Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 12, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 2, 2005, 11:54 AM CST for 14 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 2, 2005, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 2, 2005, 11:54 AM CST (17:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 2, 2005, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 2, 2005, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
Counties Comanche County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Jack County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 2296 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 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 021754 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1154 AM CST FRI DEC 2 2005 ...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF NORTH TEXAS... .A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH PRESSURE EAST OF NORTH TEXAS TO GENERATE STRONG SOUTH WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH. THE WINDS SHOULD DECREASE BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AROUND SUNSET. TXZ091>094-100>103-115>117-129-130-141-030000- /O.NEW.KFWD.WI.Y.0012.051202T1800Z-051203T0000Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-STEPHENS- PALO PINTO-PARKER-EASTLAND-ERATH-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE... SHERMAN...DENISON...BONHAM...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO... DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND... THE COLONY...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR... CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN... COMANCHE...DE LEON 1154 AM CST FRI DEC 2 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH..WITH HIGHER GUSTS...ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. BOATERS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION ON AREA LAKES. 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. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KFWD 030001 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 601 PM CST FRI DEC 2 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST... .SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE BETWEEN 10 TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING. TXZ091>094-100>103-115>117-129-130-141-030115- /O.EXP.KFWD.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-051203T0000Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-STEPHENS- PALO PINTO-PARKER-EASTLAND-ERATH-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE... SHERMAN...DENISON...BONHAM...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO... DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND... THE COLONY...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR... CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN... COMANCHE...DE LEON 601 PM CST FRI DEC 2 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE BETWEEN 10 TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING. $$
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 Dec 2, 11:32 AM CST, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 11:32 AM CST, 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1132 AM CST FRI DEC 2 2005 .AVIATION... MVFR CIGS BKN-OVC019 AROUND KACT WILL SLOWLY LIFT AND BREAK AS THEY ADVECT FURTHER NWD INTO METRO TAF SITES. WL NEED TO INCLUDE A SHORT PERIOD OF SCT-BKN BEFORE CLOUDS MIX OUT AND BECOME SKC. OTHERWISE...BREEZY S FLOW BECOMING SW TOWARD MORNING. SOME STRATUS AGAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS KACT IN THE MORNING HOURS. 80 && .DISCUSSION... 430 AM CST BREEZY DAY AGAIN TODAY...BUT MODERATING SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR A MILDER DAY. EVEN WARMER SATURDAY AS PREFRONTAL WARMING AND SW/W WINDS WILL PUSH THE MERCURY ABOVE 80F. GUIDANCE KEEPS DFW IN THE 70S...BUT FRONTAL TIMING WILL MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. FIRST FROPA LATE SATURDAY WILL KEEP TEMPS COOL INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. POTENTIAL FOR MAINLY NOCTURNAL ELEVATED CONVECTION E/SE ZONES... BUT CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW. MOISTURE RETURN QUESTIONABLE AS 925/850MB WINDS VEER MORE SW/W LATE TONIGHT...BUT LLJ SETUP IN EAST PROBABLE. CONVECTION SAT NIGHT INTO SUN MAINLY FRONT-AIDED UPGLIDE. DECENT MID-LEVEL INSTABILITY...BUT PREFER WORDING -SHRA WITH ISO -TSRA. EXTENDED MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH CA AIR ARRIVING MIDWEEK. COLDEST WEATHER OF THE SEASON ON TAP...WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE 30S AND 40S WED AND THURS. OUTLIER GFS IS GENERATING PRECIP AGAIN BEYOND DAY 5...WHAT ELSE IS NEW? HAS HEALTHY POSTFRONTAL MOISTURE AT 850MB...POTENTIAL ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE SETUP. WILL KEEP EXTENDED 10 POPS...BUT WILL WAIT ON PRECIP MENTION MIDWEEK UNTIL BETTER MODEL AGREEMENT. 25 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 65 55 76 42 / 0 0 0 0 WACO, TX 68 57 82 47 / 0 0 0 0 PARIS, TX 59 52 73 42 / 0 20 10 20 DENTON, TX 65 53 74 41 / 0 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 64 54 75 42 / 0 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 64 55 77 43 / 0 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 64 56 79 45 / 0 0 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 65 57 82 48 / 0 0 0 10 TEMPLE, TX 69 58 83 47 / 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 26/25
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 2, 4:45 AM CST, 7 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 445 AM CST FRI DEC 2 2005 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-022200- 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- 445 AM CST FRI DEC 2 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... ALTHOUGH NO FIRE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT... CONTINUING DRY CONDITIONS AND MODERATE WINDS COULD RESULT IN A FEW WILD FIRES. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...ALONG AND EAST OF A PARIS...CANTON...CAMERON LINE...AS A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH THROUGH THE AREA. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY EAST OF A BONHAM...ATHENS...TEMPLE LINE. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. 05/
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.