Severe drought conditions impacted portions of North Texas for much of the month of September.
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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 North Texas for much of 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 Sep 9, 5:29 PM CST, 6 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 629 PM CDT Mon Sep 9 2024 ...New Short Term, Aviation... .SHORT TERM... /NEW/ /Tonight through Tuesday Night/ No significant changes are needed to the forecast through Tuesday with fantastic weather expected to continue. Visible satellite imagery does show a rapidly intensifying Tropical Storm Francine over the western Gulf at this hour, and some of the mid and high cloud associated with the broad larger scale circulation is now spreading into Coastal Texas. While we'll still see mostly clear skies tonight with temperatures in the 50s, some subtle changes will occur by tomorrow afternoon across our eastern counties. As the tropical system begins to move northward, deeper tropical moisture will begin to spread inland a bit and we should see a marked increase in dewpoints across our southeastern counties. This will be particularly noticeable given the recent bout of dry weather. Farther west, along and west of I-35, we'll remain fairly dry with dewpoints remaining in the 50s. Temperatures will continue to warm slightly with highs near 90 areawide. Some low rain chances from the outer circulation of Francine will spread into our southeastern counties late Tuesday night. Dunn && .LONG TERM... /Issued 247 PM CDT Mon Sep 9 2024/ /Tuesday Night Onward/ As Tropical Storm Francine moves north/northeast across the Gulf, tropical moisture in the form of 60/70 degree dewpoints and PWATs near 2" will be advected into the region. Resulting cloud cover and humidity will help to temper the gradually warming air temperatures, and increase the heat index. Wednesday afternoon highs are progged to peak in the mid 80s and low 90s for most, while those in our far southeastern counties will only reach the low-mid 80s. Francine will parallel the Texas coastline as it advances, eventually making landfall in Louisiana Wednesday evening. As such, chances for showers and storms will increase particularly for western Central and East Texas thanks to the potential for outer rain bands to move atop the area Tuesday night through Wednesday. Unfortunately, with the increasingly eastward-shifting track of Francine, we are not expecting too much in the way of tropical impacts as the bulk of activity will be confined to far East Texas and Louisiana. However, a broad mid-level shortwave trough moving out of Sonora, Mexico will traverse across the state on Wednesday, bringing forcing for ascent a bit further north and west than the tropical low would alone. Isolated to scattered showers and storms will be possible as far north/west as a DFW- Sherman-Comanche line. Severe weather is not expected with any of this activity, though gusty winds and periodically heavy rain within any stronger storms will impact any outdoor events or plans. Though the aforementioned rain chances currently spread across the southeastern 2/3rds of the FWD CWA, uncertainty remains in exact coverage as subsidence and dry air entrainment on the western flank of Francine may inhibit westward expansion of its rainfall gradient. Current most likely rainfall amounts tally to around 0.50-1.5" in our southeastern counties, with lesser accumulations the further west toward I-35 you go. Isolated amounts up to 2" are possible across our far southeast. The track of Francine and how deep the dry air entrainment layer is will impact our rain chances and rainfall totals, so we will continue to keep watch and adjust the forecast as necessary. Francine will continue advancing northeast across the eastern CONUS late this week, with mid-level ridging building in behind the departing tropical system. Temperatures through the weekend will continue to warm slowly, with afternoon highs in the 90s returning by this upcoming weekend. Continued increased humidity will up the afternoon heat index, with peak indices potentially returning to around 100-102 over the weekend. Looking a bit further out, minor disturbances within the overall flow of the ridge will flatten it somewhat, allowing for low rain chances to return. This will be discussed in the coming days as it becomes under the purview of the long term forecast period. Prater && .AVIATION... /NEW/ /00Z TAFs/ VFR will prevail through the period with a generally east- northeast wind 5-10 kt. Some variability in direction is expected through the period, although the prevailing direction will be easterly. No significant aviation concerns are expected through Tuesday. Dunn && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 61 89 70 88 69 / 0 0 5 20 5 Waco 56 90 70 88 67 / 0 0 10 30 5 Paris 55 90 67 85 67 / 0 0 5 20 10 Denton 56 89 65 89 66 / 0 0 5 20 5 McKinney 56 90 67 88 67 / 0 0 5 20 5 Dallas 61 90 70 89 69 / 0 0 5 20 5 Terrell 57 90 69 86 67 / 0 0 10 30 5 Corsicana 59 92 71 86 69 / 0 0 10 40 5 Temple 58 91 68 88 67 / 0 0 10 30 5 Mineral Wells 56 88 64 89 65 / 0 0 0 10 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. &&
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 220 PM CDT Mon Sep 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- 220 PM CDT Mon Sep 9 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Thunderstorm chances will return Tuesday evening and continue through Wednesday evening. The bulk of the activity will be across Central and East Texas. Severe weather is not anticipated, but the strongest storms could contain gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Afternoon storms will be possible across far southern Central Texas on Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe drought conditions impacted portions of the county through the end of the month.
Severe drought conditions impacted portions of the county through the end of the month.
Severe drought conditions impacted portions of the county through the end of the month.
Severe drought conditions impacted portions of the county through the end of the month.
Severe drought conditions impacted 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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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: 1217598, 1217599, 1217600, 1217601, 1217602.