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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 26, 201423 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood watch at May 26, 2014, 6:29 PM CDT for 23 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 26, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2014, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
In effect from
May 26, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 27, 2014, 9:43 AM CDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Flood severity
None
All 23 counties

Anderson County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Falls County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Mills County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 120 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 746 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
746 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
750 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at May 26, 6:00 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 6:00 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 2:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
248 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-271215-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-
FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-
LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
248 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THE THREATS
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND
HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. IN ADDITION...A FEW
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...MAINLY
IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH TEXAS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALIZED
FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
BUT SOME HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR.

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD AFFECT
LOCATIONS TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE DFW AREA LATE TONIGHT. DAMAGING
WINDS AND FLASH FLOODING WOULD BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THIS
COMPLEX OF STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY FOR ALL OF THE
REGION. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE AS WELL. SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
WEEK...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR.
DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL RECEIVED...LOCALIZED FLOODING
MAY STILL BE A CONCERN ACROSS AREAS OF EASTERN NORTH TEXAS
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS EVENING...MAINLY
IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH TEXAS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 2:24 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
224 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0150 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BUFFALO                 31.47N  96.07W
05/26/2014                   LEON               TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            THREE 12 INCH TREES DOWN HWY 164 1/2W I-45
Special weather statement, May 26, 2:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
237 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

TXZ162-262015-
LEON TX-
237 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  LEON COUNTY

AT 238 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TEAGUE...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BUFFALO AND CENTERVILLE.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3121 9574 3116 9572 3113 9576 3109 9590
      3107 9604 3102 9611 3099 9621 3125 9633
      3127 9631 3129 9633 3135 9631 3146 9614
      3154 9576 3123 9572
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 261DEG 17KT 3139 9602
Local storm report, May 26, 4:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 10:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant21 min
May 25, 10:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant22 min
May 26, 2:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFreestone, Leon, Limestone, Robertson117 min
May 26, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLeon38 min
May 26, 3:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFreestone, Leon119 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.