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Flash Flood Warning 88, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 10, 2008, 5:10 PM CST for Erath County, Palo Pinto County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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
- Nov 10, 2008, 5:10 PM CST (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2008, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Erath County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 483 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
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 Nov 10, 3:27 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 10, 3:27 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 327 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008 .DISCUSSION... COMPLEX FORECAST SITUATION HEADED INTO THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WITH WARM FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF THE CWA THIS EVENING AND STRONG UPPER LOW MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SUGGESTS THAT EFFECTIVE WARM FRONT LIES NEAR THE SURFACE LOW IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TO WICHITA FALLS TO HILLSBORO TO NEAR BEAUMONT ON THE TEXAS COAST. 18Z NAM HAS A GOOD HANDLE ON THE INSTABILITY ACROSS THE CWA...ALTHOUGH IT IS A LITTLE FAR EAST WITH THE WARM FRONT. W/V IMAGERY SHOWS TRAILING S/W MOVING INTO FAR WEST TEXAS ATTM...AND THIS WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL TEXAS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS HELPING SUSTAIN SYNOPTIC LIFT ACROSS THE AREA. LATEST RUNS OF THE GFS/NAM INDICATE THAT UPPER JET MAX WILL ALSO IMPINGE ON THE AREA THIS EVENING INCREASING THE DIVERGENT FLOW ALOFT. ONGOING ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING AND BECOME INCREASINGLY ELEVATED AS STORMS MOVE EAST OF THE WARM FRONT PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES. HAIL WOULD BE PRIMARY THREAT IN THESE AREA. FARTHER SOUTH...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS UPPER LIFT INCREASES THIS EVENING. AREAS PRIMARILY SOUTH AND WEST OF A BRECKENRIDGE TO ATHENS LINE WILL HAVE THE GREATEST DAMAGING WIND AND TORNADO THREAT INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY OF 500-750J/KG COMBINED WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. IN ADDITION...WITH PWS IN EXCESS OF 1.5 INCHES...SOME OVERNIGHT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE TRAINING OCCURS. ACTIVITY WILL LINGER AROUND...PRIMARILY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA ON TUESDAY AND INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. HAVE ALSO RETAINED SOME LOW POPS INTO WEDNESDAY AS LINGERING TROF WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE OUT OF SOUTHERN TEXAS. BEYOND MIDWEEK...HAVE KEPT THE FORECAST DRY. A FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BY THE WEEKEND WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 62 78 55 73 53 / 80 30 20 20 10 WACO, TX 63 81 55 78 54 / 80 60 30 20 10 PARIS, TX 52 69 51 68 47 / 90 50 20 20 10 DENTON, TX 57 78 52 70 51 / 80 30 20 20 10 MCKINNEY, TX 57 76 54 70 47 / 90 40 20 20 10 DALLAS, TX 60 78 55 73 53 / 80 40 20 20 10 TERRELL, TX 60 77 57 74 51 / 90 50 30 20 10 CORSICANA, TX 62 76 57 73 51 / 90 70 40 20 10 TEMPLE, TX 63 80 57 78 53 / 80 70 40 20 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 10, 2:25 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 225 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-111200- MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO- FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE- LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- 225 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE SOUTHWEST OF A BOWIE...TO FORT WORTH...TO PALESTINE LINE THROUGH MID-EVENING. STRONG UPPER LEVEL ENERGY AND A SLOW...NORTH- MOVING WARM FRONT WILL BE THE MAIN COMPONENTS FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ACROSS THIS AREA... WITH STORM ROTATION AND LOCALIZED TORNADIC POTENTIAL THE GREATEST IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE WARM FRONT. NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT CLOSER TO THE RED RIVER VALLEY...LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...AS THE LOW-LEVEL AIRMASS REMAINS COOL AND STABLE. A STORM COMPLEX WILL LIKELY EVOLVE BY MID-EVENING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS... WITH A LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND FLOOD THREAT...NAMELY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HALF OF NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT...AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE MORNING HOURS TUESDAY...WITH A LOCALIZED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT REMAINING ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS WHERE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL REMAIN. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM STORMS ON TUESDAY WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... THOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANT BE RULED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS SOUTHEAST OF A TEMPLE TO ATHENS LINE. OTHERWISE...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 05/
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 4:18 PM CST, 52 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Nov 10, 4:19 PM CST, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
419 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008
TXZ129-102245-
EASTLAND TX-
419 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN EASTLAND COUNTY
AT 419 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF RANGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH. SEVERAL OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS THE EASTERN
PARTS OF THE COUNTY...ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE GORMAN AND RISING STAR.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3208 9910 3252 9862 3252 9847 3230 9847
3208 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 232DEG 25KT 3246 9855
82/JLDSpecial weather statement, Nov 10, 4:37 PM CST, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 437 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008 TXZ130-102300- ERATH TX- 437 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTHWESTERN ERATH COUNTY AT 437 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES EAST OF RANGER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. DIME SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 3252 9820 3238 9819 3237 9847 3251 9847 TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 261DEG 19KT 3247 9843 82/JLD
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 4:49 PM CST, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
449 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008
TXZ102-103-118-102315-
WISE TX-DENTON TX-TARRANT TX-
449 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN DENTON COUNTY
NORTHWESTERN TARRANT COUNTY
SOUTHEASTERN WISE COUNTY
AT 449 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF BRIAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ARGYLE...AURORA...AZLE...
BARTONVILLE...BOYD...CORRAL CITY...HASLET...JUSTIN...KRUM...
NORTHLAKE...PECAN ACRES...PELICAN BAY AND ROANOKE.
HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
FROM THIS STORM.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3314 9706 3297 9724 3287 9753 3293 9755
3299 9754 3300 9754 3300 9757 3307 9758
3332 9726
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 228DEG 30KT 3299 9748Special weather statement, Nov 10, 4:53 PM CST, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
453 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008
TXZ129-102330-
EASTLAND TX-
453 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EAST CENTRAL EASTLAND COUNTY
AT 453 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RANGER...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3248 9847 3230 9847 3217 9875 3217 9876
3216 9878 3227 9883
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 241DEG 23KT 3235 9850
82/JLDLocal storm report, Nov 10, 4:56 PM CST, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
456 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0354 PM HAIL LIPAN 32.52N 98.05W
11/10/2008 E1.00 INCH HOOD TX AMATEUR RADIO
LASTED APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES.The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 12:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Eastland | 31 min |
| Nov 10, 12:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Comanche | 28 min |
| Nov 10, 1:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Eastland | 25 min |
| Nov 10, 2:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Erath | 36 min |
| Nov 10, 2:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Eastland | 24 min |
| Nov 10, 2:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Palo Pinto | 33 min |
| Nov 10, 3:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker | 41 min |
| Nov 10, 3:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 55 min |
| Nov 10, 3:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood | 28 min |
| Nov 10, 4:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 38 min |
| Nov 10, 4:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker | 27 min |
| Nov 10, 4:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Eastland | 26 min |
| Nov 10, 4:37 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Erath | 23 min |
| Nov 10, 4:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Palo Pinto | 44 min |
| Nov 10, 4:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 26 min |
| Nov 10, 4:53 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Eastland | 37 min |
| Nov 10, 5:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 26 min |
| Nov 10, 5:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 31 min |
| Nov 10, 5:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath | 31 min |
| Nov 10, 5:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker | 59 min |
| Nov 10, 5:43 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Denton | 2 hr |
| Nov 10, 5:48 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood, Parker | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.