Severe drought conditions impacted portions of the Red River Valley throughout the month of September.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 impacted portions of the Red River Valley throughout the month of September.
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 Aug 31, 11:57 PM CST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 1257 AM CDT Sun Sep 1 2024 ...New Short Term, Aviation... .SHORT TERM... /NEW/ /Through Labor Day/ Though large scale ridging will remain centered over the Rockies and the Plains through the weekend, a weak surface front positioned across the CWA and a weakness in the ridge aloft will provide focus for showers and thunderstorms once again Sunday afternoon. Coverage will be scattered in nature and focused either near the front or any other mesoscale boundaries left over from previous convection. Timing will be largely during the afternoon and early evening when instability will be maximized, with activity dissipating shortly after sunset. A weak disturbance rounding the base of the ridge on Monday will enhance the lift across the region, increasing rain chances for Labor Day. The highest Labor Day POPs will be across roughly the western half of the CWA where the lowest mid level heights will exist, but just about anyone could see a shower or storm. Weak flow aloft will keep activity disorganized each day, with locally heavy rain, gusty winds and lightning being the main concerns in the stronger storms. Otherwise; clouds, precipitation, and the presence of the front will offset the effects of the ridge, keeping temperatures near normal through the holiday weekend. 30 && .LONG TERM... /Issued 245 PM CDT Sat Aug 31 2024/ /Sunday Night Through This Week/ An unsettled pattern will continue to hold in place through the remainder of the Labor Day weekend into the first half of next week. This is the result of a persistent surface trough and stalled front, which will lead to near daily shower and thunderstorm activity across much of North and Central Texas. Given the isolated to scattered nature of any convection, not everyone will see rain. The best potential for rain chances will be along this stalled front as it gradually pushes further east. This feature will be important to watch in the coming days due to all of the outdoor activities that will be ongoing through Labor Day. While severe weather is not expected, frequent lightning and gusty winds could lead to impacts for anyone caught outside. Because of this, those who plan on going out on any lakes will need to pay close attention to the forecast. As for heavy rain, flooding issues are not expected given the antecedent drought conditions the majority of our forecast area finds itself in. That being said, slow storm motion and locally heavy rainfall could lead to minor nuisance flooding, especially for locations that have already seen rain in recent days. There is increasing confidence regarding an uptick in overall convective activity through the Tuesday and Wednesday timeframe. Model guidance continues to suggest a deeper upper level trough developing across the Southern Plains. This will be represented by a gradual increase in PoPs areawide through the first half of the week. This will also lead to increased cloud cover, which in turn will help to keep temperatures below normal for the first half of September. Daily highs will range in the low to mid 80s during this period, with a few lucky locations remaining in the upper 70s all day. Continue to check back for updates to the forecast! Reeves && .AVIATION... /NEW/ /06Z TAFs/ Low clouds will be on the increase overnight in the vicinity of a weak front draped near the DFW Metroplex. About half of the recent suite of model guidance indicates MVFR conditions, so have added a TEMPO for MVFR cigs in the DFW area TAFs from 12-16Z Sunday. The focus will then turn to possible convection Sunday afternoon as the atmosphere destabilizes. The disorganized nature of the expected convection will preclude the inclusion of a TEMPO group at this time, but will keep VCTS at all airports the Sunday afternoon/early evening hours. Otherwise, northeast winds of 5 to 10 kt will shift south to include the Waco area by midday Sunday as the front nudges slowly south and east. 30 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 75 87 71 83 70 / 30 60 50 40 30 Waco 73 89 71 84 69 / 30 70 50 50 30 Paris 71 88 69 83 69 / 20 30 20 30 20 Denton 73 88 70 83 68 / 30 60 40 40 30 McKinney 73 88 70 83 69 / 20 50 30 40 30 Dallas 75 88 72 84 71 / 30 60 40 40 30 Terrell 73 88 70 84 69 / 20 50 30 40 30 Corsicana 74 88 72 86 71 / 30 50 40 40 30 Temple 73 89 70 86 69 / 40 70 60 50 40 Mineral Wells 72 84 68 81 65 / 40 70 60 50 30 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. &&
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 628 PM CDT Sat Aug 31 2024 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-011245- 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- 628 PM CDT Sat Aug 31 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Isolated to scattered showers and storms remain possible the rest of this evening. Severe weather is not expected, but gusty winds and heavy rainfall are possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Thunderstorms chances will continue through the remainder of the holiday weekend and into the middle of next week. Severe weather is not anticipated, but stronger storms could contain gusty winds and heavy rainfall. .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 impacted portions of the county throughout the month.
Severe drought conditions impacted the county throughout the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, September 2024
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: 1217588, 1217589.