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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 5, 2016, 3:01 AM CDT for 10 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 5, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2016, 3:01 AM CDT (08:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
Counties Cooke County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Jack County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 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 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
396 WWUS74 KFWD 050801 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 301 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THROUGH 6 PM CDT TODAY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM EASTLAND...TO WEATHERFORD...TO DENTON... .AS SURFACE PRESSURES FALL AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT TODAY...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE BY THIS AFTERNOON TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS AT TIMES TO NEAR 35 MPH. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY EARLY EVENING. TXZ091-092-100>103-115>117-129-051615- /O.NEW.KFWD.WI.Y.0007.160405T1700Z-160405T2300Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER- EASTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...GRAHAM... OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...CARROLLTON...DENTON... LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS... WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN 301 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NOON THROUGH 6 PM CDT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH BY MIDDAY...WITH GUSTS OCCASIONALLY TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...OPEN WATERS ON AREA LAKES WILL BECOME VERY CHOPPY. IN ADDITION...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
722 WWUS74 KFWD 051551 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1051 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THROUGH 6 PM CDT TODAY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM EASTLAND...TO WEATHERFORD...TO DENTON... .AS SURFACE PRESSURES FALL AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT TODAY...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE BY THIS AFTERNOON TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS AT TIMES TO NEAR 35 MPH. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY EARLY EVENING. TXZ091-092-100>103-115>117-129-052300- /O.CON.KFWD.WI.Y.0007.160405T1700Z-160405T2300Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER- EASTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...GRAHAM... OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...CARROLLTON...DENTON... LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS... WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN 1051 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...NOON THROUGH 6 PM CDT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH BY MIDDAY...WITH GUSTS OCCASIONALLY TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...OPEN WATERS ON AREA LAKES WILL BECOME VERY CHOPPY. IN ADDITION...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BOATERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. RESIDENTS MAY WISH TO TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND IN THE STRONG WINDS. && $$
705 WWUS74 KFWD 052252 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 552 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... TXZ091-092-100>103-115>117-129-060000- /O.EXP.KFWD.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160405T2300Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER- EASTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...GRAHAM... OLNEY...JACKSBORO...DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...CARROLLTON...DENTON... LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS... WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...CISCO...EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN 552 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DECREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING. THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT. $$ 58
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 3:22 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FWD | Eastland, Jack, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young | 18 hr |
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.