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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
725 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2013
...WACO CLIMATE NARRATIVE FOR FEBRUARY 2013...
AT WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY
WAS MORE THAN 2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. COMBINED WITH DECEMBER AND
JANUARY...WHICH WERE ALSO WELL ABOVE NORMAL...THE WINTER SEASON WAS
NEARLY 3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR
WINTER TIED FOR THE 11TH WARMEST ON RECORD.
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WACO - WINTER STATISTICS (DECEMBER-FEBRUARY)
2012-2013 NORMAL DEPARTURE
MEAN TEMPERATURE 51.5 48.7 +2.8
AVERAGE HIGH 64.2 59.6 +4.6
AVERAGE LOW 38.7 37.7 +1.0
PRECIPITATION 7.96 7.50 +0.46
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WACO - WARMEST AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR WINTER
1 68.9 1906-1907
2 66.6 1951-1952
3 66.0 1970-1971
4 65.4 2008-2009
65.4 1999-2000
65.4 1905-1906
7 65.3 1975-1976
8 65.1 2005-2006
9 64.7 1933-1934
64.7 1922-1923
11 64.2 2012-2013*
64.2 1920-1921
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DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF FEBRUARY 10...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ROLLED THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS FELL IN
TEMPLE...AND STRONG WINDS IMPACTED MUCH OF THE REGION. THE 63-MPH
GUST AT WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT IS THE STRONGEST ON RECORD FOR THE
MONTH OF FEBRUARY. (THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 60 MPH ON THE FIRST DAY
OF FEBRUARY 1990.)
MULTIPLE PRECIPITATION EVENTS OCCURRED DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
HOWEVER...MONTHLY TOTALS WERE CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN JANUARY. WITH
FEW EXCEPTIONS...CENTRAL TEXAS SAW LESS THAN NORMAL PRECIPITATION
DURING FEBRUARY. BUT FOR MOST LOCATIONS...YEAR-TO-DATE TOTALS REMAIN
ABOVE NORMAL.
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AIRPORT SITES FEBRUARY JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2013
2013 DEPARTURE TOTAL DEPARTURE PERCENT
WACO 2.10 -0.53 7.15 +2.40 151
DFW AIRPORT 1.68 -0.98 5.74 +0.95 120
DALLAS LOVE FIELD 1.86 -0.73 5.13 +0.48 110
FORT WORTH MEACHAM 1.57 -1.08 5.12 +0.73 117
DALLAS EXECUTIVE 1.28 -1.53 4.85 -0.55 90
FORT WORTH ALLIANCE 1.39 -1.25 4.80 +0.31 107
ARLINGTON 1.55 -1.13 5.06 +0.33 107
DENTON 2.02 -0.82 6.13 +1.37 129
MCKINNEY 1.61 -1.34 6.36 +0.87 116
TERRELL 1.73 -1.44 4.58 -1.36 77
CORSICANA 0.98 -2.40 5.14 -1.02 83
MINERAL WELLS 1.24 -0.90 4.22 +0.63 118
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COOPERATIVE SITES FEBRUARY JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2013
2013 DEPARTURE TOTAL DEPARTURE PERCENT
ALVORD 2.09 -0.54 4.06 -0.09 98
AQUILLA 1.31 -1.28 6.18 +1.54 133
ARLINGTON 2.03 -0.88 6.65 +1.33 125
ATHENS 1.31 -2.56 6.37 -0.48 93
BARDWELL 1.17 -1.79 6.33 +0.65 111
BENBROOK 1.41 -1.01 4.41 +0.09 102
BONHAM 1.92 -1.68 5.95 -0.34 95
BONITA 2.21 -0.05 3.78 -0.04 99
BRIDGEPORT 1.32 -1.06 3.96 +0.03 101
BURLESON 1.73 -0.91 5.30 +0.59 113
CENTERVILLE 1.73 -1.72 7.29 +0.68 110
COOPER 2.80 -0.81 5.72 -0.89 87
CORSICANA 1.89 -1.50 7.70 +1.67 128
CRANFILLS GAP 1.11 -1.37 5.28 +1.05 125
CRAWFORD 1.39 -1.04 5.82 +1.54 136
CRESSON 1.40 -1.16 5.74 +1.39 132
DECATUR 2.16 -0.42 5.48 +1.16 127
DENTON 2.66 -0.15 6.59 +1.72 135
FORESTBURG 1.91 -0.53 3.64 -0.34 91
FORT WORTH NWS 1.72 -1.09 5.45 +0.80 117
FRISCO 1.62 -1.46 5.10 -0.43 92
GAINESVILLE 2.58 -0.12 5.29 +0.63 114
GOLDTHWAITE 0.97 -1.37 3.59 -0.18 95
GRAHAM 0.69 -1.18 1.94 -1.16 63
GRAPEVINE 1.86 -0.93 7.20 +2.17 143
COOPERATIVE SITES FEBRUARY JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2013
2013 DEPARTURE TOTAL DEPARTURE PERCENT
GREENVILLE 1.62 -1.82 5.86 -0.33 95
HAMILTON 0.89 -1.57 4.50 +0.27 106
HILLSBORO 1.13 -1.79 6.44 +1.13 121
JOE POOL LAKE 1.72 -1.26 5.26 -0.04 99
LAKE TAWAKONI 2.08 -1.43 6.34 -0.32 95
LAVON DAM 1.50 -1.47 5.66 +0.24 104
LEWISVILLE DAM 1.12 -1.44 5.18 +0.34 107
MAYPEARL 1.56 -1.73 5.10 -0.69 88
MIDLOTHIAN 1.68 -0.98 4.36 -0.85 84
MORGAN 1.15 -1.96 5.63 +0.14 103
MUENSTER 2.50 -0.13 4.30 -0.07 98
NAVARRO MILLS 2.26 -0.78 7.96 +2.44 144
PARIS 2.46 -0.82 5.93 -0.05 99
PROCTOR DAM 1.09 -1.14 4.70 +1.09 130
ROANOKE 1.36 -1.41 4.96 +0.12 102
ROSSER 1.70 -1.29 5.24 -0.64 89
SHERMAN 2.27 -0.67 3.97 -1.44 73
STEPHENVILLE 1.04 -1.21 4.71 +1.01 127
STILLHOUSE HOLLOW 1.43 -1.16 6.38 +1.66 135
SULPHUR SPRINGS 2.34 -1.32 6.26 -0.47 93
TERRELL 1.71 -1.51 5.20 -0.45 92
THORNTON 3.48 +0.65 8.62 +3.03 154
WACO DAM 1.91 -0.97 6.82 +1.68 133
WEATHERFORD 1.62 -1.20 5.39 +1.00 123
WHITNEY DAM 0.89 -1.53 6.11 +1.53 133
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