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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 9, 2004Jack County, Palo Pinto County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2004, 6:59 AM CDT for Jack County, 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
Jun 9, 2004, 6:59 AM CDT (11:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2004, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jack County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:00 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2004-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 271 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
271 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 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 091203
FFWFTW
TXC237-363-091500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
659 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 659 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 
  HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN JACK COUNTY...AND A LARGE AREA OF     
  SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF PALO PINTO COUNTY.  
  ALL OF THE RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT AROUND 25 MPH. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BRAD...CUNDIFF...  
  JACKSBORO...JERMYN...METCALF GAP...MINERAL WELLS...PERRIN...  
  SALESVILLE AND VINEYARD.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES ARE LIKELY 
IN THE TWO COUNTIES BY 10 AM. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY 
SATURATED...THIS WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF...CAUSING 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.

LAT...LON 3255 9855 3255 9809 3300 9807 3303 9796
          3342 9798 3343 9841 3295 9838 3294 9854

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KFWD 091359
FFSFTW
TXC121-237-363-367-439-497-091500-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
859 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JACK...WISE...DENTON...PALO
PINTO...PARKER AND TARRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT WIDESPREAD FLOODING 
THROUGHOUT THE WARNING AREA...WITH NUMEROUS AUTOMOBILES REPORTED 
BEING SWEPT OFF LOCAL ROADS. ALSO...SERIOUS FLOOD CONDITIONS EXIST 
AROUND EAGLE MOUNTAIN LAKE AND LAKE WORTH. RESIDENTS LIVING AROUND 
THESE LAKES SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF THE THREAT FOR DANGEROUS FLOODING.

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.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE NEAR...OR LIVE...IN A FLASH
FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT ATTEMPT
TO WALK OR DRIVE ACROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING.

LAT...LON 3297 9841 3346 9841 3342 9684 3300 9684
          3299 9702 3256 9703 3256 9753 3279 9757
          3250 9856 3295 9857

$$

65/DD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 2:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise4 hr
Jun 9, 3:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood5 hr
Jun 9, 5:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDSomervell3 hr
Jun 9, 5:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise4 hr
Jun 9, 7:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Hamilton4 hr
Jun 9, 8:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche, Erath, Hood, Mills, Somervell4 hr
Jun 9, 10:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton, Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant, Wise4 hr
Jun 9, 11:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Hamilton3 hr
Jun 9, 11:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke2 hr
Jun 9, 12:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche, Erath, Hood, Mills, Somervell4 hr
Jun 9, 1:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Denton, Erath and 10 more4 hr
Jun 9, 3:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson3 hr
Jun 9, 3:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Dallas, Ellis, Hill, McLennan3 hr
Jun 9, 5:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Bosque, Cooke, Coryell, Dallas, Denton and 11 more6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.