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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Fort Worth, TX

February 23, 200746 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 23, 2007, 1:50 PM CST for 46 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 24, 2007, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 23, 2007, 1:50 PM CST (19:50 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 24, 2007, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 24, 2007, 10:00 PM CST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
All 46 counties

Anderson County, TX, Bell County, TX, 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, Falls County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Henderson 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, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Mills County, TX, Montague County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Robertson 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), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2007-02-23Temperature 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°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 2007-02-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1426 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 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.

000 
WWUS74 KFWD 231950
NPWFWD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
150 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
A STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER OKLAHOMA AS
A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE PLAINS.
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH SATURDAY MORNING.
WINDS WILL BECOME WEST SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND
40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...OR THE REGION NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 20 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35...WHERE WINDS WILL GUST TO
50 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-241000-
/O.NEW.KFWD.WI.Y.0004.070224T1200Z-070225T0100Z/
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-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-
LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
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...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...
COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON...
MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...CORSICANA...TEAGUE...
FAIRFIELD...PALESTINE...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE...
KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO...MARLIN...MEXIA...
GROESBECK...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON...
ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT
150 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM CST SATURDAY. 

A STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER OKLAHOMA AS
A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE PLAINS.
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH SATURDAY MORNING.
WINDS WILL BECOME WEST SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND
40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...OR THE REGION NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 20 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35...WHERE WINDS WILL GUST TO
50 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS NORTH TEXAS ON SATURDAY. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. BOATERS SHOULD STAY OFF AREA
LAKES AS WATERS WILL BECOME VERY ROUGH. WEAK TREES MAY BE BLOWN
DOWN AND SOME MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS
SHOULD ENSURE THAT ALL LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS ARE SECURED.

$$

92
6 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS74 KFWD 241006
NPWFWD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
406 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007


...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF
NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ELSEWHERE...

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO
OKLAHOMA TODAY AS A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO
THE PLAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS
MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME WEST THIS AFTERNOON AND RANGE BETWEEN
25 AND 40 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE
ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF NORTH TEXAS...WHERE WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE BY AFTERNOON.

TXZ091>093-100>104-115>120-129>134-141>145-156>159-241815-
/O.UPG.KFWD.WI.Y.0004.070224T1200Z-070225T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KFWD.HW.W.0001.070224T1200Z-070225T0100Z/
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-STEPHENS-
PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-
SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...
SHERMAN...DENISON...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...
BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...
PLANO...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...
FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...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...KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO
406 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

A STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO OKLAHOMA
TODAY AS A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE
PLAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS
MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME WEST THIS AFTERNOON AND RANGE BETWEEN
30 AND 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES. BOATERS SHOULD STAY
OFF AREA LAKES AS WATERS WILL BECOME VERY ROUGH. WEAK TREES MAY BE
BLOWN DOWN AND SOME MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
RESIDENTS SHOULD ENSURE THAT ALL LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS ARE
SECURED.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO
PROPERTY DAMAGE...KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK A STURDY
SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$

TXZ094-095-105>107-121>123-135-146>148-160>162-174-175-241815-
/O.CON.KFWD.WI.Y.0004.070224T1200Z-070225T0100Z/
FANNIN-LAMAR-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-HENDERSON-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-FALLS-LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BONHAM...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...MARLIN...MEXIA...
GROESBECK...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON...
ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT
406 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO OKLAHOMA
TODAY AS A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE
PLAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH THIS MORNING.
WINDS WILL BECOME WEST THIS AFTERNOON AND RANGE BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH
WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. BOATERS SHOULD STAY OFF AREA
LAKES AS WATERS WILL BECOME VERY ROUGH. WEAK TREES MAY BE BLOWN
DOWN AND SOME MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS
SHOULD ENSURE THAT ALL LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS ARE SECURED.

$$
000 
WWUS74 KFWD 241814
NPWFWD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1214 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF
NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ELSEWHERE...

.DISCUSSION...WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND
40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS OF 60 MPH AND BLOWING DUST ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE HIGH WIND WARNING AREA.

TXZ091>093-100>104-115>120-129>134-141>145-156>159-250100-
/O.CON.KFWD.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T0100Z/
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-STEPHENS-
PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-
SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...
SHERMAN...DENISON...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...
BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...
PLANO...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...
FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...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...KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO
1214 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS OKLAHOMA TODAY WILL
CREATE WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS OF
60 MPH POSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN BLOWING DUST
WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS 2 MILES POSSIBLE.

THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. BOATERS SHOULD STAY OFF
AREA LAKES AS WATERS WILL BECOME VERY ROUGH. WEAK TREES MAY BE
BLOWN DOWN AND SOME MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
RESIDENTS SHOULD ENSURE THAT ALL LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS ARE
SECURED.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO
PROPERTY DAMAGE...KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. 

$$

TXZ094-095-105>107-121>123-135-146>148-160>162-174-175-250100-
/O.CON.KFWD.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070225T0100Z/
FANNIN-LAMAR-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-HENDERSON-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-FALLS-LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BONHAM...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...MARLIN...MEXIA...
GROESBECK...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON...
ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT
1214 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS OKLAHOMA WILL CAUSE
SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
LIKELY.  

THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. BOATERS SHOULD STAY OFF
AREA LAKES AS WATERS WILL BECOME VERY ROUGH. WEAK TREES MAY BE
BLOWN DOWN AND SOME MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
RESIDENTS SHOULD ENSURE THAT ALL LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS ARE
SECURED.


$$


92
000 
WWUS74 KFWD 241930
NPWFWD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
130 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF
NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ELSEWHERE...
...A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM COMANCHE TO HILLSBORO TO ROCKWALL AND
SHERMAN UNTIL 6 PM....


.DISCUSSION...WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND
40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS OF 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGH
WIND WARNING AREA. BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITIES BETWEEN 1/4
AND 3/4 OF A MILE ARE POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF A COMANCHE TO
HILLSBORO TO ROCKWALL AND SHERMAN LINE.


TXZ091>093-100>104-115>120-129>134-141-143>145-250000-
/O.NEW.KFWD.DU.Y.0001.070224T1930Z-070225T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFWD.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T0100Z/
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-STEPHENS-
PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-
SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS-COMANCHE-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...
SHERMAN...DENISON...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...
BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...
PLANO...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...
FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...CISCO...EASTLAND...
RANGER...GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY...
OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...
ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...COMANCHE...DE LEON...
HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON...MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO
130 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A BLOWING
DUST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS OKLAHOMA TODAY WILL
CREATE WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS OF
60 MPH POSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN BLOWING DUST
WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS 1/4 TO 1/2 OF A MILE. 

THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. BOATERS SHOULD STAY OFF
AREA LAKES AS WATERS WILL BECOME VERY ROUGH. WEAK TREES MAY BE
BLOWN DOWN AND MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS
SHOULD ENSURE THAT ALL LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS ARE SECURED.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO
PROPERTY DAMAGE...KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.

A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT
VISIBILITIES WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PERSONS WITH
RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO STAY INDOORS.

$$

TXZ142-156>159-250100-
/O.CON.KFWD.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T0100Z/
MILLS-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLDTHWAITE...LAMPASAS...
COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE...KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO
130 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS OKLAHOMA TODAY WILL
CREATE WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS OF
60 MPH POSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN BLOWING DUST
WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS 2 MILES POSSIBLE.

THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. BOATERS SHOULD STAY OFF
AREA LAKES AS WATERS WILL BECOME VERY ROUGH. WEAK TREES MAY BE
BLOWN DOWN AND SOME MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
RESIDENTS SHOULD ENSURE THAT ALL LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS ARE
SECURED.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO
PROPERTY DAMAGE...KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.

$$

TXZ094-095-105>107-121>123-135-146>148-160>162-174-175-250100-
/O.CON.KFWD.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070225T0100Z/
FANNIN-LAMAR-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-HENDERSON-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-FALLS-LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BONHAM...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...MARLIN...MEXIA...
GROESBECK...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON...
ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT
130 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS OKLAHOMA WILL CAUSE
SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
50 MPH LIKELY.

THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. BOATERS SHOULD STAY OFF
AREA LAKES AS WATERS WILL BECOME VERY ROUGH. WEAK TREES MAY BE
BLOWN DOWN AND SOME MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
RESIDENTS SHOULD ENSURE THAT ALL LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS ARE
SECURED.

$$
000 
WWUS74 KFWD 250001
NPWFWD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
601 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF
NORTH TEXAS AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ELSEWHERE...BOTH
UNTIL 700 PM...
...THE BLOWING DUST ADVISORY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF
A LINE FROM COMANCHE TO HILLSBORO TO ROCKWALL AND SHERMAN HAS EXPIRED....

.DISCUSSION...WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40
MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...ARE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. THIS HAS
IMPROVED VISIBILITIES OVER THE AREA...AND THE BLOWING DUST
ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 600 PM.

TXZ091>093-100>104-115>120-129>134-141-143>145-250115-
/O.EXP.KFWD.DU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFWD.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T0100Z/
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-STEPHENS-
PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-
SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS-COMANCHE-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...
SHERMAN...DENISON...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...
BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...
PLANO...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...
FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...CISCO...EASTLAND...
RANGER...GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY...
OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...
ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...COMANCHE...DE LEON...
HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON...MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO
601 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE BLOWING DUST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING...ALLOWING THE WEST TEXAS
DUST TO SETTLE...AND VISIBILITIES TO IMPROVE. THE BLOWING DUST
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 600 PM. 

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO
PROPERTY DAMAGE...KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK A STURDY
SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$

TXZ142-156>159-250115-
/O.CON.KFWD.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T0100Z/
MILLS-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLDTHWAITE...LAMPASAS...
COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE...KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO
601 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL
SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. IN THE MEANTIME...BOATERS SHOULD
STAY OFF AREA LAKES AS WATERS WILL BECOME VERY ROUGH. WEAK TREES
MAY BE BLOWN DOWN AND SOME MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO
POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS SHOULD ENSURE THAT ALL LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR
OBJECTS ARE SECURED.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO
PROPERTY DAMAGE...KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.

$$

TXZ094-095-105>107-121>123-135-146>148-160>162-174-175-250115-
/O.CON.KFWD.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070225T0100Z/
FANNIN-LAMAR-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-HENDERSON-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-FALLS-LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BONHAM...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...MARLIN...MEXIA...
GROESBECK...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON...
ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT
601 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS OKLAHOMA WILL CAUSE
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH LIKELY.

THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. BOATERS SHOULD STAY OFF
AREA LAKES AS WATERS WILL BECOME VERY ROUGH. WEAK TREES MAY BE
BLOWN DOWN AND SOME MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
RESIDENTS SHOULD ENSURE THAT ALL LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS ARE
SECURED.

$$
000 
WWUS74 KFWD 250104
NPWFWD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
704 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING....

.DISCUSSION...
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING...AND HIGH WIND WARNING
CRITERIA WILL NO LONGER BE MET. A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT
THROUGH 10 PM...AS WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH.

TXZ091>093-100>104-115>120-129>134-141>145-156>159-250400-
/O.EXP.KFWD.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T0100Z/
/O.EXB.KFWD.WI.Y.0004.070225T0104Z-070225T0400Z/
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-STEPHENS-
PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-
SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...
SHERMAN...DENISON...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...
BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...
PLANO...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...
FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...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...KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO
704 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING.
THE HIGH WIND WARNING EXPIRES AT 7 PM.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE MOVING OUT OF THE
REGION...BUT GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. WITH SPEEDS
REMAINING IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THIS EVENING...A WIND ADVISORY
HAS BEEN ISSUED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

$$

TXZ094-095-105>107-121>123-135-146>148-160>162-174-175-250400-
/O.EXT.KFWD.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070225T0400Z/
FANNIN-LAMAR-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-HENDERSON-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-FALLS-LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BONHAM...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...MARLIN...MEXIA...
GROESBECK...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON...
ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT
704 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 10 PM.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE EXITING THE REGION...
BUT GUSTY WINDS WILL LINGER THIS EVENING. WITH SPEEDS REMAINING
IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE...DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

$$

25
000 
WWUS74 KFWD 250400
NPWFWD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1000 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...WIND ADVISORY EXPIRED AT 10 PM...

.ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...ADVISORY
CRITERIA WILL NOT BE MET THE BULK OF THE NIGHT. AS SUCH...THE WIND
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-250500-
/O.EXP.KFWD.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070225T0400Z/
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-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-
LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
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...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...
COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON...
MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...CORSICANA...TEAGUE...
FAIRFIELD...PALESTINE...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE...
KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO...MARLIN...MEXIA...
GROESBECK...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON...
ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT
959 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...WIND ADVISORY EXPIRED AT 10 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY EXPIRED AT 10 PM THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL REMAIN
GUSTY OVERNIGHT...AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF
VENTURING OUT TONIGHT.

$$

25

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 Feb 23, 11:30 AM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 11:30 AM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1130 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

.AVIATION...
EXPECT MVFR CIGS TO LINGER THROUGH ABOUT 20Z BEFORE DIURNAL HEATING
RAISES LCLS TO 3500FT.  SOUTH/SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
AROUND 20 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND STAY AT THAT LEVEL THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.  MODELS SUGGEST STRONG MOISTURE ADVECTION WILL
CAUSE CIGS TO LOWER AGAIN TO NEAR 1500FT THIS EVENING AND PERSIST
THROUGH 12Z.  THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL BE CONFINED TO THE 6Z-12Z
HOURS FOR AREA TAFS...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS NORTH OF THE
TRACON.  CONFIDENCE THAT SQUALL LINE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TRACON IS
LOWER AFTER THIS MORNINGS MODEL RUNS...AND EXPECT MORE SCATTERED
COVERAGE OR A BROKEN LINE OF STORMS.  THUS WILL SHOW TEMPO GROUP FOR
METROPLEX SITES AND A PROB30 FOR KACT.

FINALLY THE MAIN ISSUE IS GOING TO BE WINDS SATURDAY.  VERY STEEP
LAPSE RATES WILL DEVELOP AFTER SUNRISE AND MIXING OF 50KT 850 WINDS
SUGGEST THAT 30G40KT WILL MATERIALIZE BY 18Z.  DIRECTION WILL BE
FROM 240 DEGREES WHICH IS A CROSS WIND FOR ALL RUNWAYS AND WILL
RESULT IN MAJOR DELAYS.  TR.92

&&

.1115 AM PUBLIC DISCUSSION...
WE HAVE UPDATE THE GRIDS AND ZONE FORECASTS...PULLING FOG OUT OF THE
SOUTHEASTERN ZONES. WE STILL HAVE A THREAT OF SOME LIGHT
SHOWERS...WHICH SHOULD MAINLY AMOUNT TO BRIEF PERIODS OF DRIZZLE OR
SPRINKLES.   #26

&&

.DISCUSSION...
325 AM CST
NORTH TEXAS WILL BE HIT BY AN INTENSE EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM THIS
WEEKEND. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ANOTHER
UPPER TROUGH AND SURFACE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED MID WEEK WITH SCATTERED
CONVECTION...BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS WEEKENDS.

WE/VE MENTIONED THE DETAILS OF THIS SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SEVERE
WEATHER PARAMETERS FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS...THUS WILL NOT SPEND A LOT
OF TIME REHASHING.

FOR TODAY...WE/VE ADDED SOME FOG OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES FOR
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. STRONG PRESSURE FALLS ACROSS WEST TEXAS
WILL INCREASE OUR WINDS...BUT WE FEEL THEY WILL STAY BELOW
ADVISORY CRITERIA. THERE WILL BE A STRONG CAP IN PLACE OVER THE
REGION...THUS WE HAVE REMOVED POPS FROM THIS MORNING...AND TRIMMED
THEM IN THE EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. LOOKS LIKE ALL CONVECTION
WILL BE ELEVATED.

TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY:  STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION ALONG A
WEST TEXAS DRYLINE THIS EVENING WILL ADVANCE AS A SQUALL LINE AS THE
UPPER SYSTEM NEARS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. THE PUSH WILL BE
FAST WITH THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES BEING HIT FIRST AND HARDEST A FEW
HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SPC HAS A MODERATE RISK OUT FOR THIS
AREA...SEE SWODY1 FOR FULL DETAILS. DAMAGING WINDS (BOW ECHOES) AND
LARGE HAIL ARE THE GREATEST THREAT...BE THERE MAY ALSO BE A FEW
ROTATING CELLS CONSIDERING THE 1-3KM SHEAR. THE SQUALL LINE IS
EXPECTED TO REACH THE I-35 CORRIDOR NEAR SUNRISE AND EXIT THE
EASTERN COUNTIES BEFORE NOON.

VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM
SATURDAY AS MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE STRONG UNIDIRECTIONAL WESTERLY
FLOW ABOVE 1000FT AND STRONG SUBSIDENCE IN THE WAKE OF THE SYSTEM.
THESE WINDS AND VERY LOW RH JUSTIFY THE CURRENT FIRE WEATHER WATCH
FOR SATURDAY. IT MAY BE UPGRADED THIS AFTERNOON AND MOST DEFINITELY
BEFORE DAYBREAK SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY WILL ALSO BE LIKELY AS
WELL FOR SUSTAINED SPEED OF 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

SUNDAY WILL BE COOL AND DRY. MONDAY WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL AS SOUTH
WINDS RETURN. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED MONDAY EVENING....RESULTING
IN A RETURN BACK TO NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR TUESDAY BUT NO RAINFALL.
ANOTHER SURFACE LOW BY MIDWEEK MAY BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN ON
WEDNESDAY...BUT THERE IS CERTAINTY ON THE STRENGTH AND TRAJECTORY OF
THIS SYSTEM.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  70  57  70  41  67 /  20  60  70   0   0
WACO, TX              70  58  75  41  67 /  20  40  40   0   0
PARIS, TX             69  56  72  41  64 /  20  30 100   0   0
DENTON, TX            69  56  69  38  66 /  20  70  60   0   0
MCKINNEY, TX          69  56  69  39  64 /  20  60  80   0   0
DALLAS, TX            70  57  70  44  67 /  20  60  70   0   0
TERRELL, TX           69  58  72  43  63 /  20  40  90   0   0
CORSICANA, TX         70  59  73  41  67 /  20  30  70   0   0
TEMPLE, TX            69  58  75  40  68 /  20  40  20   0   0

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
TXZ091>093-100>104-115>120-129>134-141>146-156>161.

&&

79/75
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 3:45 AM CST, 10 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
345 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-241100-
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-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-
LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
345 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH
TEXAS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WHEN A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM
SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED DRYLINE MOVE ACROSS THE REGION.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN IN THE WESTERN AREAS OF NORTH
TEXAS THIS EVENING AND SPREAD EASTWARD DURING THE NIGHT.  LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE...VERTICAL WIND SHEAR...AND INSTABILITY WILL BE SUFFICIENT
TO SUPPORT THE FORMATION OF SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. WIND SHEAR WILL BE MORE
THAN SUFFICIENT FOR ROTATING STORMS...BUT A WARM CAPPING
INVERSION IN THE LOWER LEVELS WILL LIKELY REDUCE THE TORNADO THREAT.
HOWEVER...A TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...MAINLY NORTHWEST
OF A GAINESVILLE...DECATUR...TO BRECKENRIDGE LINE. A THIN SQUALL
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY INTO THE FAR WESTERN
COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND REACH THE INTERSTATE 35
CORRIDOR AROUND SUNRISE. NO ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AFTER
THE SQUALL LINE PASSES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
A SQUALL LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
RAPIDLY EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY MORNING. THE GREATEST
THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS SHOULD ALL MOVE INTO EAST TEXAS AND LOUISIANA
BY MIDDAY SATURDAY.

THE EXITING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ON
SATURDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS
UP TO 45 MPH.

THE DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER
OVER MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS. THEREFORE...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR SATURDAY ALONG AND WEST OF A SHERMAN TO GROESBECK LINE.

ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
TO NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE WEST OF A SHERMAN...HILLSBORO...TO
LAMPASAS LINE AFTER 8 PM AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER NORTH TEXAS AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

79

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 1:37 PM CSTRed Flag WarningFWDAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more29 hr

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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.