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Flash Flood Warning 106, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 24, 2007Tarrant County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2007, 3:29 PM CDT for Tarrant 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 24, 2007, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2007, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Tarrant County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 7 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 12:00Z on 2007-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 883 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 12:00Z on 2007-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 2:41 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 3:25 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
325 PM 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-
325 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
THIS EVENING WHEN A COLD FRONT STALLS OVER THE REGION. HEAVY
RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF
THE STORMS.  A FEW STORMS MAY BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH HAIL
UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...COUPLED WITH ENERGY FROM A WEAK AND
SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...WILL BRING A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS TO MOST OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO ORGANIZED
SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 24, 11:54 AM CDT, 3 hours 35 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, 3 hours 11 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, 2 hours 12 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, 43 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFreestone27 min
May 23, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRains31 min
May 24, 11:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker27 min
May 24, 11:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung23 min
May 24, 11:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant36 min
May 24, 12:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDArcher, Clay, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens and 2 more27 min
May 24, 1:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke, Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens and 2 more28 min
May 24, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke22 min
May 24, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath29 min
May 24, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland24 min
May 24, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant37 min
May 24, 3:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEastland3 hr
May 24, 3:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin25 min
May 24, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin35 min
May 24, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas19 min
May 24, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant29 min
May 24, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque63 min
May 24, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas56 min
May 24, 4:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas117 min
May 24, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDKaufman25 min
May 24, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis33 min
May 24, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill46 min
May 24, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell33 min
May 24, 5:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell3 hr
May 24, 5:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCoryell, Lampasas3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

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.