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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 31, 2013, 1:17 AM CDT for Milam County, Robertson County, Texas. It was in force for 5 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
- Oct 31, 2013, 1:17 AM CDT (06:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2013, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Milam County, TX, Robertson County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 240 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
468
WGUS54 KFWD 310617
FFWFWD
TXC331-395-310915-
/O.NEW.KFWD.FF.W.0021.131031T0617Z-131031T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
117 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MILAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
NORTHWESTERN ROBERTSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
* UNTIL 415 AM CDT
* AT 115 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6
MILES NORTH OF BREMOND TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF THORNDALE.
THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WERE GRADUALLY MOVING
EASTWARD. RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS
FALLS AND BELL COUNTIES WITH SERIOUS FLOODING BEING REPORTED
THERE. RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL SWELL WITH FLOOD WATERS FLOWING
INTO NORTHERN ROBERTSON AND MILAM COUNTIES. IN ADDITION...1 TO
3 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WARNED AREA THROUGH
EARLY MORNING.
* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE...ROCKDALE...CAMERON AND CALVERT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINS OFTEN FLOOD ROADS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY.
FLOOD WATERS MAY RISE RAPIDLY IN CREEKS...STREAMS...AND NORMALLY DRY
WASHES. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS
WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS
WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD. TAKE A DIFFERENT
ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL FLOOD WATERS RECEDE.
&&
LAT...LON 3072 9727 3075 9732 3089 9726 3135 9633
3124 9633 3066 9679 3045 9715
$$
922 follow-up statements
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WGUS54 KFWD 310903
FFWFWD
TXC331-395-311115-
/O.EXT.KFWD.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-131031T1115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
403 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MILAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
NORTHWESTERN ROBERTSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
* UNTIL 615 AM CDT
* AT 400 AM CDT...RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL FROM NEAR
HOLLAND TO ROSEBUD TO KOSSE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING
OF CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF MILAM AND ROBERTSON
COUNTIES. THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS HAS
DIMINISHED...BUT THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES.
* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BEN ARNOLD
AND BREMOND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW
MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS OR IF THE ROAD HAS BEEN DAMAGED OR WASHED
AWAY. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL
WATER RECEDES.
&&
LAT...LON 3072 9727 3075 9732 3089 9726 3135 9633
3124 9633 3066 9679 3045 9715
$$569
WGUS74 KFWD 311028
FFSFWD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
528 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013
TXC331-395-311115-
/O.CON.KFWD.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-131031T1115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MILAM TX-ROBERTSON TX-
528 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR
ROBERTSON AND MILAM COUNTIES...
AT 526 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED AN
AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS MOST OF ROBERTSON
AND MILAM COUNTIES. AT 526 AM CDT...SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CALVERT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY FLOODING INCLUDE BREMOND AND CAMERON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINS OFTEN FLOOD ROADS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY.
FLOOD WATERS MAY RISE RAPIDLY IN CREEKS...STREAMS...AND NORMALLY DRY
WASHES. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS
WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS
WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD. TAKE A DIFFERENT
ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL FLOOD WATERS RECEDE.
&&
LAT...LON 3072 9727 3075 9732 3089 9726 3135 9633
3124 9633 3066 9679 3045 9715
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 8:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Leon | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 8:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Limestone | 36 hr |
| Oct 30, 8:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 9:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 10:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 10:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Milam | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 10:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 10:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Henderson | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 12:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 1:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 4 hr |
| Oct 31, 1:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson | 4 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 4 days |
| Oct 31, 3:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 5:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 4 hr |
| Oct 31, 5:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson | 4 hr |
| Oct 31, 6:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 6:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bell, Milam, Robertson | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 9:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Bell, Falls, Freestone, Leon, Limestone and 2 more | 6 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.