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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Fort Worth, TX
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.
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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.
- 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
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 RADIOLocal 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 ESTIMATEDLocal storm report, May 6, 12:32 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 5, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 58 min |
| May 5, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 65 min |
| May 5, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland | 42 min |
| May 5, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland | 47 min |
| May 5, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland | 47 min |
| May 5, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 65 min |
| May 5, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 60 min |
| May 5, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Mills | 31 min |
| May 5, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Stephens | 32 min |
| May 5, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Mills | 46 min |
| May 5, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 52 min |
| May 5, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 62 min |
| May 5, 10:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Mills | 28 min |
| May 5, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 54 min |
| May 5, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell, Hamilton | 63 min |
| May 5, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 55 min |
| May 5, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 66 min |
| May 5, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 57 min |
| May 5, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 60 min |
| May 5, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 55 min |
| May 5, 11:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coryell | 39 min |
| May 6, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 56 min |
| May 6, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 64 min |
| May 6, 12:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Mills | 3 hr |
| May 6, 12:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | McLennan | 55 min |
| May 6, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 63 min |
| May 6, 12:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coryell | 46 min |
| May 6, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 64 min |
| May 6, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton, Lampasas | 51 min |
| May 6, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 64 min |
| May 6, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone, McLennan | 61 min |
| May 6, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Milam | 66 min |
| May 6, 2:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls | 2 hr |
| May 6, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 46 min |
| May 6, 2:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Limestone | 2 hr |
| May 6, 2:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Milam | 117 min |
| May 6, 2:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Robertson | 2 hr |
| May 6, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam, Robertson | 57 min |
| May 6, 3:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Coryell, McLennan | 2 hr |
| May 6, 3:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls | 2 hr |
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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.