Severe drought conditions continued across far southern Bell County throughout the month of February.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Severe drought conditions continued across far southern Bell County throughout the month of February.
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 Jan 31, 5:36 PM CST, 6 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 536 PM CST Wed Jan 31 2024 ...New Short Term, Aviation... .SHORT TERM... /NEW/ /Through Thursday Evening/ The mid/upper ridge partially responsible for the warm weather as of late will exit to the east tonight as a shortwave trough approaches from the west. The shortwave is currently producing high clouds and a nice sunset. Mid level clouds will eventually enter overnight with a few sprinkles possible by early Thursday. Measurable precipitation appears unlikely due to the dry airmass in place, so POPs will be kept below 20 percent. Virga will be a more common occurrence as water droplets will have a difficult time reaching the ground before evaporating. Though it will be dry, the addition of mid and high clouds will offset radiative cooling processes, keeping tonight's low temperatures mainly in the 45 to 50 degree range. Despite the exiting ridge and the addition of mid level clouds, highs should still climb into the upper 60s to lower 70s on Thursday as a slight southwest/downslope wind component develops in the wake of the passing shortwave. Conditions will be even less cool Thursday night as warm air advection increases ahead of a much stronger and larger scale trough (which is further discussed in the long term section). 30 && .LONG TERM... /Issued 345 PM CST Wed Jan 31 2024/ /Thursday Night through Wednesday/ By Thursday night, the nose of a 180 kt upper jet will be spreading into northern Mexico with the left exit region overspread Texas into Friday. Overall, large scale forcing for ascent will be on the increase as continued southerly low level flow moistens the boundary layer. By Friday afternoon, an initial lead impulse will race across North Texas with a diffuse dryline west of our area. Steepening mid level lapse rates will help boost overall instability and we should see a few thunderstorms develop during the afternoon hours. A few of these could approach severe limits with hail being the primary threat. As we get into the evening and overnight hours, stronger forcing from a deepening upper trough will overspread the Southern Plains. Showers and thunderstorms will increase in coverage and move across North and Central Texas through the overnight hours into Saturday morning before exiting the region during the afternoon. Moistening deep layer profiles will generally limit overall instability during the overnight hours, so widespread severe weather is not expected. Rainfall amounts of 1/2 to 1 1/2 inches will be possible with the heaviest rainfall expected to be east of I-35. This area will have the longest duration of moist southerly inflow and a few locations (~10% or so) could exceed 2 1/2 inches. This area has also seen recent heavier rains and we'll have to watch for isolated flooding issues. In the wake of the precipitation, the upper trough will continue to move eastward through the Plains on Sunday. A strong cold front will also swing through the region during this time with gusty northwest winds expected and drier air. Cooler conditions are expected Sunday through the middle of next week. Dunn && .AVIATION... /NEW/ /00Z TAFs/ Mid level clouds will be on the increase overnight ahead of a weak shortwave, with occasional virga possible by early Thursday. Little precip will reach the ground and will hence not be mentioned in any of the area TAFs. The shortwave (and any virga or sprinkles) will exit to the northeast Thursday afternoon. South winds will increase Thursday afternoon as the pressure gradient tightens ahead of the next upper trough. Stratus will surge north tomorrow night and eventually reach all airports, but likely not until near or after 02/06Z. 30 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 50 72 54 68 56 / 0 10 0 20 90 Waco 47 70 54 68 56 / 0 5 0 20 90 Paris 45 70 50 67 54 / 0 5 0 5 80 Denton 46 72 52 67 54 / 0 10 0 20 90 McKinney 47 70 53 66 55 / 0 10 0 10 90 Dallas 49 72 54 68 56 / 0 10 0 10 90 Terrell 47 70 52 67 55 / 0 5 0 10 90 Corsicana 49 71 55 69 57 / 0 5 0 10 90 Temple 46 70 53 68 54 / 0 5 0 20 90 Mineral Wells 47 75 53 69 52 / 5 10 0 30 90 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. &&
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 1135 PM CST Wed Jan 31 2024 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-020000- 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- 1135 PM CST Wed Jan 31 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...Thursday through Tuesday. Thunderstorm chances return to all of North and Central Texas on Friday and Saturday. Heavy rainfall and minor flooding may accompany this activity, particularly east of Interstate 35. A few strong storms could also produce hail during this time period. .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 impacted far southern 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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