1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 15, 7:30 PM CST, 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 730 PM CST THU MAR 15 2001 HAVE LET THE WIND ADVISORY EXPIRE. EXPECT WINDS TO DROP OFF TO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE OVER THE NEXT HOUR AS SURFACE GRADIENT WEAKENS AND COMPLETE DECOUPLING OCCURS. WILL STILL SEE GUSTS ABOVE 25 MPH FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BUT THESE WILL DIMINISH AROUND MIDNIGHT. WRAP AROUND STRATOCUS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN ZONES THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT BUT CLEAR SKIES SHOULD PREVAIL OVERNIGHT ONCE SURFACE LOW...CURRENTLY OVER MISSOURI... MOVES FURTHER EAST. 79 ...AVIATION DISCUSSION... WE HAVE EXTENDED THE LOCAL AIRPORT ADVISORY UNTIL 700 PM. WINDS (AS PER NEW TAF) SHOULD SETTLE DOWN TO 15 TO 25 AND GUSTY AT 700 PM... SHORTLY AFTER THE SUN HAS SET AND VERTICAL MIXING HAS ENDED. WE HAVE KEPT SOME 3500-4000 FOOT CEILINGS IN UNTIL 0300Z...LOOKING AT THE LAST VISIBLE SATELLITE PHOTOS. PRETTY GOOD WRAP AROUND STRATOCUMULUS SHOULD ALSO DISSIPATE RATHER QUICKLY AS MIXING PROCESSES END. 26 .FWD...CAUTION ON AREA LAKES IN ALL ZONES THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Gradient wind gusts to 47 mph out of the northwest unroofed a business in downtown Mineral Wells.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, March 2001
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