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Flash Flood Warning 125, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 26, 2007Limestone County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2007, 11:39 AM CDT for Limestone 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 26, 2007, 11:39 AM CDT (16:39 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2007, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Limestone County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 2007-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 254 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 2007-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
254 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 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 26, 11:03 AM CDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 11:03 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 10:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1005 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-271100-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-
LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
1005 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS A
LARGE PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY AS A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE REGION. CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO REMAIN
FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME
AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS SOUTH OF AN
EASTLAND TO WACO TO HEARNE LINE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND
MONDAY...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT
THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 9:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
904 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007

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

0903 AM     FLOOD            BLUM                    32.14N  97.40W
05/26/2007                   HILL               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGH WATER CLOSED CR 1130
Local storm report, May 26, 9:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
944 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007

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

0935 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 W WACO                31.57N  97.22W
05/26/2007                   MCLENNAN           TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TWO HIGH WATER RESCUES COMPLETED IN COMANCHE SPRINGS
            (MCGREGOR) AND SPEEGLEVILLE
Local storm report, May 26, 10:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1017 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007

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

1015 AM     FLOOD            TEMPLE                  31.10N  97.36W
05/26/2007                   BELL               TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EM BELL COUNTY HAS A RESCUE UNDERWAY AT UNKNOWN LOCATION
            TEMPLE AREA
Local storm report, May 26, 11:10 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 26, 11:13 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 8:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHamilton3 hr
May 25, 11:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHamilton3 hr
May 26, 12:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque3 hr
May 26, 3:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell3 hr
May 26, 6:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell3 hr
May 26, 6:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMcLennan3 hr
May 26, 7:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls, Milam3 hr
May 26, 8:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLimestone3 hr
May 26, 9:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHill3 hr
May 26, 10:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls, Milam3 hr
May 26, 10:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDNavarro3 hr
May 26, 6:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDParker3 hr
May 26, 6:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque3 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.