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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 19, 2002Palo Pinto County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 19, 2002, 5:11 PM CST for Palo Pinto 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 as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2002, 5:11 PM CST (23:11 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2002, 8:00 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Palo Pinto County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2002-03-19Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -65 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
559 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 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 192311
FFWFTW
TXC363-200200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
510 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PALO PINTO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 800 PM CST.

* AT 505 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 
  RAIN ALONG THE STEPHENS-PALO PINTO COUNTY LINE.  THIS RAIN IS      
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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 3294 9856 3255 9856 3254 9835 3253 9809
          3278 9808 3299 9809 3297 9823

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 7:02 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDGrayson4 hr
Mar 19, 2:31 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto5 hr
Mar 19, 7:50 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto3 hr
Mar 19, 4:05 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant115 min
Mar 19, 4:16 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton119 min
Mar 19, 5:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills46 min

Nearby

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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.