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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 5, 2006, 9:02 PM CDT for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 6, 2006, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2006, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2006, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
All 33 counties
Bosque County, TX, Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Cooke 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, Mills County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -425 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 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 060202 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 902 PM CDT WED APR 5 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NORTH OF A GOLDTHWAITE...HILLSBORO...CANTON LINE FROM 10 AM CDT TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OVER THE PLAINS BY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL PUSH A STRONG SURFACE LOW OUT OVER KANSAS AND NEBRASKA...RESULTING IN A STRONG DRYLINE PASSAGE ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH VERY GUSTY WEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH BY THURSDAY EVENING. TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>134-141>145-061015- /O.NEW.KFWD.WI.Y.0021.060406T1500Z-060407T0000Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL- 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...WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN... EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI...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 902 PM CDT WED APR 5 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... LOOK WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING OVER THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH AT TIMES BY AFTERNOON THURSDAY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS AND HIGHWAY. USE EXTRA CAUTION. OPEN WATERS ON AREA LAKES WILL ALSO BECOME VERY CHOPPY AND HAZARDOUS ONCE THE WINDS INCREASE. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KFWD 060756 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 256 AM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT NORTH OF A GOLDTHWAITE...HILLSBORO...CANTON LINE FROM 10 AM CDT TO 7 PM CDT TODAY... .A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL RESULT IN GUSTY WINDS OVER MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL TURN TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST DURING THE DAY...REACHING SPEEDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A CANTON...HILLSBORO....GOLDTHWAITE LINE. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING. TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>134-141>145-061700- /O.CON.KFWD.WI.Y.0021.060406T1500Z-060407T0000Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL- 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...WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN... EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI...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 256 AM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS AND HIGHWAY. USE EXTRA CAUTION. OPEN WATERS ON AREA LAKES WILL ALSO BECOME VERY CHOPPY AND HAZARDOUS ONCE THE WINDS INCREASE. $$
000 WWUS74 KFWD 061643 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1143 AM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT NORTH OF A GOLDTHWAITE...HILLSBORO... CANTON LINE UNTIL 7 PM CDT TODAY... .A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL RESULT IN GUSTY WINDS OVER MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL TURN TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST DURING THE DAY... REACHING SPEEDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS... MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A CANTON...HILLSBORO....GOLDTHWAITE LINE. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>134-141>145-070000- /O.CON.KFWD.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-060407T0000Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL- 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...WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN... EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI...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 1143 AM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...ARE EXPECTED TODAY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS AND HIGHWAY. USE EXTRA CAUTION. OPEN WATERS ON AREA LAKES WILL ALSO BECOME VERY CHOPPY AND HAZARDOUS. $$
000 WWUS74 KFWD 062357 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 657 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .THE VERY GUSTY WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS SEEN THIS AFTERNOON OVER ABOUT THE NORTHWEST OF NORTH TEXAS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH SOME AS SUNSET NEARS. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA WILL CONTINUE TO PULL SLOWLY FURTHER AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST AS WELL...WHICH SHOULD CONTINUE TO RELAX THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND WINDS OVERNIGHT TO ABOUT 10 TO 15 MPH. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTY WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS...BUT NOT EXPECTED TO REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA AT THIS TIME. TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>134-141>145-070100- /O.EXP.KFWD.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-060407T0000Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL- 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...WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN... EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI...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 657 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. $$ 05/
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 40 min |
| Apr 6, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 42 min |
| Apr 6, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood | 31 min |
| Apr 6, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 33 min |
| Apr 6, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 51 min |
| Apr 6, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 42 min |
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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.