Severe drought conditions continued across Bell, Lampasas, and Mills counties throughout the month of April.
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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 continued across Bell, Lampasas, and Mills counties throughout the month of April.
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 Mar 31, 11:58 PM CST, 2 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 1258 AM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025 ...New Short Term, Aviation... .KEY MESSAGES... - Isolated storms (15-25% chance) are possible across portions of the Big Country and western North Texas Tuesday evening. Greater storm coverage is expected Tuesday night into Wednesday morning (40-60% chance) over North Texas. A few severe storms are possible. - There will be multiple, potentially numerous rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms Wednesday evening through Saturday. - Flooding will be of increasing concern heading into this upcoming weekend. && .SHORT TERM... /NEW/ /Through Wednesday Afternoon/ Low-level flow will shift back out of the south-southeast before sunrise this morning as lee cyclogenesis occurs over SE Colorado tightening the pressure gradient over the Southern Plains. This southerly flow will quickly draw moisture and subsequent low stratus over much of North and Central Texas by late Tuesday morning. Expect south winds at 15-25 mph with occasional gusts up to 35-40 mph. Isolated areas may approach Wind Advisory criteria Tuesday afternoon and evening, especially along and west of I-35/I-35W, but will hold off on an issuance for now. A rather stout capping inversion will keep convective initiation at bay through much of Tuesday afternoon, but we cannot rule out a few spotty showers beneath the cap through the early evening hours as warm/moist advection increases over North and Central Texas. The arrival of mid 60s dewpoints will likely be delayed until further in the evening Tuesday with a widespread area of 2000-3000 J/kg MUCAPE setting up over most of the region ahead of a dryline laid out across parts of western Central Texas and the Big Country. Large scale ascent ahead of an approaching shortwave trough and forcing along the dryline may be enough to overcome the cap with isolated thunderstorms possible generally after 6-7PM Tuesday evening west of Hwy 281. We will keep the potential for this isolated evening activity below 25% unless we start to see some better agreement on convective initiation in the high- resolution guidance. If storms do develop Tuesday evening, atmospheric conditions will support supercell thunderstorms capable of producing all severe weather hazards, however very large hail and localized damaging wind gusts will be the primary threats. It is uncertain on how far east this initial threat will extend (if storms develop at all) due to lingering CINH, but if a supercell thunderstorm is able to persist after dark, a strengthening low-level jet could increase the tornado threat. Greater thunderstorm coverage will likely hold off until after midnight Tuesday night into Wednesday morning when the Plains surface cyclone shifts off to the east and drags a frontal boundary into North Texas. The orientation of the mean flow to the surface boundary will likely promote upscale growth into more of a linear structure with damaging wind gusts the primary threat. However, initial activity along the front could still pose a large hail and perhaps a low-end tornado threat if thunderstorms are able to remain surface-based. Again, it is a bit uncertain how this activity will interact with lingering capping. There may be a brief period of intensification late Wednesday morning into early Wednesday afternoon east of I-35 as higher quality boundary-layer moisture shifts northward into the frontal boundary before this activity exits into East Texas. The severe weather threat will likely maximize east and northeast of our forecast area late Wednesday afternoon and evening. Additional thunderstorms are forecast later Wednesday evening into Wednesday night, with the best rain chances along and north of the I-20 corridor (see long- term discussion below). Langfeld && .LONG TERM... /Issued 147 PM CDT Mon Mar 31 2025/ /Wednesday through Monday/ Thunderstorms may still be ongoing across the eastern half of the CWA early Wednesday morning with a continued severe weather threat, but activity should diminish through midday as the initial wave of ascent pulls off to the northeast. In its wake, drier air will filter into the northwest counties, while a moist and unstable airmass will generally remain in place east of I-35. This pseudo-front/dryline feature will retreat back to the northwest through the day Wednesday as another upstream shortwave spreads through the Four Corners region. As it does, instability will also spread back to the northwest setting the stage for another round of severe thunderstorm potential late Wednesday evening and overnight. Thunderstorms should generally be confined to areas along and north of I-20 where the strongest low level warm advection will be focused near the boundary. Low level wind fields will be weaker late Wednesday night so the tornado threat should be lower, but steep mid level lapse rates and modest deep layer shear will continue to support a large hail threat. Any ongoing convection from late Wednesday night should continue at least through part of Thursday morning before winding down. Similar to Wednesday, atmospheric recovery will likely take place through much of the afternoon with the boundary again oscillating between I-20 and the Red River. Another wave of ascent is expected to overspread North Texas late Thursday night with widespread showers and thunderstorms developing during the overnight hours into Friday. It's a little more uncertain during this time with respect to the severe threat given the timing and unknown degree of recovery we can expect, but we'll maintain at least a modest threat for severe potential through Friday. In addition, with the frontal boundary looking like it will generally be positioned between I-20 and the Red River for an extended period of time, there will be some potential for very heavy rainfall through Saturday with flooding probability increasing by the weekend. Dunn && .AVIATION... /NEW/ /06Z TAFs/ Southeast flow will return by 09Z this morning as pressure falls occur in the lee of the Rockies. Expect increasing southerly flow during the day Tuesday with sustained winds at 15-22 kts gusting to 30-35 kts at times. VFR will prevail through the remainder of the overnight with moist, low-level southerly flow ushering in MVFR stratus after daybreak Tuesday morning. Currently have MVFR reaching KACT after 12Z (could see FEW to SCT MVFR a couple hours earlier) and MVFR in D10 after 15Z. Cigs will lift to VFR by midday Tuesday likely returning to MVFR status Tuesday night toward the end of this TAF period and beyond. There is a ~20% chance that MVFR lingers into Tuesday afternoon, primarily for eastern D10. A capping inversion will keep any thunderstorm activity over the terminals at bay through this TAF period. We will need to monitor increasing thunderstorm potential over D10 after this TAF period. Langfeld && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not likely through Tuesday afternoon. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 67 85 66 82 63 / 40 40 70 50 70 Waco 67 85 69 84 68 / 20 30 30 30 50 Paris 66 79 64 77 62 / 30 70 80 80 70 Denton 64 83 59 79 58 / 50 30 80 40 70 McKinney 66 82 64 79 61 / 40 40 80 60 70 Dallas 67 85 67 80 63 / 40 40 70 50 70 Terrell 67 83 67 82 65 / 30 50 70 60 70 Corsicana 69 85 70 85 69 / 10 50 40 50 60 Temple 67 88 69 87 67 / 10 20 20 20 50 Mineral Wells 64 85 59 82 58 / 50 10 70 20 70 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. &&
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 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.
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: 1254302, 1254304, 1254305.