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This is something you do not see everyday! A high wind warning was issued for parts of central TX due to the outflow of dying thunderstorms. According to this...winds up to 60-80mph may be felt! If anyone in the warned area has any wind damage to report from this, I would love to hear about it!

High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
922 PM CDT TUE APR 18 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 1000 PM...

.DISCUSSION...HIGH WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH DISSIPATING
THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THROUGH 1000 PM ACROSS BELL...MILAM...AND
FALLS COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.
RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH AT 2000 FEET ABOVE
THE SURFACE.

TXZ158-160-174-190330-
/O.CON.KFWD.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060419T0300Z/
BELL-FALLS-MILAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...MARLIN...
CAMERON...ROCKDALE
922 PM CDT TUE APR 18 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

HIGH WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH DISSIPATING THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR
THROUGH 1000 PM ACROSS PARTS OF BELL...MILAM...AND FALLS COUNTIES.
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER EASTERN BELL COUNTY AND WESTERN
FALLS COUNTY. THE CITIES OF WESTPHALIA AND BARCLAY APPEAR TO BE IN
THE PATH OF THE STRONGEST WINDS.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO
PROPERTY DAMAGE AND KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK A
STURDY SHELTER.

update to wind warning extended - - - SIGNIFICANT damages now reported from the OUTFLOW boundry of long dead storms! Here is the latest update:

High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1000 PM CDT TUE APR 18 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 1100 PM FOR FALLS AND
ROBERTSON COUNTIES...
...HIGH WIND WARNING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR BELL AND MILAM
COUNTIES...

.DISCUSSION...HIGH WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH DISSIPATING
THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THROUGH 1100 PM ACROSS FALLS AND
ROBERTSON COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE. RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH AT
2000 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE. SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED
IN ROSEBUD AT 945 PM.

TXZ175-190400-
/O.EXB.KFWD.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060419T0400Z/
ROBERTSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT
1000 PM CDT TUE APR 18 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

HIGH WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH DISSIPATING THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR
THROUGH 1100 PM ACROSS NORTHERN ROBERTSON COUNTY. WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE WAS
REPORTED IN ROSEBUD AT 945 PM. BREMOND APPEARS TO BE IN THE PATH
OF THE STRONGEST WINDS.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO
PROPERTY DAMAGE AND KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK A
STURDY SHELTER NOW.

Now the warning has been extended until midnight with more damages reported at 10:50pm. This is weird...I have never heard of such a long lasting wind event after the storms that caused the outflow to be created have been dead for over 3 hours!

At 11pm: .DISCUSSION...HIGH WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH DISSIPATING
THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THROUGH MIDNIGHT ACROSS ROBERTSON...LEON
AND MILAM. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.
RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS CONTINUE TO INDICATE WINDS OF 60 TO 70
MPH. SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED WITH THIS AREA OF WIND
THIS EVENING.

They've all expired now.

Interesting event, deserves a case study if there hasn't been one done on these types of events yet.

Thanks for keeping us updated EWG!