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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 2, 2025Cooke County, Montague County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 2025, 4:18 AM CDT for Cooke County, Montague County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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 2, 2025, 4:18 AM CDT (09:18 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2025, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cooke County, TX, Montague County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2025-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2995 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 2025-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 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
2995 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
814 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
8.0

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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 2, 3:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 3:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 1, 11:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1130 PM CDT Thu May 1 2025

TXZ158-020500-
Bell TX-
1130 PM CDT Thu May 1 2025

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Bell
County through MIDNIGHT CDT...

At 1129 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles north of Florence, or 10 miles southwest of Harker Heights,
moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Stillhouse Hollow Lake around 1140 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this storm include Union Grove, Cedar
Valley, Youngsport, Ding Dong, Prairie Dell, and Maxdale.

This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 277 and 286.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3087 9763 3091 9783 3098 9788 3108 9788
      3109 9786 3113 9750 3083 9753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 274DEG 15KT 3096 9778

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Local storm report, May 2, 12:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 7:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell3 hr
May 1, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Milam73 min
May 1, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam33 min
May 1, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas61 min
May 1, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Coryell, Lampasas48 min
May 1, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Coryell, Lampasas64 min
May 1, 10:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBell88 min
May 1, 11:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell30 min
May 1, 11:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Coryell, Lampasas2 hr
May 2, 3:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague57 min
May 2, 4:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke, Montague47 min
May 2, 11:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker43 min
May 2, 12:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood29 min
May 2, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Ellis, Hill, McLennan57 min
May 2, 2:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Hill3 hr
May 2, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Hill, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro59 min
May 2, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Coryell, Falls, Lampasas, McLennan32 min
May 2, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone, Limestone, Navarro64 min
May 2, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Falls, McLennan42 min
May 2, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon, Milam, Robertson59 min
May 2, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Leon46 min
May 2, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon15 min

Nearby

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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.