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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 7, 2004Parker County, Tarrant County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2004, 12:50 AM CDT for Parker County, Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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
Jun 7, 2004, 12:50 AM CDT (05:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2004, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Parker County, TX, Tarrant County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 15 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 2004-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2109 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1320 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KFWD 070551
FFWFTW
TXC367-439-070945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1250 AM CDT MON JUN 7 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* AT 1250 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLASH
  FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF PARKER AND THE WESTERN HALF OF TARRANT 
  COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
  FALLEN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. MANY REPORTS OF WATER 
  RESCUES FROM PEOPLE TRAPPED IN TREES...CARS AND HOMES HAVE BEEN 
  RECEIVED SINCE 10 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION HEAVY RAIN 
  WILL CONTINUE ACROSS TARRANT COUNTY UNTIL AT LEAST 2 AM.

* THIS EXTENDS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THESE COUNTIES.

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 FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.


LAT...LON 3297 9706 3258 9707 3257 9804 3299 9802

$$

07/BB
3 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS74 KFWD 070729
FFSFTW
TXC367-439-070945-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
230 AM CDT MON JUN 7 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PARKER AND TARRANT COUNTIES
UNTIL 445 AM CDT...

AT 230 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO 
HEAVY RAINFALL IN NORTHERN PARKER COUNTY NEAR SPRINGTOWN AND 
WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN TARRANT COUNTY 
GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. THE AREA OF RAINFALL CONTINUES TO 
MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO 
NORTHWEST PARKER COUNTY AFTER 3 AM.  FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES PARKER 
AND TARRANT COUNTIES AND THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN A 
SERIOUS FLOODING SITUATION.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT AND IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY 
CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF 
FLASH FLOODS. USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR DRAINAGE 
DITCHES. TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND...BUT DO NOT 
DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.

LAT...LON 3297 9707 3260 9704 3259 9803 3299 9802

$$

07/BB
000 
WGUS74 KFWD 070935
FFSFTW
TXC367-439-071015-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
430 AM CDT MON JUN 7 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PARKER AND TARRANT COUNTIES 
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 445 AM CDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.  HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE RAIN COULD MOVE INTO NORTHERN PARTS OF 
THESE COUNTIES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20.  ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS 
ENDED...MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR WATER PONDING ON 
ROADWAYS AND HIGH WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS.

LAT...LON 3298 9704 3256 9705 3257 9804 3299 9804

$$
000 
WGUS74 KFWD 070936
FFSFTW
TXC367-439-071015-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
435 AM CDT MON JUN 7 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PARKER AND TARRANT COUNTIES WILL BE 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 445 AM CDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.  HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE RAIN COULD MOVE INTO NORTHERN PARTS OF 
THESE COUNTIES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20.  ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS 
ENDED...MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR WATER PONDING ON 
ROADWAYS AND HIGH WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS.

LAT...LON 3298 9704 3256 9705 3257 9804 3299 9804

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung73 min
Jun 6, 7:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke96 min
Jun 6, 7:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJack, Young2 hr
Jun 6, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDenton40 min
Jun 6, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise64 min
Jun 6, 8:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton, Wise82 min
Jun 6, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant83 min
Jun 6, 8:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke62 min
Jun 6, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker64 min
Jun 6, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Denton89 min
Jun 6, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto82 min
Jun 6, 10:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant3 hr
Jun 6, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant85 min
Jun 6, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker76 min
Jun 6, 11:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke115 min
Jun 6, 11:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton, Grayson, Parker2 hr
Jun 6, 11:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWise2 hr
Jun 7, 12:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJack4 hr
Jun 7, 1:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke, Denton, Grayson4 hr
Jun 7, 1:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWise3 hr
Jun 7, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack74 min
Jun 7, 4:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJack3 hr
Jun 7, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin41 min
Jun 7, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins, Hunt62 min
Jun 7, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin13 min
Jun 7, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell56 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.