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NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 11, 10:05 AM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1105 AM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003 TEMPERATURES ALREADY WARMING INTO THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. EXPECT NEAR 100 OVER WESTERN HALF BY THE END OF THE DAY...WITH HEAT INDICES AREAWIDE 105-110. WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS IN THE ZONES. ALTHOUGH HEAT INDICES WILL BE DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON...THE HEAT ADVISORY WILL NOT BE REISSUED SINCE OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST TO FALL JUST BELOW 78 IN MOST AREAS (ALTHOUGH SOME ISOLATED 78 DEGREE LOWS MAY OCCUR... PARTICULARLY IN URBAN AREAS). RECENT MESOSCALE ANALYSES INDICATE A MESOLOW OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE DFW METROPLEX. A BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM THE LOW EAST TO NEAR EMORY. LAPS ANALYSES INDICATE THAT SURFACE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE HAS BEEN INCREASING NEAR THIS LOW/BOUNDARY...AND EXPANDING NORTHWARD WITH TIME. IN ADDITION...A RETROGRESSIVE LOW-LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS TRIGGERING CONVECTION EAST OF CWA AND A LARGE WESTWARD-MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN ZONES THIS AFTERNOON. 1200 UTC FORT WORTH SOUNDING INDICATES NEARLY 4000 J/KG OF CAPE WITH CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100. THUS...WE ARE EXPANDING THE AREA OF SLIGHT CHANCE POPS TO ENCOMPASS THE METROPLEX...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A SULPHUR SPRINGS... WEATHERFORD... COMANCHE LINE FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOUTHEASTERN ZONES WILL BE RAISED TO 30 PERCENT CHANCE TO ACCOUNT FOR ONGOING CONVECTION JUST EAST OF CWA MOVING WEST...AND THE ANTICIPATION OF ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT LATER TODAY ALONG BOUNDARIES. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY...AND MODEST MID-LEVEL FLOW...SOME ISOLATED SEVERE WILL BE MENTIONED IN THE HWO. THIS SITUATION WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY TODAY. ROBBINS UPDATED NUMBERS... DFW 100 76 99 75 / 20 20 0 10 ACT 99 76 98 75 / 20 20 0 0 PRX 98 74 96 75 / 0 0 0 30 DTO 100 74 98 75 / 0 0 0 20 TKI 100 75 97 75 / 0 0 0 30 DAL 100 76 99 75 / 20 20 0 10 TRL 98 74 98 75 / 20 20 0 30 CRS 98 74 97 74 / 20 20 0 0 TPL 99 76 98 75 / 20 20 0 0 .FWD... TX...NONE.
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-112100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1044 AM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003 ...HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 105 AND 110 THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... SOUTH AND EAST OF A SULPHUR SPRINGS...WEATHERFORD...COMANCHE LINE. ALTHOUGH NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH WINDS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL BE IN THE 105 TO 110 RANGE. THOSE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD DRINK PLENTY OF NON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TAKE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN AIR CONDITIONED AREAS. NIGHTTIME LOWS EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MID 70S PRECLUDES A HEAT ADVISORY AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM IN OKLAHOMA SATURDAY...AND DEVELOP INTO SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. INSTABILITIES AND VERTICAL WIND SHEARS WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A JACKSBORO... DENTON...SULPHUR SPRINGS LINE. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A BOWIE...FORT WORTH...CANTON LINE MONDAY. FINALLY...THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEXT WEDNESDAY...SOUTH OF A GOLDTHWAITE...HILLSBORO ...PALESTINE LINE. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY ...MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN TWO TIERS OF COUNTIES ALONG THE RED RIVER. ROBBINS
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