Windy conditions developed across the region Friday night and Saturday behind a strong cold front. A few areas experienced minor wind damage as a result.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Windy conditions developed across the region Friday night and Saturday behind a strong cold front. A few areas experienced minor wind damage as a result.
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 19, 5:41 AM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 541 AM CST Sat Jan 19 2019 .AVIATION... /12Z TAFs/ Concerns: Snow and visibility reduction this morning and gusty winds through the day. A band of light rain and snow is shifting east across most Metroplex sites as of 1130Z. This band will continue to weaken and depart to the east, but occasional light snow could persist beyond 12Z so maintain a TEMPO (12-13Z) showing 4SM. While the possibility of IFR VSBY cannot be entirely eliminated, seems more likely that VSBYs will remain MVFR or higher with this light precipitation. CIGs may also briefly fall to near 010, but should generally remain around 015-025 through 15-16Z. Thereafter, expect VFR conditions to develop. Larger issue will likely be gusty winds through the day. High confidence in continued gusts of 35-40 kt at most sites through the morning and afternoon hours. Winds should very slowly veer from 310-320 this morning to 330-340 by late afternoon and evening. Therefore, crosswind issues appear probable, especially during the morning and mid-day hours. Winds may remain gusty beyond 00Z, but should gradually weaken overnight into Sunday. North flow likely persisting through entirety of respective TAF periods. Picca && .SHORT TERM... /Issued 322 AM CST Sat Jan 19 2019/ /Through Tonight/ Water vapor imagery reveals an impressive mid/upper shortwave trough across the southern Plains early this morning. With an approximately 100-kt 500-mb jet evolving east across Texas this morning, the associated trough will continue developing towards the Mississippi Delta today. With heights rapidly rising over the southern High Plains, strong subsidence is pushing a vigorous cold front southeast across our region at present. The GOES-East Nighttime Microphysics channel shows this evolution quite nicely via the rapid southeast progression of a stratus deck closely tied to the front. The evolution of the mid/upper trough is also yielding a narrow band of rain/snow/sleet from Graham to Muenster, as of 300am, possibly in association with a thin corridor of weak frontogenesis, isentropic upglide, and favorable RH within the approximate 700-550mb layer. This band should drift farther east/southeast, reaching the I-35 corridor by 5-6am. Forecast thermal profiles suggest a continued mixture of rain, snow, and some sleet, owing to more rapid cooling of the boundary layer. Regardless, temperatures in the mid/upper 30s (at the time of arrival) and brief, transient nature of this precipitation should preclude any notable road impacts. All of this precipitation will weaken further and lift northeast through daybreak, in conjunction with the northeastward departure of saturation near the dendritic growth zone. We will be left with cold temperatures and very windy conditions today. Near-term guidance shows around 40 kt of flow near the center of a well- mixed boundary-layer profile today. As such, bumped up gusts across much of the area today. Isolated gusts up to 45-50 mph are certainly within reason, once deeper mixing ensues. No changes planned for the wind advisory, which continues til 00Z. Skies will be clear tonight and winds should slacken some, improving radiational cooling conditions. Expect a freeze area- wide, with temperatures in the low 20s near the Red River. Picca && .LONG TERM... /Issued 322 AM CST Sat Jan 19 2019/ /Sunday through next Weekend/ An upper ridge will build eastward from the Rockies to the Plains on Sunday as the upper low currently affecting the region heads for the East Coast. After a bitterly cold start to the day, Sunday temperatures will begin to moderate due to subsidence aloft an plentiful sunshine. Temperatures should be mainly in the 20s at sunrise, but will warm into the 40s and 50s Sunday afternoon. The warming trend will continue on Monday as return flow increases ahead of a deepening shortwave trough along the West Coast. Good warm air advection should allow afternoon temperatures to climb into the mid and upper 60s across the western half of the region, and primarily in the 55 to 60 degree range across the east, with overnight lows hanging around 50 degrees area-wide. The West Coast trough will split into two separate pieces of energy as it heads for the Rockies Monday night and Tuesday; the first being an upper low which continues eastward across the Plains, and the second being a trough which continues to deepen and dig south-southeastward across Mexico. The northern system will be accompanied by a strong surface low and attendant cold front trailing to its southwest. The front will push southeast into North Texas Tuesday as the surface low and its upper level counterpart accelerate northeastward into the Midwest. This will bring an abrupt end to the warm-up, with falling temperatures Tuesday afternoon and evening expected behind the front. Meanwhile, the southern trough will continue southeast across Mexico Tuesday night before swinging eastward towards South Texas and the Northwest Gulf on Wednesday. A few showers will be possible along the front as it pushes through the region, but better chances for precipitation will occur as a zone of isentropic upglide develops north of he boundary. The position of the upper low will place the strongest lift and best chances of precipitation across South-Central and Southeast Texas, so rain chances will be primarily limited to the southeast half of the forecast area. Precipitation will exit to the east on Wednesday and Wednesday night as the upper trough continues east across the northern Gulf. Deep troughing across the eastern CONUS still appears to be the general upper level pattern Thursday through the weekend. Multiple disturbances dropping southeast through the Plains will send additional shots of modified arctic air southward into the area. At this time, it looks like moisture will be lacking, so cold and dry conditions will continue to be advertised in the day 4 through 8 portion of the forecast. 30 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 40 25 49 38 61 / 5 0 0 0 0 Waco 45 26 51 36 62 / 0 0 0 0 0 Paris 38 22 44 32 55 / 40 0 0 0 0 Denton 40 22 49 37 60 / 10 0 0 0 0 McKinney 39 23 46 36 58 / 20 0 0 0 0 Dallas 40 27 48 38 60 / 5 0 0 0 0 Terrell 41 25 47 35 59 / 10 0 0 0 0 Corsicana 42 27 47 35 59 / 5 0 0 0 0 Temple 48 28 52 36 63 / 0 0 0 0 0 Mineral Wells 42 23 53 39 63 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory until 6 PM CST this evening for TXZ091>095-100>107- 115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175. && 11/30
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 323 AM CST Sat Jan 19 2019 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-200930- 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- 323 AM CST Sat Jan 19 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. A brief mixture of light to locally moderate rain, snow, and sleet will be possible north of I-20 through daybreak. Little to no impacts are expected. Cold and very windy conditions are expected today. Gusts up to 40-45 mph are possible, with wind chills in the 20s and 30s. While winds will weaken tonight, temperatures will quickly fall, resulting in wind chills in the teens and 20s. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 102 AM CST Sat Jan 19 2019 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>120-191300- Montague-Cooke-Grayson-Fannin-Lamar-Young-Jack-Wise-Denton-Collin- Hunt-Delta-Hopkins-Stephens-Palo Pinto-Parker-Tarrant-Dallas- Rockwall- Including the cities of Bowie, Nocona, Gainesville, Sherman, Denison, Bonham, Paris, Graham, Olney, Jacksboro, Decatur, Bridgeport, Carrollton, Denton, Lewisville, Flower Mound, Plano, McKinney, Allen, Frisco, Greenville, Commerce, Cooper, Sulphur Springs, Breckenridge, Mineral Wells, Weatherford, Briar, Fort Worth, Arlington, Dallas, Rockwall, and Heath 102 AM CST Sat Jan 19 2019 ...BRIEF MIX OF RAIN, SNOW, AND SOME SLEET EARLY THIS MORNING... A band of light to briefly moderate precipitation will move across portions of North Texas early this morning. A mixture of rain, snow, and even some sleet can be expected with this precipitation. Any accumulations should be minor, quick, and confined to grassy surfaces, given marginal surface temperatures. Areas near the Red River will be the most likely to see any such accumulations. While significant road impacts from this band are not expected, slow down if encountering heavier precipitation. Additionally, wind gusts up to 40 mph may accompany these showers, briefly reducing visibility. This band should reach a Breckenridge to Bowie line around 2 am, DFW to Sherman line around 4 am, and a Paris to Sulphur Springs line around 6 am.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Robertson County Sheriff's Department reported power lines down on Main Street near the Dairy Queen and trees down on Highway 79 in the city of Calvert, TX.
Grayson County Sheriff's Department reported power lines arcing near the intersection of Odneal and Throckmorton Streets in the city of Sherman, TX.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 801581, 801582.