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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 12, 2007, 6:07 AM CDT for Freestone County, Navarro County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 2007, 6:07 AM CDT (11:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Freestone County, TX, Navarro County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:09 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 6:26 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Teague, TX | S.O REPORTS FLOODING IN TEAGUE AT HWY 84 & FM 1366 AND CAR SUBMERGED AT HWY 75N & FM 80 (N OF FAIRFIELD) |
| Mar 12, 8:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Richland, TX | A FOOT OF WATER OVER THE ROADS REPORTED IN THE RICHLAND-CHAMBERS AREA AND SEVERAL OTHER FM AND CTY ROADS WITH 2-4'' OVER ROAD IN SW CO. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KFWD 121108
FFWFWD
TXC161-349-121400-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
607 AM CDT MON MAR 12 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
FREESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHERN NAVARRO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 900 AM CDT
* AT 604 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL
RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR HAS BEEN OCCURRING THE PAST
HOUR OR SO...AND EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES. COUNTY
OFFICIALS ARE ALREADY REPORTING HIGH WATER ON MANY ROADS ALONG
WITH ACCIDENTS FROM THE HEAVY RAIN.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FAIRFIELD
LAKE STATE PARK...WORTHAM...TEAGUE...NAVARRO...KERENS...
FAIRFIELD...CORSICANA AND ANGUS
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER CAN CARRY
VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. LESS THAN THREE FEET
OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN
AROUND...DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3158 9635 3180 9649 3181 9658 3198 9676
3220 9619 3207 9608 3187 9600 3189 9596
3184 9600 3179 9599 3175 9588 3169 9586
3169 9579 3164 9579 3145 9621
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KFWD 121153
FFSFWD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
651 AM CDT MON MAR 12 2007
TXC161-349-121400-
NAVARRO TX-FREESTONE TX-
651 AM CDT MON MAR 12 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR
FREESTONE AND SOUTHERN NAVARRO COUNTIES...
AT 648 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN FREESTONE COUNTY
REPORTED FLOODING IN TEAGUE WITH WATER OVER THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY 84
AND FM 1366. A CAR WAS REPORTED SUBMERGED AT HIGHWAY 57 AND FM 80
JUST NORTH OF FAIRFIELD. LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 3
INCHES HAVE LIKELY ALREADY OCCURRED...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH MID
MORNING...BEFORE THE RAIN GRADUALLY COMES TO END.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NAVARRO...
KERENS...CORSICANA AND ANGUS
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3158 9635 3180 9649 3181 9658 3198 9676
3220 9619 3207 9608 3187 9600 3189 9596
3184 9600 3179 9599 3175 9588 3169 9586
3169 9579 3164 9579 3145 9621
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 3:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker, Wise | 24 min |
| Mar 12, 4:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell, Bosque, Hill, Johnson, McLennan, Tarrant | 93 min |
| Mar 12, 4:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Robertson | 3 hr |
| Mar 12, 4:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls | 3 hr |
| Mar 12, 5:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Leon, Limestone | 114 min |
| Mar 12, 5:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell, Falls, Hill, McLennan, Milam | 54 min |
| Mar 12, 7:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Henderson | 3 hr |
| Mar 12, 7:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Leon, Limestone | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 8:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone, Navarro | 107 min |
| Mar 12, 9:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Henderson | 2 hr |
| Mar 12, 10:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.