Severe drought conditions briefly developed across portions of Central Texas late in the month. Drought conditions improved before the end of the month after beneficial rainfall was received.
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Severe drought conditions briefly developed across portions of Central Texas late in the month. Drought conditions improved before the end of the month after beneficial rainfall was received.
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 Apr 21, 11:58 PM CST, 2 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 1258 AM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025 ...New Short Term, Aviation... .KEY MESSAGES... - Tranquil and pleasant weather conditions will continue through Tuesday morning. - Storm chances will increase starting Tuesday afternoon with additional waves of showers and storms through the weekend. Flash flooding and severe weather chances will also increase during this timeframe. && .SHORT TERM... /NEW/ /Through Wednesday/ Low-level moisture will be on the rise through the remainder of the night, resulting in warmer overnight temperatures and the development of stratus later tonight. A warm front will begin to lift northward through the area this morning and will likely result a brief period of patchy fog generally east of the I-35 corridor and near/south of I-20. While we can't rule out dense fog in some areas, any occurrence should be isolated and brief. Therefore, a Dense Fog Advisory is not anticipated at this time, but we will monitor trends closely through the morning. Any fog will dissipate by mid morning, with morning stratus scattering out by midday. This afternoon, the first of a series of upper level disturbances will move across the area. If destabilization is sufficient as this disturbance arrives, scattered showers and storms may develop across portions of Central and East Texas. Given the lack of forcing, the severe weather threat will remain fairly isolated. However, any stronger storms will be capable of producing severe hail and damaging wind gusts. Some of this activity may continue into the evening hours, but our focus will then turn towards an active dryline late this evening into the overnight hours Tuesday night. Storms are expected to develop near the dryline in far West Texas with the arrival of another upper level disturbance. There is still significant uncertainty in whether any of this activity will survive the journey into North and Central Texas, but if it does, it should be on a weakening trend as it encounters a more weakly sheared environment. We will keep PoPs broad-brushed through the overnight hours, but it's possible the better potential for showers and storms will occur on Wednesday. If the decaying convection sends any boundaries into North and Central Texas, they would serve as a focus for additional convective development with the arrival of another disturbance. Similar to Tuesday, any severe threat would remain fairly isolated, with hail and damaging winds expected to be the main hazards. Barnes && .LONG TERM... /Issued 231 PM CDT Mon Apr 21 2025/ /Tuesday Night Onward/ An active weather pattern will remain in place through the entire duration of the long term forecast with daily chances for showers and thunderstorms into next week. Relatively zonal flow aloft will prevail through the rest of the workweek, with multiple subtle disturbances traversing the region during the next few days. This will enable scattered convection in the absence of well-defined surface boundaries, with marginal strong/severe convective hazards. The first such disturbance will spread into West Texas on Tuesday evening, aiding in the development of scattered convection within an open warm sector east of an ill-defined dryline. This convective activity across the Big Country may eventually spread into our western zones late Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, although its intensity will likely be on a downward trend the farther east it progresses as it encounters weaker flow and shear. This may however, result in either outflow boundaries or an MCV feature moving into parts of North Texas early on Wednesday, perhaps serving as foci for additional convective initiation later in the day. One or both of these scenarios are supported by most 12z HREF members. With relatively weak forcing overall, scattered and disorganized convective coverage will be favored as the entire CWA remains positioned within the open warm sector. Moderate MUCAPE and modest shear could support at least marginally severe hail/wind threats, although these hazards would likely remain isolated. Another progressive disturbance will pivot through zonal flow aloft on Thursday, offering additional scattered shower and thunderstorm chances while we remain positioned within the warm/moist buoyant sector. Coverage would likely peak with diurnal heating when instability is at a maximum, but convection should once again be disorganized in the absence of a focusing surface boundary. More isolated thunderstorm activity is possible heading into Friday and the upcoming weekend, while weak ridging aloft and associated subsidence may limit the overall chances and coverage. North Texas will retain slightly higher PoPs than Central Texas during this period, being farther removed from the influences of the ridge and possibly more susceptible to an intrusion of MCS activity from Oklahoma. By early next week, long- range guidance suggests a pattern more favorable for an eastward- advancing dryline into North Texas which would offer a greater potential for strong or severe organized convection during the day 6-8 time window. -Stalley && .AVIATION... /NEW/ /06Z TAFs/ MVFR/IFR stratus is expected to develop within the next few hours across Central Texas, spreading northward into portions of D10 later this morning. Confidence is slightly higher that MVFR ceilings will make it to DFW/DAL/GKY as compared to AFW/FTW where any occurrence of MVFR ceilings has a better chance of remaining intermittent. A TEMPO group has been introduced to the two western D10 TAF sites to account for this potential, with prevailing MVFR ceilings maintained in the remainder of the D10 TAFs. Patchy fog is expected to develop across portions of Central Texas for a few hours this morning, and a brief TEMPO group has been introduced to the KACT TAF for MVFR visibilities and LIFR ceilings. Any fog is expected to dissipate by 15Z, with stratus scattering out by midday. Scattered storms may develop across portions of Central and East Texas this afternoon and evening, but confidence in the location of this activity remains low at this time. Therefore, no precipitation has been included in the KACT TAF, but trends will need to be monitored closely. Additional showers and storms may approach from the west late Tuesday night but this activity will likely dissipate prior to reaching the terminals. Better rain/storm chances will likely exist just outside of the extended TAF period on Wednesday. Otherwise, south to southeast winds will prevail near 5 to 10 knots through the period, with light and variable winds continuing for the next few hours at KACT. Barnes && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 59 85 65 81 66 / 0 5 40 70 50 Waco 61 88 66 81 66 / 0 20 40 70 30 Paris 55 82 62 80 63 / 0 0 10 70 40 Denton 54 85 62 80 62 / 0 0 40 70 50 McKinney 56 83 63 80 63 / 0 0 20 70 40 Dallas 60 87 67 82 66 / 0 5 30 70 50 Terrell 57 85 65 80 64 / 0 20 20 70 40 Corsicana 62 86 66 81 66 / 0 20 30 70 40 Temple 62 88 66 82 66 / 0 20 40 70 30 Mineral Wells 53 87 63 80 63 / 0 0 60 70 50 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. &&
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe drought conditions briefly impacted portions of the county late in the month.
Severe drought conditions briefly impacted portions of the county late in the month.
Severe drought conditions briefly impacted portions of the county late in the month.
Severe drought conditions briefly impacted portions of the county late in the month.
Severe drought conditions briefly impacted portions of the county late in 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: 1254308, 1254309, 1254310, 1254312, 1254313.