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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 2010, 3:12 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2010, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2010, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ellis County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Navarro County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 2529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
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 14, 12:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 12:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1229 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 .AVIATION... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ARRIVED AT METROPLEX AIRPORTS...AND BRIEF SQUALLS TO ABOUT 45-50MPH OCCURRED WITHIN A SMALL BOW ECHO THAT WILL BRIEFLY AFFECT DFW AND DAL. CONCENTRATED AREA OF LIGHTNING SHOULD STOP AVIATION FOR ABOUT AN HOUR...AND THEN STORMS WILL SCATTER OUT AS MAIN AREA MOVES ON SOUTHEAST. CEILINGS/VISIBILITIES WILL BE QUITE VARIABLE...SO WILL STICK WITH PREVAILING EXPECTED NUMBERS. WILL ALSO HAVE TO WATCH/FINE TUNE ONSET TIMING AT KACT...WHICH STILL SHOULD SEE THUNDER THIS AFTERNOON. LATER ON...EXPECT MVFR CEILINGS OVERNIGHT...LIFTING TO VFR LATE MORNING. 84 && .PREV DISCUSSION... 340 AM UPPER TROUGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL REACH THE NORTHERN PLAINS BY SUNDAY WITH A SHORTWAVE RIDGE FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND. CURRENT STATIONARY FRONT (COMANCHE- DALLAS-PARIS) WILL LIFT NORTHWEST SLOWLY DURING THE DAY. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL PRODUCE MORE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. MOST MODELS INDICATE BEST LOCATIONS FOR STORMS TO BE NORTHWEST OF A LAMPASAS TO BONHAM LINE TODAY AND SATURDAY WITH SOME STRONG TO SEVERE ACTIVITY OVER THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES. COME SUNDAY...THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL MOVE EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR AND THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF CONVECTION MOVING SOUTHEAST OUT OF OKLAHOMA AND PRODUCING AN MCS SUNDAY EVENING/NIGHT OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA. SHORTWAVE RIDGING TAKES OVER FOR MONDAY WITH LITTLE OR NO CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. CONVECTION WILL RETURN TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS A WESTERLY FLOW AND A WEAK SHORTWAVE UNDERCUTS RIDGE AND ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH WEST MOVES OVER THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. FORECAST CAPE AND CIN FOR TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY CONTINUE TO FAVOR THE WEST AND NORTHWEST COUNTIES FOR SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL SPREAD MUCH OF THE CWA ON SUNDAY. WHERE STORMS SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY WILL HAVE POTENTIAL FOR BOTH SEVERE HAIL AND WIND...WHILE THOSE MOVING NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY WILL BECOME ELEVATED AND LOSE THEIR DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL. COME SUNDAY...ALL STORMS SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAP SURFACE AIR. 0-6KM BULK SHEAR WILL NOT BE ALL THAT STRONG (25KTS) TODAY AND SATURDAY...BUT IT INCREASE FROM THE WEST SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WHEN IT REACHES 35-40KTS SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHEASTERLY SURFACE FLOW...CLOUDS AND CONVECTION WILL KEEP TEMPS BELOW NORMAL OVER THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH-CENTRAL COUNTIES TODAY AND SATURDAY. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES SHOULD DOMINATE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THEN ANOTHER FRONT PUSHES INTO THE NORTHERN AREAS WEDNESDAY WITH SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE SOUTHERN CWA WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST. 75 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 83 68 84 68 84 / 80 60 40 50 50 WACO, TX 86 69 84 69 84 / 50 50 30 20 40 PARIS, TX 82 67 81 66 80 / 60 60 40 40 50 DENTON, TX 81 67 83 67 84 / 100 60 40 50 50 MCKINNEY, TX 83 67 82 66 82 / 70 60 40 50 50 DALLAS, TX 85 69 84 68 83 / 70 60 40 50 50 TERRELL, TX 86 67 84 67 83 / 50 60 40 50 50 CORSICANA, TX 86 67 84 68 83 / 40 50 40 20 40 TEMPLE, TX 86 68 83 69 84 / 40 40 30 20 40 MINERAL WELLS, TX 78 64 82 66 83 / 100 60 30 50 50 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR TXZ091>094- 100>104-115>120-129>134-141>145. && /
Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 3:09 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 14, 2:16 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
216 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010
TXZ094-141945-
FANNIN TX-
216 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
WESTERN FANNIN COUNTY
AT 217 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTH OF BONHAM...MOVING NORTH AT 15
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BAILEY...BONHAM...DODD
CITY...ECTOR...LEONARD AND BONHAM STATE PARK.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3373 9600 3338 9608 3335 9629 3335 9634
3371 9634 3371 9631 3374 9630 3379 9599
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 191DEG 15KT 3341 9621
92Special weather statement, May 14, 2:38 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
238 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010
TXZ094-095-142015-
LAMAR TX-FANNIN TX-
238 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN FANNIN COUNTY
NORTHWESTERN LAMAR COUNTY
AT 238 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES EAST OF BONHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE DODD CITY AND HONEY GROVE.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3389 9557 3347 9586 3348 9612 3389 9596
3389 9593 3386 9587 3385 9583 3387 9581
3386 9578 3390 9575
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 203DEG 14KT 3366 9593Special weather statement, May 14, 2:52 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 11:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker | 23 min |
| May 13, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 50 min |
| May 13, 11:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 28 min |
| May 13, 11:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Erath | 37 min |
| May 13, 11:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 31 min |
| May 14, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 60 min |
| May 14, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Johnson | 24 min |
| May 14, 12:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Montague | 35 min |
| May 14, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker | 34 min |
| May 14, 1:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 36 min |
| May 14, 4:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 25 min |
| May 14, 5:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Montague | 33 min |
| May 14, 9:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Jack, Montague | 3 hr |
| May 14, 10:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Stephens, Young | 3 hr |
| May 14, 10:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 111 min |
| May 14, 10:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Dallas, Denton and 20 more | 34 hr |
| May 14, 11:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker, Wise | 3 hr |
| May 14, 11:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 3 hr |
| May 14, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 62 min |
| May 14, 12:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 3 hr |
| May 14, 12:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Jack, Montague | 6 hr |
| May 14, 12:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 25 min |
| May 14, 12:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood | 115 min |
| May 14, 12:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Stephens, Young | 4 hr |
| May 14, 1:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin | 25 min |
| May 14, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell | 36 min |
| May 14, 1:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker, Wise | 4 hr |
| May 14, 2:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Rockwall | 3 hr |
| May 14, 2:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Ellis, Johnson | 3 hr |
| May 14, 2:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Jack | 4 days |
| May 14, 2:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 30 hr |
| May 14, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin | 29 min |
| May 14, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lamar | 37 min |
| May 14, 2:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Hood | 3 hr |
| May 14, 2:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Hunt | 3 hr |
| May 14, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Navarro | 23 min |
| May 14, 2:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Navarro | 3 hr |
| May 14, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 28 min |
| May 14, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hunt | 29 min |
| May 14, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Kaufman | 25 min |
| May 14, 3:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Milam, Robertson | 3 hr |
| May 14, 3:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 3 hr |
| May 14, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Van Zandt | 63 min |
| May 14, 3:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Denton, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| May 14, 3:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 28 hr |
| May 14, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Rains | 33 min |
| May 14, 3:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 3 hr |
| May 14, 4:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Hopkins, Rains | 3 hr |
| May 14, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 31 min |
| May 14, 4:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone, Leon, Limestone, Robertson | 3 hr |
| May 14, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 50 min |
| May 14, 5:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin, Hunt | 4 hr |
| May 14, 6:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro | 3 hr |
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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.