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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

June 25, 2014Burleson County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2014, 2:51 PM CDT for Burleson County, Texas. It was in force for 114 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2014, 2:51 PM CDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2014, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Burleson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 258 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 2014-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1352 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1352 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

806 
WGUS54 KHGX 251951
FFWHGX
TXC051-252145-
/O.NEW.KHGX.FF.W.0013.140625T1951Z-140625T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
251 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BURLESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
    
* AT 248 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CONTINUOUS CLUSTER OF  
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. RADAR 
  ESTIMATES 2 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL PARTS 
  OF THE COUNTY AND WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN FLASH FLOODING IS 
  EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CALDWELL...SNOOK...DEANVILLE...LYONS AND CHRIESMAN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3073 9662 3073 9660 3069 9658 3067 9658
      3064 9660 3063 9657 3063 9651 3043 9640
      3037 9654 3033 9673 3040 9679 3064 9681

$$
1 follow-up statement
579 
WGUS74 KHGX 252049
FFSHGX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
349 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2014

TXC051-252058-
/O.CAN.KHGX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140625T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BURLESON TX-
349 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BURLESON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN 
THE SHORT TERM. THERE MAY STILL BE SOME STANDING WATER ON AREA 
ROADS. ALLOW THEM TO DRAIN BEFORE DRIVING ON THEM.

LAT...LON 3073 9662 3073 9660 3069 9658 3067 9658
      3064 9660 3063 9657 3063 9651 3043 9640
      3037 9654 3033 9673 3040 9679 3064 9681

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 6:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris45 min
Jun 25, 10:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXHouston2 hr
Jun 25, 10:52 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazos, Houston, Madison113 min
Jun 25, 11:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Galveston116 min
Jun 25, 12:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison113 min
Jun 25, 2:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazos60 min
Jun 25, 2:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBurleson3 hr
Jun 25, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX22 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2014Every flash flood warning in 2014

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.