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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 28, 2023, 2:31 AM CDT for Ellis County, Kaufman County, Texas. It was in force for 6 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
- Oct 28, 2023, 2:31 AM CDT (07:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2023, 8:46 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ellis County, TX, Kaufman County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:34 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
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 Oct 28, 1:58 AM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 28, 1:58 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 27, 7:02 PM CDT, 7 hours 29 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 702 PM CDT Fri Oct 27 2023 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-281230- 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- 702 PM CDT Fri Oct 27 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are expected tonight throughout much of North and Central Texas. Severe weather is not expected. Isolated instances of flash flooding are possible tonight, mainly south of I-20 and north of Highway 84. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Storm chances will continue Saturday and Sunday, keeping the threat for minor flooding alive where the heaviest rain occurs. Severe weather is not expected. Early season freezing temperatures will be possible Tuesday through Thursday. Even where temperatures remain above freezing, overnight and early morning frost will occur. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 27, 9:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
932 PM CDT Fri Oct 27 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0919 PM Flash Flood 3 NNW Hutchins 32.68N 96.72W
10/27/2023 Dallas TX Broadcast Media
Flash flooding in Hutchins via media
picture. Nearby weather station at McCommas
Bluff Landfill reported 7.37 inches of rain
in 3 hours.
&&Local storm report, Oct 27, 11:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1123 PM CDT Fri Oct 27 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1005 PM Flash Flood Meridian 31.92N 97.65W
10/27/2023 Bosque TX Emergency Mngr
Flash flooding in Meridian. Local creeks
overflowed leading to evacuations. Several
homes had water in them.
&&Local storm report, Oct 27, 11:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1129 PM CDT Fri Oct 27 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 PM Flash Flood 2 WNW Seagoville 32.67N 96.58W
10/27/2023 Dallas TX Fire Dept/Rescue
Flash flooding occurring in Seagoville. HWY
175 at Simonds Road is flooded. Nearby
weather station at McCommas Bluff Landfill
has reported a total of 8.62 inches of rain.
&&
JHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 7:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque | 3 hr |
| Oct 27, 7:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | McLennan | 3 hr |
| Oct 27, 7:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro | 3 hr |
| Oct 27, 8:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque | 94 min |
| Oct 27, 9:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall | 2 hr |
| Oct 27, 10:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque | 9 hr |
| Oct 27, 11:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall | 11 hr |
| Oct 28, 12:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Ellis, Kaufman | 3 hr |
| Oct 28, 5:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Erath, Johnson, Somervell | 6 hr |
| Oct 28, 6:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rockwall | 50 hr |
| Oct 28, 6:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Kaufman | 3 days |
| Oct 28, 6:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Navarro | 7 days |
| Oct 28, 6:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque | 5 hr |
| Oct 28, 6:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque | 26 hr |
| Oct 28, 7:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Dallas, Johnson, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Oct 28, 8:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 24 hr |
| Oct 28, 8:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Kaufman | 4 hr |
| Oct 28, 9:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 118 min |
| Oct 28, 9:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 10 hr |
| Oct 28, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 16 hr |
| Oct 28, 11:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall | 3 hr |
| Oct 28, 11:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, McLennan | 21 hr |
| Oct 28, 1:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 6 hr |
| Oct 28, 1:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 6 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.