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Flash Flood Warning 112, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 25, 2009, 11:19 PM CDT for Ellis County, Texas. It was in force for 116 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
- Oct 25, 2009, 11:19 PM CDT (04:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2009, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Ellis County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 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 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 2288 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
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 Oct 25, 10:56 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 10:56 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1056 PM CDT SUN OCT 25 2009 .UPDATE... WILL ISSUE A QUICK UPDATE TO CLEAR 8 OF THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES FROM THE WATCH. THE SEVERE THREAT BEHIND THE SQUALL LINE IS DIMINISHING. WILL ALSO MAKE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENT TO THE HOURLY GRIDS BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS. 79 && .AVIATION... FOR THE 00Z TAFS...MVFR WITH PERIODS OF POSSIBLE IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THRU THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NORTH TEXAS. SPED UP THE TIMING OF THE WIND SHIFT A FEW HRS AS THE PREFRONTAL TROUGH WILL EFFECTIVELY VEER WINDS AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST WELL AHEAD OF THE TRUE COLD FRONT. THE COLD FRONT ITSELF...THE DEEPER COLD AIR SITUATED OVER THE TX PANHANDLE EAST INTO WESTERN OK ATM WILL NOT MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE IN WIND DIRECTION...BUT MAY CAUSE WIND SPEEDS TO INCREASE A FEW KTS AS IT MOVES THRU. AS THE PREFRONTAL TROUGH MOVES THRU...INCREASING CONFIDENCE IN A LINE OF CONVECTION MOVING INTO METROPLEX TAF SITES IN THE 05 TO 09Z TIME FRAME. SHOULD SEE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WITHIN THIS WINDOW...AND LIKELY THE WORST FLIGHT CATEGORIES AS WELL. 21 AND 22Z LAMP GUIDANCE WAS BECOMING MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PREVAILING CIG HEIGHTS...SO KEPT PREVAILING CIGS JUST ABOVE IFR LVLS FOR NOW. IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS LIKELY WHEN HEAVIER RAIN MOVES OVER THE METROPLEX. THE TRUE COLD FRONT STILL LOOKS TO MOVE THRU AROUND 09Z...AND AFTER IT MOVES THRU EXPECT TO SEE A DECREASE IN OVERALL INTENSITY OF RAIN SHOWERS/TSTMS AS DEEPER COLD AIR INVADES THE REGION. WITH THE UPPER TROUGH HOLDING OFF TO THE WEST FOR THE NEXT 24 HRS...THINK THAT AFT 09Z WE WILL SEE ON AND OFF RAIN SHOWER ACTIVITY THRU THE DAY ON MONDAY...POSSIBLY INTO MONDAY EVENING. TONIGHT...MVFR. PERIODS OF IFR/LIFR ASSOCIATED WITH PRECIPITATION MOVING OVER TAF SITES. MONDAY...MVFR. ON AND OFF RAIN POSSIBLE ALL DAY. MONDAY NIGHT...MVFR. RAIN SHOWER ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST. CAVANAUGH && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 250 PM CDT SUN OCT 25 2009/ LOOKS LIKE SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN IN THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING...AND TRANSITION SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. FLASH FLOODING STILL APPEARS TO BE THE MAIN THREAT...BUT A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY DEVELOP THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. STORM TOTAL QPF RUNS UP TO OVER 3 INCHES IN EASTERN COUNTIES...AND THAT AMOUNT OF WATER SHOULD PRODUCE AT LEAST LOCALIZED FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING AS WELL. GFS HANGS ONTO PRECIPITATION THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...UNTIL AFTER THE UPPER LOW TRANSITIONS NORTHEAST OF THE AREA...AND I HAVE KEPT POPS THROUGH 1 PM. COVERAGE IS LIKELY TO BE SCATTERED...SO I UNDERCUT THE GFS LIKELY POPS WITH CHANCE P0PS. WINDS SWITCH BACK TO SOUTH LATE TUESDAY AHEAD OF THURSDAY/S COLD FRONT. AGAIN PRECIP APPEARS LIKELY...BUT AFTER THAT SYSTEM TRANSITIONS THROUGH NORTH TEXAS LOOKS DRY THROUGH DAY 7. 84 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 55 59 50 70 56 / 100 90 50 20 10 WACO, TX 61 61 50 71 58 / 100 100 50 10 10 PARIS, TX 56 60 49 62 53 / 100 100 60 40 10 DENTON, TX 53 57 49 69 56 / 100 80 40 20 10 MCKINNEY, TX 55 59 49 68 54 / 100 90 50 20 10 DALLAS, TX 56 59 50 69 56 / 100 90 50 20 10 TERRELL, TX 57 61 49 68 56 / 100 100 60 20 10 CORSICANA, TX 60 60 49 70 57 / 90 100 60 20 10 TEMPLE, TX 62 62 48 72 58 / 90 100 50 5 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR TXZ091>095-102>107- 117>123-131>135-142>148-156>162-174-175. && 69/79
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 25, 8:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 806 PM CDT SUN OCT 25 2009 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-270115- 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- 806 PM CDT SUN OCT 25 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A COMANCHE TO ATHENS LINE THROUGH 1 AM CDT. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LARGE HAIL...HOWEVER DAMAGING OUTFLOW WINDS AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE OVERALL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER 1 AM CDT. ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT HRS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH MONDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH AREAS OF FLOODING LIKELY. RAINFALL WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS AGAIN LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A COMANCHE TO ATHENS LINE THROUGH 1 AM CDT. CAVANAUGH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 25, 10:41 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Oct 25, 10:53 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1053 PM CDT SUN OCT 25 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1050 PM FLASH FLOOD TRENTON 33.43N 96.35W
10/25/2009 FANNIN TX AMATEUR RADIO
STREET FLOODING IN TRENTON
42/MMLocal storm report, Oct 25, 10:58 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1058 PM CDT SUN OCT 25 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1055 PM TSTM WND GST TRENTON 33.43N 96.35W
10/25/2009 M58 MPH FANNIN TX AMATEUR RADIO
MEASURED 58 MPH WIND GUST IN TRENTON
42/MMLocal storm report, Oct 25, 11:01 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1101 PM CDT SUN OCT 25 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1057 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 SW CLEBURNE 32.33N 97.42W
10/25/2009 JOHNSON TX AMATEUR RADIO
HIGH WATER RESCUE IN PROGRESS NEAR LAKE PAT CLEBURNE
42/MMLocal storm report, Oct 25, 11:17 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1117 PM CDT SUN OCT 25 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1105 PM LIGHTNING TRENTON 33.43N 96.35W
10/25/2009 FANNIN TX AMATEUR RADIO
LIGHTNING STRIKE TO HOUSE IN TRENTON LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT CURRENTLY RESPONDING
42/MMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 7:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 3 days |
| Oct 25, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke | 26 min |
| Oct 25, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Montague | 33 min |
| Oct 25, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Wise | 23 min |
| Oct 25, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke | 34 min |
| Oct 25, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 29 min |
| Oct 25, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton | 56 min |
| Oct 25, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Palo Pinto | 34 min |
| Oct 25, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Wise | 32 min |
| Oct 25, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 60 min |
| Oct 25, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 58 min |
| Oct 25, 8:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton, Grayson | 3 hr |
| Oct 25, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 61 min |
| Oct 25, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 56 min |
| Oct 25, 8:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker | 2 hr |
| Oct 25, 8:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath | 2 hr |
| Oct 25, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton, Grayson | 77 min |
| Oct 25, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 41 min |
| Oct 25, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 55 min |
| Oct 25, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 82 min |
| Oct 25, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Rockwall | 26 min |
| Oct 25, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 64 min |
| Oct 25, 9:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Grayson | 3 hr |
| Oct 25, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 60 min |
| Oct 25, 10:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 117 min |
| Oct 25, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 68 min |
| Oct 25, 10:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson | 2 hr |
| Oct 25, 10:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 33 min |
| Oct 25, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 53 min |
| Oct 25, 10:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 112 min |
| Oct 25, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Ellis | 25 min |
| Oct 25, 10:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin, Hunt | 3 hr |
| Oct 25, 11:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bosque | 37 min |
| Oct 25, 11:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Ellis | 36 min |
| Oct 25, 11:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Lamar | 3 hr |
| Oct 25, 11:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hill | 25 min |
| Oct 25, 11:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton, Grayson | 3 hr |
| Oct 26, 12:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 3 hr |
| Oct 26, 12:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 58 hr |
| Oct 26, 12:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 32 hr |
| Oct 26, 12:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 4 hr |
| Oct 26, 12:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | McLennan | 34 min |
| Oct 26, 12:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Grayson | 3 hr |
| Oct 26, 1:09 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 57 hr |
| Oct 26, 1:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Coryell, Lampasas, McLennan | 117 min |
| Oct 26, 1:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Navarro | 2 hr |
| Oct 26, 1:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin, Hunt | 2 hr |
| Oct 26, 2:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Limestone | 2 hr |
| Oct 26, 2:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 51 hr |
| Oct 26, 2:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Limestone | 116 min |
| Oct 26, 2:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Lamar | 2 hr |
| Oct 26, 2:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Freestone | 3 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Falls | 3 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Navarro | 3 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Kaufman | 4 hr |
| Oct 26, 4:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hunt | 28 min |
| Oct 26, 4:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 4 hr |
| Oct 26, 4:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Lamar | 3 hr |
| Oct 26, 4:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Leon, Milam, Robertson | 3 hr |
| Oct 26, 5:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bosque | 4 hr |
| Oct 26, 5:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Leon, Milam, Robertson | 2 hr |
| Oct 26, 7:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 3 hr |
| Oct 26, 8:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Kaufman | 5 hr |
| Oct 26, 9:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Limestone | 45 hr |
| Oct 26, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rockwall | 45 hr |
| Oct 26, 9:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 4 hr |
| Oct 26, 9:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 6 hr |
| Oct 26, 10:09 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 59 hr |
| Oct 26, 10:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Falls, Freestone, Leon, Limestone, Robertson | 4 hr |
| Oct 26, 1:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Kaufman | 7 hr |
| Oct 26, 2:08 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 5 days |
| Oct 26, 3:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 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.