Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this wind advisory at Jun 3, 2008, 2:22 AM CDT for 29 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jun 3, 2008, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2008, 2:22 AM CDT (07:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 3, 2008, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
All 29 counties
Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, McLennan 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), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:22 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 1888 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KFWD 030722 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 222 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY... .SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 T0 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR TODAY GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A SHERMAN TO ROCKWALL TO TEMPLE LINE. TXZ091>093-100>104-115>120-129>134-141>145-156>159-031800- /O.NEW.KFWD.WI.Y.0021.080603T1600Z-080604T0100Z/ 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 222 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ALONG AND WEST OF A SHERMAN TO ROCKWALL TO TEMPLE LINE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BOATERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. RESIDENTS MAY WISH TO TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND IN THE STRONG WINDS. $$ SCHULTZ
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KFWD 031749 AAA NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1249 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH 8 PM... .SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 T0 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A SHERMAN TO ROCKWALL TO TEMPLE LINE. TXZ091>093-100>104-115>120-129>134-141>145-156>159-040100- /O.CON.KFWD.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-080604T0100Z/ 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 1249 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ALONG AND WEST OF A SHERMAN TO ROCKWALL TO TEMPLE LINE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BOATERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. RESIDENTS MAY WISH TO TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND IN THE STRONG WINDS. $$
000 WWUS74 KFWD 040100 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 800 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM... .WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING AND THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM. TXZ091>093-100>104-115>120-129>134-141>145-156>159-040200- /O.EXP.KFWD.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-080604T0100Z/ 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 800 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. $$
Nearby
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.