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Flash Flood Warning 118, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 26, 2009Leon County, Milam County, Robertson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 26, 2009, 5:30 AM CDT for Leon County, Milam County, Robertson 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: Oct 26, 2009, 5:30 AM CDT (10:30 UTC)
Expired: Oct 26, 2009, 7:30 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Leon County, TX, Milam County, TX, Robertson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:31 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 213 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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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 Oct 26, 3:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 3:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 26, 4:39 AM CDT, 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 26, 12:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 26, 2:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 26, 2:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 26, 2:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 26, 3:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 26, 4:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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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, 2:34 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, 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.