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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 14, 2010Palo Pinto County, Parker County, Wise County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 2010, 11:11 AM CDT for Palo Pinto County, Parker County, Wise County, 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
May 14, 2010, 11:11 AM CDT (16:11 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2010, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:12 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 60 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2010-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2529 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2010-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2529 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.8

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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 May 14, 10:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 10:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 10:53 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1053 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-151100-
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-
1053 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM SATURDAY FOR AREAS
ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM
BONHAM...ROCKWALL...WAXAHACHIE...TO GOLDTHWAITE. RAINFALL OF TWO
TO FOUR INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE
TO HEAVY RAINFALL.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY
RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL. A FEW STORMS...ESPECIALLY WEST OF
I-35...MAY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS PRODUCING HAIL NEAR THE SIZE OF
QUARTERS AND GUSTY DOWN BURST WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
EPISODES OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THE POTENTIAL FOR
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE STORMS SUNDAY
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY SOUTH OF
I-20...A SLIGHT CHANCE TUESDAY NORTH OF I-20....AND A SLIGHT
CHANCE AREA WIDE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TODAY MAINLY WEST OF
INTERSTATE 35.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 14, 5:42 AM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 11:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker23 min
May 13, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker50 min
May 13, 11:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack28 min
May 13, 11:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath37 min
May 13, 11:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack31 min
May 14, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack60 min
May 14, 12:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJohnson24 min
May 14, 12:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague35 min
May 14, 12:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker34 min
May 14, 1:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung36 min
May 14, 4:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung25 min
May 14, 5:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague33 min
May 14, 9:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJack, Montague3 hr
May 14, 10:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDStephens, Young3 hr
May 14, 10:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDPalo Pinto, Parker111 min
May 14, 10:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchFWDBosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Dallas, Denton and 20 more34 hr
May 14, 11:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant3 hr
May 14, 11:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant62 min
May 14, 12:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton3 hr
May 14, 12:26 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDJack, Montague6 hr
May 14, 12:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas25 min
May 14, 12:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood115 min
May 14, 12:55 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDStephens, Young4 hr
May 14, 1:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin25 min
May 14, 1:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell36 min
May 14, 1:55 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker, Wise4 hr
May 14, 2:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Dallas, Rockwall3 hr
May 14, 2:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDEllis, Johnson3 hr
May 14, 2:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDJack4 days
May 14, 2:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDenton30 hr
May 14, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin29 min
May 14, 2:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar37 min
May 14, 2:40 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDHood3 hr
May 14, 2:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Fannin, Hunt3 hr
May 14, 2:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDNavarro23 min
May 14, 2:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDNavarro3 hr
May 14, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro28 min
May 14, 3:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro3 hr
May 14, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHunt29 min
May 14, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDKaufman25 min
May 14, 3:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDMilam, Robertson3 hr
May 14, 3:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFreestone, Limestone3 hr
May 14, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman, Van Zandt63 min
May 14, 3:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton, Tarrant3 hr
May 14, 3:57 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto28 hr
May 14, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRains33 min
May 14, 3:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDelta, Lamar3 hr
May 14, 4:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHopkins, Rains3 hr
May 14, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar31 min
May 14, 4:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFreestone, Leon, Limestone, Robertson3 hr
May 14, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon, Robertson50 min
May 14, 5:40 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDFannin, Hunt4 hr
May 14, 6:08 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDEllis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2010Every flash flood warning in 2010

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.