Strong winds gusting to over 30 MPH behind a strong Arctic front caused wind damage.
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Strong winds gusting to over 30 MPH behind a strong Arctic front caused wind damage.
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 Nov 30, 12:33 PM CST, 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1233 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 .AVIATION... 18Z SOUNDING SHOWS WARM TONGUE NOW GONE. SNOW SHOULD BE ONLY PRECIP TYPE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...IN SPITE OF WHAT ASOS/AWOS MIGHT SAY. BACK EDGE OF PRECIP STILL MOVING TOWARDS AREA...LIKELY 21-22Z FOR PRECIP TO END. 84 .PREV AVIATION... 1115 AM WILL STICK WITH MVFR CIGS FOR THE AFTERNOON...THEN A SLOW LIFT TO SKC OVERNIGHT. MIX OF PRECIP BEING REPORTED BUT OVERALL THE MORE CONVECTIVE LOOKING PRECIP IS EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 WITH MORE STRATIFORM PRECIP TO THE WEST. EXPECT MORE SLEET IN THE MIX TO THE EAST AND MORE SNOW TO THE MIX IN THE WEST DUE TO THE STRONGER UPDRAFTS IN THE CONVECTIVE BANDS. PRECIP LOOKS LIGHT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND BACK EDGE TO THE SOUTHWEST SHOULD GET TO DFW AREA 21-22Z BUT THAT MAY HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED A BIT. 84 && .UPDATE... 1047 AM UPDATE GOING OUT WITH ONLY A FEW MINOR CHANGES. WINTERY MIX OF PRECIP WILL CONTINUE OVER ALL OF THE WARNING AND ADVISORY AREA...WITH THE WEST AND NORTH RECEIVING THE BRUNT OF THE ICE. TEMPERATURES OVER THE WESTERN HALF WILL REMAIN FAIRLY STEADY OR EVEN DROP A BIT THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE THE EASTERN HALF WILL CONTINUE A DOWNWARD SPIRAL. THE 15Z SOUNDING SHOWED DEEPER COLD AIRMASS AND A SLIGHT COOLING OF THE WARM NOSE SO WE WILL BE SENDING UP AN 18Z SOUNDING TO CHECK FOR ANY ADDITIONAL CHANGES. THE NEXT CONCERN WILL BE THE COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. WILL ADDRESS THEM IN THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE. 42 && .UPDATE...QUICK UPDATE TO ZONES AND GRIDDED PRODUCTS TO CORRECT A GRIDDED ERROR IN THE HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN ZONES. ALSO...12Z FWD SOUNDING DATA SHOWS DEPTH AND DEGREE OF WARM NOSE ABOVE THE SURFACE. LAYER IS WARMER AND DEEPER THAN EXPECTED. SO EXPECT THE MAIN PRECIP TYPE TO REMAIN FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AT LEAST THROUGH THE MID MORNING UNTIL COLDER AIR ALOFT MOVES IN. SOUNDING INDICATES THERE IS ABOUT 500J/KG OF ELEVATED CAPE AND CONTINUE TO SEE SEVERAL LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH ONGOING ACTIVITY SO HAVE INCLUDED ISOLATED THUNDER THROUGH THE MORNING. ALSO MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS. 91/DUNN && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 600 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006/ AVIATION...EXPECT IFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS ALL DAY. AS COLD AIRMASS GETS DEEPER CIGS MAY LIFT UP A BIT BY MID DAY BUT MORE PRECIP THAT IS DEVELOPING MAY HELP KEEP LOW LEVELS SATURATED AND CIGS MAY NOT LIFT MUCH. PRECIP AMOUNTS/TYPE/TIMING VERY PROBLEMATIC...BUT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS OCCURRING NOW IN WESTERN METROPLEX AND EXPECT THAT BY SUNRISE IT COULD HAPPEN DFW/DAL. IF SOME DEEPER CONVECTION MOVES OVER THE AREA SLEET IS LIKELY AS WELL. TODAY/S 12Z SOUNDING SHOWS WARM NOSE 10 DEGREES CENTIGRADE WARMER THAN YESTERDAY/S MODELS HAD FORECAST...BUT STILL WANT TO COOL THE LOWER LEVELS BELOW FREEZING BY 18Z. HAVE PUT SOME LIGHT SNOW IN FOR AFTERNOON BUT DO NOT HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE GIVEN THAT THE MODELS FOOLED ME YESTERDAY. 84 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 456 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006/ THE WINTER WEATHER FORECAST IS PROVING TO BE QUITE THE BEAST THIS MORNING AS IT USUALLY IS. SEVERAL THINGS COMPLICATING THE PICTURE. OVERNIGHT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN THAT CAME IN SEVERAL BANDS HAS HELPED KEEP THE TEMPERATURES NEARLY STEADY AROUND 34 DEGREES IN MOST LOCATIONS...DUE TO THE RELATIVE WARMTH OF THE RAIN COMPARED TO THE COLD AIR IN PLACE. WHERE THE RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS...TEMPS HAVE QUICKLY DROPPED INTO THE UPPER 20S...MAINLY OVER THE NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE CURRENT WARNING AREA. BREAKS IN THE PRECIP FARTHER EAST WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO FALL TO BELOW FREEZING WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. ADDITIONAL PRECIP IS ALREADY DEVELOPING TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST IN AREA OF STRONG DEEP LAYER ASCENT AHEAD OF POTENT UPPER TROF. W/V IMAGERY SHOWS THE TROF DIGGING INTO WESTERN TX NOW AND STILL A TAD FARTHER SOUTH THAN ANY OF THE GUIDANCE. OVERALL THOUGH...MODELS SEEM TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THE UPPER TROF. SO WHAT HAPPENS FROM HERE... TWO MAIN AREAS OF ONGOING PRECIP RIGHT NOW. ONE IS OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA STRETCHING DOWN INTO EAST TEXAS...THEN FARTHER SOUTH ALONG THE FRONT. THE OTHER IS CLOSER TO THE UPPER LOW OVER THE TX PANHANDLE. MODEL DATA IS ACTUALLY IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH WHAT HAPPENS OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS...SO AFTER EXAMINING RADAR/SFC DATA...THIS IS THE LATEST THINKING...STRONG ISENTROPIC ASCENT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS...AHEAD OF UPPER TROF. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO CONTINUED AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH THE MORNING. LARGER AREA OF SLEET/SNOW TO THE WEST...ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER TROF...WILL MOVE ENE THROUGH THE MORNING. IT APPEARS THAT BEST FORCING...BOTH LOW LEVEL ISENTROPIC FORCING AND DEEP LAYER DPVA WILL TRACK JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE METROPLEX WITH HEAVIEST PRECIP AMOUNTS REMAINING IN OKLAHOMA OR ALONG THE RED RIVER AND ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE CURRENT WARNING AREA. FORECAST SOUNDINGS FROM SEVERAL MODELS SHOW A LITTLE DEEPER WARM NOSE IN THE LOW LEVELS...SO MAY HAVE TO CONTEND WITH A LITTLE MORE FREEZING RAIN THAN SLEET OR SNOW. ISENTROPIC LIFT SHUTS OFF QUICKLY SHORTLY AFTER NOON SO WILL LIKELY SEE A QUICK END TO THE PRECIP. HAVE DECIDED NOT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE CURRENT WARNING/ADVISORY AREAS AT THIS TIME. STILL THINK THAT 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING NORTHWEST OF A BRECKENRIDGE TO SHERMAN LINE...WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/4 INCH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA. SNOW/SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY STILL TOTAL 1 TO 3 INCHES ALONG THE RED RIVER...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS OR LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION FARTHER SOUTH. ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...MAINLY SOUTH OF A COMANCHE TO DALLAS TO PARIS LINE...SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS IS STILL POSSIBLE. PRECIP WILL RAPIDLY COME TO AN END THIS AFTERNOON...WITH QUICK DRYING AND A HARD FREEZE EXPECTED TONIGHT. REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST CHANGES VERY LITTLE. NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIP CHANCES THROUGH THE REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. ANOTHER SHOT OF COLD AIR COMES IN BY SUNDAY. && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY FOR TXZ091-TXZ092- TXZ093-TXZ094-TXZ095-TXZ100-TXZ101-TXZ102-TXZ103-TXZ104-TXZ105- TXZ106-TXZ115-TXZ116-TXZ117-TXZ118-TXZ119-TXZ120-TXZ129-TXZ130- TXZ131-TXZ132-TXZ141. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY FOR TXZ107-TXZ121- TXZ122-TXZ123-TXZ133-TXZ134-TXZ135-TXZ142-TXZ143-TXZ144-TXZ145- TXZ146-TXZ156-TXZ157-TXZ158-TXZ159. && DUNN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1201 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-011200- 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- 1201 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THE ARCTIC FRONT HAS SWEPT THROUGH ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED TO FREEZING OR BELOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. SHOWERS PRODUCING SLEET...AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS...THUS A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 6 PM THURSDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...SLEET...AND SNOW COMBINED WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN NORTHWEST NORTH TEXAS...TO LESS THAN AN INCH IN CENTRAL AREAS...TO NO ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SOUTHEAST. ALL PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. AS THE CLOUDS CLEAR OVERNIGHT THURSDAY... A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE UPPER TEENS IN THE NORTHWEST TO THE MID 20S IN THE SOUTHEAST. REFERENCE FTWWSWFWD FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 84
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
832 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 AM SLEET DECATUR 33.23N 97.59W
11/30/2006 E0.10 INCH WISE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
SLEET STARTING TO ACCUMULATE IN DECATURSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
835 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006
TXZ092-103-118-301530-
COOKE-DENTON-TARRANT-
835 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
COOKE COUNTY
DENTON COUNTY
TARRANT COUNTY
AT 830 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS IDENTIFIED A
BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LOCATED ALONG A
LINE FROM GAINESVILLE...TO WEATHERFORD...TO CLEBURNE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S ACROSS
COOKE...DENTON...AND TARRANT COUNTIES BY 10 AM. DUE TO THE MODERATE
TO HEAVY INTENSITY OF THE SLEET AND ICE WITH THIS LINE OF
PRECIPITATION...ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY ON BRIDGES AND OVER
PASSES...WITH SOME ICING DEVELOPING ON SURFACE ROADWAYS. CONDITIONS
ACROSS THE WESTERN METROPLEX AND POINTS NORTHWARD WILL DETERIORATE
RAPIDLY BETWEEN 9 AM AND 10 AM.
TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ACROSS THE METROPLEX THIS MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
LAT...LON 3258 9708 3258 9753 3297 9748 3301 9739
3309 9737 3343 9737 3346 9741 3374 9736
3378 9721 3371 9711 3380 9708 3381 9695
3352 9695
92PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
847 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0840 AM HEAVY SLEET 7 NE AZLE 32.97N 97.45W
11/30/2006 E0.10 INCH TARRANT TX PUBLICPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
857 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0853 AM HEAVY SLEET MUENSTER 33.65N 97.38W
11/30/2006 E0.10 INCH COOKE TX PUBLIC
US82, I-35, AND BRIDGES ARE ICED OVER. HEAVY SLEET AND
VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/2 MILE. NUMEROUS TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS.SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 920 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 TXZ119-301615- DALLAS- 920 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... DALLAS COUNTY AT 920 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS IDENTIFIED AREAS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MOVING INTO DALLAS COUNTY FROM THE SOUTHWEST. TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING ACROSS ALL OF DALLAS COUNTY AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL. PERIODS OF OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SLEET WILL CAUSE ROAD CONDITIONS TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE FIRST TO ICE OVER...BUT SLICK SPOTS ON SURFACE STREETS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. TRAVEL ACROSS DALLAS COUNTY WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED TODAY. LAT...LON 3300 9703 3254 9709 3256 9652 3299 9649 92
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1122 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1113 AM SLEET LOWRY CROSSING 33.17N 96.54W
11/30/2006 E0.10 INCH COLLIN TX PUBLICThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds gusting to over 30 MPH caused a large tree limb to fall on and damage a transformer, knocking out power to dozens of homes, businesses, schools, and traffic lights in Ennis.
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