Severe drought conditions affected western portions of North Texas, but conditions improved by the middle of the month after beneficial rainfall was received.
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Severe drought conditions affected western portions of North Texas, but conditions improved by the middle of the month after beneficial 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 Apr 30, 10:20 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 1120 PM CDT Sun Apr 30 2023 ...New Short Term, Aviation... .SHORT TERM... /NEW/ /Through Monday Night/ Pleasant weather will continue across North and Central Texas to start the work week with dry air in place near the surface and only some mid and high clouds moving through northwest flow aloft. The weak cold front that entered the region this morning will finally push through the entire CWA by sunrise Monday but will do little more than back the wind to the northeast across our Central Texas counties. The front will stall across the Hill Country and Southeast Texas and will not retreat northward until Tuesday. Lows tonight and Monday night will be generally in the 50s, except for some upper 40s near the Red River. Highs Monday will be near seasonal normals with 70s to lower 80s. Wind speeds will be generally at or below 10 mph except for a few higher gusts. 79 && .LONG TERM... /Issued 220 PM CDT Sun Apr 30 2023/ /Tuesday and Beyond/ The forecast looks to remain mostly dry through Wednesday as mid- level ridging settles across the Central CONUS. Isolated to scattered showers and storms may develop along a dryline across West Texas and the Texas Panhandle Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon/evening pushing into our far western counties during the overnight both days. However, the potential for showers/storms reaching our Big Country counties is low, and we will continue to message rain chances less than 20% both Tuesday and Wednesday west of Highway 281. Otherwise, afternoon highs in the upper 70s to low 80s are expected Tuesday and Wednesday with overnight lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s. A deep upper-level low will slowly shift southeastward off the coast of California Wednesday before pushing onshore into southeastern California/southern Nevada by late Thursday. Medium- range guidance is in decent agreement that a leading shortwave will eject out of Northern Mexico into the Southern/Central Plains Thursday ahead of the main longwave trough. Increasing southerly low-level flow will transport surface dewpoints in the mid 60s northward across most of North and Central Texas by Thursday afternoon. A dryline looks to mix further eastward into the western portions of our CWA on Thursday, providing a focus for possible thunderstorm development. There is uncertainty in the coverage of showers/thunderstorms late Thursday with the greatest synoptic-scale ascent displaced to the west, however we will go with 20-30% PoPs across our area. If storms develop, sufficient wind shear and instability will promote the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms. As the aforementioned upper-level low gradually shifts toward the Plains and quality moisture remains in place over the region, ensemble guidance continues to suggest that unsettled weather will persist into the weekend. With some uncertainty in the evolution of this upper-level feature and the placement of the dryline, we will keep rain chances in the 20-30% range both Friday and Saturday. A warming trend will take place beginning midweek into late week with afternoon highs in the mid 80s to low 90s likely by Friday. Langfeld && .AVIATION... /NEW/ /06Z TAFs/ VFR through Monday night with scattered to occasionally broken mid and upper level clouds. A northeast to east wind will prevail at all TAF sites at speeds less than 12 knots along with a few higher gusts. 79 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 55 77 57 80 61 / 5 0 0 0 5 Waco 54 77 57 79 60 / 0 0 0 0 5 Paris 49 72 49 77 54 / 10 0 0 0 0 Denton 50 76 52 79 56 / 5 0 0 0 5 McKinney 51 74 52 78 57 / 10 0 0 0 5 Dallas 56 77 56 80 61 / 5 0 0 0 5 Terrell 52 74 54 79 58 / 5 0 0 0 5 Corsicana 54 76 57 80 61 / 5 0 0 0 5 Temple 54 79 57 79 59 / 0 0 0 0 5 Mineral Wells 53 79 54 80 58 / 5 0 0 5 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. &&
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 1121 PM CDT Sun Apr 30 2023 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-012345- 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- 1121 PM CDT Sun Apr 30 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...Monday through Saturday. Low chances for showers and thunderstorms return to the forecast Thursday into the weekend across the region. .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 affected most of the county but improved by the middle of the month.
Severe drought conditions affected southern portions of the county but improved by the middle of the month.
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