Alert archive / Texas / Special Weather Statements in 2006

Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 27, 2006Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 27, 2006, 3:21 PM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2006, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2006, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX

County Dallas County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 12:00Z on 2006-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 877 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2006-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
877 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1144 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 27, 12:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 12:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 5:06 AM CDT, 10 hours 15 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 27, 12:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1231 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006

TXZ130-271800-

ERATH-
1231 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ERATH COUNTY

AT 1231 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF STEPHENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3224 9852 3215 9846 3240 9816 3251 9836
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 12:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 1:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 1:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
152 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006

TXZ129-130-141-271915-

COMANCHE-EASTLAND-ERATH-
152 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL COMANCHE COUNTY
  EASTERN EASTLAND COUNTY
  NORTHWESTERN ERATH COUNTY

AT 152 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES EAST OF RANGER...TO
GORMAN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE DE LEON...GORMAN AND RANGER.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. THE
HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO LEAD TO RUNOFF AND LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER.

LAT...LON 3249 9875 3205 9867 3220 9827 3253 9842
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 3:21 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
321 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006

TXZ119-134-272045-

DALLAS-ELLIS-
321 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY
  NORTHERN ELLIS COUNTY

AT 318 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LANCASTER WITH STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS
SPREADING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN DALLAS AND NORTHERN ELLIS
COUNTIES.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BALCH SPRINGS...CEDAR
HILL...COCKRELL HILL...DALLAS...DESOTO...DUNCANVILLE...FERRIS...GLENN
HEIGHTS...HUTCHINS...LANCASTER...MESQUITE...MIDLOTHIAN...OAK LEAF...
OVILLA...RED OAK...SEAGOVILLE...SUNNYVALE...WILMER AND CEDAR HILL
STATE PARK.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM
AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM .

MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID
THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.

LAT...LON 3275 9701 3243 9701 3244 9654 3282 9657

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 12:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath29 min
Aug 27, 12:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDComanche33 min
Aug 27, 1:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland34 min
Aug 27, 1:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath23 min
Aug 27, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant47 min
Aug 27, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin, Kaufman, Rockwall23 min
Aug 27, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar32 min
Aug 27, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin55 min
Aug 27, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin33 min
Aug 27, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton37 min
Aug 27, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson32 min
Aug 27, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar29 min
Aug 27, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Lamar32 min
Aug 27, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton37 min
Aug 27, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHunt29 min
Aug 27, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Denton, Grayson58 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Texas, 2006Every special weather statement in 2006

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.