Severe to exceptional drought conditions affected portions of Central Texas and the Red River for the entire month.
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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 Central Texas and the Red River for the entire month.
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 Sep 30, 10:21 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 1121 PM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022 ...New Short Term, Aviation... .SHORT TERM... /NEW/ /This Weekend/ An deep latitudinal, albeit relatively weak upper ridge will remain right on top of the Southern Plains and nation's Heartland through the weekend. Very little fluctuation or movement of the ridge is expected the next 48 hours, as this feature will be sandwiched between fairly deep troughs over the Mid-Atlantic Seaboard (pretty much Ian's extratropical remnants) and a closed northern Rockies/Plains upper low. A broad and stout surface ridge emanating from the eastern provinces of Canada into the Southern Plains/Ozarks will also remain steady-state and keep a dry and near seasonal airmass across North-Central TX. The GoM will remain shut down with the main weather feature of concern being continued, or even increasing drought conditions and fire weather concerns as noted by the uptick of fires this past week. Fortunately, wind speeds are expected to remain relatively light at 10 mph or less from the east or southeast throughout the weekend. The mostly clear conditions and dry airmass will result in prime radiative cooling each morning with lows in the 50s, with even a few readings across protective wooded areas of East Texas possible falling briefly into the upper 40s each morning just before sunrise. Each day will see a large diurnal range in warm up within the dry airmass, as highs easily surge back up into the 80s, with a few readings across the Big Country possibly reaching the 90 degree mark. 05/Marty && .LONG TERM... /Issued 327 PM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022/ /Saturday Night through Friday/ The weather pattern over the latter half of the weekend through next week will continue to feature rain free conditions with mostly clear skies and low humidity. This will support a fairly wide diurnal temperature range with highs in the mid/upper 80s and early morning lows in the 50s through the week. The remnants of Ian will remain well to our east, while weak mid level ridging will remain in place across the Southern Plains. A plume of very dry air currently on the back side of Ian will steadily creep into the Southern Plains over the weekend as broad northeast flow above the surface persists. This dry air, combined with temperatures in the 80s and the lack of any substantial rainfall over the last few weeks, will continue to support above normal grassfire activity across the region. Afternoon humidity will drop to between 15-25% each day over the next week. Despite generally light winds, sporadic fire starts will be common. High level moisture from landfalling Tropical Storm Orlene in central Mexico will spread into North Texas late Sunday into Monday. This will be mainly in the form of high cloud cover and should quickly move east by Monday night. Otherwise, an amplifying ridge over the western U.S. toward the latter part of next week should result in northwest flow through the Plains and will send a cold front into North Texas by Friday. It still looks like moisture will be very limited at this time with only a few degrees being shaved off of afternoon high temperatures. Dunn && .AVIATION... /NEW/ /06z TAFs/ No concerns are anticipated this weekend across the D10 airspace and across Central Texas, as a VFR forecast with primarily E winds 10 kts or less expected, with winds at times become light n' variable nocturnally during the prime decoupling hours. 05/Marty && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 56 83 58 84 58 / 0 0 0 0 0 Waco 51 85 53 86 56 / 0 0 0 0 0 Paris 49 82 51 83 54 / 0 0 0 0 0 Denton 51 83 53 84 53 / 0 0 0 0 0 McKinney 50 83 53 85 53 / 0 0 0 0 0 Dallas 56 83 58 85 60 / 0 0 0 0 0 Terrell 50 82 52 83 55 / 0 0 0 0 0 Corsicana 52 83 53 84 56 / 0 0 0 0 0 Temple 52 85 53 86 55 / 0 0 0 0 0 Mineral Wells 52 85 53 85 53 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. &&
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 616 PM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-011145- 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- 616 PM CDT Fri Sep 30 2022 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...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
18 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe to extreme drought conditions affected the county for the entire month.
Severe to extreme drought conditions affected the county for the entire month.
Severe to extreme drought conditions affected the county for the entire month.
Severe to extreme drought conditions affected the county for the entire month.
Severe drought conditions affected the county for the entire month.
Severe drought conditions affected the county for the entire month.
Severe to extreme drought conditions affected the county for the entire month.
Severe drought conditions affected the county for the entire month.
Severe to extreme drought conditions affected the county for the entire month.
Severe to extreme drought conditions affected the county for the entire month.
Severe to extreme drought conditions affected most of the county for the entire month.
Severe to extreme drought conditions affected the county for the entire month.
Extreme to exceptional drought conditions affected the county for the entire month.
Severe to exceptional drought conditions affected the county for the entire month.
Severe to extreme drought conditions affected the county for the entire month.
Severe drought conditions affected portions of the county for the entire month.
Severe to exceptional drought conditions affected the county for the entire month.
Severe to extreme drought conditions affected portions of the county for the entire month.
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