Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 310, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2007, 4:36 PM CDT for McLennan County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- Jul 3, 2007, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2007, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County McLennan County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 5:32 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Waco, TX | STREET FLOODING IN WACO AND ON I-35 FRONTAGE ROADS |
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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 714 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 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 032137 FFWFWD TXC309-040030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 436 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MCLENNAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 436 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER WACO...BEVERLY HILLS...AND BELLMEAD...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LACY-LAKEVIEW...NORTHCREST AND WEST EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. 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 3127 9735 3153 9682 3185 9705 3159 9759 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KFWD 032229 FFSFWD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 528 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 TXC309-040030- MCLENNAN TX- 528 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR MCLENNAN COUNTY... AT 528 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING OVER THE NORTHERN AREAS OF THE COUNTY...WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER THE REST OF THE AREA. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3127 9735 3153 9682 3185 9705 3159 9759 $$
000 WGUS74 KFWD 032324 FFSFWD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 623 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 TXC309-040030- MCLENNAN TX- 623 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR MCLENNAN COUNTY... AT 623 PM CDT...A BROAD AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH SMALL POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER MCLENNAN COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OVER FALLS COUNTY MAY MOVE INTO MCLENNAN. CONTINUE TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OVER A ROAD. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST... WACO...NORTHCREST...LACY-LAKEVIEW AND BELLMEAD LAT...LON 3127 9735 3153 9682 3185 9705 3159 9759 $$
000 WGUS74 KFWD 040022 FFSFWD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 721 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 TXC309-040031- MCLENNAN TX- 721 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT FOR MCLENNAN COUNTY... ALTHOUGH SOME LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH 830 PM CDT...ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. LAT...LON 3127 9735 3153 9682 3185 9705 3159 9759 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 7:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rains | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 7:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 9:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 10:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 11:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 11:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Navarro | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 12:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Mills | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Freestone | 25 min |
| Jul 3, 1:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Johnson, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson | 113 min |
| Jul 3, 5:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hill | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson | 64 min |
| Jul 3, 6:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 3 hr |
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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.