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Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 22, 2024Delta County, Hopkins County, Lamar County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2024, 7:57 PM CDT for Delta County, Hopkins County, Lamar 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: May 22, 2024, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2024, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Delta County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Lamar County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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: 1214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -207 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 409 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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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 May 22, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 2:41 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
241 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-231200-
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-
241 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.
Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected across the entire region
through tonight. Some storms will be severe with large hail,
damaging winds, and perhaps a tornado or two. Locally heavy rain may
also lead to flooding in some areas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.
Additional storms are expected on Thursday with the best storm
chances across North Texas. A few of the storms may be severe and
also contain heavy rain.

There is a low chance for thunderstorms Friday and Saturday. Though
storm coverage will be isolated, any storm that develops may become
severe. Additional isolated storms are possible early next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is likely area-wide through the evening.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 22, 7:07 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 7:11 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 7:40 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 7:46 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 7:50 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 7:53 PM CDT, 4 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
May 22, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Hunt	54 min
May 22, 7:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Falls, Limestone	3 hr
May 22, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Milam, Robertson	61 min
May 22, 7:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell	13 hr
May 22, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls, Limestone, Robertson	35 min
May 22, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone, Leon	66 min
May 22, 7:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Milam, Robertson	3 hr
May 22, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Lamar	48 min
May 22, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson	47 min
May 22, 8:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell, Lampasas	3 hr
May 22, 9:01 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	13 hr
May 22, 9:03 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	30 hr
May 22, 9:03 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	59 hr
May 22, 9:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Limestone	11 hr
May 22, 9:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	McLennan	2 hr
May 22, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill, McLennan, Navarro	46 min
May 22, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hill	62 min
May 22, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Navarro	34 min
May 22, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Hill, Navarro	57 min
May 22, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone, Hill, Navarro	33 min
May 23, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro	19 min
May 23, 7:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lampasas	36 min
May 23, 8:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Coryell, Lampasas	45 min
May 23, 9:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	34 min
May 23, 9:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	42 min
May 23, 9:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lampasas	34 min
May 23, 10:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell, Lampasas	45 min
May 23, 10:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bosque, Hill	43 min
May 23, 11:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Leon	25 min
May 23, 11:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills	47 min
May 23, 11:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills	3 hr
May 23, 11:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls, Milam, Robertson	26 min
May 23, 11:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, Hamilton	43 min
May 23, 11:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills	31 min
May 23, 12:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills	46 min
May 23, 1:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell	83 min
May 23, 1:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell, McLennan	47 min
May 23, 1:48 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	45 hr
May 23, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls, McLennan	42 min
May 23, 1:53 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell	20 hr
May 23, 1:53 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	6 days
May 23, 1:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	McLennan	93 min
May 23, 2:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell, McLennan	3 hr
May 23, 2:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hamilton, Hill	3 hr
May 23, 3:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell	18 hr
May 23, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bosque, Hill	36 min
May 23, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Falls, McLennan	47 min
May 23, 5:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Falls	48 min
May 23, 6:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Falls, Limestone, Robertson	38 min
May 23, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Henderson	22 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.