Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 8, 2012, 7:38 AM CST for 16 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 8, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2012, 7:38 AM CST (13:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
Counties Comanche County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:40 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 1741 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
369 WWUS74 KFWD 081338 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 738 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 TXZ091-092-100>103-115>118-129>133-141-090000- /O.NEW.KFWD.WI.Y.0005.120308T1500Z-120309T0000Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER- TARRANT-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...GRAHAM... OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE... FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS... WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...CISCO...EASTLAND... RANGER...GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY... OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...COMANCHE... DE LEON 738 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...9 AM TO 6 PM CST * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY TODAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH NORTH TEXAS. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO DRIVERS OF HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES ON WEST/EAST HIGHWAYS...AND ANY BOATERS ON AREA LAKES. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
434 WWUS74 KFWD 081700 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1100 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED FOR NORTH TEXAS... .THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. HOWEVER...WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. TXZ091-092-100>103-115>118-129>133-141-081800- /O.CAN.KFWD.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120309T0000Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER- TARRANT-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...GRAHAM... OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE... FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS... WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...CISCO...EASTLAND... RANGER...GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY... OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...COMANCHE... DE LEON 1100 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH THROUGH NORTH TEXAS. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH GUSTS 25 TO 35 MPH. CONDITIONS WILL BE BREEZY...BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 7:52 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 53 min |
| Mar 8, 8:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rockwall | 34 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:05 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Wise, Young | 25 min |
| Mar 8, 9:10 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 9:48 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin | 27 min |
| Mar 8, 1:54 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Van Zandt | 36 min |
| Mar 8, 3:24 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Van Zandt | 36 min |
| Mar 8, 4:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Freestone | 35 min |
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.