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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 24, 2019Bell County, Coryell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2019, 2:19 AM CDT for Bell County, Coryell 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 24, 2019, 2:19 AM CDT (07:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2019, 5:15 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bell County, TX, Coryell County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:22 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 183 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2755 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 9.6

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 flash flood warning went out at Jun 24, 12:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 12:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 3:41 PM CDT, 10 hours 38 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
341 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2019

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-241200-
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-
341 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.
A complex of thunderstorms will move across North Texas tonight,
bringing a threat for damaging winds, large hail and isolated
tornadoes. Heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding is also
possible. As the storms move south of the I-20 corridor late this
evening, the severe threat will begin to decrease, but the threat for
heavy rainfall and some flooding will continue.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.
Scattered thunderstorms are possible on Monday. A threat for strong
storms and additional heavy rainfall could exist through the day.

Low thunderstorm chances will continue Tuesday through Saturday,
mostly during the afternoon and evening hours each day. The greatest
chances will be along and east of I-35.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is likely north of the I-20 corridor through 10 PM
with some spotter activation possible south of I-20 late this evening
and overnight.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 23, 10:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 23, 10:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 10:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 23, 10:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 11:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:30 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 7:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lamar	29 min
Jun 23, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lamar	27 min
Jun 23, 7:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack, Palo Pinto	41 min
Jun 23, 7:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rockwall	51 min
Jun 23, 8:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	64 min
Jun 23, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Parker	52 min
Jun 23, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	48 min
Jun 23, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant	63 min
Jun 23, 9:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Comanche, Eastland	57 min
Jun 23, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hood, Johnson, Somervell	54 min
Jun 23, 9:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	3 hr
Jun 23, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Johnson, Somervell	57 min
Jun 23, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Kaufman	36 min
Jun 23, 10:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall	3 hr
Jun 23, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche	54 min
Jun 23, 10:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	67 min
Jun 23, 10:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Johnson	3 hr
Jun 23, 11:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson, Henderson, Navarro	41 min
Jun 23, 11:49 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	13 hr
Jun 24, 1:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	60 min
Jun 24, 2:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bell, Coryell, Lampasas	3 hr
Jun 24, 2:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	21 days
Jun 24, 4:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	50 min
Jun 24, 5:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Erath	39 min
Jun 24, 6:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Coryell	41 min
Jun 24, 7:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	McLennan	38 min
Jun 24, 7:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Falls	37 min
Jun 24, 8:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Robertson	25 min
Jun 24, 10:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	25 min
Jun 24, 10:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Navarro	28 hr
Jun 24, 10:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Leon	71 hr
Jun 24, 10:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam	30 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2019 Every flash flood warning in 2019

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.