Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2005, 8:41 PM CDT for Ellis County, 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
- Jul 14, 2005, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2005, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ellis County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 603 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1978 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KFWD 150142
FFWFWD
TXC139-150445-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
841 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
* AT 838 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING FROM THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED BETWEEN
MIDLOTHIAN AND ENNIS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WAXAHACHIE...RED OAK...PALMER...OVILLA...OAK LEAF...MIDLOTHIAN...
GLENN HEIGHTS AND FERRIS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. LESS THAN THREE FEET
OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN
AROUND...DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3207 9694 3228 9708 3255 9708 3255 9653
3253 9652 3247 9650 3243 9645 3236 9645
3233 9641
$$
65/DD1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KFWD 150232
FFSFWD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
932 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2005
TXC139-150445-
ELLIS TX-
932 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR ELLIS
COUNTY...
AT 932 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A COMPLEX OF
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...OCCURRING FROM
WAXAHACHIE AND ENNIS...SOUTHWARD TO ITALY. A RAINFALL TOTAL OF THREE
AND ONE HALF INCHES WAS RECENTLY REPORTED IN ENNIS...WITH NWS
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATING BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL
ACROSS MUCH OF ELLIS COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAXAHACHIE...
PALMER...MIDLOTHIAN...MAYPEARL...AND ENNIS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3207 9694 3228 9708 3255 9708 3255 9653
3253 9652 3247 9650 3243 9645 3236 9645
3233 9641
$$
65/DDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 55 min |
| Jul 14, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 72 min |
| Jul 14, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 66 min |
| Jul 15, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 28 min |
| Jul 15, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rockwall | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains | 42 min |
| Jul 15, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta | 51 min |
| Jul 15, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 51 min |
| Jul 15, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 67 min |
| Jul 15, 5:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Lamar | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 5:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 66 min |
| Jul 15, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 62 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.