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Special Weather Statement, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 14, 2012Dallas County, Tarrant County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 14, 2012, 12:59 AM CDT for Dallas County, Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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, 12:59 AM CDT (05:59 UTC)
Expired
Oct 14, 2012, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX

Counties Dallas County, TX, Tarrant County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:01 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 20 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-10-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1344 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 324 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Oct 13, 11:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 11:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 2:50 PM CDT, 10 hours 9 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, 11:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 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, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 14, 12:18 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 14, 12:30 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 14, 12:42 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 14, 12:59 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack30 min
Oct 13, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke64 min
Oct 13, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague29 min
Oct 13, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson66 min
Oct 13, 8:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung33 min
Oct 13, 8:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack37 min
Oct 13, 9:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCooke, Montague3 hr
Oct 13, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson26 min
Oct 13, 9:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke27 min
Oct 13, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson53 min
Oct 13, 9:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack31 min
Oct 13, 10:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise27 min
Oct 13, 10:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDGrayson2 hr
Oct 13, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin56 min
Oct 13, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise37 min
Oct 13, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton35 min
Oct 13, 11:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker35 min
Oct 13, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Wise59 min
Oct 13, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Lamar64 min
Oct 13, 11:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant36 min
Oct 14, 12:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood27 min
Oct 14, 12:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant30 min
Oct 14, 12:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker33 min
Oct 14, 1:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJohnson33 min
Oct 14, 1:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas35 min
Oct 14, 2:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis34 min
Oct 14, 4:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHenderson, Van Zandt96 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Texas, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012

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.