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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 28, 2024Montague County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 28, 2024, 1:12 AM CDT for Montague 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
Apr 28, 2024, 1:12 AM CDT (06:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2024, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Montague County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:14 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2024-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2859 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2024-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 260 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2859 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
326 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
5.2
Supercell composite
21.9

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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 Apr 27, 7:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 7:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke25 min
Apr 27, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke44 min
Apr 27, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung56 min
Apr 27, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens, Young54 min
Apr 28, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young63 min
Apr 28, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Erath, Palo Pinto, Stephens50 min
Apr 28, 1:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague, Wise40 min
Apr 28, 1:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall55 hr
Apr 28, 1:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke2 hr
Apr 28, 2:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke, Denton, Wise42 min
Apr 28, 2:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker42 min
Apr 28, 2:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood, Johnson, Tarrant39 min
Apr 28, 2:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin, Denton33 min
Apr 28, 3:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson40 min
Apr 28, 3:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDComanche47 min
Apr 28, 3:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLampasas, Mills39 min
Apr 28, 3:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin, Dallas, Rockwall43 min
Apr 28, 3:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBosque, Hamilton, Somervell24 min
Apr 28, 3:59 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCooke, Montague3 hr
Apr 28, 4:05 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant4 hr
Apr 28, 4:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson, Parker, Tarrant3 hr
Apr 28, 4:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Dallas, Denton, Kaufman, Rockwall4 hr
Apr 28, 4:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas3 hr
Apr 28, 4:59 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBosque, Hamilton3 hr
Apr 28, 5:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBosque, Ellis, Hill, Johnson4 hr
Apr 28, 5:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas16 hr
Apr 28, 5:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas58 hr
Apr 28, 5:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Hill, Johnson2 hr
Apr 28, 6:20 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBell, Bosque, Coryell, Lampasas, McLennan3 hr
Apr 28, 6:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDTarrant15 hr
Apr 28, 6:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCoryell39 min
Apr 28, 7:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Hill3 hr
Apr 28, 7:08 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDKaufman3 hr
Apr 28, 8:28 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman3 days
Apr 28, 8:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt34 hr
Apr 28, 9:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDKaufman2 hr
Apr 28, 9:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam26 min
Apr 28, 9:44 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDFalls27 min
Apr 28, 10:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins18 hr
Apr 28, 10:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDTarrant21 days
Apr 28, 10:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin23 hr
Apr 28, 10:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin32 hr
Apr 28, 10:40 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningFWDBosque, Coryell, Hill, McLennan39 min
Apr 28, 1:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell2 hr
Apr 28, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone46 min
Apr 28, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Falls, Milam58 min
Apr 28, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone, Limestone53 min
Apr 28, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFreestone, Limestone49 min
Apr 28, 2:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFalls, Milam, Robertson47 min
Apr 28, 3:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls, Limestone3 hr
Apr 28, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFalls, Robertson45 min
Apr 28, 3:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMilam28 min
Apr 28, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFreestone38 min
Apr 28, 3:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFreestone3 hr
Apr 28, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone60 min
Apr 28, 4:07 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDBell3 hr
Apr 28, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLeon, Robertson66 min
Apr 28, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDAnderson35 min
Apr 28, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLeon50 min
Apr 28, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Leon51 min
Apr 28, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLeon35 min

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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.