Alert archive / Texas / Freeze Warnings in 2021
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this freeze warning at Nov 12, 2021, 11:32 AM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Nov 13, 2021, 1:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 12, 2021, 11:32 AM CST (17:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 13, 2021, 1:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 13, 2021, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
Counties Cooke County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Montague County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2279 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
785 WWUS74 KFWD 121732 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 1132 AM CST Fri Nov 12 2021 TXZ091>095-130100- /O.NEW.KFWD.FZ.W.0002.211113T0700Z-211113T1500Z/ Montague-Cooke-Grayson-Fannin-Lamar- Including the cities of Bowie, Nocona, Gainesville, Sherman, Denison, Bonham, and Paris 1132 AM CST Fri Nov 12 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 expected. * WHERE...Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Fannin and Lamar Counties. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means that the season's first episode of sub- freezing temperatures are likely to occur. These conditions will kill sensitive plants, and 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
759 WWUS74 KFWD 130036 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 636 PM CST Fri Nov 12 2021 TXZ091>095-130900- /O.CON.KFWD.FZ.W.0002.211113T0700Z-211113T1500Z/ Montague-Cooke-Grayson-Fannin-Lamar- Including the cities of Bowie, Nocona, Gainesville, Sherman, Denison, Bonham, and Paris 636 PM CST Fri Nov 12 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected. * WHERE...Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Fannin and Lamar Counties. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means that the season's first episode of sub- freezing temperatures are likely to occur. These conditions will kill sensitive plants, and residents are advised to protect tender vegetation. Automatic sprinkler systems should also be turned off to avoid creating ice patches on nearby roads, driveways, and sidewalks. && $$
150 WWUS74 KFWD 130840 NPWFWD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 240 AM CST Sat Nov 13 2021 TXZ091>095-131500- /O.CON.KFWD.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-211113T1500Z/ Montague-Cooke-Grayson-Fannin-Lamar- Including the cities of Bowie, Nocona, Gainesville, Sherman, Denison, Bonham, and Paris 240 AM CST Sat Nov 13 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected. * WHERE...Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Fannin, and Lamar Counties. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means that the season's first episode of sub- freezing temperatures are likely to occur. These conditions will kill sensitive plants, and 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. && $$
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.