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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Fort Worth, TX
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.
- 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
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/DDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood | 5 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Somervell | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hamilton | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath, Hood, Mills, Somervell | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 10:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton, Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 11:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 11:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath, Hood, Mills, Somervell | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Denton, Erath and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Dallas, Ellis, Hill, McLennan | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Bosque, Cooke, Coryell, Dallas, Denton and 11 more | 6 hr |
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.