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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
700 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013

...DALLAS/FORT WORTH CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR APRIL 2013...

FOR DFW AIRPORT...APRIL WAS THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE MONTH WITH A MEAN
TEMPERATURE BELOW NORMAL. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FOR BACK-TO-BACK
BELOW NORMAL MONTHS SINCE FEBRUARY AND MARCH OF 2010.

SIGNIFICANT LATE SEASON COLD FRONTS ARRIVED WEEKLY. AFTER THE FIRST
STRONG FRONT...A FEW LOCATIONS DIPPED TO FREEZING THE MORNING OF
APRIL 5. ANOTHER FRONT ARRIVED THE FOLLOWING WEEK. THE MORNING OF
APRIL 11...SLEET FELL IN AREAS MAINLY EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. THE NEXT FRONT BROUGHT A FREEZE TO
PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS ON APRIL 19. YET ANOTHER FRONT ARRIVED THE
FOLLOWING WEEK...RESULTING IN ONE OF THE LATEST FREEZES ON RECORD
FOR NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THE MORNING OF APRIL 24. A
FEW LOCATIONS GOT CLOSE TO FREEZING THE FOLLOWING MORNING AS WELL.

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                           APRIL 24     LATEST FREEZE
                           LOW TEMP       ON RECORD

   BOWIE AIRPORT              32
   BOWIE COOP                 30         APR 30, 1903

   GAINESVILLE AIRPORT        31
   GAINESVILLE COOP           32         MAY 1, 1903

   GRAHAM AIRPORT             32
   GRAHAM COOP                29         APR 25, 1910

   JACKSBORO COOP             31         APR 18, 1953*
      * NEW RECORD (RECORDS BEGAN IN 1941)

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APRIL IS IN THE MIDST OF SEVERE WEATHER SEASON...BUT APRIL 2013 HAD
FEW EVENTS.

ON APRIL 2...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IMPACTED WESTERN
PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. QUARTER HAIL FELL IN COMANCHE COUNTY. IN
BRECKENRIDGE...OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL...NEARLY DOUBLING THE 2013
PRECIPITATION TOTAL. THE RUNOFF RESULTED IN THE FIRST FLASH FLOOD
WARNING ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SINCE AUGUST 2012.

ON APRIL 9...HAIL AS LARGE AS TENNIS BALLS (2.5-INCH) FELL IN OLNEY
(YOUNG COUNTY). WITH STORMS THE FOLLOWING DAY...HAIL FELL IN BOTH
DALLAS/FORT WORTH AND TEMPLE.

ON APRIL 15...SUPERCELLS RUMBLED THROUGH AREAS NORTHWEST OF THE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. GOLF BALL HAIL FELL IN MONTAGUE...
JACK...AND WISE COUNTIES. THE LARGEST HAIL REPORTED DURING THE EVENT
WAS 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...WHICH FELL IN NORTHERN JACK COUNTY.

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WITH FEW RAIN EVENTS...MUCH OF THE REGION SAW BELOW NORMAL
PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR THE MONTH. FEWER LOCATIONS ARE ABOVE NORMAL
FOR THE YEAR TO DATE...AND THOSE SITES HAVE SLIM SURPLUSES.

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AIRPORT SITES               APRIL             JANUARY-APRIL 2013
                       2013  DEPARTURE     TOTAL  DEPARTURE  PERCENT

DFW AIRPORT            1.98    -1.09        9.99    -1.36       88
WACO                   1.75    -0.94       10.73    +0.14      101

DALLAS LOVE FIELD      2.81    -0.26       11.10    -0.11       99
FORT WORTH MEACHAM     2.47    -0.45        8.91    -1.88       83
DALLAS EXECUTIVE       3.45    +0.05        9.87    -2.55       79
FORT WORTH ALLIANCE    2.49    -0.57        9.62    -1.16       89
ARLINGTON              3.31    +0.15       10.76    -0.78       93

DENTON                 2.41    -0.80       11.53    +0.01      100
MCKINNEY               2.27    -1.15       12.85    +0.43      103
TERRELL                2.51    -0.70       10.03    -2.93       77
CORSICANA              2.71    -0.23       10.78    -2.02       84
MINERAL WELLS          2.78    +0.40        8.13    -1.03       89

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