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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 28, 2016Jack County, Young County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2016, 11:37 PM CDT for Jack County, Young 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
May 28, 2016, 11:37 PM CDT (04:37 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2016, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Jack County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:37 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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2016-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3189 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 2016-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1372 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

614 
WGUS54 KFWD 290437
FFWFWD
TXC237-503-290730-
/O.NEW.KFWD.FF.W.0039.160529T0437Z-160529T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1137 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  YOUNG COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  JACK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 1137 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 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...
  GRAHAM...JACKSBORO...OLNEY...BRYSON AND NEWCASTLE. 

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3340 9842 3347 9842 3347 9806 3300 9808
      3301 9843 3295 9843 3296 9879 3340 9882

$$

JLDUNN
1 follow-up statement
463 
WGUS74 KFWD 290633
FFSFWD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
133 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

TXC237-503-290730-
/O.CON.KFWD.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160529T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
YOUNG TX-JACK TX-
133 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR
YOUNG AND JACK COUNTIES...

AT 131 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF GRAHAM TO NEAR
JACKSBORO.  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...
GRAHAM...JACKSBORO...OLNEY...BRYSON AND NEWCASTLE. 

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.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3340 9842 3347 9842 3347 9806 3300 9808
      3301 9843 3295 9843 3296 9879 3340 9882

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDStephens29 min
May 28, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDStephens31 min
May 28, 9:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDPalo Pinto61 min
May 28, 10:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung43 min
May 28, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young28 min
May 28, 10:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung43 min
May 28, 11:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack27 min
May 28, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young64 min
May 28, 11:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague66 min
May 29, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung58 min
May 29, 1:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack41 min
May 29, 2:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland, Stephens24 min
May 29, 2:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack35 min
May 29, 2:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJack, Young4 hr
May 29, 2:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland, Stephens53 min
May 29, 2:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Wise64 min
May 29, 3:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDJack68 hr
May 29, 3:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDPalo Pinto56 min
May 29, 4:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMilam72 min
May 29, 4:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton60 min
May 29, 4:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath26 min
May 29, 4:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant66 min
May 29, 5:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant63 min
May 29, 5:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDenton38 hr
May 29, 5:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDVan Zandt2 hr
May 29, 5:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas24 min
May 29, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin28 min
May 29, 6:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar32 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.