 102-107 degree range each afternoon, especially across our east/southeast zones where dewpoints will mix out the least. This may necessitate a Heat Advisory for most or all of the CWA later in the week. Otherwise, elevated fire danger will continue west of I-35 due to low humidity and a steady south breeze in an area with ample cured fuels. For the end of the week and into the weekend, the operational GFS is a significantly wet outlier compared to most of the GEFS members and European solutions. It appears to be suffering from some convective feedback issues, spilling upstream convection into North Texas both Friday and Saturday. Ensemble and statistical guidance, however, support a dry forecast with the ridge holding strong through the first half of the weekend. As a result, have maintained a dry forecast during this time period. By Sunday, enough of a westward shift of the 500mb ridge and stronger disturbances within north flow aloft could actually allow some rain chances to return late in the day or perhaps into Monday. In addition, some attendant cloud cover and the lower heights aloft should shave a few degrees off high temperatures heading into early next week. There's even a small chance that a weak front may drift far enough south to turn our winds to the north next Monday, although this remains uncertain given it's a day 8 forecast. -Stalley && .AVIATION... /NEW/ /06Z TAFs/ VFR and continued breezy conditions with southerly winds can be expected area-wide for the next 36 hours. Will keep an eye on ceilings across Central Texas, where an MVFR deck may get close to the Waco area around daybreak Tuesday. For now, will keep a SCT layer at KACT for Tuesday morning, with higher sky coverage likely staying southeast of the airport. TS will be possible for northeast portions of DFW TRACON Tuesday afternoon. At this time, it appears storms will remain northeast of the DFW Metroplex airports. 30 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 81 101 79 100 80 / 5 5 5 0 0 Waco 79 101 78 102 77 / 0 0 0 0 0 Paris 77 96 73 97 76 / 10 30 20 5 5 Denton 79 99 77 99 80 / 10 5 10 0 0 McKinney 79 100 76 100 79 / 5 5 10 0 0 Dallas 81 100 80 100 80 / 5 5 10 0 0 Terrell 79 100 77 99 77 / 0 5 10 0 0 Corsicana 78 100 77 97 77 / 0 0 5 0 0 Temple 77 100 77 102 76 / 0 0 0 0 0 Mineral Wells 78 100 77 101 77 / 5 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && 30/91
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 1131 PM CDT Mon Aug 10 2020 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-120430- 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- 1131 PM CDT Mon Aug 10 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. There is a slight chance of storms overnight north of a line from Graham to Paris. A few storms may contain gusty winds. Severe weather is not expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Heat index values will range between 100-108 Wednesday through Friday across most of the area. Take the necessary precautions to avoid heat- related illness. There is a slight chance of storms northeast of a line from Gainesville to Canton Tuesday and Tuesday night. Severe weather is not expected. The threat for wildfires will remain elevated west of the I- 35 corridor through the week due to hot, dry and breezy conditions. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe drought conditions developed across parts of the county during the second week of August and continued through the end of the month.
Severe drought conditions developed across most of the county during the second week of August and continued through the end of the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 917279, 917280.