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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 11, 20094 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2009, 6:29 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 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: Jun 11, 2009, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2009, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Coryell County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Mills County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 1544 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 544 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 715 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.1
Supercell composite: 55.5

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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 Jun 11, 5:40 PM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 5:40 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 5:54 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 11, 4:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 5:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 5:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 5:42 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 5:43 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 6:09 PM CDT, 20 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
Jun 10, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath, Hamilton	55 min
Jun 10, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Johnson	53 min
Jun 10, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	55 min
Jun 10, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche	59 min
Jun 10, 7:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Dallas	3 hr
Jun 10, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman, Rockwall	39 min
Jun 10, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Hunt	61 min
Jun 10, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Hamilton, Mills	65 min
Jun 10, 7:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Comanche, Erath, Hamilton	3 hr
Jun 10, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Rockwall	17 min
Jun 10, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro, Van Zandt	60 min
Jun 10, 8:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Kaufman, Rockwall	3 hr
Jun 10, 8:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Ellis	3 hr
Jun 10, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Lamar, Rains, Van Zandt	84 min
Jun 10, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Navarro	57 min
Jun 10, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills	56 min
Jun 10, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Henderson, Van Zandt	48 min
Jun 10, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	27 min
Jun 10, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lamar	17 min
Jun 10, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell	62 min
Jun 10, 9:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Palo Pinto	25 min
Jun 10, 9:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Freestone	33 min
Jun 10, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Parker	58 min
Jun 10, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	66 min
Jun 10, 10:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bell	2 hr
Jun 10, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls, Milam	30 min
Jun 10, 10:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Tarrant	118 min
Jun 10, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	62 min
Jun 10, 11:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas	3 hr
Jun 11, 12:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	27 min
Jun 11, 2:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson	26 min
Jun 11, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson	23 min
Jun 11, 2:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis	39 min
Jun 11, 2:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	118 min
Jun 11, 2:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	66 min
Jun 11, 2:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	6 hr
Jun 11, 2:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	63 min
Jun 11, 3:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Kaufman	58 min
Jun 11, 3:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Kaufman	119 min
Jun 11, 3:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant	64 min
Jun 11, 3:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson	66 min
Jun 11, 3:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman	46 min
Jun 11, 4:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton	58 min
Jun 11, 4:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Navarro	66 min
Jun 11, 4:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis	31 min
Jun 11, 4:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson	37 min
Jun 11, 4:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Ellis	3 hr
Jun 11, 5:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	30 min
Jun 11, 5:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Henderson	54 min
Jun 11, 5:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone, Limestone, Navarro	53 min
Jun 11, 5:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Denton, Tarrant, Wise	3 hr
Jun 11, 5:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson	53 min
Jun 11, 6:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	32 min
Jun 11, 6:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Denton	53 min
Jun 11, 7:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	7 hr
Jun 11, 7:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin	113 min
Jun 11, 7:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	23 min
Jun 11, 7:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	32 min
Jun 11, 7:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	29 min
Jun 11, 7:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Kaufman	3 hr
Jun 11, 8:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	53 hr
Jun 11, 8:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack	36 min
Jun 11, 8:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Tarrant	112 min
Jun 11, 8:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	3 hr
Jun 11, 8:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson	29 min
Jun 11, 8:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	34 min
Jun 11, 9:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	26 min
Jun 11, 9:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	3 hr
Jun 11, 9:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	51 min
Jun 11, 9:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	30 min
Jun 11, 9:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	23 min
Jun 11, 9:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman	62 min
Jun 11, 10:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	3 hr
Jun 11, 10:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	64 min
Jun 11, 10:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Kaufman	3 hr
Jun 11, 10:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	6 hr
Jun 11, 10:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	32 min
Jun 11, 11:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson	41 min
Jun 11, 11:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Van Zandt	37 min
Jun 11, 11:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Rockwall	4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2009 Every flash flood warning in 2009

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.