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Flood Watch 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flood watch at Feb 22, 2018, 3:18 PM CST for 25 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 23, 2018, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2018, 3:18 PM CST (21:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2018, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2018, 3:52 PM CST
- In force
- 40 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Flood severity
- None
All 25 counties
Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wise County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 405 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 341 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 344 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Feb 22, 12:20 PM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 12:20 PM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 414 AM CST Thu Feb 22 2018 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-231200- Montague-Cooke-Grayson-Fannin-Lamar-Young-Jack-Wise-Denton-Collin- Hunt-Delta-Hopkins-Stephens-Palo Pinto-Parker-Tarrant-Dallas- Rockwall-Kaufman-Van Zandt-Rains-Eastland-Erath-Hood-Somervell- Johnson-Ellis-Henderson-Comanche-Mills-Hamilton-Bosque-Hill-Navarro- Freestone-Anderson-Lampasas-Coryell-Bell-McLennan-Falls-Limestone- Leon-Milam-Robertson- 414 AM CST Thu Feb 22 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect until 10 am for Grayson, Fannin, Denton, Hood, Somervell, Mills and Hamilton Counties where up to one-tenth of an inch of ice accumulation is possible. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect until 1 pm for areas along and west of a Comanche to Weatherford to Gainesville line where up to two-tenths of an inch of ice and sleet accumulation is possible. There will be areas of freezing drizzle in the Advisory area early this morning followed by light to moderate freezing rain and sleet through early afternoon. This precipitation will make travel hazardous. Isolated thunderstorms are expected through tonight. Given the recent widespread rainfall, additional heavy rain could result in instances of flooding or additional rises on rivers and streams. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Thunderstorm chances will continue through Saturday. Heavy rain from some of the storms may result in additional flooding and additional rises on rivers and streams. Some severe thunderstorms will be possible as a squall line moves east across the region Saturday. Damaging winds, hail and a few tornadoes will be possible. Thunderstorm chances will return again Tuesday through Wednesday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 9:25 AM CST, 5 hours 53 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 5:37 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Mills | 23 min |
| Feb 22, 5:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton, Mills | 51 min |
| Feb 22, 6:00 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hamilton | 45 min |
| Feb 22, 6:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Comanche, Hamilton | 46 min |
| Feb 22, 6:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hill | 43 min |
| Feb 22, 6:49 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Johnson | 41 min |
| Feb 22, 7:22 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Somervell | 38 min |
| Feb 22, 7:27 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Erath | 48 min |
| Feb 22, 7:37 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Ellis | 38 min |
| Feb 22, 7:53 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 37 min |
| Feb 22, 8:27 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Ellis | 48 min |
| Feb 22, 8:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Rockwall | 41 min |
| Feb 22, 9:14 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Rockwall | 46 min |
| Feb 22, 9:25 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta | 35 min |
| Feb 22, 9:46 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Dallas, Rockwall | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 10:00 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hunt, Rockwall | 45 min |
| Feb 22, 11:18 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar | 117 min |
| Feb 22, 12:48 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Rockwall | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:38 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | 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.