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Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 5, 2006Parker County, Wise County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 5, 2006, 1:25 AM CDT for Parker County, Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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
May 5, 2006, 1:25 AM CDT (06:25 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2006, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Parker County, TX, Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 2006-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1348 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
1348 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1489 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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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 May 4, 10:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 10:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 3:35 PM CDT, 9 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
335 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2006

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-051100-
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-
335 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS...WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO
POSSIBLE MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35.
IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO
PRESENT WEATHER HAZARDS TO ALL OF THE REGION.

THERE ARE TWO AREAS OF CONCERN FOR NORTH TEXAS THROUGH
TONIGHT. FIRST...THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A COLD FRONT IN SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE RED RIVER THIS EVENING.
SECOND...AT THE SAME TIME THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED ALONG THE
DRYLINE IN WEST TEXAS WILL MOVE EAST TOWARD OUR REGION. AS THESE TWO
LINES OF STORMS CONVERGE LATER THIS EVENING...A LARGE COMPLEX OF
STORMS WILL EVOLVE AND MOVE EAST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS
OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THERE IS A CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BOTH DAYS. LARGE
HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS
ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTH.

THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BY EARLY EVENING WEST
OF INTERSTATE 35 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...AND OVER THE REMAINDER
OF NORTH TEXAS LATER TONIGHT.

42

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 4, 11:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1105 PM CDT THU MAY 04 2006

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

1052 PM     HAIL             GUNSIGHT                32.54N  98.94W
05/04/2006  E1.00 INCH       STEPHENS           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT
Special weather statement, May 5, 12:28 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1228 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006

TXZ100-050600-

YOUNG-
1228 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UPDATE...

AT 1228 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES NORTH OF BRECKENRIDGE...OR JUST SOUTH
OF MURRAY MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MURRAY AND SOUTH BEND.

PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
Local storm report, May 5, 12:43 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1243 AM CDT FRI MAY 05 2006

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

1241 AM     HAIL             5 W BOYD                33.08N  97.65W
05/05/2006  E1.75 INCH       WISE               TX   AMATEUR RADIO
Local storm report, May 5, 1:03 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 5, 1:07 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque67 min
May 4, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill64 min
May 4, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Stephens60 min
May 4, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung67 min
May 4, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens48 min
May 4, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack54 min
May 4, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens33 min
May 5, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto66 min
May 5, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack44 min
May 5, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens56 min
May 5, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Wise67 min
May 5, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Stephens56 min
May 5, 1:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson53 min
May 5, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath49 min
May 5, 2:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Somervell53 min
May 5, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker35 min
May 5, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant72 min
May 5, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Denton78 min
May 5, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson66 min
May 5, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas57 min
May 5, 3:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas39 min
May 5, 4:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman51 min
May 5, 4:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRockwall34 min
May 5, 4:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains32 min
May 5, 5:22 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Parker and 2 more77 min
May 5, 5:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains23 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.