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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 20, 2010, 3:56 AM CDT for 31 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 20, 2010, 11:52 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2010, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 20, 2010, 11:52 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2010, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
All 31 counties
Bell County, TX, Bosque 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, Falls County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Lampasas 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, Robertson 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), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Mar 20, 3:32 AM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 3:32 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 332 AM CDT SAT MAR 20 2010 .DISCUSSION... FIRST WE/VE ADDED TARRANT...DALLAS...ROCKWAL...KAUFMAN AND VA ZANDT COUNTIES TO THE EXISTING WSW. IT IS A VERY COMPLICATED FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 30 HOURS DUE THE WINTER WEATHER INVADING THE NORTHERN CWA. A VERY INTENSE WINTER CYCLONE IS IN THE MAKING FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS... STANDARDIZED 500 MB ANOMALIES ARE RUNNING UP TO MINUS 4.0 AS THE UPPER LOW TRACKS EAST OF I-35 AND INTO LOUISIANA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS ALONG A BONHAM TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE AT 3AM AND MOVING ABOUT 16 KNOTS SOUTHEAST. IT SHOULD CLEAR PALESTINE AND CENTERVILLE AROUND 9AM. COLD AIR IS FILTERING IN BEHIND THE FRONT AND WILL SEND TEMPERATURES DOWN TO NEAR FREEZING OVER THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES BY MID AFTERNOON. FORECAST SOUNDINGS NORTH OF I-30 ARE ALL FAVORABLE FOR DENDRITE PRODUCTION DOWN TO I-30 TONIGHT. MODELS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL RUNS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A STRONG TROWEL SIGNATURE OVER OKLAHOMA THAT NOSES DOWN INTO NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON SUNDAY. THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS FEATURE WILL BE NORTH OF A DENTON TO EMORY LINE WITH FANNIN AND LAMAR COUNTIES IN THE CROSSHAIRS FOR 3 PLUS INCHES OF SNOWFALL. FOR THIS REASONING WE/VE ADDED SOME COUNTIES TO WSW...INCLUDING THE METROPLEX WHERE NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY COULD SEE ONE INCH. WOULD EXPECT THE SNOWFALL TO AFFECT I-35...DENTON AND NORTHWARD...THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL INTO OKLAHOMA WILL BE DIFF CULT AND TREACHEROUS. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUST TO 40 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL BUT THE FAR EASTERN COUNTIES WILL BE IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER FREEZE WILL OCCUR OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF SUNDAY MORNING...AND OVER THE NORTHWEST CWA AND NORTH OF I-30 MONDAY MORNING. THE UPPER LOW WILL PULL AWAY FROM NORTH TEXAS ON MONDAY WITH TEMPERATURES REBOUNDING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. OUR NEXT SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE MIDWEEK WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. FRIDAY SHOULD BE DRY AND SEASONAL. 75 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 41 32 45 35 65 / 100 40 20 5 0 WACO, TX 43 32 54 34 68 / 90 5 10 5 0 PARIS, TX 51 32 37 31 57 / 100 80 70 5 0 DENTON, TX 40 32 44 32 65 / 100 50 20 5 0 MCKINNEY, TX 44 32 43 32 63 / 100 60 40 5 0 DALLAS, TX 42 32 45 35 65 / 100 40 20 5 0 TERRELL, TX 47 32 44 34 63 / 100 40 30 5 0 CORSICANA, TX 49 33 48 34 66 / 100 10 10 5 0 TEMPLE, TX 44 33 57 34 71 / 80 5 10 5 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ091-092-100>103-115>119-129>134-141>146-156>161-174-175. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR TXZ094-095-105>107-120>123. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR TXZ093-104. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR TXZ091-092-100>103. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR TXZ118-119. && /75
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 11:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 19, 11:31 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1131 PM CDT FRI MAR 19 2010 TXZ115>122-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-201700- STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN- VAN ZANDT-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON- COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON- LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM- ROBERTSON- 1131 PM CDT FRI MAR 19 2010 ...A CHANCE OF SNOW AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS EARLY SATURDAY WITH COLD CANADIAN AIR RETURNING TO THE REGION. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SNOW GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR...BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AREAS NORTH OF A GRAHAM TO DENTON TO EMORY LINE HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL...WHICH MAY REACH 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON ELEVATED AND GRASS SURFACES. ANY SNOWFALL SHOULD MELT OFF BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE LOWER 40S. NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO RETURN TO AREAS NORTHWEST OF A COMANCHE TO SHERMAN LINE DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. BY SATURDAY NIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO COOL TO NEAR FREEZING ACROSS THE ENTIRE NORTH TEXAS AREA. YET ANOTHER FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING. NORTH TEXAS RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION. RESIDENTS OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH FOR ANY CHANGES IN THIS WINTER EVENT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 6:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Falls, Limestone, Milam | 26 min |
| Mar 20, 7:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Milam, Robertson | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 8:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Leon, Robertson | 54 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.