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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX

September 21, 2018Denton County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 21, 2018, 9:00 PM CDT for Denton County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 3 reports 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
Sep 21, 2018, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 2018, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Denton County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 21, 9:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOODFlower Mound, TXFLASH FLOODING ONGOING ON BRIDLEWOOD BLVD. STRANDED VEHICLES REPORTED AT CHINN CAPEL AND FM 407 AS WELL AS LUSK LANE AND SHILOH ROAD IN FLOWER MOUND.
Sep 21, 9:48 PM CDTFLASH FLOODDenton, TXI-35E IS SHUT DOWN AT STATE SCHOOL RD DUE TO WATER COVERING THE ROAD.
Sep 21, 9:58 PM CDTFLASH FLOODArgyle, TX2 HOUSES FLOODED IN ARGYLE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 227 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2018-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2018-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -55 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
359 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

491 
WGUS54 KFWD 220200
FFWFWD
TXC121-220300-
/O.NEW.KFWD.FF.W.0013.180922T0200Z-180922T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
900 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2018

The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Eastern Denton County in north central Texas...

* Until 1000 PM CDT..

* At 858 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have
  already fallen. This rainfall will lead to excessive water runoff 
  and cause flash flooding. There have been several reports of water 
  rescues in the county. 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...
  Plano, Carrollton, Frisco, Denton, Lewisville, Flower Mound,
  Coppell, The Colony, Southlake, Corinth, Highland Village, Trophy
  Club, Lake Dallas, Sanger, Lake Lewisville, Little Elm, Pilot
  Point, Argyle, Hickory Creek and Double Oak.

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, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as
well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.

&&

LAT...LON 3341 9684 3299 9684 3299 9720 3300 9720
      3342 9715

$$

Villanueva

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 21, 7:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Grayson2 hr
Sep 21, 7:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDKaufman41 min
Sep 21, 7:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton, Wise2 hr
Sep 21, 8:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas, Tarrant3 hr
Sep 21, 9:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt3 hr
Sep 21, 9:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas19 hr
Sep 21, 9:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant114 min
Sep 21, 9:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton, Wise4 hr
Sep 21, 10:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas18 hr
Sep 21, 10:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin64 hr
Sep 21, 11:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDJohnson2 hr
Sep 21, 11:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant4 hr
Sep 22, 1:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDEllis, Hill, Johnson3 hr
Sep 22, 2:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Johnson3 hr
Sep 22, 2:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin3 hr
Sep 22, 2:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin23 hr
Sep 22, 3:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant4 hr
Sep 22, 3:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDTarrant16 hr
Sep 22, 4:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Johnson3 hr
Sep 22, 5:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Denton3 hr
Sep 22, 6:07 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant6 hr
Sep 22, 7:59 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDEllis, Johnson3 hr
Sep 22, 9:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman3 days
Sep 22, 9:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Navarro7 days
Sep 22, 9:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDNavarro55 hr
Sep 22, 10:49 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton3 hr
Sep 22, 5:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin115 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.