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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 14, 2012, 12:30 AM CDT for Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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
- Oct 14, 2012, 12:30 AM CDT (05:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
County Tarrant County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 14 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
- 1344 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 759 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.1
- Supercell composite
- 17.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Oct 13, 11:58 PM CDT, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 11:58 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 2:50 PM CDT, 9 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 250 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-141230- 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- 250 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...THOUGH HIGHEST COVERAGE WILL BE WEST OF A SHERMAN...DALLAS...TO LAMPASAS LINE LATER IN THE DAY. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS TO BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH...AND LARGE HAIL. THERE REMAINS A POSSIBILITY OF A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES THROUGH MID EVENING WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. STORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE AND OVERSPREAD ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES EAST/SOUTHEAST. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO A THREAT OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LINGER SOUTH OF A GOLDTHWAITE TO ENNIS TO EMORY LINE SUNDAY MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TO THE EASTERN HALF NORTH TEXAS ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS...ESPECIALLY WEST OF A LAMPASAS...TO DALLAS...TO SHERMAN LINE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 13, 9:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
959 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
TXZ101-140330-
JACK TX-
959 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
CENTRAL JACK COUNTY
AT 959 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAHAM...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BRYSON AND JACKSBORO.
PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3343 9797 3331 9791 3316 9792 3308 9843
3328 9842 3344 9798
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 259DEG 38KT 3320 9837
CAVANAUGHSpecial weather statement, Oct 13, 10:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1018 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
TXZ102-140345-
WISE TX-
1018 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
WISE COUNTY
AT 1018 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRIDGEPORT...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ALVORD...AURORA...BOYD...
BRIDGEPORT...CHICO...DECATUR...BOONSVILLE AND COTTONDALE.
PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3343 9738 3300 9739 3299 9741 3300 9792
3343 9792 3343 9791 3344 9742
TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 255DEG 29KT 3332 9789Special weather statement, Oct 13, 11:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1110 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012 TXZ101-102-116-117-140445- JACK TX-PALO PINTO TX-WISE TX-PARKER TX- 1110 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHEASTERN JACK COUNTY NORTHEASTERN PALO PINTO COUNTY NORTHERN PARKER COUNTY SOUTHWESTERN WISE COUNTY AT 1110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINERAL WELLS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BOYD...BRIAR...GRAFORD... RENO...SPRINGTOWN...BOONSVILLE...COTTONDALE...POOLVILLE AND MINERAL WELLS STATE PARK. PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3313 9825 3313 9756 3284 9755 3284 9829 TIME...MOT...LOC 0410Z 270DEG 37KT 3300 9795
Special weather statement, Oct 13, 11:54 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 30 min |
| Oct 13, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 64 min |
| Oct 13, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Montague | 29 min |
| Oct 13, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 66 min |
| Oct 13, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 33 min |
| Oct 13, 8:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 37 min |
| Oct 13, 9:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Cooke, Montague | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 26 min |
| Oct 13, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke | 27 min |
| Oct 13, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 53 min |
| Oct 13, 9:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 31 min |
| Oct 13, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Wise | 27 min |
| Oct 13, 10:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Grayson | 2 hr |
| Oct 13, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 56 min |
| Oct 13, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 37 min |
| Oct 13, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 35 min |
| Oct 13, 11:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker | 35 min |
| Oct 13, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Wise | 59 min |
| Oct 13, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Lamar | 64 min |
| Oct 13, 11:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 36 min |
| Oct 14, 12:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hood | 27 min |
| Oct 14, 12:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker | 33 min |
| Oct 14, 12:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 31 min |
| Oct 14, 1:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Johnson | 33 min |
| Oct 14, 1:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 35 min |
| Oct 14, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Ellis | 34 min |
| Oct 14, 4:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 96 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.