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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this wind advisory at Sep 24, 2005, 3:59 AM CDT for Van Zandt County, Texas. It took effect at Sep 24, 2005, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 24, 2005, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 24, 2005, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2005, 1:44 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
County Van Zandt County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2897 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KFWD 240859 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 359 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH CANCELED FOR THE SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS... ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS... .HURRICANE RITA WILL MOVE INLAND TODAY AND BECOME A TROPICAL STORMS AS IT MOVES NORTHWARD ALONG THE TEXAS/LOUISIANA BORDER. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL AFFECT LEON AND ANDERSON COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS. SLIGHTLY WEAKER WINDS WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A CANTON...CORSICANA...TO MARLIN LINE...WHERE A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. TXZ135-146-147-161-175-241700- /X.CAN.KFWD.TI.A.0001.050924T1600Z-050925T0500Z/ /X.NEW.KFWD.WI.Y.0001.050924T1600Z-050924T2300Z/ HENDERSON-NAVARRO-FREESTONE-LIMESTONE-ROBERTSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...CORSICANA... TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD...MEXIA...GROESBECK...HEARNE...FRANKLIN... CALVERT 359 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LOOK FOR NORTHEAST WINDS TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BE ON THE DECREASE OVERNIGHT. LIGHT- WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN CHAIRS SHOULD BE SECURED. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ TXZ148-162-241700- /X.CON.KFWD.TI.W.0001.050924T1200Z-050925T0500Z/ ANDERSON-LEON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALESTINE...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE... JEWETT...OAKWOOD 359 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH RITA AS IT MOVES INLAND AND WEAKENS. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A LANDFALLING HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES... FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ TXZ122-241700- /X.NEW.KFWD.WI.Y.0001.050924T1600Z-050924T2300Z/ VAN ZANDT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE... VAN...EDGEWOOD 359 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. LOOK FOR NORTHEAST WINDS TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BE ON THE DECREASE OVERNIGHT. LIGHT- WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN CHAIRS SHOULD BE SECURED. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KFWD 241615 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1115 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID EVENING FOR THOSE AREAS IN NORTH TEXAS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35... .HURRICANE RITA IS CONTINUING TO DIMINISH SLOWLY TO CATEGORY ONE STRENGTH OVER THE PINEY WOODS OF FAR EAST TEXAS BETWEEN LUFKIN AND THE SABINE RIVER. THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION IS PROJECT TO MOVE TO NEAR LONGVIEW TEXAS AND DIMINISH TO A TROPICAL STORM BY THIS EVENING. THE CENTER OF RITA WILL MOVE CLOSE ENOUGH FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TO AFFECT LEON AND ANDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO EXTEND AS FAR WEST AS THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR THROUGH SUNSET...BEFORE DIMINISHING AS RITA WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TONIGHT AND MOVES TOWARD THE ARK-LA-TEX REGION. TXZ148-162-250015- /X.CON.KFWD.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050925T0500Z/ ANDERSON-LEON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALESTINE...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE... JEWETT...OAKWOOD 1115 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 OR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER ANDERSON AND LEON COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY EVENING...BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY BY MIDNIGHT. POWER OUTAGES MAY BE POSSIBLE...SO HAVE FLASHLIGHTS...BATTERIES...A FULL TANK OF GAS...CASH...BOTTLED WATER AND NON-PERISHABLE FOODS ON HAND JUST IN CASE. THESE WINDS COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...OPEN CAR-PORTS AND SHEDS AS WELL. FINALLY...LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN CHAIRS SHOULD BE SECURED...AS THEY WOULD BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A LANDFALLING HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM. $$ TXZ092>095-103>107-118>121-123-133-134-145-158>160-174-250015- /X.EXB.KFWD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-050925T0300Z/ COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-DENTON-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS- TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-RAINS-JOHNSON-ELLIS-HILL-BELL- MCLENNAN-FALLS-MILAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN...DENISON... BONHAM...PARIS...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND... THE COLONY...PLANO...GREENVILLE...COMMERCE...COOPER... SULPHUR SPRINGS...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL... TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY...EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI... CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN... GLENN HEIGHTS...HILLSBORO...KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO... MARLIN...CAMERON...ROCKDALE 1115 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. LOOK FOR NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS TO CONTINUE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE...ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN CHAIRS SHOULD BE SECURED...AS THEY WILL BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND BY THE GUSTY WINDS. $$ TXZ122-135-146-147-161-175-250015- /X.EXT.KFWD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-050925T0300Z/ VAN ZANDT-HENDERSON-NAVARRO-FREESTONE-LIMESTONE-ROBERTSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE... VAN...EDGEWOOD...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...CORSICANA...TEAGUE... FAIRFIELD...MEXIA...GROESBECK...HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT 1115 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY EXTENDED UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. LOOK FOR NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS TO CONTINUE BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH... WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE...ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN CHAIRS SHOULD BE SECURED...AS THEY WILL BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND BY THE GUSTY WINDS. $$
000 WWUS74 KFWD 241844 AAA NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 144 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS EAST OF A PARIS TO TERRELL TO CORSICANA TO PALESTINE LINE THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID EVENING FOR THOSE AREAS IN NORTH TEXAS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35... .HURRICANE RITA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN OVER THE PINEY WOODS OF FAR EAST TEXAS NEAR TENANA...BUT REMAINS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO EXTEND AS FAR WEST AS THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR THROUGH SUNSET...BEFORE DIMINISHING AS RITA WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TONIGHT AND MOVES INTO SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. TXZ095-106-107-121>123-135-146-147-250200- /X.CAN.KFWD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-050925T0300Z/ /X.EXB.KFWD.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050925T0200Z/ LAMAR-DELTA-HOPKINS-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-HENDERSON-NAVARRO- FREESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARIS...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS... TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY...WILLS POINT...CANTON... GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI... ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...CORSICANA...TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD 144 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS SHOULD PREVAIL BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH... WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE...GENERALLY EAST OF A PARIS TO TERREEL TO CORSICANA TO PALESTINE THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN CHAIRS SHOULD BE SECURED...AS THEY WILL BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND BY THE GUSTY WINDS. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A LANDFALLING HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES... FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ TXZ105-250200- /X.EXB.KFWD.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050925T0200Z/ /X.CON.KFWD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-050925T0300Z/ HUNT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...COMMERCE 144 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. LOOK FOR NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS TO CONTINUE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE...ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN CHAIRS SHOULD BE SECURED...AS THEY WILL BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND BY THE GUSTY WINDS. $$ TXZ148-162-250200- /X.EXT.KFWD.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050925T0200Z/ ANDERSON-LEON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALESTINE...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE... JEWETT...OAKWOOD 144 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. POWER OUTAGES MAY BE POSSIBLE...SO HAVE FLASHLIGHTS...BATTERIES... A FULL TANK OF GAS...CASH...BOTTLED WATER AND NON-PERISHABLE FOODS ON HAND JUST IN CASE. THESE WINDS COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...OPEN CAR-PORTS AND SHEDS AS WELL. FINALLY...LIGHT- WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN CHAIRS SHOULD BE SECURED...AS THEY WOULD BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A LANDFALLING HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM. $$ TXZ092>094-103-104-118>120-133-134-145-158>161-174-175-250245- /X.CON.KFWD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-050925T0300Z/ COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-DENTON-COLLIN-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HILL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-MILAM-ROBERTSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN...DENISON... BONHAM...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY... PLANO...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...CLEBURNE... BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS... HILLSBORO...KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO...MARLIN... MEXIA...GROESBECK...CAMERON...ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN... CALVERT 144 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. LOOK FOR NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS TO CONTINUE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE...ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN CHAIRS SHOULD BE SECURED...AS THEY WILL BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND BY THE GUSTY WINDS. $$
000 WWUS74 KFWD 242056 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 356 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS EAST OF A PARIS TO CORSICANA TO CENTERVILLE UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING... ...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID EVENING FOR THOSE AREAS BETWEEN INTERSTATE 35 AND THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING... RITA CONTINUES TO WEEKEND AS SHE MOVES NORTH THROUGH EAST AND TEXAS AND INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS SUNDAY MORNING. THE EFFECTS OF RITA WILL REMAIN CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS THIS EVENING. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO EXTEND AS FAR WEST AS THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AS WELL...BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER TONIGHT. TXZ105-250200- /X.CAN.KFWD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-050925T0300Z/ /X.CON.KFWD.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050925T0200Z/ HUNT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...COMMERCE 356 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR HUNT COUNTY. HOWEVER...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HUNT COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. LOOK FOR NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER GUSTS TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE...ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN CHAIRS SHOULD BE SECURED...AS THEY WILL BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND BY THE GUSTY WINDS. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A LANDFALLING HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES... FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ TXZ095-106-107-121>123-135-146>148-162-250200- /X.CON.KFWD.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050925T0200Z/ LAMAR-DELTA-HOPKINS-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-HENDERSON-NAVARRO- FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LEON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARIS...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS... TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY...WILLS POINT...CANTON... GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI... ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...CORSICANA...TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD... PALESTINE...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD 356 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. POWER OUTAGES MAY BE POSSIBLE...SO HAVE FLASHLIGHTS...BATTERIES... A FULL TANK OF GAS...CASH...BOTTLED WATER AND NON-PERISHABLE FOODS ON HAND JUST IN CASE. THESE WINDS COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...OPEN CAR-PORTS AND SHEDS AS WELL. FINALLY...LIGHT- WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN CHAIRS SHOULD BE SECURED...AS THEY WOULD BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A LANDFALLING HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM. $$ TXZ092>094-103-104-118>120-133-134-145-158>161-174-175-250200- /X.EXT.KFWD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-050925T0200Z/ COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-DENTON-COLLIN-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HILL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-MILAM-ROBERTSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN...DENISON... BONHAM...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY... PLANO...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...CLEBURNE... BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS... HILLSBORO...KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO...MARLIN... MEXIA...GROESBECK...CAMERON...ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN... CALVERT 356 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. LOOK FOR NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS TO CONTINUE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE...ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN CHAIRS SHOULD BE SECURED...AS THEY WILL BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND BY THE GUSTY WINDS. $$
000 WWUS74 KFWD 242135 CCA NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 356 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS EAST OF A PARIS TO CORSICANA TO CENTERVILLE LINE UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING... ...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 900 PM FOR THOSE AREAS BETWEEN INTERSTATE 35 AND THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING... RITA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES NORTH THROUGH EAST TEXAS. THE EFFECTS OF RITA WILL REMAIN CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS THIS EVENING. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO EXTEND AS FAR WEST AS THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR...BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER TONIGHT. TXZ105-250200- /X.CAN.KFWD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-050925T0300Z/ /X.CON.KFWD.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050925T0200Z/ HUNT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...COMMERCE 356 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR HUNT COUNTY. HOWEVER...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HUNT COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. LOOK FOR NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER GUSTS TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ TXZ095-106-107-121>123-135-146>148-162-250200- /X.CON.KFWD.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050925T0200Z/ LAMAR-DELTA-HOPKINS-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-HENDERSON-NAVARRO- FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LEON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARIS...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS... TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY...WILLS POINT...CANTON... GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI... ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...CORSICANA...TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD... PALESTINE...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD 356 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF A PARIS...TERRELL...TO CENTERVILLE LINE... LOOK FOR NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER GUSTS TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ TXZ092>094-103-104-118>120-133-134-145-158>161-174-175-250200- /X.EXT.KFWD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-050925T0200Z/ COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-DENTON-COLLIN-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HILL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-MILAM-ROBERTSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN...DENISON... BONHAM...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY... PLANO...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...CLEBURNE... BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS... HILLSBORO...KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO...MARLIN... MEXIA...GROESBECK...CAMERON...ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN... CALVERT 356 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... LOOK FOR NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS TO CONTINUE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE...ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN CHAIRS SHOULD BE SECURED...AS THEY WILL BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND BY THE GUSTY WINDS. $$
000 WWUS74 KFWD 250152 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 852 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...RITA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND CONDITIONS IMPROVE IN NORTH TEXAS... WINDS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS HAVE DECREASED. THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TXZ095-105>107-121>123-135-146>148-162-250300- /X.CAN.KFWD.TI.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050925T0200Z/ LAMAR-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-HENDERSON- NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LEON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARIS...GREENVILLE...COMMERCE... COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS...TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY... WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD...EMORY... POINT...EAST TAWAKONI...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...CORSICANA... TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD...PALESTINE...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT... OAKWOOD 852 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH WILL ALLOW THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING TO EXPIRE. WINDS HAVE DECREASED AS RITA HAS MOVED NORTH AND WEAKENED. A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED SOON FOR A SMALLER AREA DUE TO WINDS REMAINING ABOVE ADVISORY CRITERIA OVER PARTS OF EASTERN NORTH TEXAS. $$ TXZ092>094-103-104-118>120-133-134-145-158>161-174-175-250300- /X.CAN.KFWD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-050925T0200Z/ COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-DENTON-COLLIN-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HILL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-MILAM-ROBERTSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN...DENISON... BONHAM...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY... PLANO...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...CLEBURNE... BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS... HILLSBORO...KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO...MARLIN... MEXIA...GROESBECK...CAMERON...ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN... CALVERT 852 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH WILL ALLOW THE WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE FOR COUNTIES ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. AS RITA HAS MOVED NORTH AND WEAKENED THE WINDS HAVE DECREASED. $$
000 WWUS74 KFWD 312045 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 245 PM CST SAT DEC 31 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL BUT THE EXTREME EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS SUNDAY... .LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS OKLAHOMA WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTHWEST AND WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH... ACROSS ALL BUT EXTREME EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS SUNDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM BONHAM...TO CORSICANA...AND CAMERON. TXZ091>094-100>105-115>121-129>134-141>146-156>161-174-010445- /O.NEW.KFWD.WI.Y.0001.060101T1600Z-060102T0100Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-HUNT- STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN- EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS-COMANCHE-MILLS- HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS- LIMESTONE-MILAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE... SHERMAN...DENISON...BONHAM...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO... DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND... THE COLONY...PLANO...GREENVILLE...COMMERCE...BRECKENRIDGE... MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON... DALLAS...ROCKWALL...TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY...CISCO... EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY... OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE... ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...COMANCHE...DE LEON... GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON...MERIDIAN... VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...CORSICANA...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE... GATESVILLE...KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO...MARLIN... MEXIA...GROESBECK...CAMERON...ROCKDALE 245 PM CST SAT DEC 31 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CST SUNDAY. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS OKLAHOMA SUNDAY...RESULTING IN SOUTHWEST AND WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WITHIN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Sep 23, 9:40 PM CDT, 6 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 9:40 PM CDT, 6 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 940 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005 .UPDATE... WORKING ON AN UPDATE CURRENTLY TO ISSUE A INLAND TROPICAL STROM WARNING SATURDAY FOR ANDERSON...LEON...AND FREESTONE COUNTIES. WILL LEAVE THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN PLACE FOR ROBERTSON... LIMESTONE...NAVARRO...AND HENDERSON COUNTIES. WILL ALSO UP THE WINDS SLIGHTLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. THESE WINDS MAY FALL INTO WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA SO ONE WILL PROBABLY BE ISSUED WITH THE 4 AM PACKAGE. NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS UPDATE. && .AVIATION... 610 PM MAIN AVIATION WEATHER CONCERNS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL BE INCREASING WIND SPEEDS ACROSS ALL TAF SITES. EXPECT THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO SLOWLY TIGHTEN AS RITA NEARS THE COAST. THE GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD DROP OFF SLIGHTLY AFTER DARK BUT WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TOWARD MORNING. EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS SATURDAY AT THE METROPLEX TAF SITES AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH SOME GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS. WIND SPEEDS IN WACO MAY BE SLIGHTLY STRONGER. ALTHOUGH GFS IS INDICATING SOME MVFR CEILINGS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WE FEEL THESE CEILING SHOULD STAY EAST OF THE REGION...CLOSER TO THE CIRCULATION. WILL KEEP SOME PROB 30S GOING IN WACO DURING THE AFTERNOON TO ACCOUNT FOR SOME PERIPHERY BANDING PRECIPITATION && .SHORT TERM... 333 PM ALL EYES ON MAJOR HURRICANE RITA NOW ABOUT 170 MILES SSE OF BEAUMONT TX...MOVING NNW NEAR 10 MPH PER TPC. WE DIDNT MAKE ANY WHOLESALE CHANGES FROM EARLIER UPDATE...AS CURRENT INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH STILL CONTINUES FOR SE SECTIONS OF N TX. ONE NEW HIGHLIGHT WE DID ADD PER LATEST MODEL AND HPC RAINFALL PREDICTIONS IS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH SAT NIGHT AND ALL DAY SUNDAY IN THAT GENERAL AREA AS WELL...AS TORRENTIAL RAINFALL BETWEEN 3-6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE PER LATEST HPC/MODEL OUTPUT (SEE ADVISORY LINE BELOW OR FTWFFAFWD/FTWNPWFWD FOR DETAILS ON AREAL OUTLINE). NONE OF THESE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THE D/FW METROPLEX OR WACO/TEMPLE AREAS DIRECTLY. INCOMING SHIFTS WILL NEED TO DECIDE AFTER NEXT TPC ADVISORY ON ANY UPGRADE TO CURRENT HIGHLIGHTS AND WHERE TO PUT A WIND ADVISORY JUST NW OF THAT AREA SAT/SAT EVENING. FOR NOW...TPCS TRACK OF RITA REMAINS FAIRLY UNCHANGED. BOTTOM LINE...TRICKY FCST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS ANY CHANGE IN PATH EAST OR WEST CAN HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON CURRENT FCST. FAIRLY CONFIDENT THOUGH THAT AREAS W OF I-35 CORRIDOR SHOULD BE MORE IN DEFORMATION/SUBSIDENCE AREA AND REMAIN DRY FOR THE MOST PART. WE FOLLOWED COOLER ETA/MET GUIDANCE ACROSS PARTICULARLY THOSE AREAS ALONG/E OF I-35 FOR RITAS REMNANTS. STAYED NEAR GUIDANCE IN THE WEST. && .LONG TERM... REMNANTS OF RITA SLOWLY MOVE OFF TO THE ENE TOWARD THE LOWER MS VALLEY LATE MON-TUES...ENTRAINING DRIER LOW LVL AIR IN FROM THE N/NW (SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED AFTER KATRINA...BUT MORE PRONOUNCED). THUS...THE ONE CHANGE WE MADE IS TO REMOVE POPS FROM N TX MID-LATE WEEK NEXT WEEK. SECONDARY FALL FRONT EXPECTED IN THURS/FRI...BUT SUBSIDENCE BEHIND DEPARTING RITA REMNANTS SHOULD SCOUR MOST MOISTURE. MUCH MORE FALL-LIKE/COOLER CONDS EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND WITH DRY WX THROUGH THE PD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 74 86 70 85 / 10 20 30 30 WACO, TX 68 87 70 87 / 20 30 30 30 PARIS, TX 72 83 70 80 / 10 60 60 70 DENTON, TX 72 88 69 85 / 0 20 20 30 MCKINNEY, TX 74 85 70 84 / 10 40 40 50 DALLAS, TX 74 86 71 86 / 10 30 40 40 TERRELL, TX 74 83 72 83 / 10 60 60 60 CORSICANA, TX 72 83 72 85 / 20 70 60 50 TEMPLE, TX 71 89 71 90 / 20 30 30 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 1 PM SUNDAY FOR TXZ135-TXZ146-TXZ147-TXZ148-TXZ161-TXZ162-TXZ175. FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM SATURDAY TO 7 PM SUNDAY FOR TXZ107- TXZ122-TXZ123-TXZ135-TXZ146-TXZ147-TXZ148-TXZ161-TXZ162-TXZ175. && /05
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 23, 11:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1115 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-241000- ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA- DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON- HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS- LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO- PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT- WISE-YOUNG- 1115 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THE LATEST FORECAST FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER BRINGS HURRICANE RITA TO NEAR SABINE PASS NEAR THE TEXAS/LOUISIANA BORDER. OUTER PRECIPITATION BANDS OF RITA WILL BRING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTHEASTERN THIRD OF NORTH TEXAS LATE TONIGHT...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF AN EMORY...CORSICANA...KILLEEN LINE. THESE STORMS WILL BRING A THREAT OF DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANDERSON AND LEON COUNTIES FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS EAST AND SOUTH OF A HEARNE TO CORSICANA TO ATHENS LINE SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS EAST OF A HEARNE TO CORSICANA TO SULPHUR LINE SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY. RAIN AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF A LAMPASAS...BOWIE LINE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN GENERALLY EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...RIVER FLOODING...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS ACROSS FAR EASTERN NORTH TEXAS. FURTHER WEST...THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE FROM 40 MPH WINDS AND ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT BUT WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY THE EASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 10:45 PM CDT | Inland Tropical Storm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Leon | 22 hr |
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