Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2004, 12:44 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2004, 12:44 PM CDT (17:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2004, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bell County, TX, Falls County, TX, Milam County, TX, Robertson County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3428 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KFWD 131744
FFWFTW
TXC027-145-331-395-132045-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1244 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
FALLS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
MILAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
ROBERTSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 1244 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
HAS CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS PARTS OF BELL AND FALLS COUNTIES.
MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS PARTS OF ROBERTSON COUNTY AS
WELL. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE EAST AROUND 20 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BELTON...BREMOND...
CAMERON...HARKER HEIGHTS...HEARNE...KILLEEN...LOTT...
MARLIN...MORGANS POINT RESORT...NOLANVILLE...ROCKDALE...
SALADO...HOLLAND...ROGERS...CALVERT AND FRANKLIN.
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS FLOODING HAS ALREADY WASHED
OUT SEVERAL ROADS AND NUMEROUS HIGH WATER RESCUES HAVE BEEN
PERFORMED.
KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. THE BANKS
STREAMS AND FLOODWAYS ARE SLIPPERY AND RAIN SOFTENED GROUND MAY GIVE
WAY EASILY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD BE A VICTIM OF DANGEROUS FLOOD
WATERS
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3106 9789 3093 9778 3079 9730 3049 9716
3076 9662 3072 9659 3077 9647 3092 9643
3100 9628 3116 9634 3134 9634 3124 9661
3151 9681 3128 9731 3131 9744
$$3 follow-up statements
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WGUS74 KFWD 131827
FFSFTW
TXC027-145-331-395-132045-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
126 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FALLS...ROBERTSON...BELL AND
MILAM COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
AT 125 PM...MODERATE TO HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS
EASTERN BELL...FALLS...AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF MILAM AND ROBERTSON
COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EAST AROUND 25
MPH.
MANY HOMES HAVE BEEN FLOODED IN AND NEAR HEARNE...WHILE OTHER AREAS
CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOODED ROADWAYS...CREAKS AND STREAMS.
LATEST RADAR DATA SUGGEST THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD TAPER OFF...FROM
WEST TO EAST...BY 3 PM. HOWEVER...FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO
CREATE A HAZARD WELL AFTER THE RAINS END.
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.
RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP
THEM AWAY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT
IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3105 9787 3075 9724 3050 9716 3078 9657
3101 9627 3131 9636 3120 9662 3149 9682
3123 9738 3130 9744
$$000
WGUS74 KFWD 131927
FFSFTW
TXC027-145-331-395-132045-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
226 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FALLS...ROBERTSON...BELL AND
MILAM COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
AT 226 PM...LIGHT TO MODERATE THUNDERSTORMS LINGERED ACROSS MUCH OF
ROBERTSON COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. MOST OF THE RAIN
HAD ENDED OR WAS GENERALLY LIGHT ACROSS THE OTHER WARNED COUNTIES.
COUNTY SHERIFFS CONTINUE TO REPORT NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES AND AREAS
WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAYS AT 230 PM. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE DIMINISHING THROUGH 330 PM...BUT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE
TO CREATE A VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITION ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA.
KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. THE BANKS
STREAMS AND FLOODWAYS ARE SLIPPERY AND RAIN SOFTENED GROUND MAY GIVE
WAY EASILY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD BE A VICTIM OF DANGEROUS FLOOD
WATERS
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.
RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP
THEM AWAY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT
IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3100 9784 3078 9725 3053 9715 3079 9661
3073 9656 3076 9647 3092 9642 3098 9630
3130 9637 3120 9665 3147 9680
$$000
WGUS74 KFWD 132029
FFSFTW
TXC027-145-331-395-132215-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
328 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FALLS...ROBERTSON...BELL AND MILAM
COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 345 PM CDT...
AT 328 PM...MOST OF THE RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA.
THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
SOME LINGERING FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FOR NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE
LOCATIONS...WILL LIKELY CONTINUE. ADDITIONALLY...ANY NEW RAINFALL
WILL QUICKLY AGGRAVATE THE CURRENT SITUATION AND WOULD LIKELY
PROMPT NEW FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS.
A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS
TONIGHT...AND THIS MAY PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. STILL...MORE FLOODING IS FAR FROM CERTAIN AS THE
ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE REGION IS SOMEWHAT STABLE AFTER ALL THE RAIN
THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. THE BANKS
STREAMS AND FLOODWAYS ARE SLIPPERY AND RAIN SOFTENED GROUND MAY GIVE
WAY EASILY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD BE A VICTIM OF DANGEROUS FLOOD
WATERS
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.
RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP
THEM AWAY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT
IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3147 9682 3119 9661 3133 9636 3099 9629
3092 9643 3078 9648 3073 9659 3076 9664
3051 9714 3077 9724 3098 9782
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 7:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls, Milam, Robertson | 3 hr |
| May 13, 7:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 47 min |
| May 13, 9:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 61 min |
| May 13, 9:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls, Leon, Milam, Robertson | 3 hr |
| May 13, 11:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Robertson | 3 hr |
| May 13, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 63 min |
| May 13, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens, Young | 61 min |
| May 13, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 44 min |
| May 13, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 61 min |
| May 13, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 37 min |
| May 13, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 31 min |
| May 13, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 46 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.