Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2014, 5:27 PM CDT for Ellis County, Hill County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2014, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2014, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ellis County, TX, Hill County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 6:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Maypearl, TX | SEVERAL ROADS IN MAYPERAL WERE IMPASSABLE DUE TO RUSHING FLOOD WATERS |
| May 12, 7:05 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Whitney, TX | 2 FEET OF WATER ON THE ROAD NEAR WHITNEY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 1938 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WGUS54 KFWD 122227
FFWFWD
TXC139-217-130130-
/O.NEW.KFWD.FF.W.0013.140512T2227Z-140513T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
527 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
HILL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CENTERED NEAR
WHITNEY... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE
ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 830 PM CDT.
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE
WARNED AREA...AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OR MORE OF RAINFALL WILL
BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 800 PM.
* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE...COVINGTON...HILLSBORO...BYNUM...ITASCA...CARL'S CORNER...
MAYPEARL...ITALY...MIDLOTHIAN...WAXAHACHIE...BARDWELL...OVILLA...
OAK LEAF...RED OAK...ENNIS...PALMER...ALMA AND FERRIS.
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 3208 9688 3186 9704 3175 9728 3178 9732
3184 9728 3187 9738 3189 9736 3193 9744
3198 9738 3203 9743 3203 9748 3209 9747
3213 9750 3218 9746 3227 9708 3255 9708
3255 9653 3235 9645 3233 9639
$$4 follow-up statements
471
WGUS74 KFWD 122301
FFSFWD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
601 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
TXC139-217-130130-
/O.CON.KFWD.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140513T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ELLIS TX-HILL TX-
601 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR HILL
AND ELLIS COUNTIES...
AT 557 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF ELLIS AND MUCH OF
HILL COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE OCCURRING IN A 15 MILE RADIUS
CENTERED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HILLSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING
THROUGH 830 PM CDT.
OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF HILL COUNTY
ACCORDING TO AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES AT COVINGTON AND AQUILLA LAKE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE BLUM...HILLSBORO...BYNUM...COVINGTON...CARL'S CORNER...
ITASCA...ITALY...MAYPEARL...BARDWELL...MIDLOTHIAN...WAXAHACHIE...
ENNIS...ALMA...OVILLA...OAK LEAF...RED OAK...PALMER AND FERRIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW
MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS OR IF THE ROAD HAS BEEN DAMAGED OR WASHED
AWAY. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL
WATER RECEDES.
&&
LAT...LON 3208 9688 3186 9704 3175 9728 3178 9732
3184 9728 3187 9738 3189 9736 3193 9744
3198 9738 3203 9743 3203 9748 3209 9747
3213 9750 3218 9746 3227 9708 3255 9708
3255 9653 3235 9645 3233 9639
$$276
WGUS74 KFWD 122355
FFSFWD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
655 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
TXC139-217-130130-
/O.CON.KFWD.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140513T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ELLIS TX-HILL TX-
655 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR HILL
AND ELLIS COUNTIES...
AT 653 PM CDT...THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING
AREA BUT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO OCCUR OVER HILL AND
ELLIS COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 2-4 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA AND RESIDUAL FLOODING MAY
STILL BE ONGOING THROUGH 830 PM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DONT
DROWN. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF MOVING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST
VEHICLES...INCLUDING PICKUPS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. TAKE A
DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL WATER
RECEDES. CHILDREN SHOULD NEVER PLAY AROUND HIGH WATER...DRAINAGE
DITCHES...STORM DRAINS...OR FLOODED STREAMS.
&&
LAT...LON 3208 9688 3186 9704 3175 9728 3178 9732
3184 9728 3187 9738 3189 9736 3193 9744
3198 9738 3203 9743 3203 9748 3209 9747
3213 9750 3218 9746 3227 9708 3255 9708
3255 9653 3235 9645 3233 9639
$$
82/JLD664
WGUS74 KFWD 130049
FFSFWD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
749 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
TXC139-217-130130-
/O.CON.KFWD.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140513T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ELLIS TX-HILL TX-
749 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR HILL
AND ELLIS COUNTIES...
AT 748 PM CDT...RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD HEAVY
RAINS HAS DIMINISHED...BUT THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW
MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS OR IF THE ROAD HAS BEEN DAMAGED OR WASHED
AWAY. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL
WATER RECEDES.
&&
LAT...LON 3208 9688 3186 9704 3175 9728 3178 9732
3184 9728 3187 9738 3189 9736 3193 9744
3198 9738 3203 9743 3203 9748 3209 9747
3213 9750 3218 9746 3227 9708 3255 9708
3255 9653 3235 9645 3233 9639
$$411
WGUS74 KFWD 130129
FFSFWD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
829 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
TXC139-217-130138-
/O.EXP.KFWD.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140513T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ELLIS TX-HILL TX-
829 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ELLIS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 830 PM
CDT...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING
HAS RECEDED IN ELLIS COUNTY ACCORDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT STILL
BE AWARE OF WATER OVER ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT AS IT IS HARDER TO SEE
FLOODED ROADS IN THE DARK.
TO REPORT PREVIOUS FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
FORT WORTH.
LAT...LON 3208 9688 3186 9704 3175 9728 3178 9732
3184 9728 3187 9738 3189 9736 3193 9744
3198 9738 3203 9743 3203 9748 3209 9747
3213 9750 3218 9746 3227 9708 3255 9708
3255 9653 3235 9645 3233 9639
$$
82/JLDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 4:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | Anderson, Bell, Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 21 more | 23 hr |
| May 12, 9:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 52 hr |
| May 12, 9:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rockwall | 46 hr |
| May 12, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Erath | 60 min |
| May 12, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 55 min |
| May 12, 12:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Milam | 36 min |
| May 12, 12:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Comanche | 23 min |
| May 12, 12:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker | 34 min |
| May 12, 1:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Comanche, Cooke, Erath, Hood, Parker, Wise | 60 min |
| May 12, 1:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | McLennan | 24 min |
| May 12, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Wise | 57 min |
| May 12, 1:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker | 33 min |
| May 12, 1:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Erath, Hood, Parker | 2 hr |
| May 12, 2:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Erath | 27 min |
| May 12, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 46 min |
| May 12, 2:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Parker, Somervell | 2 hr |
| May 12, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Johnson | 33 min |
| May 12, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke | 36 min |
| May 12, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 35 min |
| May 12, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Mills | 32 min |
| May 12, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hood | 29 min |
| May 12, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Mills | 52 min |
| May 12, 2:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Denton, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| May 12, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant | 57 min |
| May 12, 3:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Mills | 96 min |
| May 12, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hamilton | 31 min |
| May 12, 3:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Rockwall | 88 min |
| May 12, 3:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Johnson | 93 min |
| May 12, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Mills | 63 min |
| May 12, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin, Hunt, Rockwall | 58 min |
| May 12, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Ellis, Kaufman | 67 min |
| May 12, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bosque | 33 min |
| May 12, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lampasas | 61 min |
| May 12, 4:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Grayson | 117 min |
| May 12, 4:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Mills | 117 min |
| May 12, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hill | 58 min |
| May 12, 4:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bosque, Hill, Somervell | 3 hr |
| May 12, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Coryell | 33 min |
| May 12, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bosque | 29 min |
| May 12, 5:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Kaufman | 3 hr |
| May 12, 6:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | McLennan | 2 hr |
| May 12, 6:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Navarro | 114 min |
| May 12, 6:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Van Zandt | 2 hr |
| May 12, 6:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | McLennan | 114 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.