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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 19, 2000Leon County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2000, 1:25 PM CDT for Leon County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 2000, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2000, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Leon County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 210 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2000-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2000-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KFWD 191825
FFWFWD
TXC289-192030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
125 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LEON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 125 PM CDT...THE BULK OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED SOUTHEAST OF
  CENTERVILLE IN COUNTY. HOWEVER...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS
  REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS CONTINUED TO BE CLOSED DUE RUNOFF FROM THE
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER IN THE DAY. THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL
  HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO 330 PM. IN ADDITIONAL...
  ANOTHER ROUND HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON :FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3137 9632 3101 9622 3112 9600 3114 9580
          3136 9571 3160 9581

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin27 min
May 18, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar46 min
May 18, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche44 min
May 18, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant39 min
May 18, 9:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Fannin, Lamar3 hr
May 18, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills56 min
May 19, 2:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell55 min
May 19, 4:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDVan Zandt3 hr
May 19, 10:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLeon, Robertson3 hr
May 19, 6:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Ellis, Kaufman3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.