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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 8, 201216 counties in Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1741 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 7:52 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDelta, Lamar53 min
Mar 8, 8:56 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall34 hr
Mar 8, 9:05 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Wise, Young25 min
Mar 8, 9:10 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin35 min
Mar 8, 9:48 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin27 min
Mar 8, 1:54 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt36 min
Mar 8, 3:24 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt36 min
Mar 8, 4:40 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFreestone35 min

Nearby

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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.