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Strong to Severe Thunderstorms from the Southern Plains to the Ohio Valley; Heavy Rain and Flooding in the Southern Plains

Severe thunderstorms are expected from central Texas to middle Tennessee and Kentucky this afternoon into tonight. Large hail and damaging winds are the main threats. Heavy to excessive rainfall may produce areas of flooding today and tonight from central Texas into the lower Mississippi Valley. Read More >

F6 - Climate Data

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)

                                          STATION:   DALLAS FORT WORTH
                                          MONTH:     MARCH
                                          YEAR:      2009
                                          LATITUDE:   32 54 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE:  97  2 W                   

  TEMPERATURE IN F:       :PCPN:    SNOW:  WIND      :SUNSHINE: SKY     :PK WND 
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1   2   3   4   5  6A  6B    7    8   9   10  11  12  13   14  15   16   17  18
                                     12Z  AVG MX 2MIN
DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD  WTR  SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX    SPD DR
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 1  53  29  41 -12  24   0 0.00  0.0    0 12.2 20 330 648   94   2        23 330
 2  60  30  45  -9  20   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.8 13 120 622   90   7        16 120
 3  68  43  56   2   9   0 0.00  0.0    0 15.9 25 150 533   77   9        30 160
 4  77  52  65  11   0   0 0.00  0.0    0 18.8 31 190 571   82   7        36 180
 5  86  62  74  20   0   9 0.00  0.0    0 22.4 31 180 592   85   7        37 170
 6  82  64  73  18   0   8 0.00  0.0    0 21.0 31 160 589   84   7        37 160
 7  77  66  72  17   0   7 0.00  0.0    0 20.7 32 190 302   43   9        38 190
 8  79  65  72  17   0   7 0.00  0.0    0 10.7 29 200 597   85   8        36 200
 9  81  65  73  17   0   8 0.00  0.0    0 16.7 30 180 367   52   8        37 160
10  77  49  63   7   2   0    T  0.0    0 15.1 32  10 191   27   8        39  10
11  49  38  44 -12  21   0 3.60  0.0    0 18.4 30  20   0    0  10 13     33  30
12  43  38  41 -15  24   0 0.12  0.0    0 11.7 18  20   0    0  10 1      24  60
13  41  38  40 -17  25   0 0.72  0.0    0 10.5 22  30   0    0  10 1      25  30
14  52  41  47 -10  18   0 0.03  0.0    0  8.1 15 360  60    8   9 1      18  10
15  61  40  51  -6  14   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.2 15 150 487   68   5 1      17 150
16  77  43  60   3   5   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.6 14 140 611   85   1 128    15 160
17  82  49  66   8   0   1 0.00  0.0    0 10.8 22 150 722  100   0        25 160
18  79  56  68  10   0   3 0.00  0.0    0 11.8 21 170 724  100   1        25 180
19  80  53  67   9   0   2 0.00  0.0    0  9.5 18 100 599   83   6        24  90
20  75  52  64   5   1   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.0 18 160 673   92   8        26 160
21  78  53  66   7   0   1 0.00  0.0    0 11.1 20 150 671   92   6        23 140
22  77  60  69  10   0   4 0.00  0.0    0 17.2 28 150 572   78   7        35 150
23  79  66  73  14   0   8 0.00  0.0    0 25.0 36 160 213   29   8        46 140
24  74  50  62   3   3   0 0.02  0.0    0 16.1 33 170 560   76   8        40 160
25  62  47  55  -5  10   0 0.52  0.0    0  6.8 30 110 158   21   8 123    33 110
26  72  48  60   0   5   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.6 28 180 358   48   8 128    32 180
27  69  35  52  -8  13   0    T  0.0    0 16.4 39 280 316   43   8 1      45 280
28  54  34  44 -16  21   0 0.00  0.0    0 19.9 35 270 553   74   7        44 270
29  69  32  51 -10  14   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.9 23 160 688   92   2        29 160
30  75  52  64   3   1   0 0.55  0.0    0 19.7 33 250 631   84   6 1358   40 260
31  65  46  56  -5   9   0 0.00  0.0    0 12.4 26 330 651   87   2        32 320
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SM 2153 1496       239  58  5.56     0.0 435.0        14259    202              
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AV 69.5 48.3                              14.0 FASTST  460  64   7    MAX(MPH)  
                                 MISC ---->  # 39 280               # 46  140   
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NOTES:
# LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES

COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2

                                          STATION:  DALLAS FORT WORTH
                                          MONTH:    MARCH
                                          YEAR:     2009
                                          LATITUDE:   32 54 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE:  97  2 W                   

[TEMPERATURE DATA]      [PRECIPITATION DATA]       SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16    

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 58.9   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   5.56    1 = FOG OR MIST              
DPTR FM NORMAL:   1.5   DPTR FM NORMAL:    2.50    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY  
HIGHEST:    86 ON  5    GRTST 24HR  3.60 ON 11-11      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS      
LOWEST:     29 ON  1                               3 = THUNDER                  
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS              
                        TOTAL MONTH:   0.0 INCH    5 = HAIL                     
                        GRTST 24HR     0.0         6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE 
                        GRTST DEPTH:   0           7 = DUSTSTORM OR SANDSTORM:  
                                                       VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS    
                                                   8 = SMOKE OR HAZE            
[NO. OF DAYS WITH]      [WEATHER - DAYS WITH]      9 = BLOWING SNOW             
                                                   X = TORNADO                  
MAX 32 OR BELOW:   0    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   7                                  
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   5                                  
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   3    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   4                                  
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   1                                  

[HDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.   239    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   6                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL    -9    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  17                                  
TOTAL FM JUL 1  1772    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  8                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL  -511                                                            

[CDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.    58                                                            
DPTR FM NORMAL    48    [PRESSURE DATA]                                         
TOTAL FM JAN 1    92    HIGHEST SLP 30.62 ON  1                                 
DPTR FM NORMAL    72    LOWEST  SLP 29.50 ON 27                                 

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