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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 1, 201346 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this wind advisory at May 1, 2013, 2:44 PM CDT for 46 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 2, 2013, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2013, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
In effect from
May 2, 2013, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 2, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
All 46 counties

Anderson County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Mills County, TX, Montague County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2013-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 690 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2013-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 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
690 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-363 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

005 
WWUS74 KFWD 011944
NPWFWD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
244 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

...WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING... 
...FREEZE WATCH FOR NORTHWEST COUNTIES FOR FRIDAY MORNING....

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH
GUSTING OCCASIONALLY AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS WINDS DIE DOWN
OVERNIGHT...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED NEAR SUNRISE
FRIDAY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM EASTLAND TO MINERAL
WELLS TO GAINESVILLE.

TXZ091-092-100>102-115>117-129-020345-
/O.NEW.KFWD.WI.Y.0006.130502T1800Z-130503T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KFWD.FZ.A.0001.130503T0900Z-130503T1500Z/
MONTAGUE-COOKE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-
EASTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...GRAHAM...
OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...BRECKENRIDGE...
MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER...
GORMAN
244 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT THURSDAY. A
FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
  SUNSET. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
  OCCASIONALLY AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.

* TEMPERATURE...DROPPING TO FREEZING OR JUST BELOW AROUND SUNRISE 
  FRIDAY MORNING AND WARMING ABOVE FREEZING BY MID MORNING.

* IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE...TRAMPOLINES...AND OTHER LIGHT WEIGHT
  OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES WILL EXPERIENCE BUFFETING. TENDER PLANTS MAY SUFFER
  FREEZE DAMAGE.

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.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

TXZ093>095-103>107-118>123-130>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-020345-
/O.NEW.KFWD.WI.Y.0006.130502T1800Z-130503T0200Z/
GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-DENTON-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-TARRANT-
DALLAS-ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-
LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY...
OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...
ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...
COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON...
MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...CORSICANA...TEAGUE...
FAIRFIELD...PALESTINE...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE...
KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO...MARLIN...MEXIA...
GROESBECK...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON...
ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT
244 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
  SUNSET. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
  OCCASIONALLY AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE...TRAMPOLINES...AND OTHER LIGHT WEIGHT
  OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES WILL EXPERIENCE BUFFETING.

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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
184 
WWUS74 KFWD 020324
NPWFWD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1024 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

...WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING... 
...FREEZE WATCH FOR NORTHWEST COUNTIES FOR FRIDAY MORNING....

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH
GUSTING TO BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS WINDS DIE DOWN THURSDAY NIGHT...
FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE
FROM EASTLAND TO MINERAL WELLS TO GAINESVILLE AROUND DAYBREAK
FRIDAY.

TXZ091-092-100>102-115>117-129-021130-
/O.CON.KFWD.WI.Y.0006.130502T1800Z-130503T0200Z/
/O.CON.KFWD.FZ.A.0001.130503T0900Z-130503T1500Z/
MONTAGUE-COOKE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-
EASTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...GRAHAM...
OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...BRECKENRIDGE...
MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER...
GORMAN
1024 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT
THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING
  THURSDAY.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN
  35 AND 40 MPH.

* TEMPERATURE...DROPPING TO OR JUST BELOW FREEZING DAYBREAK FRIDAY
  MORNING...THEN WARMING ABOVE FREEZING BY MID MORNING.

* IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE...TRAMPOLINES...AND OTHER LIGHT 
  WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES WILL EXPERIENCE BUFFETING. TENDER PLANTS MAY 
  SUFFER FREEZE DAMAGE. 

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.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

TXZ093>095-103>107-118>123-130>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-021130-
/O.CON.KFWD.WI.Y.0006.130502T1800Z-130503T0200Z/
GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-DENTON-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-TARRANT-
DALLAS-ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-
LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY...
OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...
ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...
COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON...
MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...CORSICANA...TEAGUE...
FAIRFIELD...PALESTINE...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE...
KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO...MARLIN...MEXIA...
GROESBECK...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON...
ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT
1024 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT
THURSDAY...

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING
  THURSDAY. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN
  35 AND 40 MPH

* IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE...TRAMPOLINES...AND OTHER LIGHT 
  WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES WILL EXPERIENCE BUFFETING. 

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.

&&

$$
468 
WWUS74 KFWD 020855
NPWFWD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
355 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013

TXZ091-092-100>102-115>117-129-021800-
/O.UPG.KFWD.FZ.A.0001.130503T0900Z-130503T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KFWD.FZ.W.0004.130503T1000Z-130503T1400Z/
/O.EXT.KFWD.WI.Y.0006.130502T1400Z-130503T0200Z/
MONTAGUE-COOKE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-
EASTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...GRAHAM...
OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...BRECKENRIDGE...
MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER...
GORMAN
355 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY. A WIND
ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM TONIGHT.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING WITH THE
  STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS
  WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO
  NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING AROUND SUNRISE FRIDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN
  35 AND 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

* TEMPERATURE...DROPPING TO OR JUST BELOW FREEZING DAYBREAK 
  FRIDAY MORNING...THEN WARMING ABOVE FREEZING BY MID MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE...TRAMPOLINES...AND OTHER LIGHT WEIGHT
  OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES WILL EXPERIENCE BUFFETING. SENSITIVE PLANTS SHOULD BE
  COVERED TO PREVENT DAMAGE FROM THIS LATE SEASON FREEZE.

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.

A FREEZE WARNING THIS LATE IN THE SEASON MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED BEYOND THE NORMAL LAST FREEZE OF THE SEASON. FREEZING
TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE OR KILL SPRING VEGETATION THAT IS
SENSITIVE TO THE COLD.

&&

$$

TXZ093>095-103>107-118>123-130>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-021800-
/O.EXT.KFWD.WI.Y.0006.130502T1400Z-130503T0200Z/
GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-DENTON-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-TARRANT-
DALLAS-ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-
LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY...
OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...
ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...
COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON...
MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...CORSICANA...TEAGUE...
FAIRFIELD...PALESTINE...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE...
KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO...MARLIN...MEXIA...
GROESBECK...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON...
ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT
355 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING WITH THE
  STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 
  BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH 

* IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE...TRAMPOLINES...AND OTHER LIGHT 
  WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES WILL EXPERIENCE BUFFETING. 

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.

&&

$$

DUNN
152 
WWUS74 KFWD 021754
NPWFWD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1254 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013

TXZ091-092-100>102-115>117-129-030200-
/O.CON.KFWD.FZ.W.0004.130503T1000Z-130503T1400Z/
/O.CON.KFWD.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-130503T0200Z/
MONTAGUE-COOKE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-
EASTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...GRAHAM...
OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...BRECKENRIDGE...
MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER...
GORMAN
1254 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 9 AM CDT
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY ALONG
AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM EASTLAND TO WEATHERFORD AND GAINESVILLE.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT AREA WIDE THROUGH 9 PM TONIGHT.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING WITH 
  THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 
  WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO 
  FALL TO NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING AROUND SUNRISE FRIDAY 
  MORNING. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 
  BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. 

* TEMPERATURE...DROPPING TO OR JUST BELOW FREEZING DAYBREAK 
  FRIDAY MORNING...THEN WARMING ABOVE FREEZING BY MID MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE...TRAMPOLINES...AND OTHER LIGHT 
  WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES WILL EXPERIENCE BUFFETING. SENSITIVE PLANTS 
  SHOULD BE COVERED TO PREVENT DAMAGE FROM THIS LATE SEASON 
  FREEZE. 

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.

A FREEZE WARNING THIS LATE IN THE SEASON MEANS FREEZING
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND THE NORMAL LAST FREEZE OF THE
SEASON. FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE OR KILL SPRING
VEGETATION THAT IS SENSITIVE TO THE COLD.

&&

$$

TXZ093>095-103>107-118>123-130>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-030200-
/O.CON.KFWD.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-130503T0200Z/
GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-DENTON-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-TARRANT-
DALLAS-ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-
LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY...
OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...
ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...
COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON...
MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...CORSICANA...TEAGUE...
FAIRFIELD...PALESTINE...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE...
KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO...MARLIN...MEXIA...
GROESBECK...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON...
ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT
1254 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING WITH THE 
  STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 
  BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH 

* IMPACTS...LAWN FURNITURE...TRAMPOLINES...AND OTHER LIGHT 
  WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES WILL EXPERIENCE BUFFETING. 

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.

&&

$$
205 
WWUS74 KFWD 030156
NPWFWD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
856 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013

TXZ091-092-100>102-115>117-129-030930-
/O.EXP.KFWD.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-130503T0200Z/
/O.CON.KFWD.FZ.W.0004.130503T1000Z-130503T1400Z/
MONTAGUE-COOKE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-
EASTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...GRAHAM...
OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...BRECKENRIDGE...
MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER...
GORMAN
856 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 9 AM CDT
FRIDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TEMPERATURE...DROPPING TO OR JUST BELOW FREEZING AROUND DAYBREAK
  FRIDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE ABOVE FREEZING BY
  MID MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS SHOULD BE COVERED TO PREVENT DAMAGE
  FROM THIS LATE SEASON FREEZE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING THIS LATE IN THE SEASON MEANS FREEZING
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BEYOND THE NORMAL LAST FREEZE OF THE
SEASON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL HURT OR KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS. 
RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. AUTOMATIC
SPRINKLER SYSTEMS SHOULD ALSO BE TURNED OFF TO AVOID CREATING ICE
PATCHES ON NEARBY ROADS...DRIVEWAYS...AND SIDEWALKS.

&&

$$

TXZ093>095-103>107-118>123-130>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-030300-
/O.EXP.KFWD.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-130503T0200Z/
GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-DENTON-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-TARRANT-
DALLAS-ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-
LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY...
OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...
ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...
COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON...
MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...CORSICANA...TEAGUE...
FAIRFIELD...PALESTINE...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE...
KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO...MARLIN...MEXIA...
GROESBECK...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON...
ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT
856 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...NORTH AND
NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY.  

$$

05/

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at May 1, 12:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 12:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1242 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

.AVIATION...
MVFR CIGS WILL LINGER ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO BEFORE LIFTING AND/OR
SCATTERING OUT. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THEREAFTER THROUGH
THE EVENING HOURS WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS NEAR 10KT BACKING TO THE
EAST AND NORTHEAST AFTER SUNSET. COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE LATE
TONIGHT...WITH WINDS LIKELY BECOMING NORTH AHEAD OF THE ACTUAL
BOUNDARY. TRUE FROPA WILL BE AROUND 9Z IN THE METROPLEX AND WACO
WITH NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 15-20KT AND CIGS FALLING TO IFR IN
ITS WAKE. EXPECT IFR CIGS TO PREVAIL FROM EARLY MORNING INTO EARLY
AFTERNOON THURSDAY...LIFTING TO LOW MVFR BY MID AFTERNOON. NORTH
WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS TO 25G35KT.

CONCERNING CONVECTION CHANCES AT TAF SITES...IT APPEARS
THUNDERSTORMS THAT FIRE ON THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WILL REMAIN WELL WEST OF THE METROPLEX AND WILL NOT MENTION THEM
BUT CONTINUE TO MONITOR TRENDS. WACO HAS A BETTER SHOT AT SOME
STORMS AROUND/AFTER MIDNIGHT AS A MULTICELL COMPLEX MAY TRY TO
SLIDE S/SE AND CLIP THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE WACO AREA. WILL
MENTION VCTS AT WACO FROM 6-9Z. BEHIND THE FRONT...ELEVATED
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY LOOKS SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW ELEVATED
SHOWERS THURSDAY AND HAVE INCLUDED VCSH AT ALL TAF SITES. IT IS
POSSIBLE THERE IS ENOUGH ELEVATED INSTABILITY FOR AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM OR TWO...BUT WILL NOT MENTION AT THIS POINT.

TR.92

&&

.UPDATE...
HAVE LOWERED HIGHS TODAY 4-5 DEGREES DUE TO THE CLOUD COVER. ONLY
COSMETIC CHANGES TO TODAY OTHERWISE. 84

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 403 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013/
ONE MORE NICE DAY IS IN STORE FOR NORTH TEXAS BEFORE ANOTHER
STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH SENDING RECORD COLD INTO THE
REGION ALONG WITH CLOUDY SKIES AND AREAS OF RAIN. WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY SHOWS THE UPPER SYSTEM WHICH WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
COLDER WEATHER CURRENTLY OVER THE WESTERN US. UPSTREAM RIDGING
ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL ALLOW THE MAIN TROUGH TO AMPLIFY AND DIG
INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS. THIS WILL SEND A
STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH NORTH TEXAS VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING.

UNTIL THEN...NORTH TEXAS WILL ACTUALLY BE BETWEEN THE UPPER SYSTEM
TO THE WEST AND A STOUT LITTLE UPPER LOW OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST
TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THIS WILL RESULT IN WEAK RIDGING
ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH HEIGHTS RISING AND GENERALLY
SUBSIDENT VERTICAL MOTIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. LOW CLOUDS ARE
DEVELOPING AND SPREADING NORTH THIS MORNING...SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY
AND WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO LATE MORNING. SOME ANVIL DEBRIS FROM
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST WILL ALSO PERSIST FOR A WHILE BEFORE
SCATTERING OUT LATER THIS MORNING. WITH SKIES EXPECTED TO BECOME
PARTLY CLOUDY BY AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM NICELY INTO
THE MID 80S ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. WITH MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW
WELL ESTABLISHED AND WARMING TEMPERATURES...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL
BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE BY AFTERNOON HOWEVER STRONG CAPPING IS
LIKELY TO PERSIST OVER MUCH OF THE REGION. BY EARLY THIS EVENING
THE FRONT WILL EXTEND ACROSS OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST TEXAS. THE
DRYLINE WILL LIKELY BE LOCATED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN MIDLAND AND
SWEETWATER IN THE VICINITY OF A WEAK SURFACE LOW. AS THE FRONT
CONTINUES TO SURGE SOUTH...FORCING ALONG THE BOUNDARY AND A
WEAKENING CAP WILL ALLOW FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM TO DEVELOP.
MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE JUST WEST OF OUR CWA
DURING THE EVENING HOURS WHEN IT DEVELOPS BUT WILL LIKELY MOVE
ACROSS THE WESTERN COUNTIES BEFORE MIDNIGHT. A FEW OF THE INITIAL
STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE GIVEN THE STEEP LAPSE
RATES. THESE STORMS WOULD POSE A DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL THREAT.
THE COLD FRONT WILL LIKELY RAPIDLY UNDERCUT ANY SURFACE BASED
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER DARK RESULTING IN ELEVATED CONVECTIVE
ACTIVITY. THIS MAY STILL POSE A HAIL THREAT...BUT THE OVERALL
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD BE GREATLY DIMINISHED AFTER DARK.

BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...THE COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH
THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE CWA. THE MAIN FORCING FOR ASCENT FROM
THE UPPER TROUGH WILL STILL BE TO THE NORTHWEST AND THIS SHOULD
GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD THE AREA DURING THE DAY THURSDAY RESULTING IN
WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN ACTIVITY. WINDS WILL BE STRONG DURING THE
DAY THURSDAY AND MAY ACTUALLY BE STRONGEST DURING THE EVENING
HOURS WHEN A 50KT NORTHERLY LLJ OVERSPREADS THE REGION. A WIND
ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING.
TEMPERATURES DURING THE DAY THURSDAY WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY
WITH HIGHS BEING ESTABLISHED EARLY IN THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL
LIKELY BE IN THE 40S ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BY LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S BY EVENING
WITH THE STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS.

RECORD COLD IS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT WITH FORECAST LOWS AT OR
VERY NEAR FREEZING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES. OFFICIAL RECORDS
MAY BE BROKEN AT DFW FOR MAY 2 /THU/ AS TEMPS FALL INTO THE LOW
40S BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THE DFW RECORD FOR MAY 2 IS 44 DEGREES. THE
FORECAST CURRENTLY HAS 42. THE RECORDS FOR MAY 3 /FRI/ ARE 41 FOR
DFW AND 44 FOR WACO. THE CURRENT FORECAST HAS 38 AT DFW AND 37 AT
WACO.

CONCERNING THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST...RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS THAT
WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE NIGHT THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.
THIS SHOULD PREVENT TEMPERATURES FROM TANKING AS SKIES CLEAR OUT.
IF WINDS DIMINISH MORE QUICKLY ESPECIALLY IN THE FAR NORTHWEST
COUNTIES...THEN LOWS COULD FALL A FEW MORE DEGREES THAN CURRENTLY
FORECAST. IT IS OF INTEREST THAT RAW MODEL SURFACE TEMPERATURES
ARE IN THE UPPER 20S ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES FRIDAY
MORNING.

THIS WHOLE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND NICELY FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND WITH
HIGHS IN THE 70S AND LOWS IN THE 40S/50S. THIS WOULD STILL BE
ABOUT 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

UPPER PATTERN INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK LOOKS FAIRLY BENIGN
WITH ZONAL FLOW. FORECAST WILL REMAIN DRY WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR
NORMAL.

DUNN

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  81  54  54  37  62 /   5  30  40  20   5
WACO, TX              82  57  57  37  64 /   5  30  40  20   5
PARIS, TX             78  58  58  38  60 /   5  20  40  20   5
DENTON, TX            81  50  50  34  61 /  10  30  40  20   5
MCKINNEY, TX          79  54  54  35  62 /   5  30  40  20   5
DALLAS, TX            81  55  55  37  64 /   5  30  40  20   5
TERRELL, TX           80  59  59  37  63 /   5  20  40  20   5
CORSICANA, TX         81  60  60  38  63 /   5  20  40  20   5
TEMPLE, TX            83  58  58  37  64 /   5  30  40  10   5
MINERAL WELLS, TX     82  47  47  33  63 /  10  40  40  10   5

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

 /
Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 5:12 AM CDT, 9 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
512 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-021015-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-
FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-
LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
512 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST
OF THE INTERSTATE 35/35W CORRIDOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS
EVENING. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL SPREAD TO ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WEST OF INTERSTATE 35/35W
BEFORE MIDNIGHT. LARGE HAIL...LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS AND CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BEHIND A STRONG COLD
FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT. THESE WINDS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ON WEST TO
EAST ORIENTED ROADS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH
TEXAS DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. WINDS MAY ACTUALLY INCREASE IN
INTENSITY AROUND SUNSET THURSDAY AND BECOME SUSTAINED AT NEAR 30
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

A VERY LATE SEASON FREEZE IS POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY
NORTHWEST OF THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA. A FREEZE IS MOST LIKELY
FOR LOCATIONS NEAR A LINE FROM BOWIE TO GRAHAM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS
EVENING FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR.

CAVANAUGH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 2:44 PM CDTFreeze WatchFWDCooke, Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker and 3 more13 hr

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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.