Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 7, 2015, 7:08 PM CDT for Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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 7, 2015, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2015, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Wise County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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 7, 8:25 PM CDT | FLOOD | 2 Nw Chico, TX | FM 2127 FLOODED |
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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 1673 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 942 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.1
- Supercell composite
- 18.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
687
WGUS54 KFWD 080008
FFWFWD
TXC497-080300-
/O.NEW.KFWD.FF.W.0021.150508T0008Z-150508T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
708 PM CDT THU MAY 7 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WISE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 706 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALVORD AND CHICO.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3330 9768 3330 9792 3343 9792 3343 9768
$$
15-BAIN1 follow-up statement
908
WGUS54 KFWD 080130
FFWFWD
TXC497-080430-
/O.EXT.KFWD.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150508T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
830 PM CDT THU MAY 7 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WISE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 823 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WISE COUNTY TO THE WEST
OF ALVORD. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS ALSO REPORTED THAT FARM TO MARKET
ROAD 2127 LOCATED TO THE NORTHWEST OF CHICO WAS FLOODED DUE TO
HEAVY RAIN.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALVORD AND CHICO.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3330 9768 3330 9792 3343 9792 3343 9768
$$
15-BAINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 66 min |
| May 7, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Denton | 33 min |
| May 7, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 59 min |
| May 7, 7:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton, Montague, Wise | 9 hr |
| May 7, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 67 min |
| May 7, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke | 26 min |
| May 7, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke | 24 min |
| May 7, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 64 min |
| May 7, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young | 60 min |
| May 7, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jack, Wise | 23 min |
| May 7, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke | 31 min |
| May 7, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Wise | 53 min |
| May 7, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Stephens | 47 min |
| May 7, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Wise | 15 min |
| May 7, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jack | 15 min |
| May 7, 8:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 3 hr |
| May 7, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 54 min |
| May 7, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 34 min |
| May 7, 8:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 8 hr |
| May 7, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 63 min |
| May 7, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 54 hr |
| May 7, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Jack | 4 days |
| May 7, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 33 days |
| May 7, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke | 16 hr |
| May 7, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 23 hr |
| May 7, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 12 days |
| May 7, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Young | 28 hr |
| May 7, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 66 min |
| May 7, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath, Hood | 63 min |
| May 7, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 15 min |
| May 7, 9:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Montague | 3 hr |
| May 7, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 29 min |
| May 7, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton, Grayson | 24 min |
| May 7, 9:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Grayson | 7 hr |
| May 7, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Denton, Grayson | 57 min |
| May 7, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath | 63 min |
| May 7, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Rockwall, Tarrant | 63 min |
| May 7, 10:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 3 hr |
| May 7, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 57 min |
| May 7, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Mills | 61 min |
| May 7, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Johnson | 41 min |
| May 7, 10:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Denton, Grayson | 3 hr |
| May 7, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 62 min |
| May 7, 11:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Parker | 3 hr |
| May 7, 11:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Rains, Rockwall | 40 min |
| May 7, 11:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 5 hr |
| May 7, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton, Mills | 32 min |
| May 7, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Kaufman, Lamar, Rains, Van Zandt | 45 min |
| May 7, 11:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Jack, Wise | 3 hr |
| May 8, 12:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton, Mills | 3 hr |
| May 8, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 52 min |
| May 8, 12:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Ellis | 51 min |
| May 8, 12:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Hopkins, Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| May 8, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro | 35 min |
| May 8, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Mills | 48 min |
| May 8, 1:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 15 hr |
| May 8, 1:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 49 hr |
| May 8, 3:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 19 hr |
| May 8, 4:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Fannin, Grayson | 6 hr |
| May 8, 10:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 3 hr |
| May 8, 1:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 3 hr |
| May 8, 1:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Denton | 3 hr |
| May 8, 3:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 38 hr |
| May 8, 4:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bell, Coryell | 3 hr |
| May 8, 4:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Cooke, Denton, Grayson | 2 hr |
| May 8, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell | 41 min |
| May 8, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | McLennan | 52 min |
| May 8, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Milam | 46 min |
| May 8, 5:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Hill, Limestone, McLennan | 3 hr |
| May 8, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 50 min |
| May 8, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Navarro | 45 min |
| May 8, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 41 min |
| May 8, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hill | 51 min |
| May 8, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 55 min |
| May 8, 6:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Fannin, Grayson | 3 hr |
| May 8, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Grayson | 46 min |
| May 8, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin | 43 min |
| May 8, 6:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Jack, Montague | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.