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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Fort Worth, TX

September 7, 20125 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this wind advisory at Sep 7, 2012, 7:19 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 7, 2012, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2012, 11:26 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX

Counties Jack County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Young County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2012-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 400 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 00:00Z on 2012-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
400 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

331 
WWUS74 KFWD 080019
NPWFWD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
719 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012

TXZ091-100-101-115-116-080500-
/O.NEW.KFWD.WI.Y.0009.120908T0019Z-120908T0500Z/
MONTAGUE-YOUNG-JACK-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GRAHAM...OLNEY...
JACKSBORO...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS
719 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR
MONTAGUE...YOUNG...JACK...STEPHENS AND PALO PINTO COUNTIES.

* TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS AT 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH BEHIND A
  COLD FRONT.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...
  ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$


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1 follow-up statement
810 
WWUS74 KFWD 080426
NPWFWD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1126 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012


TXZ091-100-101-115-116-080530-
/O.CAN.KFWD.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120908T0500Z/
MONTAGUE-YOUNG-JACK-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GRAHAM...OLNEY...
JACKSBORO...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS
1126 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WIND SPEEDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BUT STILL EXPECT
BREEZY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT.

$$

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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.