A center controller reported insufficient action was taken by the traffic management units to preven...

Narrative:

This event started around xa:30 to xb:00. It lasted till around xc:45. Weather that was known by everyone was forecast to form in the middle of ZKC. Late in the evening it did in fact form as was forecast. Numerous overflight aircraft were routed from ZKC into ZFW to miss the weather. In fact more aircraft than I have ever seen at one time in one sector (and I've seen some real turd shows) in my years were in the sector. I can't even explain it. You would never believe me. There was no traffic management unit (tmu) plan. None. We took more hand offs than we ever should have. I don't think they even make cuss words that would be strong enough to match the situation. I am baffled.tmu took no action. The same thing happened [last week at] night; but wasn't quite as bad or last quite as long. No tmu plan. I can't imagine how we'll get through this weather season if this continues. Perhaps tmu needs a 'plan book' to help them figure out what to do when these things occur. Some kind of flow chart. For instance 'if weather forecast to form in ZKC; enact play book routes in a timely manner so as to not be useless.' something like that.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Center Controller reported insufficient action was taken by the Traffic Management Units to prevent sectors from being overloaded when forecast weather manifested.

Narrative: This event started around XA:30 to XB:00. It lasted till around XC:45. Weather that was known by everyone was forecast to form in the middle of ZKC. Late in the evening it did in fact form as was forecast. Numerous overflight aircraft were routed from ZKC into ZFW to miss the weather. In fact more aircraft than I have ever seen at one time in one sector (and I've seen some real turd shows) in my years were in the sector. I can't even explain it. You would never believe me. There was no Traffic Management Unit (TMU) plan. None. We took more hand offs than we ever should have. I don't think they even make cuss words that would be strong enough to match the situation. I am baffled.TMU took no action. The same thing happened [last week at] night; but wasn't quite as bad or last quite as long. No TMU plan. I can't imagine how we'll get through this weather season if this continues. Perhaps TMU needs a 'plan book' to help them figure out what to do when these things occur. Some kind of flow chart. For instance 'if weather forecast to form in ZKC; enact play book routes in a timely manner so as to not be useless.' Something like that.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1430689
Time
Date	201703
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZFW.ARTCC
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	None
Person 1
Function	Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 18
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

A center controller reported insufficient action was taken by the traffic management units to prevent sectors from being overloaded when forecast weather manifested.