1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 1, 11:33 AM CST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1133 AM CST FRI APR 1 2005
.AVIATION...
CU FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH EXITING H5 LOW WILL LINGER ACROSS AIRPORTS
FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS...ESPECIALLY FOR KDAL. OTHERWISE...GUSTY
N-NNW FLOW WILL SLOWLY DECREASE AFTER 00Z AND THEN SHIFT WRLY BY
15Z. VFR NEXT 24 HOURS. 80
&&
.DISCUSSION...
936 AM...
WILL SEND AN UPDATED ZONE AND FIRE WEATHER PACKAGE TO MAKE SOME
MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR TODAY WITH
WINDS ALREADY GUSTING OVER 30 MPH IN MANY AREAS. WRAPAROUND LOW
CLOUDS THICKEST ACROSS NORTHEAST ZONES...BUT AREA OF STRATOCU WAS
EXPANDING WEST AND SOUTH THIS MORNING. UPDATED PACKAGE WILL FEATURE
SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS TO CLOUD COVER...TEMPS AND WINDS FOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. /09
&&
.DISCUSSION...
710 AM CST
AM UPDATING ZONES TO DROP POPS AND DECREASE CLOUD
COVER. 59
&&
.AVIATION...
MAIN PROBLEM WILL BE STRONG WINDS TODAY...SUBSIDING BY SUNSET. LOW
CLOUD CEILINGS ARE GRADUALLY LIFTING AS STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS SWEEP
ACROSS AREA. THE CEILINGS SHOULD RISE TO VFR CONDITIONS RATHER
QUICKLY THIS MORNING...AND CONDITIONS WILL BECOME CLEAR ABOUT
MID-MORNING IN THE DFW AND WACO AREAS. #26
&&
.DISCUSSION...WRAP AROUND MOISTURE IS MOVING FURTHER SOUTH THAN
ORIGINALLY THOUGHT...SO WILL PUT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN FROM
YOUNG COUNTY WESTWARD TO COLLIN COUNTY...WHERE THERE WAS NO MENTION
OF RAIN. 59
&&
.DISCUSSION...HAVE ISSUED WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS FOR
TODAY DUE TO TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND COLD FRONT. WINDS
WILL DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES.
NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE TUESDAY. BIG QUESTION IS HOW MUCH
MOISTURE RETURN WILL TAKE PLACE...AS IT APPEARS THIS SYSTEM WILL
REALLY SCOUR OUT THE GULF. OTHERWISE...WARMUP WILL BEGIN SATURDAY
AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS BACK INTO THE 70S...WITH LIGHT WINDS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 63 42 71 46 / 0 0 0 0
WACO, TX 65 40 71 48 / 0 0 0 0
PARIS, TX 59 39 69 44 / 30 0 0 0
DENTON, TX 62 40 71 46 / 20 0 0 0
MCKINNEY, TX 61 40 71 46 / 20 0 0 0
DALLAS, TX 64 42 71 46 / 0 0 0 0
TERRELL, TX 62 41 71 46 / 0 0 0 0
CORSICANA, TX 64 41 70 48 / 0 0 0 0
TEMPLE, TX 66 41 71 48 / 0 0 0 0
&&
.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES...ANDERSON...BELL...BOSQUE...COLLIN...
COMANCHE...COOKE...CORYELL...DALLAS...DELTA...DENTON...
EASTLAND...ELLIS...ERATH...FALLS...FANNIN...FREESTONE...
GRAYSON...HAMILTON...HENDERSON...HILL...HOOD...HOPKINS...
HUNT...JACK...JOHNSON...KAUFMAN...LAMAR...LAMPASAS...
LEON...LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN...MILAM...MILLS...MONTAGUE...
NAVARRO...PALO PINTO...PARKER...RAINS...ROBERTSON...
ROCKWALL...SOMERVELL...STEPHENS...TARRANT...VAN ZANDT...
WISE...AND YOUNG.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 415 AM CST FRI APR 01 2005 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-020000- ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA- DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON- HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS- LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO- PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT- WISE-YOUNG- 415 AM CST FRI APR 01 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH PEAK GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH...WILL OCCUR. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE QUICKLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE NEXT TUESDAY...BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE PROJECTED STRENGTH OF THE WIND FIELDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISTURBANCE SUGGESTS THAT SEVERE WEATHER COULD BECOME A THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. 26
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
952 AM CST FRI APR 01 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0825 PM HAIL 5 E HEARNE 30.88N 96.51W
03/31/2005 0.75 INCH ROBERTSON TX COOP OBSVR
3/4 INCH HAIL AT WHEELOCKThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong gradient winds broke an electrical pole in half, causing power service interruptions to more than 5,000 customers in the area. The pole was located 2 miles east of Meridian.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5448030.