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Flash Flood Warning 116, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 26, 2009, 2:34 AM CDT for Limestone 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 26, 2009, 2:34 AM CDT (07:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2009, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Limestone County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 26, 12:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 12:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 25, 8:06 PM CDT, 6 hours 28 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, 11:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1148 PM CDT SUN OCT 25 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1144 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 W MCKINNEY 33.20N 96.69W
10/25/2009 COLLIN TX TRAINED SPOTTER
A FEW ROADS SOUTH AND WEST OF MCKINNEY CLOSED DUE TO HIGH
WATER.Special weather statement, Oct 25, 11:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1150 PM CDT SUN OCT 25 2009
TXZ145-260515-
HILL TX-
1150 PM CDT SUN OCT 25 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL HILL COUNTY
AT 1150 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILLSBORO...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CARLS CORNER AND ITASCA.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3201 9710 3225 9718 3228 9709 3224 9705
3206 9693
TIME...MOT...LOC 0450Z 245DEG 21KT 3215 9704
SCHULTZLocal storm report, Oct 25, 11:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1157 PM CDT SUN OCT 25 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1142 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 W HONEY GROVE 33.58N 95.95W
10/25/2009 FANNIN TX EMERGENCY MNGR
HIGH WATER RESCUE ON HIGHWAY 82...2 MILES WEST OF HONEY
GROVELocal storm report, Oct 25, 11:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1159 PM CDT SUN OCT 25 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1152 PM FLOOD 1 N AUBREY 33.31N 96.98W
10/25/2009 DENTON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER THE ROADWAYS NEAR AUBREY. INTERSECTION OF
U.S. 377 AND SHERMAN DRIVESpecial weather statement, Oct 26, 12:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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</html>The 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, 11:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 116 min |
| 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, 2:44 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.