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Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 14, 2000Dallas County, Tarrant County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2000, 9:18 PM CDT for Dallas County, Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 3 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
Jun 14, 2000, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2000, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Dallas County, TX, Tarrant County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 14 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 00:00Z on 2000-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 124 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-187 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KFWD 150228
FFWFWD
TXC113-439-150515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
918 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 925 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY
  RAIN OVER FORT WORTH AND WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT
  20 MPH.  ADDITIONAL RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER ALREADY
  SATURATED GROUND AND CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FORT WORTH...DALLAS...
  ARLINGTON...GRAPEVINE...AND IRVING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLO`ODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 3297 9755 3258 9754 3257 9653 3297 9653

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 14, 5:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 5:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
600 PM CDT WED JUNE 14 2000

...AVIATION DISCUSSION...
FORECAST WILL BE DIFFICULT NEXT FEW HOURS AS COLD FRONT BECOMES
NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS METRO AREAS. WILL NEED TO CARRY SOME
THUNDERSTORMS IN A TEMPO GROUP FOR AT LEAST 3 OR 4 HOURS RIGHT OFF
THE BAT. CIGS AND WIND WILL VARY QUITE A BIT AS WELL FOR METRO
AIRPORTS DUE...ONCE AGAIN...TO FRONT IN THE AREA. FEEL PRECIP WILL
TAPER OFF A BIT BEFORE MIDNIGHT THEN LOW CLOUDS TO RETURN BEFORE
SUNRISE. MESO ETA SHOWS A LOT OF INSTABILITY TOMORROW AFTERNOON SO
WILL ALSO SHOW CB GROUP IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 80

...PUBLIC FORECAST DISCUSSION...
230 PM CDT WED JUNE 14 2000

THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT ALONG
COLD FRONT THAT SHOULD PUSH TO NEAR A TEMPLE-PALESTINE LINE BY
MORNING. WE WILL PUT RELATIVELY HIGH POPS ALL AREAS TONIGHT EXCEPT
FOR THE EXTREME NORTHWEST...WHERE THE FRONT SHOULD ALREADY HAVE
PASSED AT FORECAST ISSUANCE TIME. WE WILL KEEP A CHANCE IN THE
FORECAST FROM WACO TO CANTON AND POINTS SOUTH FOR TOMORROW...AS THE
FRONT SLOWLY SLIDES SOUTHEAST AND WEAKENS. THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY
LOOK PARTLY CLOUDY...WITH ONLY ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
WEEKEND LOOKS MORE UNSETTLED AS ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA.

THESE SLOW MOVING SYSTEMS OFFER THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WITH
THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT. BEST CHANCES FOR TRAIN ECHOS WILL LIKELY
BE AFTER DARK ALONG AND ABOUT 60 MILES BEHIND THE FRONT...AND MAINLY
EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR. WE WILL MENTION HEAVY RAIN EASTERN AND
CENTRAL ZONES FOR TONIGHT.

DFW 71/90/73/90 8211 ACT 72/90/74/90 6311

.FTW.0..NONE.

03

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-150100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
322 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2000

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS OVERNIGHT. THIS FEATURE WILL BE A FOCUS FOR
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TONIGHT.

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT...
AS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ACT ON ABUNDANT MOISTURE ACROSS THE
REGION.

THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRIEFLY APPROACH MARGINAL SEVERE LIMITS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAMPASAS...TO
ATHENS. HOWEVER...FORECAST INSTABILITY AND VERTICAL WIND PROFILES DO
NOT SUPPORT WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

LIMITED STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGH 8 PM NORTH
OF A LAMPASAS TO ATHENS LINE.

83

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins49 min
Jun 15, 12:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson4 hr
Jun 15, 1:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins, Hunt4 hr
Jun 15, 3:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Somervell3 hr
Jun 15, 6:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque2 hr
Jun 15, 6:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHamilton3 hr
Jun 15, 6:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt3 hr
Jun 15, 8:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHunt3 hr
Jun 15, 9:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.