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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 22, 2022Johnson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2022, 11:00 AM CDT for Johnson County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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
Aug 22, 2022, 11:00 AM CDT (16:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2022, 1:01 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Johnson County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 331 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 12:00Z on 2022-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2022-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

270 
WGUS54 KFWD 221600
FFWFWD
TXC251-221815-
/O.NEW.KFWD.FF.W.0021.220822T1600Z-220822T1815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
Issued by National Weather Service Nashville TN
1100 AM CDT Mon Aug 22 2022

The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Johnson County in north central Texas...

* Until 115 PM CDT.

* At 1100 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are 
  possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected 
  to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash 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...
  Fort Worth, Mansfield, Burleson, Cleburne, Crowley, Keene, Joshua, 
  Alvarado, Rendon, Venus, Grandview, Godley, Cross Timber, Cleburne 
  State Park, Rio Vista and Briaroaks.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3255 9709 3227 9709 3218 9747 3218 9748
      3217 9748 3216 9751 3214 9751 3213 9752
      3215 9757 3216 9757 3218 9757 3218 9760
      3219 9759 3220 9759 3220 9761 3256 9762

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Whitehead
1 follow-up statement
826 
WGUS74 KFWD 221801
FFSFWD

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
Issued by National Weather Service Norman OK
101 PM CDT Mon Aug 22 2022

TXC251-221811-
/O.CAN.KFWD.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220822T1815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Johnson TX-
101 PM CDT Mon Aug 22 2022

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JOHNSON COUNTY HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A 
FLOOD WARNING...

LAT...LON 3255 9709 3227 9709 3218 9747 3218 9748
      3217 9748 3216 9751 3214 9751 3213 9752
      3215 9757 3216 9757 3218 9757 3218 9760
      3219 9759 3220 9759 3220 9761 3256 9762

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 8:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHood109 min
Aug 21, 9:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDTarrant3 hr
Aug 21, 9:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant2 hr
Aug 21, 10:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHood, Johnson, Parker2 hr
Aug 21, 11:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDJohnson41 min
Aug 21, 11:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant4 hr
Aug 22, 12:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas99 min
Aug 22, 12:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHill27 min
Aug 22, 12:51 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis, Hill24 min
Aug 22, 12:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHill3 hr
Aug 22, 1:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas9 hr
Aug 22, 1:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas61 hr
Aug 22, 2:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis3 hr
Aug 22, 3:10 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFannin3 hr
Aug 22, 3:20 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDStephens, Young3 hr
Aug 22, 4:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis3 hr
Aug 22, 4:40 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton, Tarrant3 hr
Aug 22, 6:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDKaufman3 hr
Aug 22, 7:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDKaufman, Van Zandt3 hr
Aug 22, 8:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant4 hr
Aug 22, 8:27 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDJack, Wise3 hr
Aug 22, 9:24 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDRains8 hr
Aug 22, 9:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHenderson5 hr
Aug 22, 9:51 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFWDDallas3 hr
Aug 22, 10:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis5 hr
Aug 22, 10:40 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryFWDEllis, Kaufman62 hr
Aug 22, 10:56 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDKaufman, Van Zandt6 hr
Aug 22, 11:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHill4 hr
Aug 22, 12:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDKaufman, Van Zandt3 hr
Aug 22, 12:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDSomervell3 hr
Aug 22, 12:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBosque3 hr
Aug 22, 12:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDAnderson3 hr
Aug 22, 12:46 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDTarrant3 hr
Aug 22, 12:47 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDDallas3 hr
Aug 22, 1:01 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDJohnson5 hr
Aug 22, 1:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHill3 hr
Aug 22, 1:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHill, Navarro3 hr
Aug 22, 1:32 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas7 hr
Aug 22, 1:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDMcLennan3 hr
Aug 22, 2:15 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDHenderson2 hr
Aug 22, 3:08 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDEllis2 hr
Aug 22, 3:34 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDHill2 hr
Aug 22, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMilam31 min
Aug 22, 4:29 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman66 hr
Aug 22, 4:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas, Ellis, Kaufman16 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.