Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this wind advisory at May 24, 2012, 11:04 AM CDT for 31 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2012, 11:04 AM CDT (16:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2012, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
All 31 counties
Anderson County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Rains County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 841 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -691 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 441 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
965 WWUS74 KFWD 241604 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1104 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT EAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO GATESVILLE LINE... TXZ092>095-103>107-118>123-133>135-144>148-157>162-174-175-242000- /O.NEW.KFWD.WI.Y.0008.120524T1604Z-120524T2000Z/ COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-DENTON-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS- TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-JOHNSON-ELLIS- HENDERSON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-CORYELL-BELL- MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN...DENISON... BONHAM...PARIS...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND... THE COLONY...PLANO...GREENVILLE...COMMERCE...COOPER... SULPHUR SPRINGS...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL... TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY...WILLS POINT...CANTON... GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI... CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN... GLENN HEIGHTS...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...CLIFTON...MERIDIAN... VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...CORSICANA...TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD... PALESTINE...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE...KILLEEN...TEMPLE... FORT HOOD...WACO...MARLIN...MEXIA...GROESBECK...BUFFALO... CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON...ROCKDALE...HEARNE... FRANKLIN...CALVERT 1104 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...11 AM TO 3 PM. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. BOATING ON OPEN WATERS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO CHOPPY WATERS. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
178 WWUS74 KFWD 241945 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 245 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED... TXZ092>095-103>107-118>123-133>135-144>148-157>162-174-175-242045- /O.CAN.KFWD.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120524T2000Z/ COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-DENTON-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS- TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-JOHNSON-ELLIS- HENDERSON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-CORYELL-BELL- MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN...DENISON... BONHAM...PARIS...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND... THE COLONY...PLANO...GREENVILLE...COMMERCE...COOPER... SULPHUR SPRINGS...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL... TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY...WILLS POINT...CANTON... GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI... CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN... GLENN HEIGHTS...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...CLIFTON...MERIDIAN... VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...CORSICANA...TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD... PALESTINE...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE...KILLEEN...TEMPLE... FORT HOOD...WACO...MARLIN...MEXIA...GROESBECK...BUFFALO... CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON...ROCKDALE...HEARNE... FRANKLIN...CALVERT 245 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS OVER THE GREATER PORTION OF THE ADVISORY AREA HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
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.