Severe to exceptional drought conditions affected portions of North and Central Texas for the entire month of May.
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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 to exceptional drought conditions affected portions of North and Central Texas for the entire month of May.
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 Apr 30, 4:59 PM CST, 7 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 559 PM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022 ...New Short Term, Aviation... .SHORT TERM... /NEW/ /Tonight through Sunday/ A few showers and thunderstorms will continue along the cold front through late afternoon, generally south of a line from Athens to Cameron. The front will likely stall very near the southern border of the CWA tonight so we will maintain at least some low PoPs there even though forcing for ascent will be weak. Otherwise, dry air, decreasing wind speeds and a mostly clear sky will allow temperatures to fall into the 50s across much of North Texas with lower and middle 60s elsewhere. The front will lift back to the north Sunday once surface high pressure builds to the east and the next low pressure system strengthens between the Central Rockies and the Great Basin. Warm and more humid air will return to the region with highs warming into the 80s Sunday afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms will be possible along the lifting front with the best chances across the western zones in the afternoon where there air will be most unstable. A few strong to severe storms will be possible with a threat for large hail and damaging winds. 79 && .LONG TERM... /Issued 240 PM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022/ /Sunday Night through Saturday/ An upper level low will swing through the Great Basin Sunday and a lead shortwave trough will eject into West Texas during the afternoon. The shortwave's forcing for ascent will encounter an increasingly unstable airmass across the state and result in an eruption of convection to our west. Global model and CAM forecasts are not in good agreement on how to evolve this convection. One basket of solutions develops it into a MCS and tracks it roughly along the Red River Valley. This scenario would mean best chances of rain, and an attendant flooding threat exist across the northern zones Sunday night and into Monday morning. This would also likely lay an outflow boundary down across the CWA to focus additional convective development Monday afternoon. The other possible scenario is the convection in West Texas is more scattered but organizes into a few clusters that track eastward and into western parts of North/Central Texas Sunday evening. This convection would generally weaken in intensity as it approached the I-35 corridor. This scenario may result in an atmosphere more worked over and therefore less chance for a repeat round of convection Monday afternoon. Regardless of which scenario pans out, convection Sunday evening will have some severe weather potential, but it will be highest across western zones in the evening and diminish during the overnight hours. PoPs will be highest across the northwest zones, tapering down to no mentionable PoPs in the southeast. Due to the uncertainty on how convection transpires tomorrow night, Monday's PoPs are broad brushed with the highest PoPs featured in the northern zones. A cold front will move into North Texas Tuesday morning as the upper level trough moves into the Midwest. Cooler temperatures with highs only in the 70s are likely over the northern zones, but a warm and unstable airmass will reside to the south of the boundary with highs continuing in the 80s. While the front will stall across the heart of the CWA and become a focus for scattered showers and storms Tuesday afternoon and evening, the upper level support for lift is lacking as we will be between upper systems, so PoPs will remain only in the 20-30% range. The front will retreat northward Wednesday morning as the next upper system approaches. Of all of the days during the next week, the setup looks best for storms on Wednesday. Lift from this upper system combining with a very unstable airmass should result in widespread convection with a severe weather threat. The upper level system slowly moves out into the Plains Thursday, which may result in another round of scattered/numerous showers and storms, but there will be concerns that the atmosphere could be worked over after Wednesday's activity. Otherwise when this upper system moves east into the Mississippi Valley, it will push a cold front through which should end chances of rain by late week and into next weekend with slightly cooler temperatures and drier air. TR.92 && .AVIATION... /NEW/ /00Z TAFs/ There are no major aviation weather concerns across the TAF sites through tonight. The cold front that moved through the region today will stall across Central Texas tonight and lift back north across the region Sunday. Dry air behind the front and weak subsidence aloft will result in a mostly clear sky through tonight. The front will lift back to the north on Sunday bringing an increase in low level moisture but VFR will continue with mainly mid and high clouds. A few showers and thunderstorms will be possible near the lifting warm front on Sunday but the best storm chances should remain to the west of the TAF sites, possibly impacting the Glen Rose corner post in the afternoon. A north wind between 8 and 11 knots this evening will veer to the southeast by Sunday morning with speeds increasing slightly during the day. 79 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 59 87 68 85 67 / 0 20 50 50 40 Waco 63 86 69 85 70 / 20 30 30 40 30 Paris 55 83 64 80 66 / 0 10 50 70 60 Denton 57 86 65 84 62 / 0 20 60 60 40 McKinney 57 85 67 82 65 / 0 10 50 60 40 Dallas 60 86 69 84 68 / 0 20 50 50 40 Terrell 59 86 68 84 67 / 0 20 40 50 40 Corsicana 62 85 69 85 69 / 10 20 20 40 40 Temple 65 86 68 85 69 / 20 30 20 40 20 Mineral Wells 55 86 66 85 62 / 0 20 60 50 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. &&
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 703 PM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-020015- 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- 703 PM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms are possible this evening, primarily across Central Texas and the Brazos Valley. A few storms may become severe with hail and damaging winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. There is a conditional threat for severe weather midday Sunday through the afternoon. If storms develop, they will be capable of producing large hail and damaging winds. Thunderstorm chances will increase Sunday night as an upper level system moves in from the west. Some of these storms could be severe, but locally heavy rainfall will be the primary concern, particularly north of the I-20 corridor. Thunderstorm chances will continue the remainder of the week, with the greatest potential for storms late Wednesday into Wednesday night, but storm chances tapering off Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
700 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0636 PM HAIL 7 SW PALESTINE 31.67N 95.72W
04/30/2022 E1.25 INCH ANDERSON TX PUBLIC
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SFPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
702 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0658 PM HAIL 4 WSW LEONA 31.14N 96.04W
04/30/2022 U0.75 INCH LEON TX PUBLIC
REPORT FROM MPING: DIME (0.75 IN.).
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MSSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
710 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM HAIL 1 E LEONA 31.15N 95.97W
04/30/2022 U1.00 INCH LEON TX BROADCAST MEDIA
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MSSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
740 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0710 PM HAIL LEONA 31.15N 95.97W
04/30/2022 M1.75 INCH LEON TX BROADCAST MEDIA
SOCIAL MEDIA PHOTO.
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MSSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
25 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe drought conditions affected portions of the county through the end of the month.
Severe drought conditions affected portions of the county through the end of the month.
Severe to extreme drought conditions affected portions of the county through the end of the month.
Severe drought conditions affected portions of the county through the end of the month.
Severe to extreme drought conditions affected portions of the county through the end of the month.
Severe to extreme drought conditions affected portions of the county through the end of the month.
Severe drought conditions affected portions of the county through the end of the month.
Severe to extreme drought conditions affected the entire county through the end of the month.
Severe to extreme drought conditions affected the entire county through the end of the month.
Severe to extreme drought affected the entire county through the end of the month.
Severe to extreme drought conditions affected the entire county through the end of the month.
Severe to extreme drought conditions affected the entire county through the end of the month.
Severe to extreme drought conditions affected the entire county through the end of the month.
Extreme to exceptional drought conditions affected the entire county through the end of the month.
Extreme to exceptional drought conditions affected the entire county through the end of the month.
Extreme to exceptional drought conditions affected the entire county through the end of the month.
Extreme to exceptional drought conditions affected the entire county through the end of the month.
Severe to extreme drought conditions affected the entire county through the end of the month.
Severe drought conditions affected portions of the county through the end of the month.
Extreme to exceptional drought conditions affected the entire county through the end of the month.
Extreme to exceptional drought conditions affected the entire county through the end of the month.
Severe to extreme drought conditions affected portions of the county through the end of the month.
Severe to exceptional drought conditions affected portions of the county through the end of the month.
Severe drought conditions affected portions of the county through the end of the month.
Severe drought conditions affected portions of the county 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: 1024496, 1024497, 1024498, 1024499, 1024500, 1024501, 1024502, 1024503, 1024522, 1024524, 1024525, 1024526, 1024600, 1024601, 1024602, 1024605, 1024607, 1024610, 1024612, 1024613, 1024614, 1024615, 1024616, 1024617, 1024618.