Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 6:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 10:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Houston | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Houston, Madison | 113 min |
| Jun 25, 11:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 116 min |
| Jun 25, 12:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison | 113 min |
| Jun 25, 2:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazos | 60 min |
| Jun 25, 2:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Burleson | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.