Severe drought conditions affected portions of western Central Texas for the entire month of June.
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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 affected portions of western Central Texas for the entire month of June.
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 May 31, 4:35 PM CST, 7 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 535 PM CDT Wed May 31 2023 ...New Short Term, Aviation... .SHORT TERM... /NEW/ /Through Thursday Evening/ The northern nose of a mid level ridge centered over Mexico is generating enough subsidence to mitigate convective development this afternoon. There may still be a rogue shower or two across the area, but overall, precipitation should remain just outside the forecast area and/or very sparse in nature. Likewise, thunderstorms originating in the Texas Panhandle should remain northwest of the region overnight. There may be some fog development across Central Texas around sunrise Thursday where dewpoint depressions approach zero, and patchy fog has been added for locations south of Waco with this forecast package. The ridge will begin to weaken late Thursday as a couple of shortwaves invade from the west. This will allow the West Texas/Panhandle storms to make a more aggressive approach Thursday afternoon and evening. A few storms may reach our northwest counties Thursday evening, which may warrant POPs for areas from Bowie to Breckenridge after 6 PM Thursday. These storms will encounter a less favorable environment the farther east they get, keeping the vast majority of the region dry through Thursday night. Better opportunities for precipitation should arrive Friday through the weekend, which is addressed in the long-term portion of the discussion. Otherwise, temperatures should remain quite seasonable as we enter the month of June, with lows generally in the 60s and highs in the mid to upper 80s. 30 && .LONG TERM... /Issued 320 PM CDT Wed May 31 2023/ /Thursday Night through Wednesday/ Scattered thunderstorms will likely be ongoing well west of North Texas Thursday evening but some of this may approach our far western counties well after midnight. Better storm chances arrive Friday night as a southern stream shortwave spreads into West Texas and ignites another round of dryline convection. This activity will likely spread into our western counties after dark and continue across the region into Saturday morning. Areas west of I-35 and eventually north of I-20 will have the highest rain chances during this time. As the initial wave of ascent spreads into the Central Plains, we'll likely have a lull in activity through early Saturday afternoon, but PWs in excess of 1.5" and and continued weakness in the heights aloft should lead to a redevelopment of convection late Saturday afternoon, particularly east of I-35. By Sunday, flow aloft will become more northwesterly with a weak disturbance progged to cross North Texas during the day. Rich boundary layer moisture, generally weak flow aloft and strong heating should lead to our highest coverage of afternoon showers and thunderstorms across North and Central Texas. Slow storm motions will lead to instances of heavy rainfall and perhaps some flash flooding with activity decreasing after dark. While we can't rule out an isolated severe wind gust during this time, the overall severe threat is low through the weekend. Mid level ridging will attempt to build back into the Southern Plains through the first half of next week, but we'll keep some low PoPs each afternoon Monday through Wednesday. Dunn && .AVIATION... /NEW/ /00Z TAFs/ A few rogue showers may occur over the next couple of hours, otherwise VFR and generally light southeast winds can be expected through late Thursday. An exception may be across Central Texas, where patchy fog may briefly affect the Waco around 12Z Thursday. At this time, it looks like any notable visibility reductions should stay just south of KACT, but will monitor trends tonight. 30 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 71 90 72 91 71 / 0 5 5 5 30 Waco 68 88 69 89 70 / 0 0 0 0 20 Paris 66 88 68 88 68 / 5 5 0 10 20 Denton 67 88 68 91 66 / 5 10 10 5 40 McKinney 68 88 68 90 68 / 5 10 5 10 30 Dallas 71 90 72 91 72 / 0 5 5 5 30 Terrell 68 88 69 90 69 / 5 5 0 5 20 Corsicana 69 89 71 90 71 / 0 5 0 5 20 Temple 66 88 67 90 68 / 0 0 0 0 10 Mineral Wells 67 88 67 91 66 / 0 5 20 5 50 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. &&
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 516 PM CDT Wed May 31 2023 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- 516 PM CDT Wed May 31 2023 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...Thursday through Tuesday. Thunderstorms will increase in coverage late Friday into early Saturday mainly north of I-20. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected across all of North and Central Texas on Sunday. Heavy rainfall and frequent lightning will be the main threats with storms during this time and some flooding will be possible. Thunderstorm chances will gradually decrease early next week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe drought conditions affected southern portions of the county through the end of the month.
Severe drought conditions affected far eastern portions of the county through the end of the month.
Severe drought conditions affected most of the county through the end of the month.
Severe drought conditions affected far northern 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: 1100717, 1100718, 1100720, 1100721, 1100722.