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Flash Flood Warning 131, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 29, 2015Collin County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2015, 4:58 AM CDT for Collin 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 29, 2015, 4:58 AM CDT (09:58 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2015, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Emergency
Flash flood emergency
Flood severity
None

County Collin County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 00:00Z on 2015-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2936 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2015-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
2936 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1201 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
11.8

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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 29, 4:16 AM CDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 4:16 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 4:47 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 29, 3:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
313 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0309 AM     FLASH FLOOD      DALLAS                  32.77N  96.78W
05/29/2015                   DALLAS             TX   PUBLIC

            WATER COVERS THE YARD AND IS UP TO PORCHES NEAR 635 AND
            OATES
Local storm report, May 29, 3:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
324 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0322 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 SW GARLAND            32.91N  96.64W
05/29/2015                   DALLAS             TX   PUBLIC

            MULTIPLE VEHICLES STUCK IN HIGH WATER ON NORTHWEST
            HIGHWAY AND GARLAND ROAD
Local storm report, May 29, 3:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
326 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
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0322 AM     FLASH FLOOD      GRAND PRAIRIE           32.75N  96.98W
05/29/2015                   DALLAS             TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            FIRST FLOOR APARTMENTS FLOODED ON 1000 SOUTH BELT LINE.
            RESIDENTS EVACUATED.
Local storm report, May 29, 3:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 29, 4:25 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 29, 4:27 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJack3 hr
May 28, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland42 min
May 28, 7:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto3 hr
May 28, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Palo Pinto, Parker, Wise54 min
May 28, 7:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDEastland113 min
May 28, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague47 min
May 28, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland40 min
May 28, 7:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMontague3 hr
May 28, 8:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDParker, Wise3 hr
May 28, 8:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood, Palo Pinto, Parker, Wise42 min
May 28, 8:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke52 min
May 28, 8:25 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDStephens, Young3 hr
May 28, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Denton, Montague, Wise61 min
May 28, 8:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke3 hr
May 28, 8:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDJack5 days
May 28, 8:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDComanche, Eastland, Erath3 hr
May 28, 8:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker, Tarrant, Wise49 min
May 28, 8:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWise3 hr
May 28, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDComanche, Erath, Hood, Somervell46 min
May 28, 9:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton, Tarrant3 hr
May 28, 9:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant65 min
May 28, 9:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBosque, Ellis, Hill, Hood, Johnson, Somervell61 min
May 28, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson73 min
May 28, 10:01 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDJack3 hr
May 28, 10:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche3 hr
May 28, 10:18 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto3 hr
May 28, 10:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMills52 min
May 28, 10:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDGrayson3 hr
May 28, 10:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDJohnson3 hr
May 28, 10:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHamilton, Mills3 hr
May 28, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton, Lampasas, Mills40 min
May 28, 10:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Rockwall and 1 more77 min
May 28, 10:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHood, Somervell2 hr
May 28, 10:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Rockwall and 1 more76 min
May 28, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBosque, Hamilton57 min
May 28, 10:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBosque3 hr
May 28, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills56 min
May 28, 11:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Johnson, Tarrant6 hr
May 28, 11:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin113 min
May 28, 11:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas3 hr
May 29, 12:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Erath, Hill, Somervell3 hr
May 29, 12:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFannin3 hr
May 29, 12:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell, Coryell, McLennan70 min
May 29, 12:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant5 hr
May 29, 12:45 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton, Tarrant3 hr
May 29, 12:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis49 min
May 29, 1:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHamilton62 hr
May 29, 1:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell, Falls, Milam62 min
May 29, 1:34 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Grayson3 hr
May 29, 1:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas4 hr
May 29, 1:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Denton3 hr
May 29, 2:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDTarrant17 hr
May 29, 2:17 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas18 hr
May 29, 2:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant4 days
May 29, 2:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin66 hr
May 29, 3:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt42 hr
May 29, 3:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall34 hr
May 29, 3:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDStephens25 hr
May 29, 3:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDErath, Hamilton18 hr
May 29, 3:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDBosque18 hr
May 29, 3:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCoryell25 hr
May 29, 3:20 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDBosque, Hill6 hr
May 29, 3:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis4 hr
May 29, 3:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDTarrant10 hr
May 29, 4:23 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyFWDCollin, Dallas3 hr
May 29, 5:07 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDDenton3 hr
May 29, 5:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDGrayson3 hr
May 29, 5:19 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant6 hr
May 29, 5:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas4 hr
May 29, 5:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDLeon3 hr
May 29, 5:32 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDEllis9 hr
May 29, 5:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas16 hr
May 29, 6:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDComanche25 hr
May 29, 7:31 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDCollin6 hr
May 29, 7:36 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDYoung25 hr
May 29, 7:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDWise61 hr
May 29, 7:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDParker39 hr
May 29, 7:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDenton19 hr
May 29, 7:51 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDDenton3 hr
May 29, 8:32 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto29 hr

Nearby

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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.