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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 14, 20244 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 14, 2024, 11:43 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 92 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 14, 2024, 11:43 PM CDT (04:43 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2024, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 92 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Delta County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Lamar County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:43 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2272 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 2.7

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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 Mar 14, 10:55 PM CDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 10:55 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 7:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
706 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-152330-
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-
706 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.
Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected across North and
Central Texas through tonight. A few will likely become strong to
severe and be capable of producing very large hail, damaging wind
gusts, and frequent lightning. The tornado threat is low but non-
zero.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.
Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms expected Friday through
the upcoming weekend. A few strong or severe thunderstorms will be
possible Friday afternoon across Central Texas. These storms will be
capable of producing large hail and gusty downburst winds.

Multiple rounds of heavy rain, especially those that occur in areas
that saw considerable rainfall in recent days, could also reaggravate
flooding issues.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 14, 8:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 8:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 8:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 8:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 8:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 9:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 14, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Collin, Fannin, Grayson	64 min
Mar 14, 7:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Collin, Grayson	38 min
Mar 14, 8:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Grayson	3 hr
Mar 14, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Fannin, Grayson	65 min
Mar 14, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Lamar	50 min
Mar 14, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Delta, Fannin, Hunt, Lamar	46 min
Mar 14, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Fannin, Hunt, Lamar	55 min
Mar 14, 10:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Delta, Fannin, Hunt, Lamar	96 min
Mar 15, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	34 min
Mar 15, 1:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	32 min
Mar 15, 1:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker	56 min
Mar 15, 1:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton	30 min
Mar 15, 6:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	30 hr
Mar 15, 9:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Mills	56 min
Mar 15, 10:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hamilton	28 min
Mar 15, 10:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hamilton	31 min
Mar 15, 11:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bosque	32 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.