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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2016, 3:17 PM CDT for Johnson County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2016, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Johnson County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 4:24 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W Joshua, TX | ROAD CLOSURES REPORTED ALONG PORTIONS OF COUNTY ROADS 910, 920, 1106, 1116, 1202, 1205, 1226 AND OLD FOAMY RD IN JOHNSON COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 1719 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
413
WGUS54 KFWD 312017
FFWFWD
TXC251-312315-
/O.NEW.KFWD.FF.W.0049.160531T2017Z-160531T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
317 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 316 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN NOW ENTERING WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY. THE STORMS
ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH AND WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES
OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR OR HIGHER. 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...
BURLESON...CLEBURNE...KEENE...JOSHUA...GODLEY...CROSS TIMBER...CLEBURNE
STATE PARK...RIO VISTA AND BRIAROAKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3255 9761 3255 9731 3223 9727 3218 9747
3217 9747 3216 9751 3213 9751 3215 9757
3218 9757 3218 9760 3219 9759 3220 9759
3220 9761
$$
921 follow-up statement
942
WGUS74 KFWD 312208
FFSFWD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
508 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016
TXC251-312315-
/O.CON.KFWD.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160531T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JOHNSON TX-
508 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
JOHNSON COUNTY...
AT 504 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ON FM 1187
AND FM 1902...WEST OF I-35W. CARS HAVE BEEN STRANDED IN THE HIGH
WATER.
ALTHOUGH THE INTENSITY OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS DECREASED IN THESE
AREAS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON
COMMUTE. CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE SWOLLEN OR OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3255 9761 3255 9731 3223 9727 3218 9747
3217 9747 3216 9751 3213 9751 3215 9757
3218 9757 3218 9760 3219 9759 3220 9759
3220 9761
$$
25The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 10:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more | 3 days |
| May 31, 11:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens | 60 min |
| May 31, 12:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens | 5 hr |
| May 31, 1:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Erath | 5 hr |
| May 31, 2:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Hood | 117 min |
| May 31, 2:22 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 64 hr |
| May 31, 2:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 2 hr |
| May 31, 2:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 35 hr |
| May 31, 2:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rockwall | 4 days |
| May 31, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 27 min |
| May 31, 2:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood, Somervell | 3 hr |
| May 31, 2:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Young | 9 days |
| May 31, 2:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 44 hr |
| May 31, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Somervell | 33 min |
| May 31, 3:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin | 52 min |
| May 31, 4:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 29 hr |
| May 31, 4:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Tarrant | 58 min |
| May 31, 4:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Dallas, Denton | 53 min |
| May 31, 4:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin | 86 min |
| May 31, 4:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Hunt, Rains | 4 hr |
| May 31, 4:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Stephens | 3 hr |
| May 31, 5:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Tarrant | 2 hr |
| May 31, 5:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens | 6 hr |
| May 31, 5:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Erath, Hamilton | 22 hr |
| May 31, 5:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Denton | 3 hr |
| May 31, 5:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Hood, Somervell | 6 hr |
| May 31, 5:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Rockwall | 3 hr |
| May 31, 6:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Somervell | 12 hr |
| May 31, 6:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson | 12 hr |
| May 31, 6:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 28 hr |
| May 31, 6:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 16 hr |
| May 31, 6:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Stephens | 27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.