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Flash Flood Warning 353, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2007, 6:16 PM CDT for Comanche 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
- Jul 8, 2007, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2007, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Comanche County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1405 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 954 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 8, 2:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 249 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007 .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA CONTINUING FROM COMANCHE...TO CLEBURNE AND DFW...TO GAINESVILLE AND SULPHUR SPRINGS. STORMS THUS FAR HAVE PRODUCED LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS 30-35 MPH. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON/EVENING HOURS BEFORE STARTING TO DIMINISH. UPPER LOW OVER SW OKLAHOMA STARTING TO SWING MORE ESE. THIS FEATURE WILL STEADILY ROTATE ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY. LIFT FROM UPPER SYSTEM AND DIURNAL HEATING WILL CONTINUE SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS INTO THE EVENING. WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS OVER EASTERN/NORTHEASTERN ZONES...WHICH SHOULD SEE BEST FORCING FROM UPPER SYSTEM. WILL LEAVE SLIGHT CHANCE OVER ALL BUT NORTHWEST ZONES GIVEN MOIST/MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. WITH PROXIMITY OF UPPER LOW...WILL KEEP POPS GOING LATER INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WILL LIKELY SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION... MAINLY OVER EASTERN ZONES...ON MONDAY. GUIDANCE SUGGESTS AN MCS MAY DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. MCS SHOULD MOVE SE IN NWLY FLOW ON EAST SIDE OF SOUTHWEST U.S. UPPER RIDGE. NAM HOLDS BULK OF PRECIP IN OKLAHOMA...WHILE GFS PUSHES MCS DOWN INTO WESTERN NORTH TX. WILL LEAN A BIT TOWARD GFS AND INCLUDE CHANCE POPS INTO OUR NORTHERN ZONES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. SURFACE FRONT PUSHES TO NEAR THE RED RIVER WEDNESDAY...AND SLOWLY SAGS INTO AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS ALONG WITH SOUTHERN EDGE OF NORTHWESTERLY FLOW BRUSHING AREA WILL CONTINUE CHANCE POPS FOR MAINLY NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN ZONES WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. GFS BRINGS ANOTHER MCS INTO NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. WHILE CONFIDENCE IN SUCH FEATURES IS OBVIOUSLY LOW THIS FAR OUT... PERSISTENCE OF OVERALL NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN SUGGESTS SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS ARE WARRANTED INTO THE WEEKEND. MAV/MET TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH EARLY WEEK. WILL GENERALLY FOLLOW TREND OF MEX TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE...SLOW GRADUAL INCREASE OF TEMPS OVER NEXT WEEKEND AS SOUTHWEST U.S. UPPER RIDGE STARTS TO SPREAD EAST TOWARDS TEXAS. ..06.. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 75 94 75 93 76 / 20 20 10 30 10 WACO, TX 74 93 75 92 75 / 20 20 10 20 10 PARIS, TX 71 93 72 92 73 / 30 30 30 30 20 DENTON, TX 72 94 75 93 74 / 20 20 30 30 10 MCKINNEY, TX 72 93 74 92 74 / 20 20 30 30 10 DALLAS, TX 76 93 75 92 76 / 20 20 10 30 10 TERRELL, TX 72 93 75 92 74 / 30 20 10 30 10 CORSICANA, TX 73 92 75 92 74 / 20 20 20 20 10 TEMPLE, TX 73 93 74 92 74 / 20 20 10 20 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 91/06
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 3:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 358 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-091100- ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA- DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON- HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS- LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO- PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT- WISE-YOUNG- 358 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH. ALSO...STORMS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 13
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 8, 5:22 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
522 PM CDT SUN JUL 08 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0519 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 E GLEN ROSE 32.24N 97.69W
07/08/2007 SOMERVELL TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS FARM-TO-MARKET AND COUNTY ROADS UNDERWATER
ACROSS THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
COUNTY.Local storm report, Jul 8, 5:26 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
526 PM CDT SUN JUL 08 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 PM FLASH FLOOD 15 S STEPHENVILLE 32.00N 98.22W
07/08/2007 ERATH TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
FLOODING OF ROADS NEAR SOUTHERN ERATH COUNTY BORDER.Local storm report, Jul 8, 5:35 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
535 PM CDT SUN JUL 08 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM FLASH FLOOD 6 SW HICO 31.92N 98.10W
07/08/2007 HAMILTON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER HIGHWAY 219 NEAR CARLTONLocal storm report, Jul 8, 5:39 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 1:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hopkins | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lamar | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 3:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson, Somervell | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Somervell | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 50 min |
| Jul 8, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Grayson | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 4:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Erath, Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 5:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Hamilton | 54 min |
| Jul 8, 5:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hamilton | 29 min |
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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.