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Flash Flood Warning 238, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 27, 2007Anderson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2007, 1:12 AM CDT for Anderson County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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
Jun 27, 2007, 1:12 AM CDT (06:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2007, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Anderson County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:15 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 00:00Z on 2007-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 00:00Z on 2007-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -104 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1071 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-50 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 Jun 26, 9:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 9:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
940 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007

...SORRY FOR THE DELAY...WE HAD A BUG IN THE ZONES...AND JUST KNOW
FOUND IT. THE 940 FORECAST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS...

850 PM PUBLIC UPDATE...
.WE HAVE ISSUED NEW ZONE FORECAST AND GRIDS...COOLING OFF LOW
TEMPERATURES A BIT TONIGHT...INCREASING RAIN CHANCES IN THE
SOUTHEAST...AND DECREASING RAIN CHANCES TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE
SOUTHEAST PLUNGING SQUALL LINE.

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM (MCS) MOVING OUT
OF THE PANHANDLE...COULD LATCH ON TO THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...LEFT
BEHIND BY OUR NORTH TEXAS SQUALL LINE...AND CAUSE MORE WATER
PROBLEMS EARLY WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...THAT REMAINS AS A
POSSIBILITY...NOT A PROBABILITY AT THIS TIME. CURRENTLY...OUR
EXPECTATIONS THAT THE REMNANTS OF THE PANHANDLE MCS WILL PASS TO OUR
WEST AND SOUTHWEST LATER TONIGHT...ASSUMING THAT THE MCS HOLDS
TOGETHER.  #26

&&

.AVIATION...
532 PM
THE TSTM LINE IS MOVING THROUGH THE METROPLEX NOW. IT SEEMS TO BE
SLOWING DOWN A BIT NOW THAT IT HAS SLID DOWN THE BACK SIDE OF THE
UPPER LOW AND IS NOW MOVING MORE TOWARDS THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE
LOW. COLD POOL IS A BIT STRONGER THAN WE HAVE SEEN THE LAST FEW DAYS
WITH SOME DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S...THIS MAY STABILIZE THE AIR BEHIND
IT GIVING SOME RESPITE FROM THE STORMS FOR THE NORTHWEST AREAS. AS
FAR AS TAFS GO...WILL KEEP THUNDER IN THE TAFS THROUGH 02Z...THEN
TONE THE RAIN DOWN THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY WHEN IT MAY MAKE
ANOTHER RETURN.  84

&&

.DISCUSSION...
258 PM
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS EXTENDED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR ALL OF
NORTH TEXAS. OUR CONFIDENCE WAS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO REMOVE ANY
COUNTIES FOR THE TIME BEING.

THE UPPER TROUGH/SHEAR AXIS OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND OUR WESTERN
CWA WILL ONLY MEANDER A LITTLE THROUGH THURSDAY. IT SHOULD BEGIN TO
DRIFT NORTHWARD THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE EASTERN CANADA
UPPER TROUGH MOVES EAST AND DEEPENS...HOWEVER THE SHEAR AXIS OVER
OUR WESTERN CWA WILL LINGER OVER THE WEEKEND. COME NEXT WEEK...THE
UPPER TROUGH PIVOTS WEST TO EAST AND SLIDES DOWN INTO THE SOUTHERN
STATES...EXTENDING FROM GEORGIA TO THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY.

DUE TO OUR EXTREMELY MOIST AIRMASS AND EASTERN SIDE LIFT OF THE
UPPER TROUGH...MORE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
CWA. SINCE THIS IS A WARM CORE SYSTEM...THE CONVECTION WILL BE MORE
NUMEROUS AND SCATTERED DURING THE DAYTIME AND MORE CONCENTRATED NEAR
THE LOWS CENTER AT NIGHTTIME WHICH IS OUR FAR NORTHWEST CWA.  THE
SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL REMAINS VERY LOW...BUT A BRIEF SMALL FUNNEL
OR AN F0 VORTEX COULD OCCUR THROUGH THURSDAY.

WE/VE KEPT POPS HIGH FOR SEVERAL MORE DAYS AND ADDED LOW CHANCE POPS
TO THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK SINCE THE UPPER TROUGH ISN/T LEAVING SOON.

CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE FORECASTING HIGH/LOW
TEMPERATURES A LITTLE DIFFICULT. DECIDE TO PULL HIGH BACK SLIGHTLY
THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE GOVERNED BY
DEWPOINTS AND CLOUD COVER.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  74  84  72  87  73 /  70  70  60  50  30
WACO, TX              75  86  73  87  73 /  60  60  50  50  20
PARIS, TX             72  83  71  85  71 /  70  70  50  40  30
DENTON, TX            73  83  70  86  71 /  80  70  60  50  30
MCKINNEY, TX          73  84  71  86  71 /  70  70  60  50  30
DALLAS, TX            74  84  73  87  73 /  70  70  60  50  30
TERRELL, TX           74  85  72  86  73 /  60  60  50  40  20
CORSICANA, TX         74  86  72  88  73 /  50  60  50  40  20
TEMPLE, TX            75  87  72  87  72 /  50  60  40  50  20

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES:
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175.

&&

79/75
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 3:30 PM CDT, 9 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
330 PM CDT TUE JUN 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-
330 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY NEAR THE RED
RIVER TONIGHT. ENERGY FROM THIS SYSTEM COUPLED WITH ABUNDANT
TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD.
HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING
DOWNBURST WINDS OR EVEN A BRIEF TORNADO...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 20 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THE THREAT FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THURSDAY.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LINGER FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...
WITH THE BEST CHANCES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20.
AGAIN...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR FLASH FLOODING AS WELL AS
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 7:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCoryell, McLennan4 hr
Jun 26, 7:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDNavarro4 hr
Jun 26, 8:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDKaufman3 hr
Jun 26, 8:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Falls, Limestone4 hr
Jun 26, 8:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLampasas4 hr
Jun 26, 9:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEastland4 hr
Jun 26, 9:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMilam, Robertson33 min
Jun 26, 9:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Van Zandt4 hr
Jun 26, 10:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMilam4 hr
Jun 26, 10:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche3 hr
Jun 26, 11:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMills3 hr
Jun 27, 3:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHamilton3 hr
Jun 27, 3:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant2 hr
Jun 27, 5:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson113 min
Jun 27, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan34 min
Jun 27, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDKaufman28 min
Jun 27, 5:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDErath, Hood3 hr
Jun 27, 5:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls3 hr
Jun 27, 5:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas3 hr
Jun 27, 5:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant3 hr
Jun 27, 5:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHunt, Kaufman, Rockwall113 min
Jun 27, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDPalo Pinto, Parker116 min
Jun 27, 6:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin3 hr
Jun 27, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLimestone29 min
Jun 27, 6:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin23 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.