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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX

December 3, 200533 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 3, 2005, 4:17 AM CST for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 3, 2005, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 3, 2005, 4:17 AM CST (10:17 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 3, 2005, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 3, 2005, 5:00 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
All 33 counties

Bosque County, TX, Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Mills County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:20 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 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 18 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-12-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-12-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 424 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
424 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
515 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS74 KFWD 031017
NPWFWD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
417 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2005

...STRONG ANG GUSTY SOUTHWEST AND WEST WINDS OF 2O TO 30
MPH...WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS...WILL AFFECT THE NORTHWEST ONE HALF
OF NORTH TEXAS LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE RED
RIVER AREA OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...GENERATING STRONG SOUTHWEST AND
WEST WINDS. THE WINDS SHOULD DECREASE BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA
AROUND SUNSET.

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>121-129>134-141>145-156-157-031830-
/O.NEW.KFWD.WI.Y.0013.051203T1600Z-051203T2300Z/
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS-
COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...
SHERMAN...DENISON...BONHAM...PARIS...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO...
DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...
THE COLONY...PLANO...GREENVILLE...COMMERCE...COOPER...
SULPHUR SPRINGS...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...LAMPASAS...
COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE
417 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 5 PM.

SOUTHWEST AND WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE
EXPECTED. 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.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS74 KFWD 031551
NPWFWD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
951 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2005

...STRONG ANG GUSTY SOUTHWEST AND WEST WINDS OF 2O TO 30 MPH...
WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS...WILL AFFECT THE NORTHWEST TWO-THIRDS OF NORTH
TEXAS LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

.DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE...AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT...LINGERED ACROSS
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
SOUTHEAST TOWARD NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL
RESULT IN WARM...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW AFTERNOON
HUMIDITIES OVER MOST OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON.

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>121-129>134-141>145-156-157-032300-
/O.CON.KFWD.WI.Y.0013.051203T1600Z-051203T2300Z/
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS-
COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...
SHERMAN...DENISON...BONHAM...PARIS...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO...
DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...
THE COLONY...PLANO...GREENVILLE...COMMERCE...COOPER...
SULPHUR SPRINGS...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...LAMPASAS...
COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE
951 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTHWEST AND WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE
EXPECTED. 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.

$$
000 
WWUS74 KFWD 032250
NPWFWD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
450 PM CST SAT DEC 3 2005

...THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE...

.A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH NORTH TEXAS THIS
EVENING. THE WIND WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT
AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH. WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO
DECREASE OVERNIGHT.

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>121-129>134-141>145-156-157-040000-
/O.EXP.KFWD.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051203T2300Z/
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS-
COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...
SHERMAN...DENISON...BONHAM...PARIS...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO...
DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...
THE COLONY...PLANO...GREENVILLE...COMMERCE...COOPER...
SULPHUR SPRINGS...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...LAMPASAS...
COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE
450 PM CST SAT DEC 3 2005

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH NORTH TEXAS THIS
EVENING. THE WIND WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT
AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH. WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO
DECREASE OVERNIGHT.

$$

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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.