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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 19, 2006Fannin County, Hunt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 19, 2006, 6:11 PM CST for Fannin County, Hunt 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2006, 6:11 PM CST (00:11 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2006, 9:15 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fannin County, TX, Hunt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 240 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2006-03-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2006-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 462 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
462 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
398 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What 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 Mar 19, 6:05 PM CST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 6:05 PM CST, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 4:00 PM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
400 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-201200-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-
LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
400 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL
OF NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS MONDAY.
THE MAIN THREATS NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR WILL BE HAIL UP
TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.  SOUTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR IS WHERE A WARM
FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...VERY LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY AN
ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE AREAS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GOLDTHWAITE...TO
HILLSBORO...TO CANTON...WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT.
TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA MAY EXCEED 5 INCHES
IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
SEVERE STORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY MONDAY MORNING EAST OF
INTERSTATE 35...BEFORE A DRYLINE MOVES THROUGH AND CLEARS THINGS
OUT. VERY GUSTY WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON WEST OF INTERSTATE 35.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT.

92

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 19, 2:32 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
232 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0230 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WAXAHACHIE              32.41N  96.85W
03/19/2006                   ELLIS              TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            CREEKS OUT OF BANKS AND RISING
Local storm report, Mar 19, 4:45 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
445 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0443 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MINERAL WELLS           32.82N  98.08W
03/19/2006                   PALO PINTO         TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATER FLOWING OVER ROADS. WOULD GET BACK TO US ABOUT
            WHICH STATE HIGHWAYS HE SAW THESE CREEKS OVERFLOWING.
Local storm report, Mar 19, 5:05 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
505 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0330 PM     HAIL             5 S CUMBY               33.06N  95.84W
03/19/2006  M1.00 INCH       HOPKINS            TX   PUBLIC

            REPORTED IN MILLER GROVE
Local storm report, Mar 19, 5:24 PM CST, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
524 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0520 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 SW COMMERCE           33.19N  95.96W
03/19/2006                   HUNT               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SUPLHUR RIVER STARTING TO OVERFLOW ON STATE HIGHWAY 224
            BETWEEN COMMERCE AND NEYLANDVILLE. NO BLOCKADES YET. MORE
            RAIN ON THE WAY.
Local storm report, Mar 19, 5:46 PM CST, 25 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 19, 6:10 PM CST, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 6:23 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas2 hr
Mar 19, 7:25 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Rockwall3 hr
Mar 19, 8:26 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant3 hr
Mar 19, 9:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDLamar3 hr
Mar 19, 10:29 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDKaufman3 hr
Mar 19, 11:27 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Ellis3 hr
Mar 19, 11:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHunt3 hr
Mar 20, 12:24 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDLamar3 hr
Mar 20, 8:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon23 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006

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.