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Flash Flood Warning 252, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 27, 2007Van Zandt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2007, 8:18 PM CDT for Van Zandt 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
Jun 27, 2007, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2007, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Van Zandt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2007-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 185 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 00:00Z on 2007-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
185 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
733 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KFWD 280119
FFWFWD
TXC467-280415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
818 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  VAN ZANDT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 818 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
  A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CENTERED 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RAINFALL OF UP
  TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR...
  CANTON AND LAKE TAWAKONI STATE PARK BY 830 PM CDT...
  EDGEWOOD BY 835 PM CDT...
  FRUITVALE BY 845 PM CDT...
  EDOM BY 850 PM CDT...
  GRAND SALINE AND VAN BY 900 PM CDT...

KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. THE BANKS OF
STREAMS AND FLOODWAYS ARE SLIPPERY AND RAIN SOFTENED GROUND MAY GIVE
WAY EASILY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD BE A VICTIM OF DANGEROUS FLOOD
WATERS

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3283 9604 3285 9594 3277 9588 3277 9578
      3271 9567 3271 9562 3269 9560 3249 9560
      3236 9546 3236 9603

$$
4 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS74 KFWD 280202
FFSFWD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
901 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

TXC467-280415-
VAN ZANDT TX-
901 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR VAN
ZANDT COUNTY...

AT 901 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE 
REPORTED. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 
MILES SOUTH OF CANTON TO 12 MILES EAST OF WILLS POINT...MOVING EAST 
AT 15 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAINS...FALLING AT RATES OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR...WILL 
MOVE ACROSS VAN ZANDT COUNTY THROUGH 1030 PM. 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR...
  FRUITVALE...CANTON AND EDGEWOOD BY 900 PM CDT...
  GRAND SALINE BY 915 PM CDT...
  VAN BY 930 PM CDT...
  EDOM BY 935 PM CDT...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 3275 9597 3285 9594 3277 9588 3277 9578
      3271 9567 3271 9562 3269 9560 3249 9560
      3236 9546 3236 9600

$$
000 
WGUS74 KFWD 280248
FFSFWD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
946 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

TXC467-280415-
VAN ZANDT TX-
946 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
EASTERN VAN ZANDT COUNTY...

AT 946 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED 
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR EMORY TO EDOM.  THIS LINE OF STORMS 
WAS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.  RADAR INDICATES THAT IN 
EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH 
AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE.  FLOODING IS OCCURRING 
ACROSS PARTS OF THE COUNTY.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 3237 9593 3282 9593 3277 9578 3271 9567
      3271 9562 3269 9560 3249 9560 3236 9546

$$

DUNN
000 
WGUS74 KFWD 280345
FFSFWD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1044 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

TXC467-280415-
VAN ZANDT TX-
1044 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
EASTERN VAN ZANDT COUNTY...

AT 1044 PM CDT...HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...IT 
WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE EARLIER FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRAND 
SALINE...FRUITVALE AND EDGEWOOD.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 3237 9593 3282 9593 3277 9578 3271 9567
      3271 9562 3269 9560 3249 9560 3236 9546

$$
000 
WGUS74 KFWD 280409
FFSFWD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1108 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

TXC467-280418-
VAN ZANDT TX-
1108 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 PM CDT FOR EASTERN VAN
ZANDT COUNTY...

CALLS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATES NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ACROSS 
VAN ZANDT COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 
1115 PM.

LAT...LON 3237 9593 3282 9593 3277 9578 3271 9567
      3271 9562 3269 9560 3249 9560 3236 9546

$$

SCHULTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 7:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDGrayson3 hr
Jun 27, 7:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMilam3 hr
Jun 27, 7:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Lamar3 hr
Jun 27, 7:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHunt, Kaufman3 hr
Jun 27, 7:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHunt32 min
Jun 27, 8:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHopkins37 min
Jun 27, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDelta32 min
Jun 27, 8:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDRains91 min
Jun 27, 8:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar34 min
Jun 27, 9:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Henderson3 hr
Jun 27, 9:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland59 min
Jun 28, 3:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMilam3 hr
Jun 28, 3:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEastland3 hr
Jun 28, 5:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHamilton4 hr
Jun 28, 5:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLampasas4 hr
Jun 28, 6:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCoryell4 hr
Jun 28, 6:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque4 hr
Jun 28, 9:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, McLennan4 hr
Jun 28, 9:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Hill, McLennan4 hr
Jun 28, 9:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLampasas2 hr
Jun 28, 10:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCoryell3 hr
Jun 28, 11:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLampasas2 hr
Jun 28, 12:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, McLennan4 hr
Jun 28, 1:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas25 min
Jun 28, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas37 min
Jun 28, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDKaufman31 min
Jun 28, 2:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLimestone32 min
Jun 28, 3:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLimestone3 hr
Jun 28, 3:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDStephens, Young4 hr
Jun 28, 3:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDKaufman28 min
Jun 28, 3:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEastland4 hr
Jun 28, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDKaufman25 min
Jun 28, 3:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHunt, Kaufman3 hr
Jun 28, 4:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin3 hr
Jun 28, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt26 min
Jun 28, 4:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHill24 min
Jun 28, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDNavarro34 min
Jun 28, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMilam36 min
Jun 28, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDSmith31 min
Jun 28, 5:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDKaufman37 min

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.