1 strong 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 Feb 16, 12:15 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1215 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 .AVIATION... CEILINGS HAVE BEEN SLOWLY IMPROVING AND ARE AS OF 18Z VFR AT THE FORECAST TAF SITES. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDED SOUTHEAST OF A TULSA...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHILDRESS LINE...WILL MOVE TO NEAR A PARIS...DFW...ABILENE LINE BY 00Z. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS OF AROUND 20 KNOTS WILL SHIFT AROUND TO THE NORTH WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE. EXPECT LOW CLOUDS TO MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN VFR THROUGH 18Z. THE 12Z MODEL RUNS ARE COLDER THAN THE PREVIOUS RUNS...SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN/SLEET MAYBE STARTING AS EARLY AS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS IS BEYOND THE CURRENT TAF FORECAST PERIOD. #58 && .UPDATE... 1055 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ARCTIC FRONT IS CURRENTLY MOVING SOUTH THRU OKLAHOMA WITH VERY COLD AIR BEHIND IT. STILL EXPECTING FROPA AROUND 02Z TONIGHT. WINDS ARE QUITE STRONG...AND FELT THAT A WIND ADVISORY NEEDED TO BE ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE CWA THRU 00Z. NEW MODEL RUNS ARE TRENDING COLDER THAN PREVIOUS RUNS FOR THE WINTER WEATHER EVENT TOMORROW AND THIS WEEKEND. A WINTER WEATHER WATCH MAY NEEDED FOR AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS ALONG THE RED RIVER. IT APPEARS THE METRO AREA WILL GET FREEZING RAIN AND MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE SLEET...BUT ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD STAY BELOW WATCH CRITERIA. /13 && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 503 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006/ MVFR CIGS TO CONTINUE OVER TAF SITES THRU 15-16Z...BEFORE GOOD VERTICAL MIXING OCCURS...SHIFTING CURRENT GSTY...SLY FLO BTWN 15- 20 KTS TO SWLY AT 17-22 KTS SUSTAINED...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 28- 30 KTS. VFR CONDS WILL RETURN AS WELL BY 16-18Z DUE TO AFOREMENTIONED MIXING. OTRW...ARCTIC CD FNT OVER OVER NRN TX/OK PANHANDLES TO REMAIN AT BAY UNTIL S/W TROUGH OVER CENTRAL ROCKIES SHUNTS EWD...LIFTING SFC RAPIDLY NEWD INTO MID MS VALLEY BY 00Z FRI. TIMING DIFFICULT WITH FROPA/WND SHIFT...BUT LIKELY 00Z-02Z FOR D/FW AREA TAF SITES...THEN AFTER 03Z ACT VCNTY...WITH SATURATION SLOWLY OCCURRING ON SHALLOW ARCTIC FRONTAL INVERSION. WILL GO WITH VFR CIGS ATTM POST FROPA...BUT THIS MAY NEED TO BE LOWERED ON FUTURE FCSTS DEPENDING ON HOW STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT IS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 304 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006/ DISCUSSION... ANOTHER VERY WARM AND BREEZY DAY ACROSS N TEXAS BEFORE THE BOTTOM DROPS OUT TONIGHT. RED FLAG WARNING ALREADY POSTED AND THIS LOOKS REASONABLE TO KEEP GOING WITH THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AS TIGHT AS IT ALREADY IS THIS MORNING. GRADIENT SHOULD RELAX A BIT BY THIS AFTERNOON AS STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVES CLOSER TO N TEXAS. FRONT MAY TRIGGER SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS...WITH BETTER COVERAGE ACROSS OUR FAR EAST...THIS AFTN AND EVENING...BUT SEVERE WX IS NOT EXPECTED...WITH CAPE LESS THAN 800 J/KG. AS OF 3 AM...THE COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM KSTL TO KTUL TO JUST N. OF KDHT. MODELS HAVE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT WITH SPEED AND ARRIVAL TIMING OF FRONT FOR N TEXAS...WITH THE BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO CROSS THE RED RIVER BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM...HIT THE METROPLEX BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PM...AND THE WACO AREA BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY FROM THE N WITH THE FROPA...AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD DROP SOME 20 TO 30 DEGREES IN A MATTER OF HOURS. FORECAST PROBLEM WILL CONTINUE TO BE JUST HOW COLD THE AIR MASS WILL BE WHEN IT ARRIVES VS. HOW MUCH PRECIP WILL FALL. MOS CONTINUES TO SLOWLY COME BACK WITH LOWER TEMPS AND HIGHER PRECIP...AND IN GENERAL WE HAVE FOLLOWED THAT TREND. PROBLEM NOW BECOMES WEATHER WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH PRECIP AND BE COLD ENOUGH TO WARRANT A WINTER STORM WATCH. WARM SW FLOW ALOFT STILL LOOKS TO KEEP PRECIP TYPE MAINLY FREEZING RAIN...AND AFTER COORD WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES...WE FEEL CONFIDENCE IS JUST NOT HIGH ENOUGH THAT WE WILL GET A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION DURING THE 4TH PERIOD AND BEYOND. THUS...WE WILL LET ANOTHER MODEL RUN ARRIVE AND CHARGE THE DAY SHIFT WITH THE BIG DECISION. STILL LOOKS LIKE WE COULD HAVE A COUPLE OF ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIP...WITH THE FIRST LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH NOON ON SATURDAY...ROUGHLY NORTH OF I-20...AND AGAIN SAT NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. HAVE INCREASED POPS AND BROUGHT FREEZING RAIN FURTHER SOUTH WITH THIS PACKAGE...PER LATEST MODEL TRENDS. THE BIG FREEZE MAY NOT LAST AS LONG AS INDICATED YESTERDAY...AS SECONDARY SURGE OF COLD AIR LOOKS MUCH WEAKER AND HIGHLY MODIFIED ON MONDAY. THUS...LOOK FOR A WARMING TREND...WITH TEMPS CLOSER TO NORMAL FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 80 37 39 32 / 0 20 20 50 WACO, TX 80 40 40 35 / 0 30 20 50 PARIS, TX 78 34 40 32 / 10 40 30 50 DENTON, TX 80 33 36 30 / 0 20 20 50 MCKINNEY, TX 80 36 36 32 / 0 20 20 50 DALLAS, TX 80 36 36 32 / 0 20 20 50 TERRELL, TX 78 39 45 35 / 10 30 30 50 CORSICANA, TX 77 39 39 36 / 10 40 30 50 TEMPLE, TX 80 40 40 36 / 0 30 20 50 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY FOR TXZ091-TXZ092-TXZ093- TXZ100-TXZ101-TXZ102-TXZ103-TXZ115-TXZ116-TXZ117-TXZ118-TXZ129- TXZ130-TXZ131-TXZ132-TXZ133-TXZ141-TXZ142-TXZ143-TXZ144. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY FOR TXZ091-TXZ092-TXZ093- TXZ094-TXZ095-TXZ100-TXZ101-TXZ102-TXZ103-TXZ104-TXZ105-TXZ106- TXZ107-TXZ115-TXZ116-TXZ117-TXZ118-TXZ119-TXZ120-TXZ121-TXZ122- TXZ123-TXZ129-TXZ130-TXZ131-TXZ132-TXZ133-TXZ134-TXZ135-TXZ141- TXZ142-TXZ143-TXZ144-TXZ145-TXZ146-TXZ147-TXZ148-TXZ156-TXZ157- TXZ158-TXZ159-TXZ160-TXZ161-TXZ162-TXZ174-TXZ175. && /80/05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 315 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-170000- 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- 315 AM CST THU FEB 16 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A CRITICAL FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM TODAY GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A SHERMAN...FORT WORTH...MERIDIAN... GOLDTHWAITE LINE...DUE TO GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THERE IS A CHANCE OF STORMS TONIGHT OVER ALL BUT THE FAR WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE GRAZES THE REGION AND PULLS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO OVERRUN THE SHALLOW COLD ARCTIC AIR BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERE IS A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN WITH THE RAIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BOTH ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THE AREA OF CONCERN IS GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A COMANCHE...GLEN ROSE... DALLAS-FORT WORTH...MCKINNEY...PARIS LINE. ALONG THE IMMEDIATE RED RIVER...A LITTLE SLEET COULD OCCUR AS WELL. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SNOW FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED UP ALONG THE IMMEDIATE RED RIVER EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS THINGS BEGIN TO DRY OUT. THERE IS STILL MUCH UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE EVOLUTION OF THIS WEEKENDS WEATHER...DUE TO THE VERY MILD WEATHER LATELY AND MORNING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE HOVERING AT OR JUST BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THIS AREA. EXPECT ADJUSTMENTS TO OCCUR IN FUTURE FORECASTS THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. 05/
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1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Gusty gradient winds overturned a tractor trailer off Texas 183 near the Dallas/Fort Worth airport.
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