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Flash Flood Warning 144, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 30, 2015Dallas County, Kaufman County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2015, 1:48 PM CDT for Dallas County, Kaufman County, Texas. It was in force for 8 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, 1:48 PM CDT (18:48 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2015, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Dallas County, TX, Kaufman County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 262 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: 1281 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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, 1:27 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 1:27 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 4:50 AM CDT, 8 hours 58 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

Local storm report, May 30, 7:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
759 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

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

0738 AM     FLASH FLOOD      ROWLETT                 32.90N  96.57W
05/30/2015                   DALLAS             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL REPORTS OF VEHICLES STUCK IN FLOODED STREETS IN
            ROWLETT

Local storm report, May 30, 8:04 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
804 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

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

0738 AM     FLASH FLOOD      SACHSE                  32.98N  96.57W
05/30/2015                   DALLAS             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HIGHWAY 78 AND WILIFORD SHUTDOWN DUE TO HIGH WATER IN
            SACHSE

Local storm report, May 30, 8:31 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
831 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

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

0830 AM     FLASH FLOOD      GARLAND                 32.92N  96.63W
05/30/2015                   DALLAS             TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DUCK CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS AND RISING

Local storm report, May 30, 8:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
840 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

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

0838 AM     FLASH FLOOD      KELLER                  32.93N  97.25W
05/30/2015                   TARRANT            TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            HIGH WATER ON NORTH FREEWAY ACCESS ROAD AT GOLDEN
            TRIANGLE

Local storm report, May 30, 8:42 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
842 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

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

0630 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 W BRIDGEPORT          33.22N  97.79W
05/30/2015                   WISE               TX   PUBLIC

            FAST MOVING WATER OVER THE ROADWAY ON HIGHWAY 380 WEST
            OF BRIDGEPORT

Local storm report, May 30, 9:02 AM CDT, 4 hours 46 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
May 30, 2:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	37 min
May 30, 2:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin	32 min
May 30, 2:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Jack, Young	6 hr
May 30, 3:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	27 min
May 30, 3:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Stephens	43 min
May 30, 3:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	3 hr
May 30, 3:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	6 hr
May 30, 4:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	28 min
May 30, 4:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	3 hr
May 30, 4:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Palo Pinto	31 min
May 30, 4:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Comanche, Erath	3 hr
May 30, 4:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hood, Parker	51 min
May 30, 4:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Parker	3 hr
May 30, 4:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	6 hr
May 30, 5:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hood, Somervell	3 hr
May 30, 5:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Young	5 days
May 30, 5:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Johnson, Tarrant	47 min
May 30, 5:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Johnson, Tarrant	3 hr
May 30, 5:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	3 hr
May 30, 5:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Johnson, Tarrant	3 hr
May 30, 5:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	39 min
May 30, 5:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bosque, Hill	3 hr
May 30, 5:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis	46 min
May 30, 6:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Ellis	3 hr
May 30, 6:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hopkins, Hunt, Rains, Rockwall	3 hr
May 30, 6:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall	48 min
May 30, 6:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	McLennan	3 hr
May 30, 6:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	3 hr
May 30, 7:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman, Navarro, Van Zandt	42 min
May 30, 7:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Limestone, Navarro	3 hr
May 30, 7:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Henderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt	117 min
May 30, 8:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	15 hr
May 30, 8:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro	2 hr
May 30, 8:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Rains, Van Zandt	3 hr
May 30, 8:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	3 hr
May 30, 8:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	3 hr
May 30, 8:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Jack, Young	3 hr
May 30, 8:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Johnson, Tarrant	3 hr
May 30, 8:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Rains	3 hr
May 30, 9:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	22 hr
May 30, 9:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	3 hr
May 30, 9:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hopkins	3 hr
May 30, 9:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	19 hr
May 30, 10:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	3 hr
May 30, 11:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Johnson, Tarrant	3 hr
May 30, 12:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	33 hr
May 30, 1:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	6 hr
May 30, 2:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	33 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.