Narrative:

Flight departed for lit, cleared dall 6.lit transition. Regional departure handed us off to ZFW. Radar turned on and painting WX with red centers on returns. Center gave us a vector to intercept the 064 degree radial off of TTT VOR. We could see that the departure radial would take us through the WX. We asked if we could maintain our present heading approximately 030-040 degrees to go around WX. Request was denied. We explained that there was WX to our right and on the departure radial and we needed to deviate. Request was again denied. We were told there were arrs ahead and aft our left and it was not this controller's airspace. We asked, 'if we expedite our climb can we get above the arrs and deviate?' we were told 'no, turn right and join the radial.' we once again told the controller we could not turn right because of the thunderstorm. We told the controller we could make a 180 degree turn and go back toward dallas and do whatever he wanted to get us around the WX. We were told to turn right 180 degrees. We once again told the controller we could not accept a right turn. At this point, I told the controller we were deviating left of course. Upon landing at lit, the captain called company ATC and relayed our experience. He called ZFW and they reviewed the tapes. The controller was pulled from his position. Looking back, the only thing I would have done differently would be to declare an emergency and exercise emergency authority/authorized. Supplemental information from acn 536039: time and position relative to the WX forced us to make a decision to hold a 050 degree heading for approximately 5 mi. If we had bigger engines and more time, we could have topped the WX. We were forced to split 2 small cells that were growing and showing red centers, while avoiding the WX over the outbound radial.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AFTER DEPARTING DFW, B737 CREW OBSERVED A TSTM ON THEIR COURSE AND WERE DENIED A REQUEST FOR A 10-20 DEG DEV TO AVOID THE WX.

Narrative: FLT DEPARTED FOR LIT, CLRED DALL 6.LIT TRANSITION. REGIONAL DEP HANDED US OFF TO ZFW. RADAR TURNED ON AND PAINTING WX WITH RED CENTERS ON RETURNS. CTR GAVE US A VECTOR TO INTERCEPT THE 064 DEG RADIAL OFF OF TTT VOR. WE COULD SEE THAT THE DEP RADIAL WOULD TAKE US THROUGH THE WX. WE ASKED IF WE COULD MAINTAIN OUR PRESENT HDG APPROX 030-040 DEGS TO GO AROUND WX. REQUEST WAS DENIED. WE EXPLAINED THAT THERE WAS WX TO OUR R AND ON THE DEP RADIAL AND WE NEEDED TO DEVIATE. REQUEST WAS AGAIN DENIED. WE WERE TOLD THERE WERE ARRS AHEAD AND AFT OUR L AND IT WAS NOT THIS CTLR'S AIRSPACE. WE ASKED, 'IF WE EXPEDITE OUR CLB CAN WE GET ABOVE THE ARRS AND DEVIATE?' WE WERE TOLD 'NO, TURN R AND JOIN THE RADIAL.' WE ONCE AGAIN TOLD THE CTLR WE COULD NOT TURN R BECAUSE OF THE TSTM. WE TOLD THE CTLR WE COULD MAKE A 180 DEG TURN AND GO BACK TOWARD DALLAS AND DO WHATEVER HE WANTED TO GET US AROUND THE WX. WE WERE TOLD TO TURN R 180 DEGS. WE ONCE AGAIN TOLD THE CTLR WE COULD NOT ACCEPT A R TURN. AT THIS POINT, I TOLD THE CTLR WE WERE DEVIATING L OF COURSE. UPON LNDG AT LIT, THE CAPT CALLED COMPANY ATC AND RELAYED OUR EXPERIENCE. HE CALLED ZFW AND THEY REVIEWED THE TAPES. THE CTLR WAS PULLED FROM HIS POS. LOOKING BACK, THE ONLY THING I WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY WOULD BE TO DECLARE AN EMER AND EXERCISE EMER AUTH. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 536039: TIME AND POS RELATIVE TO THE WX FORCED US TO MAKE A DECISION TO HOLD A 050 DEG HDG FOR APPROX 5 MI. IF WE HAD BIGGER ENGS AND MORE TIME, WE COULD HAVE TOPPED THE WX. WE WERE FORCED TO SPLIT 2 SMALL CELLS THAT WERE GROWING AND SHOWING RED CENTERS, WHILE AVOIDING THE WX OVER THE OUTBOUND RADIAL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.