Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 19, 2004, 4:55 PM CDT for Freestone 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
- Aug 19, 2004, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2004, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Freestone County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 673 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KFWD 192156 FFWFTW TXC161-200045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 455 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FREESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 455 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING FROM JUST SOUTH OF FAIRFIELD EASTWARD TO FAIRFIELD LAKE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH...AND DEVELOPING SOUTHWARD. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN AN HOUR IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 630 PM OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. * THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR... RURAL FREESTONE COUNTY AT 500 PM CDT EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. 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 3177 9642 3148 9623 3167 9585 3199 9608 $$
2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KFWD 192228
FFSFTW
TXC161-200045-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
528 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FREESTONE COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM
CDT...
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
FREESTONE COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM.... THEN STORMS TO THE WEST WILL
MOVE BACK OVER THE ENTIRE COUNTY THROUGH 745 PM. THE THREAT OF
ADDITION FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. KNOW YOUR
LOCATION IN RELATION TO STREAMS...RIVERS OR CREEKS THAT CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER.
DO NOT CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING...EVEN ON FOOT. RAPIDLY
FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET.
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.
RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP
THEM AWAY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT
IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3199 9608 3178 9600 3164 9581 3145 9623
3180 9648
$$000
WGUS74 KFWD 192327
FFSFTW
TXC161-200030-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
627 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FREESTONE COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM
CDT...
MORE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST WILL MOVE ACROSS FREESTONE COUNTY
THROUGH 745 PM WITH UP TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL ACROSS THE COUNTY. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING REMAINS
HIGH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY THIS EVENING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. KNOW YOUR
LOCATION IN RELATION TO STREAMS...RIVERS OR CREEKS THAT CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS
FLOWING...EVEN ON FOOT. RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY SWEEP YOU
OFF YOUR FEET.
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.
RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP
THEM AWAY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT
IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3180 9647 3145 9624 3164 9581 3177 9599
3197 9609
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 6:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill | 67 min |
| Aug 19, 1:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton, Mills | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 1:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 115 min |
| Aug 19, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 3:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 4:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton, Mills | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Mills | 115 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.