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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Fort Worth, TX

January 16, 202617 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 16, 2026, 2:05 AM CST for 17 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 16, 2026, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 16, 2026, 2:05 AM CST (08:05 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 16, 2026, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 16, 2026, 2:00 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX

Counties Bosque County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Mills County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 383 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2026-01-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2026-01-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2875 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.