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Flash Flood Warning 140, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 30, 2015Hunt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2015, 6:55 AM CDT for Hunt 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 30, 2015, 6:55 AM CDT (11:55 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Hunt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:58 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2015-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 550 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 00:00Z on 2015-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 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
550 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-185 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1237 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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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 May 30, 6:54 AM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 6:54 AM CDT, 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 4:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
450 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-311100-
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-
450 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE AREAWIDE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE BULK OF THE
ACTIVITY WILL BE SOUTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
WILL TAPER OFF TONIGHT FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. HEAVY RAIN AND
FLOODING WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN...BUT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER CELLS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM COMANCHE...TO HILLSBORO...TO ATHENS. SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN
FLOODING ISSUES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS MORNING AS A LINE OF
STORMS MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ANY
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WOULD LIKELY BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
COMANCHE...TO HILLSBORO...TO ATHENS.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 5:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 30, 6:27 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung37 min
May 30, 2:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin32 min
May 30, 2:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJack, Young6 hr
May 30, 3:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland27 min
May 30, 3:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDStephens43 min
May 30, 3:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEastland, Stephens3 hr
May 30, 3:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWise6 hr
May 30, 4:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise28 min
May 30, 4:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto3 hr
May 30, 4:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDPalo Pinto31 min
May 30, 4:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDComanche, Erath3 hr
May 30, 4:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood, Parker51 min
May 30, 4:47 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDParker3 hr
May 30, 4:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton6 hr
May 30, 5:04 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHood, Somervell3 hr
May 30, 5:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDYoung5 days
May 30, 5:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJohnson, Tarrant47 min
May 30, 5:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDJohnson, Tarrant3 hr
May 30, 5:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin3 hr
May 30, 5:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Johnson, Tarrant3 hr
May 30, 5:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant39 min
May 30, 5:54 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBosque, Hill3 hr
May 30, 5:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis46 min
May 30, 6:07 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDEllis3 hr
May 30, 6:16 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHopkins, Hunt, Rains, Rockwall3 hr
May 30, 6:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall48 min
May 30, 6:51 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDMcLennan3 hr
May 30, 7:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDKaufman, Navarro, Van Zandt42 min
May 30, 7:06 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDLimestone, Navarro3 hr
May 30, 7:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHenderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt117 min
May 30, 8:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas15 hr
May 30, 8:09 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro2 hr
May 30, 8:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDRains, Van Zandt3 hr
May 30, 8:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin3 hr
May 30, 8:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCooke, Grayson3 hr
May 30, 8:41 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDJack, Young3 hr
May 30, 8:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Johnson, Tarrant3 hr
May 30, 8:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDRains3 hr
May 30, 9:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto22 hr
May 30, 9:40 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDWise3 hr
May 30, 9:53 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHopkins3 hr
May 30, 9:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas19 hr
May 30, 10:11 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDHunt3 hr
May 30, 11:44 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDDallas, Johnson, Tarrant3 hr
May 30, 12:44 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall33 hr
May 30, 1:21 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDDenton6 hr
May 30, 1:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Kaufman8 hr
May 30, 2:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt33 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.