A strong mid-January cold front blasted through the region Friday night, generating widespread wind gusts of 50+ MPH early morning Saturday January 15.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
A strong mid-January cold front blasted through the region Friday night, generating widespread wind gusts of 50+ MPH early morning Saturday January 15.
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 15, 6:01 AM CST, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 601 AM CST Sat Jan 15 2022 ...New Short Term, Aviation... .SHORT TERM... /NEW/ Update: No significant changes in the short term. Much colder air will continue to filter into North Texas this morning. Winds will remain gusty all day with occasional gusts to 50 mph or higher. The grass fire danger will remain high through this afternoon given the strong winds. There may still be some light wrap around snow that makes its way into our northeast counties this afternoon, but no significant accumulations or impacts are expected. Dunn && Previous Discussion: /Overnight through Sunday/ The cold front is making quick progress through North Texas tonight with the surface low now near Greenville and strong pressure rises spreading in behind the front. Winds have abruptly increased behind the front with the highest in our area so far being 55 mph at Mineral Wells. Wind gusts above 50 mph will continue through the early morning hours with gusts 40-50 mph later this morning continuing through the afternoon. The upper trough will swing through the Arklatex this afternoon and while most of the precipitation will be well to the east and northeast of our area, wrap around moisture and lift looks like it will result in overcast skies across the eastern half of our area this afternoon. In addition, some light snow will be possible across our northeast counties. While no significant impacts are expected, some light accumulations mainly on grassy surfaces will be possible. It'll also be windy, so any snow will blow around. Flurries may develop as far west as the Metroplex this afternoon, but no significant impacts are expected. Temperatures today will struggle to make it out of the 30s by afternoon with wind chills in the 20s. As the upper low continues to the east overnight, winds will gradually diminish with lows falling into the 20s regionwide. Sunday should be a quiet day with skies clearing, much lighter winds, and highs in the 50s and lower 60s. Fire Weather Concerns... IR satellite imagery shows several hot spots across Northwest Texas tonight. One is along the Young/Archer county lines. Another fire is ongoing near Mineral Wells, and the city of Fort Worth has reported a number of grass fires. Humidity has increased to around 50-55% behind the front, but strong northwest winds will continue to fan flames in areas where abundant dormant grassy fuels are available. Humidity will generally remain steady between 50-60% for the rest of the night. Dunn && .LONG TERM... /Issued 345 AM CST Sat Jan 15 2022/ /Sunday Night Onward/ Temperature variability will persist in earnest through the extended forecast period as temperatures continue to rapidly moderate through early next week following a very cold and windy weekend across North and Central Texas. The potential intrusion of another notably cooler airmass midweek should then drop temperatures back below climate normals through the end of the work week. At the beginning of the period, northwesterly flow aloft will prevail while southerly low level winds momentarily return as surface high pressure departs to the east/southeast. Sunday night will be clear and cold with lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s. A shortwave moving across the Central Plains and rounding the base of the departing eastern CONUS trough will lead to a weak secondary cold front pushing across the region late Sunday into early Monday. Other than temporarily re-establishing modest north/northwest low level winds there will be no other sensible evidence of FROPA as temperatures continue to modify to near to slightly above normal Monday afternoon with highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Tuesday is shaping up to be the warmest day of the week with temperatures averaging around 10 to 20 degrees above normal. On the whole, it should still be a pleasant day, but high temperatures in the 70s in early/mid winter is certainly uncharacteristic (even if it is not record-breaking). Southerly surface flow resumes again Tuesday in response to a shortwave moving out of the Four Corners and across the southern Rockies. With minimum relative humidity values forecast to fall to around 15-20%, south/southwest winds increasing to 15-20+ mph with gusts to 30 mph, unseasonably warm peak daytime temperatures, and cured/dormant winter vegetation receptive to burning, there is likely to be locally elevated fire weather conditions in place across western North Texas and the Big Country on Tuesday. A cold front associated with a surface cyclone that will slide across the Northern Plains early Wednesday will provide our next shot of polar air as a moderately cold air mass spills southward behind the front. This is shaping up to be another dry FROPA as greater moisture availability is displaced well to the south, down along the Gulf coast. Below normal temperatures are expected Thursday afternoon with daytime high temperatures in the 40s and lower 50s. By late Thursday, an approaching shortwave and returning moisture, particularly across Central Texas, could result in light precipitation grazing our southern counties. However, model inconsistencies relating to potential thermal profiles and the evolution of key features continues to profoundly limit confidence in what will transpire late next week/weekend. As mentioned in the previous discussion, we will be keeping an eye on this through the weekend. 12 && .AVIATION... /NEW/ /12Z TAFs/ Strong northwest winds will continue through the day today with frequent gusts to 40 kt and an isolated gust approaching 50 kt. Winds will diminish later tonight. Wrap around moisture is moving in from the northeast this morning with MVFR cigs northeast of the major airports. Clouds will likely overspread the region later this morning, but for now we'll keep them VFR with BKn/OVC035. MVFR cigs will prevail just northeast of the Metroplex. Clouds and any precipitation will clear the area from west to east later tonight. Dunn && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 41 28 53 33 60 / 0 0 0 0 0 Waco 45 29 56 31 62 / 0 0 0 0 0 Paris 40 27 49 30 57 / 30 20 0 0 0 Denton 40 23 53 27 60 / 0 0 0 0 0 McKinney 40 26 52 29 60 / 10 5 0 0 0 Dallas 40 29 52 34 60 / 0 0 0 0 0 Terrell 42 27 52 30 60 / 10 5 0 0 0 Corsicana 45 30 54 33 62 / 0 0 0 0 0 Temple 48 29 58 30 63 / 0 0 0 0 0 Mineral Wells 42 24 58 28 61 / 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. &&
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 402 AM CST Sat Jan 15 2022 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-161015- 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- 402 AM CST Sat Jan 15 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Strong and gusty north winds will continue across all of North and Central Texas through Saturday evening. There will be a continued threat for grass fires today given the strong winds. Light snow is possible across the northeastern half of the forecast area Saturday afternoon and evening. Light snow accumulation is possible along the Red River, generally east of I-35 and north of I- 30. No travel impacts are expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. There will be a potential for quickly spreading grass fires on Tuesday afternoon, especially for locations west of the I-35 corridor. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by the Arlington Municipal Airport ASOS on Saturday January 15.
A wind gust of 58 MPH was measured by the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport ASOS on Saturday January 15.
A wind gust of 58 MPH was measured by the Automated Surface Observation System at Dallas Executive Airport on Saturday January 15.
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: 1003845, 1003846, 1003847.