Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jan 15, 2017, 9:57 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
- Jan 15, 2017, 9:57 PM CST (03:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2017, 1:00 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), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 509 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted.
435 WGUS54 KFWD 160357 FFWFWD TXC113-160700- /O.NEW.KFWD.FF.W.0002.170116T0357Z-170116T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 957 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017 The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Dallas County in north central Texas... * Until 100 AM CST * At 956 PM CST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to three inches of rain have already fallen. 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, Grand Prairie, Mesquite, Carrollton, Richardson, Rowlett, Desoto, Grapevine, Cedar Hill, Wylie, Coppell, Duncanville, Lancaster, Farmers Branch, Balch Springs, University Park, Sachse and Seagoville. 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 3298 9652 3255 9652 3255 9704 3299 9703 $$ 58
1 follow-up statement
983 WGUS74 KFWD 160657 FFSFWD Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 1257 AM CST MON JAN 16 2017 TXC113-160706- /O.EXP.KFWD.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170116T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Dallas TX- 1257 AM CST MON JAN 16 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DALLAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 100 AM CST... The heavy rain has ended. Flash Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3298 9652 3255 9652 3255 9704 3299 9703 $$ 58
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 6:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque | 35 min |
| Jan 15, 6:14 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bosque, Hill, Johnson | 2 hr |
| Jan 15, 6:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 38 min |
| Jan 15, 6:23 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Denton, Tarrant | 112 min |
| Jan 15, 6:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 64 min |
| Jan 15, 6:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill, Johnson | 37 min |
| Jan 15, 7:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Johnson | 52 min |
| Jan 15, 7:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hood, Parker, Tarrant | 56 min |
| Jan 15, 7:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Johnson | 30 min |
| Jan 15, 7:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant | 40 min |
| Jan 15, 8:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Johnson | 16 min |
| Jan 15, 8:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Jan 15, 8:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills | 63 min |
| Jan 15, 8:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 31 min |
| Jan 15, 8:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 18 min |
| Jan 15, 8:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 27 min |
| Jan 15, 8:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas, Denton, Johnson, Somervell, Tarrant | 63 min |
| Jan 15, 9:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 44 min |
| Jan 15, 9:11 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| Jan 15, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Denton | 60 min |
| Jan 15, 9:32 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Cooke | 3 hr |
| Jan 15, 9:38 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin | 3 hr |
| Jan 15, 9:51 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Coryell | 24 min |
| Jan 15, 10:01 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 3 hr |
| Jan 15, 10:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Ellis, Kaufman, Navarro, Rockwall | 55 min |
| Jan 15, 10:24 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin, Hunt | 51 min |
| Jan 15, 10:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Coryell | 26 min |
| Jan 15, 10:50 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bosque, Coryell, Hill, McLennan | 3 hr |
| Jan 15, 10:58 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | McLennan | 32 min |
| Jan 15, 11:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt | 56 min |
| Jan 15, 11:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Hunt, Rains | 59 min |
| Jan 15, 11:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta, Hunt, Lamar | 55 min |
| Jan 15, 11:33 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | McLennan | 42 min |
| Jan 15, 11:35 PM CST | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 17 hr |
| Jan 15, 11:54 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Van Zandt | 66 min |
| Jan 16, 12:33 AM CST | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 38 hr |
| Jan 16, 12:53 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| Jan 16, 12:57 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Henderson | 48 min |
| Jan 16, 1:19 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Milam | 26 min |
| Jan 16, 2:10 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Robertson | 35 min |
| Jan 16, 2:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Navarro | 32 min |
| Jan 16, 2:44 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Dallas and 24 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 45 min |
| Jan 16, 3:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Leon | 24 min |
| Jan 16, 8:28 AM CST | River Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 19 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.