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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 17, 2008Kaufman County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 822 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 2008-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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 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

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
Apr 17, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood29 min
Apr 17, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant55 min
Apr 17, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood37 min
Apr 17, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker48 min
Apr 17, 7:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJohnson30 min
Apr 17, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Denton45 min
Apr 17, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant66 min
Apr 17, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hood, Somervell64 min
Apr 17, 8:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant2 hr
Apr 17, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson44 min
Apr 17, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas25 min
Apr 17, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHamilton, Mills30 min
Apr 17, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas60 min
Apr 17, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton, Mills56 min
Apr 17, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis34 min
Apr 17, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson43 min
Apr 17, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis53 min
Apr 17, 9:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas116 min
Apr 17, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas61 min
Apr 17, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Rockwall56 min
Apr 17, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell64 min
Apr 17, 9:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis2 hr
Apr 17, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis61 min
Apr 17, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman61 min
Apr 17, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin, Hunt27 min
Apr 17, 10:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan34 min
Apr 17, 10:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHill27 min
Apr 17, 10:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDNavarro58 min
Apr 17, 10:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan29 min
Apr 17, 10:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson85 min
Apr 17, 11:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell27 min
Apr 17, 11:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell53 min
Apr 17, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Milam48 min
Apr 18, 12:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson, Van Zandt37 min
Apr 18, 12:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDAnderson33 min
Apr 18, 12:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRobertson31 min
Apr 18, 1:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDAnderson25 min
Apr 18, 6:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin4 hr
Apr 18, 8:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall6 hr
Apr 18, 9:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Navarro12 hr
Apr 18, 2:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.