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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood watch at Apr 24, 2019, 8:05 PM CDT for 7 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2019, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2019, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
Counties Anderson County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Leon County, TX, Milam County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Apr 24, 7:06 PM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 7:06 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 3:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 343 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2019 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-251100- 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- 343 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Numerous thunderstorms are expected across the entire region through tonight. Locally heavy rainfall may result in some flash flooding, mainly along and south of the I-20 corridor. Some severe storms will also be possible with the best chances across Central Texas. Large hail and damaging winds will be the main hazards, but an isolated tornado can't be ruled out, mainly this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Some thunderstorms will linger east of the I-35 corridor on Thursday. Lightning and residual localized flooding will be the primary hazards. Low thunderstorm chances will return to the region on Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is possible today and this evening south of the I-20 corridor.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 3:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
358 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2019
TXZ174-242145-
Milam TX-
358 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MILAM COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
At 357 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Granger Dam, or 11 miles east of Granger, moving northeast at 45 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Rockdale, Cameron, Thorndale, Buckholts and Milano.
LAT...LON 3073 9727 3075 9731 3089 9726 3111 9683
3108 9681 3106 9682 3105 9677 3103 9678
3100 9677 3100 9675 3097 9677 3093 9676
3090 9672 3091 9669 3087 9670 3081 9664
3078 9665 3076 9661 3073 9662 3046 9715
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 238DEG 40KT 3071 9725
30Special weather statement, Apr 24, 5:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 533 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2019 TXZ160>162-175-242300- Robertson TX-Falls TX-Limestone TX-Leon TX- 533 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2019 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN ROBERTSON...WEST CENTRAL LEON...SOUTHEASTERN LIMESTONE AND EAST CENTRAL FALLS COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT... At 533 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Bremond, or 17 miles southeast of Marlin, moving northeast at 35 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Bremond, Kosse and Marquez. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central Texas. LAT...LON 3108 9664 3124 9676 3149 9637 3126 9620 TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 238DEG 29KT 3121 9662 30
Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
556 PM CDT WED APR 24 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0537 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 S DUBLIN 32.04N 98.33W
04/24/2019 ERATH TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
*** 3 FATAL, 1 INJ *** VEHICLE CROSSED INTO HIGH WATER
ON FM 1702 3 MILES SOUTH OF DUBLIN AND WAS SWEPT AWAY.The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 8:17 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Leon | 38 days |
| Apr 24, 8:22 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 47 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Milam | 55 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Limestone | 58 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 5 days |
| Apr 24, 8:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Anderson | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson | 3 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.