Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 29, 2011, 3:17 AM CDT for 17 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 29, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2011, 3:17 AM CDT (08:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
Counties Bosque County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Mills County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
314 WWUS74 KFWD 290817 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 317 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND WEST OF A BOWIE TO GATESVILLE LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED WHERE THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE EARLY THIS EVENING. TXZ091-100>102-115>117-129>132-141>144-156-157-291700- /O.NEW.KFWD.WI.Y.0013.110429T1700Z-110430T0100Z/ MONTAGUE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-EASTLAND- ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-LAMPASAS- CORYELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GRAHAM...OLNEY... JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS... WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN... STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY...OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE... COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON... MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE 317 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BOWIE TO WEATHERFORD TO GATESVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ 82/JLD
2 follow-up statements
671 WWUS74 KFWD 291633 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1133 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND WEST OF A BOWIE TO GATESVILLE LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED WHERE THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE EARLY THIS EVENING. TXZ091-100>102-115>117-129>132-141>144-156-157-300045- /O.CON.KFWD.WI.Y.0013.110429T1700Z-110430T0100Z/ MONTAGUE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-EASTLAND- ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-LAMPASAS- CORYELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GRAHAM...OLNEY... JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS... WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN... STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY...OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE... COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON... MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE 1133 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BOWIE TO WEATHERFORD TO GATESVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BOATERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. RESIDENTS MAY WISH TO TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND IN THE STRONG WINDS. && $$
075 WWUS74 KFWD 300042 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 742 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. ... .STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING...BUT WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT GUSTY OVERNIGHT. THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TXZ091-100>102-115>117-129>132-141>144-156-157-300145- /O.EXP.KFWD.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-110430T0100Z/ MONTAGUE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-EASTLAND- ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-LAMPASAS- CORYELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GRAHAM...OLNEY... JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS... WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN... STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY...OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE... COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON... MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE 742 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING...BUT WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT GUSTY OVERNIGHT. THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT. $$
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.