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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 6, 2006Coryell County, McLennan County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 2006, 12:42 AM CDT for Coryell County, McLennan 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
May 6, 2006, 12:42 AM CDT (05:42 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2006, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Coryell County, TX, McLennan County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:45 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2006-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 510 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 2006-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -50 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
510 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1221 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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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 5, 11:53 PM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 11:53 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1153 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006

.UPDATE...
WILL TAKE THE SEVERE AND HEAVY RAIN WORDING OUT OF THE
NORTHEASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. SEVERE
STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SOUTHWEST HALF. REST OF PACKAGE
OKAY.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 926 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006/

UPDATE...
SEVERE TSTM WATCH UPGRADED TO TORNADO AND EXTENDED SOUTHEAST.
UPDATE OUT ASAP.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 711 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006/

UPDATE...
QUICK UPDATE TO PUBLISH FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 296...ALONG
AND WEST OF A LINE THROUGH
JACK...PARKER...HOOD...SOMERVELL...BOSQUE...CORYELL TO LAMPASAS.
STRONG SUPERCELLS OUT IN THE ROLLING PLAINS MOVING TOWARDS
EASTLAND AS THIS IS WRITTEN.    84

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 645 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006/

AVIATION UPDATE...TSTMS BUILDING THIS EVENING TO THE WEST AND WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.  NO SIG CHANGES TO THE TAFS WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF SOME LOWER CIGS TOWARD MORNING.  MODELS CONTINUE TO
DISAGREE WITH WIND FIELDS AND TIMING OF PRECIP...BUT CURRENTLY THINK
THAT TSTMS WILL CONGLOMERATE SOMETIME AFTER DARK TO THE WEST AND
MOVE EAST OVERNIGHT.  CURRENT TIMING SHOWS TEMPO 06-10Z AT DFW FOR
TSTM ARRIVAL.  THIS MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED UPWARD LATER.  PRECIP
SHOULD END SOMETIME DURING THE MID MORNING TOMORROW...AND WILL SHOW
IMPROVING CIGS/VSBY BY MID MORNING.  /DUNN/

DISCUSSION...
ANOTHER TRICKY FORECAST FOR TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER OVERNIGHT RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORM EVENT ON THE HORIZON. RIGHT NOW...THE STATIONARY
BOUNDARY THAT HAS BEEN SLOWLY MOVING AROUND NORTH TEXAS THE PAST FEW
DAYS IS IN THE FAR SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA. CUMULUS CAN BE SEEN
ON SATELLITE DEVELOPING ALONG THIS LINE BUT NO SHOWERS OR STORMS
HAVE DEVELOPED YET. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THIS AREA FIRST FOR
DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALSO...SOME SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE COUNTIES ALONG THE RED RIVER...BUT
THOSE SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE QUICKLY DISSIPATED AND HAVE BEEN OF NO
CONCERN AT THIS TIME.

MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT ANOTHER MCS WILL DEVELOP IN WEST
TEXAS AND THEN TRACK EAST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF THE MCS HAS BEEN THE TRICKY PART
BUT HAVE OPTED TO TAKE THE SOUTHERN ROUTE AND MOVE THE MAIN MCS
ALONG THE BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTH. IT APPEARS THAT ANOTHER MCS WILL
ALSO DEVELOP AND MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS OUR NORTHERN
COUNTIES AND INTO OKLAHOMA. THEREFORE...HAVE KEPT HIGH POPS ACROSS
ALL THE CWA TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ACROSS
ALL THE AREA TONIGHT WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL AS THE MAIN THREATS. HAVE DECIDED NOT TO ISSUE A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME AS IT APPEARS THE STORMS WILL BE
MOVING FAST ENOUGH TO CAUSE NO MORE THAN JUST LOCALIZED FLOODING.
GENERAL CONSENSUS IS THAT THE STORMS WILL NOT REALLY GET GOING IN
NORTH TEXAS UNTIL AFTER 10 PM AND THEN SPREAD FROM WEST TO
EAST...BUT COULD STILL SEE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POP UP
DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

BEGINNING LATE SATURDAY MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON WE WILL BEGIN TO
DRY OUT FROM WEST TO EAST. THE REST OF THE WEEKEND LOOKS DRY AND
THEN BEGIN TO INTRODUCE LOW POPS BEGINNING MONDAY AND LASTING
THROUGH THE WEEK. BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL BE MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM SKIRTS JUST NORTH OF THE RED
RIVER...AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY WHEN A COLD FRONT COMES
THROUGH THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SLIGHTLY WITH THIS
FRONT AND HAVE OPTED TO SIDE WITH THE GFS ON THIS SITUATION. AS
FOR TEMPERATURES THIS WEEK...HAVE GENERALLY GONE A DEGREE OR SO
COOLER THAN GUIDANCE GIVEN THAT GUIDANCE HAS BEEN RUNNING A LITTLE
WARM LATELY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM ON TUESDAY BEFORE THE FRONT
AND WILL SEE A WARMING TREND INTO THE WEEKEND AFTER THE FRONT.

82/JLD

FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 2 AM SATURDAY FOR TXZ100-TXZ101-
TXZ115-TXZ116-TXZ117-TXZ129-TXZ130-TXZ131-TXZ132-TXZ141-TXZ142-
TXZ143-TXZ144-TXZ156-TXZ157.

FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 5 AM SATURDAY FOR TXZ115-TXZ116-TXZ117-
TXZ129-TXZ130-TXZ131-TXZ132-TXZ133-TXZ134-TXZ141-TXZ142-TXZ143-
TXZ144-TXZ145-TXZ156-TXZ157-TXZ158-TXZ159-TXZ160-TXZ174.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 2 AM SATURDAY FOR TXZ100-TXZ101.

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 5 AM SATURDAY FOR TXZ115-TXZ116-TXZ117-
TXZ129-TXZ130-TXZ131-TXZ132-TXZ133-TXZ134-TXZ141-TXZ142-TXZ143-
TXZ144-TXZ145-TXZ156-TXZ157-TXZ158-TXZ159-TXZ160-TXZ174.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 2 AM SATURDAY FOR TXZ100-TXZ101.

&&

/84
Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 4:00 PM CDT, 8 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
400 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-061100-
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-
400 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BOWIE TO
DENTON TO SULPHUR SPRINGS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WEST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON
AND MOVE EAST ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDS
ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS.  A COMPLEX OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL
LIKELY AFFECT THE GOLDTHWAITE...LAMPASAS...AND TEMPLE AREAS LATE
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE
PRIMARY THREATS.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AS MOISTURE IS LIFTED NORTH. A SECOND
COMPLEX OF STORMS SHOULD THEN MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF
NORTH TEXAS...INCLUDING THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX DURING THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS. LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED STRONG WINDS WILL BE
THE PRIMARY THREATS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY...
RESULTING IN FLOODING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT HAVE
RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN IN RECENT DAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THERE IS A CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND AGAIN
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS
AFTER 6 PM....AND ELSEWHERE IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA AFTER 11 PM.

07

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 12:11 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1211 AM CDT SAT MAY 06 2006

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

1205 AM     HAIL             GATESVILLE              31.44N  97.73W
05/06/2006  E1.75 INCH       CORYELL            TX   AMATEUR RADIO
Local storm report, May 6, 12:27 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1227 AM CDT SAT MAY 06 2006

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

1225 AM     TSTM WND GST     DUBLIN                  32.09N  98.34W
05/06/2006  E55 MPH          ERATH              TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            HORIZONAL RAIN FALLING. WINDS 55 MPH ESTIMATED
Local storm report, May 6, 12:32 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland58 min
May 5, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland65 min
May 5, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland42 min
May 5, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland47 min
May 5, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland47 min
May 5, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens65 min
May 5, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath60 min
May 5, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Mills31 min
May 5, 9:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDStephens32 min
May 5, 9:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMills46 min
May 5, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland52 min
May 5, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche62 min
May 5, 10:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMills28 min
May 5, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas54 min
May 5, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, Hamilton63 min
May 5, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland55 min
May 5, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills66 min
May 5, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath57 min
May 5, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas60 min
May 5, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche55 min
May 5, 11:51 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCoryell39 min
May 6, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan56 min
May 6, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills64 min
May 6, 12:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMills3 hr
May 6, 12:20 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDMcLennan55 min
May 6, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath63 min
May 6, 12:29 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDCoryell46 min
May 6, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell64 min
May 6, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton, Lampasas51 min
May 6, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls64 min
May 6, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone, McLennan61 min
May 6, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Milam66 min
May 6, 2:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Falls2 hr
May 6, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone46 min
May 6, 2:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLimestone2 hr
May 6, 2:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMilam117 min
May 6, 2:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDRobertson2 hr
May 6, 2:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam, Robertson57 min
May 6, 3:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCoryell, McLennan2 hr
May 6, 3:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Falls2 hr

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.