Top Weather Events 2019
North and Central Texas
January 2nd: Light Freezing Rain
A mix of rain and freezing rain occurred across parts of North and Central TX during the morning of Wednesday January 2nd, 2019.
The combination of an upper level system, decent moisture and isentropic ascent allowed showers to develop across our region Wednesday morning. One detail that made this forecast challenging was that the layer of cold air was confined to the lowest 1500 feet of the atmosphere (as seen by the upper air soundings) and its response to the surface temperatures and therefore the precipitation impacts.
By 6 am, surface observations showed many areas along and west of the I-35 corridor were below freezing temperatures.
March 13th: Bow Echo Wind Event
March 24: Large Hail Event
Several severe thunderstorms developed ahead and along a cold front during the evening hours. Just after 5:00 pm, the radar showed a few discrete cells that quickly intensified, producing severe hail across parts of North Texas.
April 13th: Central TX Tornadoes
A strong upper level system along with a surface low pressure center and front moved across North and Central Texas during the day on Saturday April 13th. Scattered showers and storms developed the night before, where the environment was already conducive for severe weather. We received multiple reports of hail across East Texas. By Saturday morning, storms started to congeal into a line, and several supercells developed and produced tornadoes across the Brazos Valley area. The strongest tornado was an EF-3 (140 mph) and impacted the town of Franklin.
NWS Fort Worth Graphic showing the tornado tracks across Central TX.
May 29th: Tornado Event
The morning surface analysis showed an ongoing cluster of thunderstorms ahead of a cold front from West TX into North TX. This complex system of storms moved into a thermodynamic and kinematic environment favorable for supercells. By early afternoon, severe weather occurred across parts of North Texas, with several tornadoes reported across North and East TX. Significant thunderstorm wind damage and hail were also reported during this event.
June 9th: Dallas Co. Wind Event
A mesoscale convective system crossed the Red River during the morning hours of Sunday June 9th, 2019. By the afternoon, many areas across North Texas were impacted by severe storms with several reports of damaging wind.
October 20th: North Texas Tornadoes
2019 Climate Tidbits
North and Central TX Climate Stats for 2019. Click the arrow to the right for more!
