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Flash Flood Warning 101, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Nov 7, 2016, 9:08 PM CST for Dallas 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
- Nov 7, 2016, 9:08 PM CST (03:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 8, 2016, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Dallas County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 1033 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
991 WGUS54 KFWD 080308 FFWFWD TXC113-080600- /O.NEW.KFWD.FF.W.0101.161108T0308Z-161108T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 908 PM CST MON NOV 7 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST * AT 907 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY. THIS RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO EXCESSIVE WATER RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. LOW-LYING AREAS ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO RAPIDLY RISING WATER. SOME LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY FLOOD AND BECOME IMPASSABLE. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... DALLAS...GARLAND...IRVING...MESQUITE...CARROLLTON...RICHARDSON... ROWLETT...WYLIE...COPPELL...DUNCANVILLE...FARMERS BRANCH...BALCH SPRINGS...UNIVERSITY PARK...SACHSE...SEAGOVILLE...ADDISON... HIGHLAND PARK...HUTCHINS...COCKRELL HILL AND SUNNYVALE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3298 9652 3269 9652 3264 9691 3299 9696 $$ 58
2 follow-up statements
398 WGUS74 KFWD 080402 FFSFWD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1002 PM CST MON NOV 7 2016 TXC113-080600- /O.CON.KFWD.FF.W.0101.000000T0000Z-161108T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DALLAS TX- 1002 PM CST MON NOV 7 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY... AT 1001 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN HAVE WEAKEND. HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE WATER RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. LOW-LYING AREAS ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO RAPIDLY RISING WATER. SOME LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY FLOOD AND BECOME IMPASSABLE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... DALLAS...GARLAND...IRVING...MESQUITE...CARROLLTON...RICHARDSON... ROWLETT...WYLIE...COPPELL...DUNCANVILLE...FARMERS BRANCH...BALCH SPRINGS...UNIVERSITY PARK...SACHSE...SEAGOVILLE...ADDISON...HIGHLAND PARK...COCKRELL HILL...SUNNYVALE AND BUCKINGHAM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3298 9652 3269 9652 3267 9691 3299 9696 $$ 58
706 WGUS74 KFWD 080555 FFSFWD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1155 PM CST MON NOV 7 2016 TXC113-080603- /O.EXP.KFWD.FF.W.0101.000000T0000Z-161108T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DALLAS TX- 1155 PM CST MON NOV 7 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST... NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED BUT SEVERAL ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN FLOODED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3298 9652 3269 9652 3267 9691 3299 9696 $$ 58
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 6:56 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Nov 7, 7:28 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell, McLennan | 3 hr |
| Nov 7, 8:31 PM CST | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 17 hr |
| Nov 7, 8:43 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Eastland | 3 hr |
| Nov 7, 8:54 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| Nov 7, 10:07 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Palo Pinto | 3 hr |
| Nov 7, 10:29 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell | 3 hr |
| Nov 7, 11:37 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Erath | 3 hr |
| Nov 7, 11:56 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| Nov 8, 12:25 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bell, Coryell | 3 hr |
| Nov 8, 1:10 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Erath, Hood, Parker, Somervell | 3 hr |
| Nov 8, 2:34 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bosque, Comanche, Erath, Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Nov 8, 6:09 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bosque, Coryell, McLennan | 3 hr |
| Nov 8, 8:56 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin, Hunt, Rockwall | 3 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.