Texas, 2023

Drought in Texas, October 31, 2023

October 31, 2023 · NWS OUN · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

Heavy rains during the late month period helped to lower (or eliminate) severe or worse drought areas across western-north Texas.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.

Heavy rains during the late month period helped to lower (or eliminate) severe or worse drought areas across western-north Texas.

What forecasters said that day

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 Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 31, 2:15 AM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 2:15 AM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

4 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Clay

When
October 31, 6:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where
Clay forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
33.786, -98.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Hardeman

When
October 31, 6:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where
Hardeman forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
34.290, -99.746 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Wichita

When
October 31, 6:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where
Wichita forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
33.988, -98.704 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Wilbarger

When
October 31, 6:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where
Wilbarger forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
34.081, -99.241 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Drought
A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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Sources

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1144172, 1144173, 1144174, 1144175.