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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2004, 12:07 PM CDT for 5 counties in 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 9, 2004, 12:07 PM CDT (17:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2004, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Comanche County, TX, Erath County, TX, Hood County, TX, Mills County, TX, Somervell County, TX
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 473 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KFWD 091707
FFWFTW
TXC093-143-221-333-425-092100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1207 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COMANCHE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
ERATH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
HOOD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
MILLS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
SOMERVELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 1207 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL PERSISTING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE ALSO RELAYED NUMEROUS REPORTS
OF CLOSED ROADS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WILL MOVE NORTH AT 20 MPH...AND ACROSS THE WARNING AREA
THIS AFTERNOON...AGGRAVATING THE FLOODING PROBLEMS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLUFF DALE...CASTOR...CHALK
MOUNTAIN...CLAIRETTE...COMANCHE...DE LEON...DEMOCRAT...DUBLIN...
GLEN ROSE...GRANBURY...HUCKABAY AND LINGLEVILLE
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.
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
LAT...LON 3129 9862 3133 9842 3170 9842 3185 9817
3192 9823 3224 9763 3255 9763 3250 9845
3230 9845 3209 9891 3173 9866 3147 9894
$$
65/DDWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 9, 11:30 AM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 11:30 AM CDT, 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1130 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004 .UPDATE... 1110 AM CDT WITH TROUGH MOVING ASHORE ON WEST COAST...WESTERN EDGE OF TROPICAL PLUME FINALLY SHOWING SIGNS OF PUSHING EAST. UNFORTUNATELY FOR RAIN-SOAKED WESTERN ZONES...LARGE AREA OF PRECIP PIVOTING WITH COUNTERCLOCKWISE MOTION OF SYSTEM...AND WILL CONTINUE TO INUNDATE WESTERN ZONES THIS AFTERNOON. SLOW TRANSLATION EASTWARD TO OCCUR LATE IN THE DAY...BUT WITH AFTERNOON CONVECTION TO THE SOUTH INCREASING WIDTH OF CONVEYOR BELT...ENTIRE CWA LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE PROLONGED RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. RAINS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING CENTRAL...AND MAY LINGER IN EAST INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WILL ASSESS NEED FOR EXTENDING FFA WITH AFTERNOON PACKAGE. WITH UPDATE...WILL INCREASE POPS THIS AFTERNOON...PER CURRENT TRENDS AND LATEST DATA. ALSO INCREASING POPS OVERNIGHT...WITH SLOW TAPERING OFF WEST TO EAST INTO THURSDAY. RAISED QPF TOTALS AREAWIDE NEXT 18 HRS. HAVE LOWERED TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON...CONSIDERABLY IN AREAS WHERE RAIN HAS BEEN THE MOST COPIOUS LAST 12 HRS. UPDATED NUMBERS BELOW. 25 && .PREV DISCUSSION... 310 AM CDT THE AFD HAS BEEN UPDATED TO EXPAND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WESTWARD TO INCLUDE ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM WESTERN DENTON COUNTY SSW ACROSS EASTERN PARKER...WESTERN TARRANT...HOOD COUNTIES...THEN SOUTH TO CORYELL COUNTY. THIS BAND IS CREATING A TRAINING PATTERN ACROSS WESTERN PARTS OF THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH...WHERE 3 TO 9 INCHES OF RAIN FELL SUNDAY NIGHT...AND UP TO AN INCH ON TUESDAY. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN IS DEVELOPING JUST SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE CWA MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS AT LEAST THE WESTERN 1/2 OF THE AREA DURING THE NEXT TWO TO FOUR HOURS...WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING POSSIBLE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT POPS/TEMPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 79 72 86 73 / 90 50 20 0 WACO, TX 80 71 87 73 / 90 50 20 0 PARIS, TX 78 71 86 73 / 80 60 30 0 DENTON, TX 77 72 87 72 / 90 50 20 0 MCKINNEY, TX 77 72 87 72 / 90 50 20 0 DALLAS, TX 79 72 86 73 / 90 50 20 0 TERRELL, TX 80 72 86 73 / 80 60 30 0 CORSICANA, TX 80 72 86 73 / 80 60 30 0 TEMPLE, TX 82 72 86 73 / 90 50 20 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES TXZ091>095... TXZ100>107...TXZ115>123...TXZ129>135...TXZ141>148...TXZ156>162... TXZ174>175. && EFFECTIVE TUESDAY JUNE 15 2004...THE AWIPS PRODUCT IDENTIFIER FOR THIS PRODUCT WILL CHANGE FROM AFDFTW TO AFDFWD. THE WMO HEADER WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED. PLEASE ENSURE THAT ANY NEEDED CHANGES ARE COMPLETED BY JUNE 15 2004.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 3:12 AM CDT, 8 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 312 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-101100- ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA- DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON- HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS- LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO- PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT- WISE-YOUNG- 312 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH 4 PM. RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY...THEN DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING OR FLOODING. 42 EFFECTIVE TUESDAY JUNE 15 2004...THE AWIPS PRODUCT IDENTIFIER FOR THIS PRODUCT WILL CHANGE FROM HWOFTW TO HWOFWD. THE WMO HEADER WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED. PLEASE ENSURE THAT ANY NEEDED CHANGES ARE COMPLETED BY JUNE 15 2004.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 9, 10:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1034 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
830 AM FLASH FLOOD 8 SW GRANBURY 32.36N 97.88W
06/09/2004 HOOD TX POWER PLANT EMPLOYEE
WATER 4 FEET DEEP OVER FM 51 AT SQUAW CREEK. ROAD
CLOSED.Local storm report, Jun 9, 10:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1056 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1054 AM FLASH FLOOD ALEDO 32.70N 97.60W
06/09/2004 PARKER TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF NUMEROUS ROADS IN THE ALEDO AREA.
EVACUATION OF THE HORSESHOE BEND HOUSING COMMUNITY.Local storm report, Jun 9, 10:59 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1059 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1050 AM FLASH FLOOD JUSTIN 33.09N 97.30W
06/09/2004 DENTON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE SCALE FLOODING WEST OF PONDER ON FM 2449. FM 407
CLOSED AROUND JUSTIN. NUMEROUS OTHER AREAS HAVE ROAD
CLOSURES IN WESTERN PART OF COUNTY.Local storm report, Jun 9, 11:33 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1133 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1127 AM FLASH FLOOD BOYD 33.08N 97.56W
06/09/2004 WISE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
FM 730 CLOSED 2 MILES NORTH OF BOYD. FM 3259 IS CLOSED. SH
114 DOWN TO ONE LANE WEST OF BOYD. THESE ALL DUE TO WATER OVER
THE ROAD.Local storm report, Jun 9, 11:50 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1150 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1142 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 W MUENSTER 33.65N 97.41W
06/09/2004 COOKE TX EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER OVER SEVERAL ROADS IN WESTERN PART OF COUNTY NEAR
MUENSTER.Local storm report, Jun 9, 11:54 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1154 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1140 AM FLASH FLOOD 9 W GOLDTHWAITE 31.45N 98.72W
06/09/2004 MILLS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER THE ROAD ON FM 574 NEAR PECAN BAYOU.The 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, 6:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto | 3 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, 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
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.