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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1245 AM CST FRI FEB 2 2007

...DALLAS/FORT WORTH CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR JANUARY 2007...

AFTER THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD...2007 GOT OFF TO A COOL START. 
JANUARY WAS NEARLY 2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...AND BECAME THE FIRST 
MONTH IN 6 YEARS TO FAIL TO REACH 70 DEGREES.

FREEZING RAIN MADE FOR AN ICY WEEKEND IN MID-JANUARY. SNOW AND SLEET 
FELL THE MORNING OF JANUARY 15...WITH A MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW EVENT 
ON JANUARY 17. AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN AREAS WEST OF THE 
DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. THE MONTH ENDED WITH MORE SLEET AND 
SNOW ON JANUARY 31.

THE PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR JANUARY AT DFW AIRPORT WAS NEARLY 3 
TIMES THE NORMAL VALUE. SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT REDUCTION RESULTED AS 
AREA LAKES MADE SIZABLE GAINS. THE HYDROLOGIC DROUGHT IS FAR FROM 
OVER...AS MANY LAKES REMAIN CRITICALLY LOW...BUT JANUARY WAS ANOTHER 
STEP TOWARD RECOVERY.

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                    JANUARY PRECIPITATION

                  2007    NORMAL   DEPARTURE

DFW AIRPORT       5.58     1.90      +3.68
WACO              3.98     1.90      +2.08

DALLAS LOVE       5.03     1.89      +3.14
FTW MEACHAM       3.14
DAL-EXECUTIVE     5.57
FTW-ALLIANCE      2.78
ARLINGTON         4.93     2.12      +2.81

DENTON            2.61     1.94      +0.67
MCKINNEY          5.52     2.43      +3.09
TERRELL           4.79     2.50      +2.29
MINERAL WELLS     2.10     1.42      +0.68
CORSICANA         7.29     2.49      +4.80

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