Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Fort Worth, TX

604 
WWUS54 KFWD 182151
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
451 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012

TXC097-182201-
/O.CAN.KFWD.SV.W.0285.000000T0000Z-120818T2230Z/
COOKE TX-
451 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COOKE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3343 9731 3315 9720 3299 9753 3300 9766
      3303 9790 3303 9791 3307 9789 3344 9763
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 006DEG 20KT 3348 9724 3333 9752
          3339 9776

$$

TXC121-497-182230-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0285.000000T0000Z-120818T2230Z/
DENTON TX-WISE TX-
451 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR WISE AND NORTHWESTERN DENTON COUNTIES...

AT 451 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 22 MILES NORTH OF PONDER TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF DECATUR TO 13
MILES NORTH OF BRIDGEPORT...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  DECATUR AROUND 510 PM CDT...
  BRIDGEPORT AROUND 520 PM CDT...
  BOYD...AURORA...PONDER AND COTTONDALE AROUND 530 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS STREETS...DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT.

&&

LAT...LON 3343 9731 3315 9720 3299 9753 3300 9766
      3303 9790 3303 9791 3307 9789 3344 9763
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 006DEG 20KT 3348 9724 3333 9752
          3339 9776

$$

303 
WWUS54 KFWD 182210
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
510 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012

TXC121-497-182230-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0285.000000T0000Z-120818T2230Z/
DENTON TX-WISE TX-
510 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR WISE AND NORTHWESTERN DENTON COUNTIES...

AT 510 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF PONDER TO 9 MILES EAST OF DECATUR TO
DECATUR...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BOONSVILLE AROUND 525 PM CDT...
  BOYD...PONDER...AURORA AND RHOME AROUND 530 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 3343 9731 3315 9720 3299 9753 3300 9766
      3303 9790 3303 9791 3307 9789 3344 9763
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 349DEG 22KT 3335 9730 3323 9744
          3323 9759

$$

357 
WWUS54 KFWD 182225
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
525 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012

TXC121-497-182233-
/O.EXP.KFWD.SV.W.0285.000000T0000Z-120818T2230Z/
DENTON TX-WISE TX-
525 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WISE AND NORTHWESTERN DENTON
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 530 PM CDT...

AT 525 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING
WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE.

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE 
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM. LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER 
FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE PONDING FROMT HE HEAVY RAINS. 

LAT...LON 3343 9731 3315 9720 3299 9753 3300 9766
      3303 9790 3303 9791 3307 9789 3344 9763
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 349DEG 22KT 3327 9728 3315 9742
          3315 9757

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
406 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012

.DISCUSSION...

NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED IN THE SHORT TERM ANALYSIS ASPECT OF THE
FORECAST...SO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST DISCUSSION HAS BEEN ATTACHED
BELOW FOR REFERENCE. PRIMARY CHANGE TO THE FORECAST WAS THE
ISSUANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 584 FOR AREAS
GENERALLY WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE DFW METROPLEX.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER
NORTHWEST OF THE METROPLEX HAS ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO
THE LOWER TO MID 90S. AT THE SAME TIME DEW POINTS HAVE BEEN
HOLDING IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S WHICH HAS ALLOWED FOR SOME WEAK TO
MODERATE DESTABILIZATION THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE DEVELOPED TO THE WEST OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT HAD
EMBEDDED GRAVITY WAVES EARLIER THIS MORNING. THE FLOW ALOFT
REMAINS RELATIVELY WEAK AT THIS TIME...AND THE GENERAL LACK OF
DEEP LAYER SHEAR SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A PULSE-SEVERE TYPE
STORM MODE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

AS MENTIONED BELOW...IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS SHORTWAVE TROUGH CONTINUES SOUTH...UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL
PICK UP IN INTENSITY BY EARLY THIS EVENING. IF SUFFICIENT
INSTABILITY REMAINS IN PLACE...THIS MAY RESULT IN A MORE ORGANIZED
STORM MODE AND BETTER SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES FOR THE NORTHERN
THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA AROUND/AFTER SUNSET. CONTINUE TO
ANTICIPATE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS OF MICROBURST WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL. THE MOST WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM RELATED HAZARD WILL
BE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING. EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON A STORM WAS OBSERVED ON RADAR WITH AN ECHO TOP ABOVE 40
THOUSAND FEET BUT WITH A 50 DBZ CORE BELOW 15 THOUSAND FEET. THIS
TYPE OF RADAR SIGNATURE IS INDICATIVE OF VERY EFFICIENT RAINFALL
PROCESSES AND SIGNALS A MORE SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR LOCALIZED
FLOODING FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THINK
FLOODING WILL REMAIN LOCALIZED IN IMPACT...THEREFORE WILL NOT
ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE.

TONIGHT...DUE TO NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THE SYNOPTIC COLD
FRONT IS DIFFICULT TO PICK OUT IN REGIONAL SURFACE OBSERVATIONS.
WHAT IS EASIER TO ANALYZE IS A STRONG PUSH OF DRY AIR ASSOCIATED
WITH STRONGER NORTHERLY WINDS ACROSS WESTERN KS THIS AFTERNOON.
EFFECTIVELY THE CONSOLIDATED OUTFLOW ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS IN OK
IS BEHAVING LIKE A COLD FRONT WITH FAIRLY STABLE AIR OBSERVED TO
THE NORTH OF THE LINE OF CONVECTION SINKING SOUTH TOWARDS THE RED
RIVER AT THE TIME OF THIS DISCUSSION. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND OUT AHEAD OF THIS
CONSOLIDATED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
WHEREVER STORMS PERSIST...HOWEVER THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS
EXPECTED TO BE LOW AFTER MIDNIGHT AS RADIATIONAL COOLING AND THE
SOUTHWARD PROGRESS OF THE OKLAHOMA OUTFLOW BOTH STABILIZE THE
ENVIRONMENT.

TOMORROW...IDENTIFYING THE SYNOPTIC COLD FRONT IS A NONTRIVIAL
ISSUE BECAUSE THE NAM INDICATES THAT THIS PUSH OF DRY AIR WILL
PROVIDE THE IMPETUS FOR NEW THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP
ACROSS NORTH TX SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE LOWER RESOLUTION GUIDANCE
FROM THE GFS AND ECMWF BOTH SEEM TO FAVOR THIS CONSOLIDATED
OUTFLOW AS THE FRONT WHICH CAUSES BOTH MODELS TO KEEP US DRY OVER
THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NORTH TX TOMORROW AFTERNOON. AT THIS
TIME IT IS DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHICH SOLUTION TO TRUST BECAUSE THE
AIRMASS BEHIND THIS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY COULD BE HEATED TOMORROW
THROUGHOUT THE DAY GREATLY REDUCING LOW LEVEL STABILITY BEFORE
DRIER AIR WORKS INTO THE CWA. FOR NOW LINGERED 20 POPS BACK NORTH
OF THE METROPLEX TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBILITY
THAT WE GET ENOUGH HEATING TO ALLOW FOR STORMS OUT AHEAD OF THE
LOW LEVEL DRY AIR PUNCH FORECAST BY THE NAM TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
CONFIDENCE IN THE NAMS SOLUTION IS NOT HIGH AS THERE WILL PROBABLY
BE PLENTY OF CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS AROUND THE AREA. HOWEVER THE
NAM DOES APPEAR TO BE HANDLING THE DRY AIR PUNCH IN WESTERN KS
BETTER...SO IT CANT BE IGNORED EITHER. REGARDLESS...THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES WILL EXIT THE REGION BY SUNDAY NIGHT AS ALL GUIDANCE
INDICATES MUCH DRIER LOW LEVEL AIR FILTERING INTO THE REGION.

NEXT WEEK...LEFT PREVIOUS FORECAST UNCHANGED AT THIS TIME. ECMWF
CONTINUES TO ADVERTISE A FAIRLY STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING
TOWARDS NORTH TX TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. THINK THAT THE LOW
LEVEL AIRMASS WILL BE TOO DRY TO ALLOW FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT WITH THIS FEATURE AT THIS TIME. COULD SEE THE NEED TO
INCLUDE A 10 PERCENT MENTION OF STORMS IN THE FORECAST IF THIS
FEATURE IS AS STRONG AS THE ECMWF ADVERTISES. OTHERWISE CONTINUED
PREVIOUS FORECASTS INCREASE IN SKY COVER AND LOWERED HIGHS A
COUPLE OF DEGREES AS A RESULT. WE SHOULD SEE BETTER MOISTURE
RETURN TO THE REGION AS SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNS THROUGH NORTH TX BY
LATE IN THE WEEK. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CONTINUES TO
WARRANT A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA ON
FRIDAY WITH BETTER MOISTURE TO WORK WITH.

CAVANAUGH

&&

.UPDATE /ISSUED AT 1207 PM CDT/...

INCREASED PRECIPITATION CHANCES ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
TEXAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

MORNING ANALYSIS REVEALED A FEW FEATURES THAT WILL SUPPORT RAIN
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON.
THE EASIEST FEATURE TO ANALYZE IS A COLD FRONT WHICH CONTINUES TO
RESIDE OVER OKLAHOMA LATE THIS MORNING. THIS FRONT IS MOVING
SLOWLY SOUTH AND LOOKS ON PACE TO MOVE INTO NORTH TX LATE TONIGHT
INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SOUTH OF THIS FRONT A FAIRLY WELL ORGANIZED
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EVIDENT AND ADVANCING SOUTH
TOWARDS THE RED RIVER. THIS LINE OF PRECIPITATION SEEMS TIED TO A
BAND OF MORE FOCUSED LARGE SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT ASSOCIATED
WITH A SHORTWAVE TROUGH DIVING SOUTH THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS
THIS MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN
SOME LOOSE ORGANIZATION AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH TX THIS
AFTERNOON.

ASIDE FROM THIS LINE OF PRECIPITATION...BROAD ISENTROPIC LIFT OR
WARM AIR ADVECTION REMAINS IN PLACE OVER ALMOST ALL OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL TX. OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS AROUND AND SOUTHEAST OF THE
WACO AREA HAS LEFT A RELATIVELY COOL AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE
SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS HAS ACTUALLY SERVED TO
LOCALLY STEEPEN LOW LEVEL ISENTROPIC SURFACES...THEREBY ENHANCING
LOW LEVEL FORCING FOR ASCENT LATE THIS MORNING. BASICALLY ONGOING
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS ACTUALLY CREATED MORE FAVORABLE
CONDITIONS FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT WENT
AHEAD AND BUMPED POPS UP TO 60 PERCENT FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS
OF THE FORECAST AREA..INCLUDING WACO AND KILLEEN/TEMPLE
METROPOLITAN AREAS. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOMEWHAT
ELEVATED IN NATURE AND THEREFORE PRESENTS A RELATIVELY LOW SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

THE LAST FEATURE TO MENTION IS THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING
SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTH TX THAT HAD SEVERAL VISIBLE EMBEDDED
GRAVITY WAVES LATE THIS MORNING AS IT MOVED OVER THE DFW
METROPLEX. THIS BOUNDARY AND THESE WAVES HAVE HELPED SET OFF SOME
ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR
JUST SOUTH OF TARRANT AND DALLAS COUNTIES. WHILE THIS ACTIVITY IS
NOT OVERLY STRONG AT THIS TIME...THE LONGER IT PERSISTS...THE MORE
LIKELY IT IS TO ENHANCE LOW LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION AND
ISENTROPIC LIFT. THIS MAY RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS
ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING OVER THE
SOUTHERN CWA LATE THIS MORNING.

FOR THE BIG PICTURE...WITH ALL OF THESE FACTORS COMBINED THOUGHT
IT WAS NECESSARY TO BUMP UP POPS FOR MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TX
THIS AFTERNOON. BECAUSE MOST ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE ELEVATED
IN NATURE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER SEEMS LOW. OUR BIGGEST THREAT IS GOING TO BE FROM SLOW
MOVING STORMS THAT PRODUCE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL WHICH MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS. WILL NOT ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH AT THIS TIME AS CURRENT THINKING IS THAT FLASH FLOODING WILL
BE A LOCALIZED THREAT BEST HANDLED WITH LOCAL STATEMENTS AND
WARNINGS AT THIS TIME.

LASTLY...WITH REGARDS TO HIGH RESOLUTION MODEL GUIDANCE...HERE ARE
SOME OBSERVATIONS WITH REGARDS TO SHORT TERM SCIENTIFIC FORECAST
CONCERNS FOR THUNDERSTORM EVOLUTION THIS AFTERNOON. NEARLY ALL
HIGH RESOLUTION MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS ORGANIZING ACROSS OKLAHOMA WILL GROW INTO A LINEAR
MCS CONTAINING SOME RESPECTABLE WINDS (AROUND 40 KTS SUSTAINED)
WITHIN ITS SUSTAINED OUTFLOW. HIGH RESOLUTION GUIDANCE BRINGS THIS
SYSTEM ACROSS THE RED RIVER BY 20Z WHICH SHOULD SIGNIFY AN
ENHANCED STRAIGHT LINE WIND THREAT FOR OUR NORTHERN CWA ONCE IT
ARRIVES. SHORTLY THEREAFTER GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT THIS COMPLEX
EFFECTIVELY DISSIPATES ALLOWING COLD OUTFLOW TO GREATLY
OUTDISTANCE SIMULATED REFLECTIVITY CORES. THIS MAY SEEM COUNTER-
INTUITIVE WITH GENERALLY WARMER AIR TO THE SOUTH OF THIS LINE OF
STORMS BUT SEEMS SUPPORTED BY A CLOSER LOOK AT SURFACE ANALYSIS
FIELDS. HOURLY SURFACE ANALYSIS OF THETA-E COURTESY OF DAVE BARBER
INDICATES A GENERAL INCREASE OF THETA-E SOUTHEAST OF THE OKLAHOMA
LINE OF STORMS. BARBERS ANALYSIS ALSO LOOKS AT THE GRADIENT OF
SURFACE THETA-E AND SHOWS THAT THE THETA-E GRADIENT SOUTHEAST OF
NORTH TX IS TIGHTER THAN THE GRADIENT ACROSS THE CWA. THE THETA-E
GRADIENT IS ONCE AGAIN HIGHER ACROSS OKLAHOMA WITH THE INFLUENCE
OF THE COLD FRONT AND CONSOLIDATED OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FACTORED IN.
THIS LEAVES NORTH TX WITHIN A POSITIVE LAPLACIAN IN THE LOW LEVEL
THETA-E FIELD.

THIS THERMODYNAMIC CONSIDERATION COMBINED WITH WEAKER DEEP LAYER
SHEAR IN PLACE ACROSS NORTH TX SEEMS TO SUPPORT THE HIGH
RESOLUTION MODEL GUIDANCE SOLUTION THAT A LINEAR MCS WOULD HAVE
TROUBLE CONTAINING ITS SYSTEM RELATIVE OUTFLOW AS IT MOVES INTO
THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. SO BOTTOM LINE...THIS SEEMS TO SIMPLY
REINFORCE LOW CONFIDENCE IN AN ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER EVENT
ACROSS NORTH TX THIS AFTERNOON. DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE AFTER 00Z AS THE CENTRAL PLAINS SHORTWAVE MOVES CLOSER TO
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. IF THERE IS SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY LEFT THIS
MAY RESULT IN A SLIGHT INCREASE IN SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES THIS
EVENING ACROSS NORTH TX. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS POTENTIAL
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND UPDATE THE FORECAST IF THE
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT LOOKS TO INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY.

CAVANAUGH

&&

.AVIATION...
STORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AREAS NEAR WACO AND WILL
CONTINUE TO MENTION VCTS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. STORMS MAY STILL
BE POSSIBLE AFTER 1Z...BUT WASNT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO CONTINUE
MENTIONING THUNDER. WILL TEMPO -TSRA FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS
PROBABILITIES FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION IMPACTING KACT IS HIGH.

FOR THE METROPLEX...ONLY 2 THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEAR KFWS AT THIS
TIME. WITH FURTHER DESTABILIZATION AND BETTER LIFT IN OKLAHOMA
MOVING SOUTH...THINK PRECIP CHANCES WILL BE INCREASING. WILL
MENTION VCTS FROM 20Z TO 01Z...BUT DIDNT HAVE THE SAME CONFIDENCE
TO TEMPO -TSRA LIKE WACO. ADDITIONAL PRECIP IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.

A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING A NORTHERLY WIND SHIFT INTO THE
METROPLEX TAF SITES TOMORROW. MOVED IT BACK A COUPLE OF HOURS TO
16Z...AS SOME OF THE MORNING MODEL GUIDANCE IS SUGGESTING A LATER
ARRIVAL.

85/NH

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  75  87  68  89  68 /  60  40   5   0   0
WACO, TX              75  93  69  91  65 /  50  40  10   0   0
PARIS, TX             72  83  64  86  63 /  60  40   5   0   0
DENTON, TX            75  84  64  88  63 /  60  30   5   0   5
MCKINNEY, TX          72  85  62  86  62 /  60  40   5   0   0
DALLAS, TX            75  86  69  89  69 /  60  40   5   0   0
TERRELL, TX           74  88  67  88  66 /  60  40  10   0   0
CORSICANA, TX         72  87  69  90  67 /  50  40  10   0   0
TEMPLE, TX            73  93  68  93  65 /  50  40  10   0   0
MINERAL WELLS, TX     71  89  64  90  63 /  60  30   5   0   5

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
325 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-191145-
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-
325 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTH TEXAS. SEVERE STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
QUARTER SIZE HAIL. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH ANY STORMS. THE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS ON
SUNDAY WITH RAIN CHANCES ENDING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BY LATE IN THE
DAY. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED MAINLY NORTH OF
A COMANCHE TO HILLSBORO TO ATHENS LINE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
359 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012

TXZ091>093-182130-
GRAYSON TX-MONTAGUE TX-COOKE TX-
359 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  COOKE COUNTY
  SOUTHWESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY
  SOUTHEASTERN MONTAGUE COUNTY

AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF
GAINESVILLE TO 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NOCONA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CALLISBURG...
COLLINSVILLE...DORCHESTER...GAINESVILLE...GUNTER...LINDSAY...
MUENSTER...ST. JO...WHITESBORO...FORESTBURG AND RAY ROBERTS PARK
JOHNSON BRANCH.

PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE
STORMS.

IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

LAT...LON 3384 9716 3382 9720 3380 9720 3373 9716
      3372 9711 3375 9709 3380 9711 3382 9706
      3385 9710 3386 9706 3385 9703 3388 9699
      3340 9656 3344 9768 3370 9774 3388 9717
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 336DEG 15KT 3381 9709 3365 9759

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
423 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012

TXZ102-117-182200-
WISE TX-PARKER TX-
423 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL PARKER COUNTY
  SOUTHWESTERN WISE COUNTY

AT 423 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRIDGEPORT...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SPRINGTOWN...BOONSVILLE AND
POOLVILLE.

PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.

IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

LAT...LON 3292 9759 3280 9785 3300 9793 3315 9792
      3316 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 309DEG 10KT 3301 9787

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
432 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012

TXZ091-092-102-103-182200-
DENTON TX-MONTAGUE TX-WISE TX-COOKE TX-
432 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  COOKE COUNTY
  NORTHWESTERN DENTON COUNTY
  SOUTHEASTERN MONTAGUE COUNTY
  NORTHEASTERN WISE COUNTY

AT 431 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GAINESVILLE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF DECATUR...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE ALVORD...DECATUR...
GAINESVILLE...LINDSAY...SANGER...FORESTBURG AND RAY ROBERTS PARK
JOHNSON BRANCH.

PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE
STORMS.

LAT...LON 3343 9701 3312 9767 3343 9773 3352 9774
      3359 9749 3374 9717 3372 9714 3372 9711
      3375 9709 3378 9710 3381 9704
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 356DEG 21KT 3367 9713 3344 9760