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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
253 PM CDT THU APR 5 2007
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-060600-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...NOCONA...GAINESVILLE...
SHERMAN...DENISON...BONHAM...PARIS...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO...
DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...
THE COLONY...PLANO...GREENVILLE...COMMERCE...COOPER...
SULPHUR SPRINGS...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...
BRIAR...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...TERRELL...
KAUFMAN...FORNEY...WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN...
EDGEWOOD...EMORY...POINT...EAST TAWAKONI...CISCO...EASTLAND...
RANGER...GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY...
OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...
ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...
COMANCHE...DE LEON...GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON...
MERIDIAN...VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...CORSICANA...TEAGUE...
FAIRFIELD...PALESTINE...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE...GATESVILLE...
KILLEEN...TEMPLE...FORT HOOD...WACO...MARLIN...MEXIA...
GROESBECK...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...CAMERON...
ROCKDALE...HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT
253 PM CDT THU APR 5 2007
...UNSEASONABLY COOL WEATHER EXPECTED...
A PERIOD OF UNSEASONABLY COOL WEATHER IS FORECAST ACROSS ALL OF
NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL BE 15 TO 20
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE PERIOD FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS A
CANADIAN AIR MASS SETTLES ACROSS MOST OF TEXAS.
BEGINNING SATURDAY MORNING...THERE WILL BE SEVERAL MORNINGS WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S. WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE NOT
FORECAST AT THIS TIME.
ACROSS WESTERN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS...TEMPERATURES MAY BE COLD
ENOUGH FOR LIGHT SNOW TO MIX WITH RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
MORNING. NO SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.
A WARMING TREND WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY AS SOUTH WINDS RETURN.
gboudx wrote:With the low currently forecasted for 33 on Saturday night, looks like we'll have to cover the flowers we just planted this past weekend. And the herbs.
NWS - Fort Worth wrote:[font=Courier New]ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING RESULTING IN LIGHT WINDS
AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION. LOW
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO BETWEEN 30 AND 32 DEGREES IN
MOST LOCATIONS...WITH SOME RURAL LOCATIONS DROPPING INTO THE
UPPER 20S EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS THAT SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY
TO OCCUR. A FREEZE THIS LATE IN THE SEASON CAN BE PARTICULARLY
DAMAGING TO COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS AND OTHER CROPS. MAKE SURE
OUTDOOR PETS HAVE A WARM PLACE TO STAY.[/font]
NWS - Fort Worth wrote:[font=Courier New]A TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH CONDUCTED
DAMAGE SURVEYS IN TARRANT...DALLAS...AND ROCKWALL COUNTIES DUE TO
WIND DAMAGE ON APRIL 13TH.
ONE PARENT SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM MOVED ACROSS TARRANT...DALLAS...
AND ROCKWALL COUNTIES IN THE EVENING HOURS PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
HAIL UP TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER.
THE FIRST TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 555 PM IN
BENBROOK...OR SOUTHWEST FORT WORTH...IN TARRANT COUNTY. KNOWN DAMAGE
AT THIS TIME CONSISTS OF DOWNED FENCES...HOWEVER THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES TO GATHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OF
IMPACTS IN THIS AREA. STORM CHASER VIDEO CONFIRMS A BRIEF TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN. A PRELIMINARY EF-SCALE RATING HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED.
THE SECOND TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 609 PM JUST EAST OF
DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH...NEAR THE VICINITY OF SYLVANIA PARK SOUTHWEST
OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH BEACH AND BELKNAP STREETS. THE TORNADO
THEN MOVED EAST ALONG WHEELER STREET AND ELLIOTT REEDER ROAD IN
HALTOM CITY. THE MOST SEVERE DAMAGE EXTENDED ALONG WHEELER STREET
FROM NORTH BEACH TO HALTOM ROAD...AND ALONG ELLIOTT REEDER ROAD FROM
HALTOM ROAD EAST APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE. ONE STORM-RELATED
FATALITY WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THIS AREA. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL ROOF
DAMAGE TO A GROCERY STORE...SEVERAL HOMES...AND A CHURCH STEEPLE
ALONG WHEELER STREET. ADDITIONALLY...SEVERAL COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
ALONG ELLIOTT REEDER ROAD WERE DAMAGED AND NUMEROUS RECREATIONAL
VEHICLES AND TRACTOR TRAILERS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
FURTHERMORE...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES WERE DOWNED IN THIS
AREA. NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF RIVERBEND AND JACK NEWELL...A
COMMERCIAL BUILDING SUFFERED PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF AN EAST-FACING
WALL. BASED ON THIS INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO HAS BEEN ASSIGNED A
PRELIMINARY UPPER-END EF-1 RATING ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA
SCALE...WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 100 AND 110 MPH. PATH
LENGTH IS ESTIMATED TO BE 2 MILES AND A PATH WIDTH OF APPROXIMATELY
125 YARDS.
A THIRD AREA OF CONCENTRATED WIND DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN EAST DALLAS
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF JOHN WEST AND BUCKNER BLVD. SEVERAL
TREES...TREE LIMBS...AND FENCES WERE DOWNED. SOME DAMAGE TO AREA
APARTMENT ROOFS WAS ALSO OBSERVED. THE EXACT CAUSE OF THIS WIND
DAMAGE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED...ALTHOUGH THE STORM THAT PRODUCED
THE FORT WORTH/HALTOM CITY TORNADO WAS OVER EAST DALLAS AT THIS
TIME. ADDITIONAL GROUND-TRUTH INFORMATION FROM SPOTTERS AND
EMERGENCY MANAGERS WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE IF A TORNADO OR
STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS CAUSED THIS DAMAGE. THIS DAMAGE HAS BEEN
ASSIGNED THE PRELIMINARY RATING OF EF-0...WITH WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE
80 MPH.
IN ROCKWALL COUNTY...AN AREA OF WIND DAMAGE WAS SURVEYED 5 MILES
SOUTH OF ROYSE CITY...JUST EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF FM 548 AND
STATE HIGHWAY 276. TWO BARNS WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND A FEW
FENCES WERE DOWNED. THIS DAMAGE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED THE PRELIMINARY
RATING OF EF-0...WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 80 MPH.
THE AFOREMENTIONED DETAILS ARE SUBJECT TO REVISION BASED ON FUTURE
DISCUSSIONS WITH SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL.[/font]
Storm Prediction Center wrote:[font=Courier New] REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING OVER WEST TX IN
REGION OF STRONG DAYTIME HEATING AND STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES.
CLEARING SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EASTWARD ACROSS WATCH AREA
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH STORMS ALSO SPREADING ACROSS REGION. LARGE
HAIL IS LIKELY DUE TO COLD MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES. POTENTIAL ALSO
EXISTS FOR ISOLATED LANDSPOUTS GIVEN FAVORABLE THERMODYNAMIC AND
AMBIENT VORTICITY PATTERN.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27030.
...HART[/font]
NWS - Fort Worth wrote:[font=Courier New]* AT 359 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 17
MILES WEST OF BRECKENRIDGE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ALBANY...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HUBBARD CREEK RESERVOIR BY 420 PM
BRECKENRIDGE BY 435 PM
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND
STAY INSIDE...AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 3291 9910 3270 9911 3259 9880 3282 9869[/font]
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