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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 2012, 8:37 PM CDT for Freestone 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2012, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2012, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Freestone County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 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
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
003
WGUS54 KFWD 070137
FFWFWD
TXC161-070430-
/O.NEW.KFWD.FF.W.0021.120607T0137Z-120607T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
837 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
FREESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 835 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED AN
AREA OF HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES SOUTH OF TEAGUE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN IN BETWEEN FAIRFIELD AND TEAGUE...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 1130 PM CDT.
* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE...TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD AND FAIRFIELD LAKE STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
FLOOD WATERS MAY RISE RAPIDLY IN CREEKS OR STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS. CAMPING NEAR STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY BECOME DANGEROUS. IF
RISING FLOOD WATERS ARE OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT...YOU
MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT.
&&
LAT...LON 3141 9623 3179 9650 3201 9606 3195 9606
3195 9603 3191 9600 3188 9603 3187 9597
3185 9599 3179 9599 3177 9588 3174 9585
3170 9588 3167 9580 3169 9579 3162 9579
$$
CAVANAUGH2 follow-up statements
858
WGUS74 KFWD 070239
FFSFWD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
939 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2012
TXC161-070430-
/O.CON.KFWD.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120607T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FREESTONE TX-
939 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR
FREESTONE COUNTY...
AT 937 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED AN
AREA OF HEAVY RAIN 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TEAGUE. THE STORM PRODUCING
THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING EAST. VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALREADY
OCCURRED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 1130 PM CDT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE FAIRFIELD LAKE STATE PARK....TEAGUE AND FAIRFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW
MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS OR IF THE ROAD HAS BEEN DAMAGED OR WASHED
AWAY. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL
WATER RECEDES.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
FLOOD WATERS MAY RISE RAPIDLY IN CREEKS OR STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS. CAMPING NEAR STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY BECOME DANGEROUS. IF
RISING FLOOD WATERS ARE OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT...YOU
MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT.
&&
LAT...LON 3141 9623 3179 9650 3201 9606 3195 9606
3195 9603 3191 9600 3188 9603 3187 9597
3185 9599 3179 9599 3177 9588 3174 9585
3170 9588 3167 9580 3169 9579 3162 9579
$$
82/JLD776
WGUS74 KFWD 070438
FFSFWD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1138 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2012
TXC161-070447-
/O.EXP.KFWD.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120607T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FREESTONE TX-
1138 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FREESTONE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 1130 PM
CDT...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ADDITIONAL STORMS
WILL MOVE INTO THE COUNTY LATER TONIGHT AND THEY WILL BE CLOSELY
MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE NEW ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS.
TO REPORT PREVIOUS FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
FORT WORTH.
LAT...LON 3141 9623 3179 9650 3201 9606 3195 9606
3195 9603 3191 9600 3188 9603 3187 9597
3185 9599 3179 9599 3177 9588 3174 9585
3170 9588 3167 9580 3169 9579 3162 9579
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Rockwall | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Navarro | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 61 min |
| Jun 6, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Freestone | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Limestone | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 9:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Anderson | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 9:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bosque | 23 min |
| Jun 6, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hill | 25 min |
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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.