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Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
Issued by NWS Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
550 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
...WACO CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR MAY 2013...
FOR WACO...MAY WAS THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE MONTH WITH A MEAN
TEMPERATURE BELOW NORMAL. THIS HAS NOT OCCURRED SINCE DECEMBER 2009-
MARCH 2010. (THE 3.7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL THAT WINTER IS THE MOST IN
ANY SEASON SINCE 1993-1994.)
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WACO - MAY STATISTICS
2013 NORMAL DEPARTURE
MEAN TEMPERATURE 72.5 74.4 -1.9
AVERAGE HIGH 84.2 85.0 -0.8
AVERAGE LOW 60.7 63.8 -3.1
PRECIPITATION 3.36 4.30 -0.94
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THE MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE SPRING SEASON WAS 2 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL. THIS WAS THE COOLEST SPRING IN WACO SINCE 1997.
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WACO - SPRING STATISTICS (MARCH-MAY)
2013 NORMAL DEPARTURE
MEAN TEMPERATURE 64.2 66.2 -2.0
AVERAGE HIGH 76.5 77.3 -0.8
AVERAGE LOW 51.8 55.2 -3.4
PRECIPITATION 6.94 10.14 -3.20
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WACO - COOLEST SPRING TEMPERATURES
LOWEST MEAN TEMP LOWEST AVG LOW
1 62.9 1983 1 51.1 1983
2 63.4 1915 2 51.8 2013*
3 63.5 1997 3 52.2 1980
63.5 1975 4 52.4 1987
5 63.6 1947 52.4 1937
6 63.7 1958 6 53.0 1997
7 64.0 1917 53.0 1917
8 64.1 1980 53.0 1913
64.1 1914 9 53.1 1988
10 64.2 2013* 53.1 1952
64.2 1952
64.2 1931
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THE MONTH BEGAN WITH UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES. THE MORNING LOW
OF 34 DEGREES ON MAY 4 WAS THE COLDEST MAY TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED
AT WACO.
WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT SET RECORD LOWS ON FOUR CONSECUTIVE DAYS (MAY
3-6). THE LAST TIME WACO HAD THAT MANY RECORD LOWS IN SUCCESSION WAS
MARCH 5-8, 1989.
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WACO - COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURES IN MAY
1 34 MAY 4, 2013 *
2 37 MAY 11, 1981
3 38 MAY 2, 1903
38 MAY 1, 1903
5 40 MAY 5, 2013 *
MAY 3, 2013 *
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DURING THE LATE SEASON ARCTIC OUTBREAK...TWO LOCATIONS IN NORTH
TEXAS DIPPED TO 32 DEGREES. AT EACH SITE...THIS WAS AN UNPRECEDENTED
MAY FREEZE.
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LATEST FREEZE NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD RECORDS BEGAN
MINERAL WELLS MAY 2, 2013 APR 17, 1999 1948
WEATHERFORD MAY 4, 2013 APR 25, 2005 1902
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THERE WERE SEVERAL SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS DURING THE MONTH...THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT OF WHICH WAS ON MAY 15...WHEN THERE WERE 18 TORNADOES
ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. THIS IS THE GREATEST NUMBER OF TORNADOES WITHIN
THE NWS FORT WORTH AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY SINCE DECEMBER 29, 2006
WHEN THERE WERE 22. (THERE WERE 17 TORNADOES ON APRIL 3, 2012.)
THE TWO STRONGEST TORNADOES IMPACTED HOOD AND JOHNSON COUNTIES.
MAX ESTIMATED PATH MAX
RATING WINDS LENGTH WIDTH FATALITIES
GRANBURY* EF-4 180 2.75 MILES 1/2 MILE 6
CLEBURNE EF-3 140 8.5 MILES 1 MILE 0
* BETWEEN GRANBURY AND DECORDOVA
THE HOOD COUNTY TORNADO WAS THE DEADLIEST IN NORTH TEXAS SINCE THE
DALLAS TORNADO ON APRIL 2, 1957...WHICH KILLED 10 PEOPLE. THE LAST
TORNADO TO PRODUCE F4 DAMAGE IN NORTH TEXAS WAS ON APRIL 25, 1994
WHEN 3 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN LANCASTER (DALLAS COUNTY).
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TORNADOES ON MAY 15...VISIT OUR
WEBPAGE DEDICATED TO THE EVENT...
WEATHER.GOV/FORTWORTH/?N=TORNADOES051513 (IN LOWER CASE)
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THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN TWO RECORDED F5 TORNADOES WITHIN THE NWS FORT
WORTH AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.
CITY IMPACTED DATE FATALITIES
SHERMAN MAY 15, 1896 73
WACO MAY 11, 1953 114*
* TIED WITH 1902 GOLIAD TORNADO AS THE DEADLIEST IN TEXAS HISTORY
THE TORNADO THAT PRODUCED F5 DAMAGE IN JARRELL (WILLIAMSON COUNTY)
ON MAY 27, 1997 RESULTED IN 27 FATALITIES...BUT THE MOST EXTENSIVE
DAMAGE IN MCLENNAN AND BELL COUNTIES WAS RATED AS F3.
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ALTHOUGH MAY WAS COOLER THAN NORMAL OVERALL...DRYLINE INTRUSIONS
INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS RESULTED IN SOME VERY WARM
AFTERNOONS. ON MAY 17...THE MERCURY HIT 100 DEGREES IN NORTH TEXAS
FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON. GRAHAM HIT 101 DEGREES...AND
BRECKENRIDGE PEAKED AT 104.
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DESPITE FREQUENT RAIN EVENTS...PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR MAY WERE
BELOW NORMAL IN MANY AREAS. ALTHOUGH LOVE FIELD WAS BELOW NORMAL...
PORTIONS OF DALLAS WERE WELL ABOVE NORMAL...THANKS IN LARGE PART TO
THE HEAVY RAINS ON MAY 21. MORE WIDESPREAD ABOVE NORMAL TOTALS COULD
BE FOUND IN A SWATH THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS...FROM COMANCHE AND
HAMILTON...TO GATESVILLE AND BELL COUNTY...TO NEAR HEARNE.
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AIRPORT SITES MAY JANUARY-MAY 2013
2013 DEPARTURE TOTAL DEPARTURE PERCENT
WACO 3.36 -0.94 14.09 -0.80 95
DFW AIRPORT 3.17 -1.73 13.16 -3.09 81
DALLAS LOVE FIELD 4.25 -0.67 15.35 -0.78 95
FORT WORTH MEACHAM 2.55 -1.71 11.46 -3.59 76
DALLAS EXECUTIVE 4.17 -0.54 14.04 -3.09 82
FORT WORTH ALLIANCE 1.39 -3.73 11.01 -4.89 69
ARLINGTON 4.08 -0.44 14.84 -1.22 92
DENTON 2.85 -2.31 14.38 -2.30 86
MCKINNEY 4.13 -1.21 16.98 -0.78 96
TERRELL 3.84 -1.04 13.87 -3.97 78
CORSICANA 3.80 -0.71 14.58 -2.73 84
MINERAL WELLS 2.03 -1.92 10.16 -2.95 77
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