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Flash Flood Warning 77, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 23, 2024Coryell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2024, 1:07 PM CDT for Coryell County, Texas. It was in force for 83 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: May 23, 2024, 1:07 PM CDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2024, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 83 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Coryell County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 2623 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 225 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.9
Supercell composite: 15.1

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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 23, 11:59 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 11:59 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 10:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1047 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024

TXZ134-144>146-231630-
Ellis TX-Bosque TX-Hill TX-Navarro TX-
1047 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024

...Strong wind gusts will impact portions of Bosque, Hill, Ellis and
Navarro Counties through 1130 AM CDT...

At 1044 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of 40 to 50 mph
winds along the northern edge of a rain shield.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Waxahachie, Hillsboro, Clifton, Whitney, Italy, Itasca, Meridian,
Laguna Park, Maypearl, Blooming Grove, Blum, Covington, Bynum, Carl's
Corner, Meridian State Park, Aquilla Lake, Lake Whitney State Park,
Lake Whitney, Navarro Mills Lake, and Milford.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Secure loose objects and consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3225 9716 3226 9709 3229 9709 3239 9685
      3202 9662 3185 9703 3186 9704 3162 9760
      3195 9784
TIME...MOT...LOC 1544Z 174DEG 8KT 3206 9691 3193 9742

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Bonnette

Special weather statement, May 23, 11:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1105 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024

TXZ147-161-162-175-231630-
Robertson TX-Limestone TX-Leon TX-Freestone TX-
1105 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of south central
Freestone, northeastern Robertson, southwestern Leon and southeastern
Limestone Counties through 1130 AM CDT...

At 1104 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of increasing
winds, likely due to a surface wake low, 9 miles east of Twin Oak
Reservoir, or 24 miles southeast of Groesbeck, moving northeast at
40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of south central
Freestone, northeastern Robertson, southwestern Leon and southeastern
Limestone Counties, including the following locations... Jewett,
Seale, Easterly, Robbins, Donie, New Baden, Bald Prairie, Redland,
Farrar, and Oletha.

This includes Interstate 45 between mile markers 159 and 182.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3097 9642 3123 9660 3139 9658 3158 9616
      3123 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 1604Z 238DEG 34KT 3122 9632

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

Reeves

Local storm report, May 23, 11:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1149 AM CDT Thu May 23 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1135 AM     Hail             3 E Troy                31.19N 97.26W
05/23/2024  M1.25 Inch       Bell               TX   Broadcast Media

            1.25 inch hail reported east of Troy on
            FM935.

&&

Local storm report, May 23, 12:10 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1210 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 PM     Flash Flood      1 NNW Temple            31.12N 97.37W
05/22/2024                   Bell               TX   Broadcast Media

            DELAYED REPORT several flooded roadways
            reported in Temple.

&&

AJS

Local storm report, May 23, 12:30 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1230 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0330 PM     Flash Flood      4 WNW Plano             33.07N 96.80W
05/22/2024                   Collin             TX   Trained Spotter

            DELAYED REPORT several stalled cars due to
            flooding along portions of Legacy Drive
            between 121 and 75.

&&

AJS

Local storm report, May 23, 1:03 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
103 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1250 PM     Flash Flood      1 SW Evant              31.47N 98.16W
05/23/2024                   Coryell            TX   Emergency Mngr

            Several county roads flooded on western side
            of Coryell Co.

&&

AJS

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	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Lamar	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, 1:13 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.