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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 17, 2008, 10:32 PM CDT for Kaufman County, Texas. It was in force for 118 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2008, 10:32 PM CDT (03:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2008, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Kaufman County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 822 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1439 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
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 Apr 17, 9:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 9:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 921 PM CDT THU APR 17 2008 .UPDATE... ANOTHER UPDATE WAS DONE TO INCLUDE WW206...REMOVE THE COUNTIES THAT WERE IN WW205 THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN WW206. ANOTHER UPDATE WILL BE SENT SHORTLY TO REMOVE A COUPLE OF COUNTIES FROM WW205. #58 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 830 PM CDT THU APR 17 2008/ UPDATE... HAVE CLEARED FIVE NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES FROM WW204...EASTLAND... JACK...MONTAGUE...STEPHENS AND YOUNG. #58 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 632 PM CDT THU APR 17 2008/ AVIATION... 632 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING METRO TAF SITES. CHOSE TO INTRODUCE VCTS AT 0030Z TO AVOID INITIAL PREVAILING CONDITION. LINE WILL AFFECT SITES FOR AROUND 2 HOURS. WIND REPORTS FROM STORMS HAVE BEEN RATHER PALTRY...EXPECT BULK OF WIND GUSTS AT METRO TAF SITES TO BE 35KTS OR LESS FROM NW AS OUTFLOW PRECEDES STORMS AND EFFECTIVE COLD FRONT TRAILS CONVECTION. DRYLINE CONVECTION HAS BEGUN EAST OF SAN ANGELO... AND WILL IMPACT WACO LATE IN THE EVENING. COLD-AIR STRATUS BANK IS CURRENTLY WELL BEHIND THE FRONT ACROSS PANHANDLE. MVFR CIGS LIKELY LATE TONIGHT...AND WILL GRADUALLY LIFT AFTER DAYBREAK AS FRONTAL LAYER DEEPENS...SCATTERING BY LATE MORNING. 25 UPDATE... 545 PM CDT THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. #58 PREV DISCUSSION.. 231 PM CDT RATHER WEAK THUNDERSTORM SET-UP (FOR APRIL) IS IN PLACE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AND EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS SLOWLY DIGGING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NATIONS MID SECTION WHILE THE FRONT IS CURRENTLY NEAR A LINE FROM LAWTON TO GRAHAM TO SWEETWATER. DEW POINTS ACROSS THE AREA ARE IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S WITH A FEW SITES IN THE LOWER 60S. PERSISTENT CLOUD COVER HAS INHIBITED MUCH SURFACE HEATING TODAY...ALTHOUGH SOME BREAKS ARE NOTED IN VISIBLE SATELLITE. THESE TWO FACTORS WILL RESULT IN WEAK SBCAPE VALUES. THE STRONG CAP EVIDENT ON THE 12Z FWD SOUNDING WILL CONTINUE TO ERODE AS THE COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVE CLOSER AND LIFT INCREASES. UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR SUGGESTS THUNDERSTORMS WILL ORGANIZE INTO A LINEAR SYSTEM AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST. EXPECT THE LINE OF CONVECTION TO REACH THE METROPLEX IN THE 5 PM TO 7 PM TIME FRAME. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL...ALTHOUGH DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SUFFICIENT DRY AIR AVAILABLE IN THE MID LEVELS. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME ELEVATED THIS EVENING ONCE THE FRONT CATCHES UP TO THEM. MOST OF NORTH TEXAS HAS A VERY GOOD CHANCE FOR RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THIS SYSTEM SWEEPS THROUGH. BY TOMORROW MORNING...PRECIP SHOULD ONLY BE AFFECTING THE EASTERN COUNTIES AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE AREA. THIS WEEKEND LOOKS NICE WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE LOWER 80S BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. BY THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK A LARGE BOWLING BALL LOW WILL ROTATE INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND ATTEMPT TO PUSH A COLD FRONT SOUTH AS IT DOES SO. MODELS STALL THE FRONT OUT OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES AS THIS SYSTEM PIVOTS INTO CANADA. LOW RAIN CHANCES REMAIN IN THE FORECAST NEXT WEEK AS THIS FRONT WAVERS IN THE VICINITY OF THE RED RIVER. SH/13 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 50 68 50 81 59 / 70 10 0 0 0 WACO, TX 52 72 49 81 60 / 100 10 0 0 0 PARIS, TX 51 64 47 78 56 / 80 20 0 0 0 DENTON, TX 49 68 47 81 60 / 60 5 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 52 69 47 79 57 / 100 10 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 50 71 52 81 61 / 100 10 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 55 67 49 79 57 / 90 20 0 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 55 68 49 79 58 / 90 20 0 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 55 71 48 80 57 / 100 10 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 58/58
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 6:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 600 PM CDT THU APR 17 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-181100- 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- 600 PM CDT THU APR 17 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING...ENDING BY MIDDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE... WITH A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS EVENING ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GOLDTHWAITE...TO DALLAS/FORT WORTH...TO SHERMAN/DENISON. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS FROM LATE EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 26/25
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hood | 29 min |
| Apr 17, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 55 min |
| Apr 17, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood | 37 min |
| Apr 17, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Johnson | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 66 min |
| Apr 17, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Somervell | 64 min |
| Apr 17, 8:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 2 hr |
| Apr 17, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 8:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 25 min |
| Apr 17, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hamilton, Mills | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 60 min |
| Apr 17, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton, Mills | 56 min |
| Apr 17, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Ellis | 34 min |
| Apr 17, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 43 min |
| Apr 17, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 53 min |
| Apr 17, 9:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 116 min |
| Apr 17, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 61 min |
| Apr 17, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Rockwall | 56 min |
| Apr 17, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 64 min |
| Apr 17, 9:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 2 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 61 min |
| Apr 17, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 61 min |
| Apr 17, 10:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin, Hunt | 27 min |
| Apr 17, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | McLennan | 34 min |
| Apr 17, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hill | 27 min |
| Apr 17, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Navarro | 58 min |
| Apr 17, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | McLennan | 29 min |
| Apr 17, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Henderson | 85 min |
| Apr 17, 11:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell | 27 min |
| Apr 17, 11:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell | 53 min |
| Apr 17, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Milam | 48 min |
| Apr 18, 12:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 37 min |
| Apr 18, 12:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 12:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Robertson | 31 min |
| Apr 18, 1:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson | 25 min |
| Apr 18, 6:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 4 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rockwall | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Navarro | 12 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.