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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 9, 2012Lampasas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2012, 5:12 PM CDT for Lampasas County, Texas. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 9, 2012, 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX

County Lampasas County, TX

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 9, 4:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 4:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
410 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012

.UPDATE...
GOOD CUMULUS FIELDS HAVE DEVELOPED NORTHWEST OF A BONHAM...TO
CLEBURNE TO COMANCHE LINE...SO HAVE ADDED A MENTION OF
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA. GIVEN THE
SOUNDINGS...AND THE 40 DEGREE PLUS DEW POINT DEPRESSIONS...STRONG
DOWNBURST WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

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&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 301 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012/
DRIER AIR HAS ENTERED NORTHWESTERN NORTH TEXAS WITH THE FRONT.
DEW POINTS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE LOWER 50S ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF
A LINE FROM BOWIE TO BRECKENRIDGE. THE FRONT SHOULD STALL ACROSS
THE AREA...POSSIBLY NEAR A LINE FROM PARIS TO DALLAS TO
COMANCHE...AND SLOWLY RETREAT NORTH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS VERY DRY AIR ALOFT OVER NORTH
TEXAS...AND ALTHOUGH LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY IS PRESENT MOST CELLS
THAT START ASCENDING WILL ENTRAIN A LOT OF DRY AIR AND LIKELY NOT
FORM STORMS. CAPE VALUES ABOVE 2000 J/KG EXIST IN THE FAR EASTERN
ZONES...AND HAVE KEPT LOW POPS SOUTH OF THE FRONT BECAUSE OF THE
DEEPER MOISTURE AND ADEQUATE INSTABILITY IN THOSE AREAS.

LOW PRECIP CHANCES WILL REMAIN IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. THE WEEKEND SHOULD BE DRY...WITH
PRECIP CHANCES ON SUNDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT IN THE EAST AS THE
NEXT FRONT PUSHES INTO THE AREA ON MONDAY. THE RIDGE IS THEN
FORECAST TO SLIDE EAST OVER TEXAS BY MID WEEK...BUT THE RIDGE
FLATTENS OUT A BIT AS WELL AND HIGHS SHOULD ONLY BE A BIT WARMER
THAN EARLIER NEXT WEEK. 84

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  77  96  73  98  77 /  20   5   5   5   5
WACO, TX              77  99  72  99  75 /  20  20  10   5   5
PARIS, TX             74  93  68  95  72 /  20  10   5   5   5
DENTON, TX            74  95  69  99  75 /  20   5   5   5   5
MCKINNEY, TX          74  95  68  98  74 /  20   5   5   5   5
DALLAS, TX            78  96  74  98  77 /  20   5   5   5   5
TERRELL, TX           76  97  71  99  74 /  20  10   5   5   5
CORSICANA, TX         77  98  73  99  75 /  20  20  10   5   5
TEMPLE, TX            76  99  73 100  74 /  20  20   5   5  10
MINERAL WELLS, TX     74  96  69  99  75 /  20   5   5   5   5

&&

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

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 4:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 4:24 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
424 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012

TXZ094-095-092200-
FANNIN TX-LAMAR TX-
424 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN FANNIN COUNTY
  NORTHWESTERN LAMAR COUNTY

AT 424 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES EAST OF DURANT IN BRYAN COUNTY
OKLAHOMA...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
THIS STORM.

IF THIS STORM CONTINUES ON ITS PRESENT COURSE...A SEVERE WEATHER
WARNING MAY BE NEEDED BY 5 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3384 9583 3387 9581 3385 9577 3388 9577
      3388 9573 3368 9570 3367 9609 3385 9609
      3385 9601 3388 9600 3387 9595 3389 9592
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 353DEG 17KT 3407 9597

85/NH

Local storm report, Aug 9, 4:28 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 4:52 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
452 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012

TXZ095-092230-
LAMAR TX-
452 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LAMAR COUNTY

AT 453 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUGO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3369 9550 3359 9575 3381 9586 3384 9585
      3387 9581 3385 9577 3388 9577 3390 9575
      3389 9569 3391 9566
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 334DEG 20KT 3388 9577

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 5:12 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson, Tarrant	29 min
Aug 8, 8:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lamar	38 min
Aug 8, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	58 min
Aug 8, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Lamar	33 min
Aug 8, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis	34 min
Aug 9, 2:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Freestone	30 min
Aug 9, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Coryell	31 min
Aug 9, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Coryell	36 min
Aug 9, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell	40 min
Aug 9, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	36 min
Aug 9, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lamar	38 min
Aug 9, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Delta	35 min
Aug 9, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hill	32 min
Aug 9, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	26 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.