Severe drought conditions developed across portions of Bell, Lampasas, and Mills counties during the middle of the month.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Severe drought conditions developed across portions of Bell, Lampasas, and Mills counties during the middle of the month.
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 17, 11:57 PM CST, 3 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 1257 AM CDT Tue Mar 18 2025 ...New Short Term, Aviation... .KEY MESSAGES... - Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will continue most afternoons this week, mainly west of the I-35 corridor. - A dry cold front Wednesday will drop temperatures below normal for a day or two before quickly warming up late in the week. - Storm chances return on Sunday for areas along and east of I-35. && .SHORT TERM... /NEW/ /Through Wednesday Afternoon/ Breezy conditions can be expected today ahead of a progressive upstream trough that will lead to the development of a strong surface low on the lee side of the Rockies. This system will serve to tighten the pressure gradient through this afternoon, resulting in sustained wind speeds anywhere from 20 to 30 mph. Afternoon gusts through today will likely approach 40 to 45 mph, therefore a Wind Advisory will be issued to account for these winds. Be sure to secure any outdoor lawn furniture or any other loose items that may be impacted by these increased winds. Another warm afternoon can be expected for all of North and Central Texas, with highs once again climbing into the upper 70s to mid 80s. A few locations out west may approach the 90 degree mark. These warm afternoon temperatures along with breezy conditions will continue to keep our fire weather threat elevated to critical, especially along and west of the I-35 corridor. The dry line will push east into our region through the evening and overnight hours Tuesday leading up into Wednesday, which will knock overnight humidity values across our west below 20%. Any fire activity that initiates through the evening may linger into the overnight hours as humidity values drop behind the dry line. A strong cold front will be ushered in behind the dry line as the strengthening surface low to our north moves across the region. This will bring temperatures down through Wednesday morning, resulting in highs across North and Central Texas anywhere from the low to upper 60s and low 70s. This cold front will pass through the region rain-free, with wind speeds behind the front increasing to around 25 mph and gusts upwards of 35 mph. An elevated fire weather threat will persist through Wednesday. Reeves && .LONG TERM... /Issued 335 PM CDT Mon Mar 17 2025/ /Tuesday Night Onward/ An intense shortwave trough and equally strong surface cyclone will sweep east through the Plains Tuesday night/Wednesday, dragging our next cold front through the area around midweek. A narrow surface pressure gradient associated with the deep low pressure center will generate strong and gusty winds both ahead of and behind the cold front. Will likely end up using the NBM 75th percentile for wind speeds as the operational NBM numbers tend to under-forecast velocities. In either case, gusty south winds Tuesday/Tuesday night will become gusty northwest winds on Wednesday behind the front. The difference on Wednesday will be temperatures, which will be 5 to 10 degrees cooler across Central Texas, and generally 10-20 degrees cooler across North Texas compared to Tuesday. The upper level pattern will remain quite progressive through the weekend. Strong post-frontal winds will continue into Wednesday night, before finally subsiding on Thursday as the surface ridge axis passes northwest to southeast through the area. The reprieve will be brief, however, as return flow quickly develops ahead of the next shortwave. Breezy conditions will subsequently return by Friday as the shortwave emerges in the Plains. A weak attendant cold front will make its way slowly through North & Central Texas Friday night as the upper level system heads for the Arklatex region. A narrow band of rain showers may accompany the front, but odds are that measurable precipitation will remain east of the forecast area. The front will stall on Saturday, then return north Saturday night, as one disturbance exits to our east and yet another shortwave trough simultaneously approaches from the northwest. This system may actually acquire enough moisture to produce measurable rain chances across some of the forecast area on Sunday. That being said, conditions will still be borderline for any significant convection, and rain chances may end up being limited to areas east of I-35 and south of I-30 where 1 inch PWATs will briefly exist. For the rest of the region, the fire weather threat will continue to be the primary concern for the mid to late week period. Precipitation will exit into Southeast Texas and Louisiana along with another cold front Sunday night, followed by dry and seasonable weather for the start of next week. 30 && .AVIATION... /NEW/ /06z TAFs/ Concerns...Breezy conditions today, FROPA through Wednesday. VFR conditions will prevail across all TAF sites through the entire period. Southerly winds will persist overnight with gusts upwards of 25 knots. Wind speeds will increase from the south starting tomorrow morning as gusts approach 35 to 40 knots through the afternoon. The dry line will push in overnight Tuesday into early Wednesday morning, shifting winds from the west. Some patchy blowing dust may be possible as this feature moves east, which could lead to very minimal visibility reductions. There is a low chance for MVFR ceilings ahead of the dry line, but these will be shunted off to the south and east of all TAF sites. A strong cold front will move in through Wednesday morning into the afternoon, leading to breezy northerly winds. Reeves && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 58 68 42 68 47 / 0 0 0 0 0 Waco 58 72 41 68 46 / 0 0 0 0 0 Paris 57 66 38 63 41 / 0 0 0 0 0 Denton 53 65 36 66 44 / 0 0 0 0 0 McKinney 56 66 38 65 44 / 0 0 0 0 0 Dallas 59 68 44 68 48 / 0 0 0 0 0 Terrell 57 68 39 65 44 / 0 0 0 0 0 Corsicana 60 72 42 69 46 / 0 0 0 0 0 Temple 56 75 40 70 44 / 0 0 0 0 0 Mineral Wells 53 67 36 70 44 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Red Flag Warning from 11 AM this morning to 10 PM CDT this evening for TXZ091-100-101-115-116-129-130-141>143. &&
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 during the second half of the month.
Severe drought conditions impacted portions of the county during the second half of the month.
Severe drought conditions impacted portions of the county during the second half of the month.
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