NWS Forecast Office serving Dallas-Fort Worth, north central Texas
The National Weather Service Fort Worth, Texas (NWS Fort Worth ) is a local weather forecast office of the National Weather Service responsible for monitoring weather conditions for 46 counties in north central Texas , including the Dallas-Fort Worth Metro Area (the Metroplex) and Waco, Texas .[1]
History
Present day
The current National Weather Service Fort Worth is located at 3401 Northern Cross Blvd, Fort Worth, TX in the northeastern part of Fort Worth, near Meacham International Airport , and is in charge of issuing local forecasts and weather warnings for north central Texas.[1] It is one of 13 National Weather Service offices located in Texas.[1]
The building that the Fort Worth office is located in also houses the West Gulf River Forecast Center, one of 13 in the United States. This office is responsible for the entire river basin between the Sabine River along the Texas -Louisiana border in the east to the Rio Grande River in southern Colorado , New Mexico , and south Texas.[2] Other rivers in the responsibility area of the WGRFC include the Pecos , Nueces , San Antonio River , Guadalupe , Colorado , Brazos , Trinity , and Neches rivers.[3]
NOAA Weather Radio
NOAA Weather Radio logo
The Fort Worth Weather Forecast Office maintains thirteen NOAA Weather Radio transmitters across north Texas and far south Oklahoma to transmit routine extended and specialized short-term forecasts, current weather observations, hazardous weather outlooks and historical weather information. Each of the transmitters, through the Emergency Alert System , also disseminate watches, warnings and advisories issued by the NWS office, severe thunderstorm and tornado watches issued by the Storm Prediction Center and other emergency information to the public.[4]
The office schedules a required weekly test of the Specific Area Message Encoding system for public alert dissemination on all thirteen NOAA Weather Radio transmitters in the region each Wednesday between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. and between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. (all times Central); exceptions exist if there is a threat of severe weather that day within the listening area of any or all of the stations, in which case the test will be postponed until the following Wednesday, barring that severe weather is not forecast to occur then.[4]
The Lightning Bolt
Since early 2009, all NOAA Weather Radio Stations within the North Texas region began airing a monthly 15 minute talk show titled "The Lightning Bolt" where two to five listener-submitted questions related to weather are answered by meteorologists, who also would provide weather-related safety tips and trivia.[5]
Stations
City of license
Call sign
Frequency (MHz )
Counties served
Fort Worth
KEC55
162.550 MHz
Bosque , Collin , Dallas , Denton , Ellis , Erath , Hill , Hood , Johnson , Parker , Somervell , Tarrant , and Wise
Dallas
KEC56
162.400 MHz
Collin , Dallas , Denton , Ellis , Hunt , Kaufman , Rockwall , and Tarrant
Muenster
KHA99
162.425 MHz
Cooke , Denton , Grayson , Montague , and Wise counties in Texas as well as Carter , Jefferson , and Love counties in Oklahoma
Cumby
KWN31
162.500 MHz
Collin , Delta , Fannin , Franklin , Hopkins , Hunt , Kaufman , Rains , Rockwall , Van Zandt , and Wood
Stephenville
KWN33
162.450 MHz
Bosque , Brown , Comanche , Eastland , Erath , Hamilton , Hood , Mills , Palo Pinto , Somervell , and Stephens
Palestine
KWN34
162.450 MHz
Anderson , Cherokee , Freestone , Henderson , Houston , Leon , and Navarro
Corsicana
KXI87
162.525 MHz
Anderson , Ellis , Erath , Freestone , Henderson , Hill , Kaufman , Limestone , Navarro , and Van Zandt
Cisco
WNG636
162.500 MHz
Brown , Callahan , Comanche , Eastland , Erath , Shackelford , and Stephens
Milano
WNG649
162.525 MHz
Bell , Brazos , Burleson , Falls , Hill , Lee , Milam , Robertson , and Willamson
Mineral Wells
WNG651
162.525 MHz
Erath , Hood , Jack , Palo Pinto , Parker , Stephens , Tarrant , Wise , and Young
Paris
WXK20
162.550 MHz
Delta , Fannin , Franklin , Hopkins , Hunt , Lamar , Red River , & Titus counties in Texas and Bryan & Choctaw counties in Oklahoma
Sherman
WXK22
162.475 MHz
Collin , Cooke , Denton , Fannin , and Grayson counties in Texas as well as Bryan , Carter , Johnston , Love , and Marshall counties in Oklahoma
Waco
WXK35
162.475 MHz
Bell , Bosque , Coryell , Falls , Hamilton , Hill , Lampasas , Limestone , McLennan , Milam , Navarro , and Robertson
References
^ a b c National Weather Service. "NWS Fort Worth". NWS Fort Worth . National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2016-07-23 .
^ "NWS West Gulf River Forecast Center". Retrieved 18 July 2016 .
^ "Texas Water Journal-An introduction to the NWS West Gulf River Forecast Center". Retrieved 18 July 2016 .
^ a b National Weather Service. "NWR Radio Listings". NWR Radio Listings . National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2016-07-23 .
^ The Lightning Bolt - NWS - Fort Worth (accessed July 5, 2009)
External links
Official NWS Fort Worth Website
NWS Fort Worth's official Twitter page
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