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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 5, 2021Collin County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2021, 9:25 PM CDT for Collin County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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
Jun 5, 2021, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Collin County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 63 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 941 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
941 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1368 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

503 
WGUS54 KFWD 060225
FFWFWD
TXC085-060430-
/O.NEW.KFWD.FF.W.0012.210606T0225Z-210606T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
925 PM CDT Sat Jun 5 2021

The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southwestern Collin County in north central Texas...

* Until 1130 PM CDT.

* At 925 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated very slow moving 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 
  3 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 
  1 to 3 inches are possible. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected 
  to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets, and underpasses as well as other
           poor drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Plano, McKinney, Frisco, Allen, and Fairview.

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 3299 9683 3315 9679 3315 9673 3323 9669
      3323 9658 3317 9658 3308 9660 3307 9664
      3302 9667 3299 9670

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Dunn
1 follow-up statement
020 
WGUS54 KFWD 060352
FFWFWD
TXC085-060600-
/O.EXT.KFWD.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210606T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1052 PM CDT Sat Jun 5 2021

The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southwestern Collin County in north central Texas...

* Until 100 AM CDT.

* At 1052 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated continued thunderstorm 
  development across southwest Collin County producing additional 
  heavy rainfall. Multiple reports of urban flooding have been 
  received from McKinney to Plano.  Between 3 and 5 inches of rain 
  have already fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches 
  are possible. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets, and underpasses as well as other
           poor drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Plano, McKinney, Frisco, Allen, and Fairview.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3299 9683 3315 9679 3315 9673 3323 9669
      3323 9658 3317 9658 3308 9660 3307 9664
      3302 9667 3299 9670

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Dunn

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson26 min
Jun 5, 7:53 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt4 days
Jun 5, 7:53 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt, Kaufman, Rockwall60 hr
Jun 5, 8:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin83 min
Jun 5, 11:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas3 hr
Jun 5, 11:44 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas9 hr
Jun 6, 12:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin28 hr
Jun 6, 12:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin31 hr
Jun 6, 12:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas15 hr
Jun 6, 2:58 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDCollin, Dallas6 hr
Jun 6, 2:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchFWDAnderson, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 23 more26 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.