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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 19, 2012, 11:50 AM CST for 14 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 19, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2012, 11:50 AM CST (17:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2012, 5:18 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
Counties Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Falls County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hill County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Limestone County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Mills County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Robertson County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 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 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
391 WWUS74 KFWD 191750 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1150 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 TXZ134-142>146-156>161-174-175-200030- /O.NEW.KFWD.WI.Y.0013.121219T1800Z-121220T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WI.Y.0012.121220T0600Z-121220T1500Z/ ELLIS-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL- MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-MILAM-ROBERTSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN... GLENN HEIGHTS...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON... MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...CORSICANA...LAMPASAS... COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE...KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD... WACO...MARLIN...MEXIA...GROESBECK...CAMERON...ROCKDALE...HEARNE... FRANKLIN...CALVERT 1150 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH 6 PM TODAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...BOATERS ARE ADVISED TO STAY AWAY FROM OPEN FETCHES ON LAKES. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD ALSO SECURE HOLIDAY YARD DECORATIONS OR OTHER OUTDOOR FURNITURE. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM THURSDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONGER WIND GUSTS MAY ALSO RESULT IN DOWNED TREES...FENCES AND POWER LINES. RESIDENTS SHOULD ALSO SECURE HOLIDAY YARD DECORATIONS OR OTHER OUTDOOR FURNITURE. 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. && $$ TXZ091>093-100>104-115>120-129>133-141-200030- /O.EXT.KFWD.WI.Y.0012.121219T1800Z-121220T1200Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-STEPHENS- PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD- SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE... SHERMAN...DENISON...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR... BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY... PLANO...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR... FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...CISCO...EASTLAND... RANGER...GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY... OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...COMANCHE... DE LEON 1150 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH 6 PM TODAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...BOATERS ARE ADVISED TO STAY AWAY FROM OPEN FETCHES ON LAKES. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD ALSO SECURE HOLIDAY YARD DECORATIONS OR OTHER OUTDOOR FURNITURE. * TIMING...6 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST BEHIND A COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONGER WIND GUSTS MAY ALSO RESULT IN DOWNED TREES...FENCES AND POWER LINES. RESIDENTS SHOULD ALSO SECURE HOLIDAY YARD DECORATIONS OR OTHER OUTDOOR FURNITURE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BOATERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. RESIDENTS MAY WISH TO TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND IN THE STRONG WINDS. && $$ TXZ094-095-105>107-121>123-135-147-148-162-200030- /O.CON.KFWD.WI.Y.0012.121220T0600Z-121220T1500Z/ FANNIN-LAMAR-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-HENDERSON- FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LEON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BONHAM...PARIS...GREENVILLE... COMMERCE...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS...TERRELL...KAUFMAN... FORNEY...WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD... EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY... TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD...PALESTINE...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT... OAKWOOD 1150 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM THURSDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONGER WIND GUSTS MAY ALSO RESULT IN DOWNED TREES...FENCES AND POWER LINES. RESIDENTS SHOULD ALSO SECURE HOLIDAY YARD DECORATIONS OR OTHER OUTDOOR FURNITURE. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
854 WWUS74 KFWD 192318 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 518 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 TXZ134-142>146-156>161-174-175-200615- /O.CAN.KFWD.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-121220T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.WI.Y.0012.121220T0600Z-121220T1500Z/ ELLIS-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL- MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-MILAM-ROBERTSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN... GLENN HEIGHTS...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON... MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...CORSICANA...LAMPASAS... COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE...KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD... WACO...MARLIN...MEXIA...GROESBECK...CAMERON...ROCKDALE...HEARNE... FRANKLIN...CALVERT 518 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON. A NEW WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 9 AM THURSDAY BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM THURSDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN LOOSE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BOATERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. RESIDENTS MAY WISH TO TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND IN THE STRONG WINDS. && $$ TXZ091>093-100>104-115>120-129>133-141-200615- /O.CON.KFWD.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-STEPHENS- PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD- SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE... SHERMAN...DENISON...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR... BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY... PLANO...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR... FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...CISCO...EASTLAND... RANGER...GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY... OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...COMANCHE... DE LEON 518 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH 6 AM THURSDAY. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST BEHIND A COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONGER WIND GUSTS MAY ALSO RESULT IN DOWNED TREES...FENCES AND POWER LINES. RESIDENTS SHOULD ALSO SECURE HOLIDAY YARD DECORATIONS OR OTHER LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR ALL VEHICLES. BOATERS SHOULD STAY OFF AREA LAKES AS WATERS WILL BECOME VERY ROUGH. WEAK TREES MAY BE BLOWN OVER AND SOME MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO ENSURE ALL LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS ARE SECURED. && $$ TXZ094-095-105>107-121>123-135-147-148-162-200615- /O.CON.KFWD.WI.Y.0012.121220T0600Z-121220T1500Z/ FANNIN-LAMAR-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-HENDERSON- FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LEON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BONHAM...PARIS...GREENVILLE... COMMERCE...COOPER...SULPHUR SPRINGS...TERRELL...KAUFMAN... FORNEY...WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD... EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY... TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD...PALESTINE...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT... OAKWOOD 518 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM THURSDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN LOOSE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BOATERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. RESIDENTS MAY WISH TO TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND IN THE STRONG WINDS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 3:51 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Jack, Mills, Montague and 5 more | 14 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:58 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more | 35 hr |
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.