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Flash Flood Warning 105, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 24, 2007Eastland County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2007, 3:04 PM CDT for Eastland 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 24, 2007, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Eastland County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 883 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 713 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 220 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 May 24, 2:41 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 2:41 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 4:45 AM CDT, 10 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
445 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-251100-
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-
445 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH
TONIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL IS
LIKELY WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. A FEW STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING MAY BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH
TUESDAY. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

58

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 24, 11:18 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1118 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

TXZ117-241645-
PARKER TX-
1118 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN PARKER COUNTY

AT 1118 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF WEATHERFORD...MOVING NORTH AT 10
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BRIAR...RENO AND SPRINGTOWN.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3278 9782 3280 9765 3299 9756 3300 9781

Special weather statement, May 24, 11:52 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1152 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

TXZ100-241715-
YOUNG TX-
1152 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  YOUNG COUNTY

AT 1152 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OLNEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GRAHAM AND OLNEY.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3323 9897 3298 9894 3301 9846 3338 9845
      3340 9894

Special weather statement, May 24, 11:54 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1154 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

TXZ118-241730-
TARRANT TX-
1154 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN TARRANT COUNTY

AT 1154 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF FORT WORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BEDFORD...COLLEYVILLE...FORT
WORTH...GRAPEVINE...HALTOM CITY...HURST...KELLER...NORTH RICHLAND
HILLS...RICHLAND HILLS...SOUTHLAKE AND WATAUGA.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3275 9737 3267 9723 3279 9713 3298 9702
      3298 9721

Special weather statement, May 24, 12:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1218 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

TXZ091-100>102-115-116-129-241745-
MONTAGUE TX-JACK TX-WISE TX-YOUNG TX-PALO PINTO TX-STEPHENS TX-
EASTLAND TX-
1218 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN EASTLAND COUNTY
  JACK COUNTY
  MONTAGUE COUNTY
  NORTHERN PALO PINTO COUNTY
  STEPHENS COUNTY
  NORTHWESTERN WISE COUNTY
  YOUNG COUNTY

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDED FROM NORTH
OF SAN ANGELO TO PAULS VALLEY OKLAHOMA.  THE RAIN WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH AND SHOULD REACH A SAINT JO TO CISCO LINE BY
115 PM.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS LINE OF
STORMS.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL...UP TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR...MAY RESULT IN
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID
THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.
THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO CAUSE DIFFICULTY DRIVING DUE WATER
PONDING ON ROAD SURFACES.

LAT...LON 3403 9912 3211 9911 3270 9836 3351 9750
      3390 9750

Special weather statement, May 24, 1:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
117 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

TXZ091-092-100>102-115>117-129-241845-
MONTAGUE TX-COOKE TX-JACK TX-WISE TX-YOUNG TX-PALO PINTO TX-PARKER TX-
STEPHENS TX-EASTLAND TX-
117 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  COOKE COUNTY
  EASTLAND COUNTY
  JACK COUNTY
  MONTAGUE COUNTY
  PALO PINTO COUNTY
  NORTHWESTERN PARKER COUNTY
  STEPHENS COUNTY
  NORTHWESTERN WISE COUNTY
  YOUNG COUNTY

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST
AT NEAR 20 MPH AND REACH A CROSS PLAINS...MINERAL WELLS...DECATUR...
GAINESVILLE LINE BY 230 PM.

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL UP TO TWO INCHES AN
HOUR...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
THIS LINE OF ACTIVITY.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...AND POOR DRAINING STREETS. AVOID DRIVING
INTO WATER COVERING ROADS. HYDRO PLANING MAY OCCUR WHERE THE WATER
PONDS ON ROAD SURFACES.

LAT...LON 3294 9910 3296 9896 3340 9895 3346 9799
      3389 9798 3389 9747 3381 9741 3390 9721
      3377 9721 3372 9711 3394 9694 3394 9694
      3343 9694 3344 9738 3252 9829 3250 9848
      3228 9854 3210 9890 3213 9912 3213 9912

Local storm report, May 24, 2:46 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Freestone	27 min
May 23, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rains	31 min
May 24, 11:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	27 min
May 24, 11:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	23 min
May 24, 11:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	36 min
May 24, 12:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Archer, Clay, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens and 2 more	27 min
May 24, 1:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke, Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens and 2 more	28 min
May 24, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke	22 min
May 24, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	29 min
May 24, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	24 min
May 24, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	37 min
May 24, 3:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin	25 min
May 24, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin	35 min
May 24, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	19 min
May 24, 3:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Tarrant	2 hr
May 24, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	29 min
May 24, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque	63 min
May 24, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	56 min
May 24, 4:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	117 min
May 24, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	25 min
May 24, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis	33 min
May 24, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill	46 min
May 24, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell	33 min
May 24, 5:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bell	3 hr
May 24, 5:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell, Lampasas	3 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.