There was one report of wind damage as a cold front approached the region.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
There was one report of wind damage as a cold front approached the region.
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 Jan 6, 10:43 AM CST, 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1043 AM CST SUN JAN 6 2008 .AVIATION... 1043 AM CST / 1640 UTC. LOW LEVEL MIXING WILL RESULT IN STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS AT ALL TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON. SOME GUSTS AROUND 30 KTS ARE POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE VFR THROUGH LATE NIGHT...AND AFTER 16Z MONDAY. TRAJECTORY OF STRATUS TONIGHT IS PROBLEMATIC AS HAS BEEN THE PAST TWO NIGHTS. I PLAN FOR SOME STRATUS TO AFFECT KACT AND KDAL 10-15Z MONDAY...BUT KEEP THE OTHERS VRF. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE STRATUS WILL SLIDE FURTHER WEST...BUT SFC-925MB TRAJECTORIES FAVOR THE WESTERN EDGE OVER KACT AND JUST EAST OF KDAL. ALSO IN THE 09-15Z TIME FRAME....LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR SHOULD BE A CONCERN ACROSS THE REGION. 75 && .PREV AVIATION... 530 AM CST PRIMARY CONCERN...GUSTY WINDS TODAY. VFR THROUGH TAF PERIOD WITH ONLY CI/CS AND NO PRECIPITATION OR OBSTRUCTIONS TO VSBY. SW FLOW CONTINUES TO DOMINATE ABOVE SFC LAYER...WITH STRATUS CONFINED TO AREAS EAST OF TAF SITES...WHERE TRAJECTORIES ARE WITHIN GULF FETCH. EXPECT SIMILAR SETUP MONDAY MORNING...THUS WILL REFRAIN FROM INTRODUCING ANY PREVAILING ST/SC. WINDS REACHED 50KTS AT 3KFT ON FWS VWP OVERNIGHT. SPEEDS HAVE SINCE TEMPERED AND EVEN AT THEIR PEAK FAILED TO MEET LLWS CRITERIA. THIS MOMENTUM WILL MIX DOWN AFTER DAYBREAK...AND BY 15-16Z (9-10 AM CST) GUSTS WILL REACH 25-30KTS. GUSTY WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 25 PREV DISCUSSION... 402 AM CST AFTER AN UNSEASONABLY WARM MORNING...TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO NEAR RECORD LEVELS IN MANY LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. THE ONLY FLY IN THE OINTMENT WILL BE INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. ALL MODEL DATA SUGGESTS THAT THE HIGH CLOUDS WILL THIN AND SCATTER DURING THE AFTERNOON SO STILL EXPECT UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S WITH A GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND. WILL ISSUE A GRASS FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN THE NORTHWEST ZONES WHERE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 35. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH NORTH TEXAS ON MONDAY AND BRING SOME LOW RAIN CHANCES DURING THE MORNING WITH INCREASING CHANCES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOST OF THE ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH OKLAHOMA. HOWEVER...LIFT ALONG A COLD FRONT SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. WILL KEEP THE HIGHEST POPS IN THE NORTHEAST WHERE THE BEST LIFT AND DEEPEST MOISTURE WILL RESIDE. PRECIPITATION SHOULD END QUICKLY TUESDAY MORNING AS THE SHORT WAVE MOVES NORTHEAST AND DRY AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL BE COOLER...BUT STILL ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS. ANOTHER SHORT WAVE WILL GRAZE NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY BUT MOISTURE SHOULD BE INSUFFICIENT FOR ANY PRECIP. THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN IS PROGGED TO BECOME MORE AMPLIFIED BY THE WEEKEND WITH A BUILDING RIDGE ON THE WEST COAST. A COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY AND BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN ALONG WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES. WILL KEEP POPS LOW FOR NOW AND AWAIT SOME MODEL RUN CONSISTENCY. 79 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 81 63 79 48 64 / 10 10 30 50 20 WACO, TX 81 64 78 56 68 / 10 10 30 50 20 PARIS, TX 77 60 75 51 61 / 10 10 40 70 20 DENTON, TX 81 61 78 46 64 / 10 10 30 50 10 MCKINNEY, TX 78 62 78 48 63 / 10 10 30 50 20 DALLAS, TX 80 62 79 51 65 / 10 10 30 50 20 TERRELL, TX 79 62 78 53 66 / 10 10 30 70 20 CORSICANA, TX 80 64 77 52 68 / 10 10 30 50 20 TEMPLE, TX 79 63 78 52 68 / 10 10 30 50 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 79/25/77
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 400 AM CST SUN JAN 6 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-071200- MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL- NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS- LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- 400 AM CST SUN JAN 6 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS AN ELEVATED RISK OF GRASS FIRES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS OF BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY...PRIMARILY WEST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 25
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Gusty winds ahead of an approaching cold front caused a large tree to fall over.
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