Severe drought conditions developed in Milam County in early December and continued through the end of the month.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Severe drought conditions developed in Milam County in early December and continued through the end of the 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 Dec 9, 4:51 PM CST, 7 hours 9 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 451 PM CST Mon Dec 9 2024 ...New Short Term, Aviation... .KEY MESSAGES... - The arrival of a strong cold front will result in much cooler weather tonight and Tuesday, with low temperatures falling to near or below freezing Tuesday night. - Following rain-free conditions for most of the workweek, rain chances return Friday night and continue into the weekend. && .SHORT TERM... /NEW/ /Through Tuesday/ Pre-frontal warming has allowed temperatures to warm into the 60s and 70s across much of the region, except for lower 80s across portions of Central Texas. The warm temperatures will end this evening with the passage of the cold front followed by post- frontal stratus and increasing northerly winds. Temperatures by sunrise will range from the middle 30s across the northwest to the middle 40s across the southeast. The breezy north wind will make it feel even colder with wind chills mainly in the 20s and 30s. Low clouds will exit the region from north to south Tuesday morning but mid-level clouds associated with a passing shortwave will move west to east across the region through the afternoon. Cold air advection, passing clouds and strong surface pressure gradient will make for a very cool and breezy day with highs ranging from the middle 40s in the northwest to the middle 50s across the southeast. 79 && .LONG TERM... /Issued 223 PM CST Mon Dec 9 2024/ /Tuesday Night Onward/ Breezy conditions will quickly come to an end overnight Tuesday into early Wednesday morning thanks to a weakening pressure gradient across the region. Winds will likely remain light enough to prevent totally efficient radiational cooling. That being said, an incoming dry airmass and clear skies along with cold air advection will allow for quite the chilly night. Most locations across North and Central Texas will likely fall below freezing, with several rural locations dipping into the mid 20s. Given light northerly winds around 5 to 10 mph, wind chills will generally be in the low to mid 20s for all of North and Central Texas on Wednesday morning. Be sure to get those heavy coats out and you'll definitely want to consider bringing in any sensitive outdoor plants! Thankfully temperatures will quickly climb into the low 60s for much of the region by early Wednesday afternoon. This warming trend will continue through the middle to end of the week as southerly flow returns to North and Central Texas. A synoptic high on the back end of large scale troughing across New England will encourage temperatures to slowly rise back into the mid to upper 60s and low 70s by Friday afternoon. This will be augmented by a shortwave trough pushing east over the Rockies and into the Central Plains. This subtle pattern change will result in low rain chances returning along and east of the I-35 corridor through Friday evening. Additional rain chances may continue through the end of the weekend and into the start of next week, although confidence is quite low regarding this potential. Reeves && .AVIATION... /NEW/ /00Z TAFs/ Northerly winds associated with a passing cold front have already reached the Metroplex terminals and will likely make it to Waco between 00Z and 01Z. Wind speeds will increase between 14 and 20 knots along with frequent gusts around 25 knots, especially Tuesday afternoon. Post-frontal MVFR stratus, currently along the Red River, will reach the Metroplex terminals around 02Z with arrival in Waco a few hours later. Ceilings will start out between 1200 and 1500 ft but lift to around 2000 ft as we get deeper in the cold air overnight. Stratus will scatter out and exit the region shortly after sunrise but mid-level clouds will hang around for much of the day. 79 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 43 48 34 60 39 / 0 5 0 0 0 Waco 46 52 32 62 34 / 0 5 0 0 0 Paris 43 48 31 55 34 / 0 0 0 0 0 Denton 39 46 28 59 34 / 0 0 0 0 0 McKinney 41 48 31 57 35 / 0 0 0 0 0 Dallas 44 49 34 60 39 / 0 5 0 0 0 Terrell 43 49 31 58 35 / 0 5 0 0 0 Corsicana 46 52 34 60 37 / 0 5 0 0 0 Temple 43 54 31 63 34 / 0 0 0 0 0 Mineral Wells 39 47 29 62 34 / 0 5 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. &&
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 530 PM CST Mon Dec 9 2024 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-101145- 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- 530 PM CST Mon Dec 9 2024 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...Tuesday through Sunday. 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.
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe drought conditions developed in Milam County in early December and continued through the end of the month.
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