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Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2015, 8:50 PM CDT for McLennan County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2015, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2015, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County McLennan County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1254 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1336 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 warning went out at May 10, 7:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 7:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 709 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015 .AVIATION... /00Z TAFS/ YET ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY AND CHALLENGES WITH REGARD TO CONVECTIVE TIMING INTO ALL TERMINALS...AS THE PERSISTENT UPPER LOW FINALLY SHOWS SIGNS OF LIFTING NORTHEAST OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. A COLD FRONT WAS SEEN MOVING INTO THE KABI/KSPS AREAS ATTM. LINEAR FORCING WILL HOLD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH MOST HIGH RES MODELS PROGRESSING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO THE EAST OF I-35 BY MIDNIGHT AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT...OUTSIDE OF THE NAM WHICH HOLDS SOME ISOLATED ELEVATED ACTIVITY BACK W/SW OF WACO OVERNIGHT. WE WILL TIME CONVECTION THROUGH ALL TERMINALS THROUGH 03Z WITH POSSIBLE MVFR CONDITIONS. A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH WILL ARRIVE BY MIDNIGHT AT DFW TERMINALS SHIFTING WINDS LIGHT W/SW LESS THAN 10 KTS...WHILE BEING DELAYED 3-4 HOURS AT WACO. AHEAD OF THE SURFACE TROUGH WINDS WILL BE S/SE 10-15 KTS. THE FROPA WILL GENERALLY OCCUR BETWEEN 09Z-12Z AT ALL TERMINALS WITH WINDS BECOMING NW NEAR 10 KTS...THOUGH IT MAY OCCUR SOONER ACROSS THE DFW AREA. WE/LL MONITOR FROPA TRENDS CLOSELY FOR CONVERSION TO N FLOW. OTHERWISE...EXPECT CONDITIONS TO BE VFR THROUGH 05Z-06Z...WITH POTENTIAL FOR MVFR CIGS AND/OR VSBYS OVERNIGHT. MAIN CHALLENGE WILL BE IF SKIES CLEAR MORE THAN EXPECTED AROUND AND AFTER FROPA BEFORE SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING. WITH STANDING WATER AND A LOT OF WET SOIL...WE CANNOT RULE OUT BRIEF IFR FORMATION EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A LOT WILL DEPEND ON CLEARING AND WIND SPEEDS BY 12Z MONDAY AND WE HOPE TO HAVE BETTER CONFIDENCE ON TRENDS LEADING UP TO THE 06Z AND 12Z TAF SETS. 05/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 319 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015/ ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INTERACTS WITH NUMEROUS MESO-SCALE BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FROM EARLIER CONVECTION. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AS WELL AS PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST ZONES THIS EVENING AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS. WE EXPECT STORM CHANCES TO DECREASE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING AS DRIER AIR BEGINS TO WORK IN BEHIND THE FRONT. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS OVERNIGHT WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST ZONES. AGAIN SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. WE WILL LEAVE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN PLACE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA THROUGH 7 AM MONDAY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA ON MONDAY AND BRING AN END TO MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER...SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL LINGER NORTH OF THE FRONT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ZONES. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD BEGIN TO LIFT NORTH/NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY IN RESPONSE TO A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE WEST. AS A RESULT...PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SHOULD MOVE INTO NEW MEXICO ON WEDNESDAY AND ACROSS WEST TEXAS ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL DECREASE FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS MOVES EAST OF THE REGION AND UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE BRIEFLY BUILDS OVER THE STATE. THE UPPER RIDGE IS PROGGED TO FLATTEN AND MOVE QUICKLY EAST ON SATURDAY AS YET ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING MORE RAIN CHANCES NEXT SUNDAY AND BEYOND. RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS THAT THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL BE MUCH LOWER THAN WE HAVE SEEN THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS BUT THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. WE WILL STILL HAVE TO BE CONCERNED WITH FLOODING THROUGH THE WEEK DUE TO SATURATED CONDITIONS IN MANY LOCATIONS. 79 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 61 79 56 73 59 / 70 20 20 40 50 WACO, TX 65 82 57 72 60 / 80 40 60 60 50 PARIS, TX 63 78 56 73 59 / 80 30 10 30 40 DENTON, TX 58 79 54 74 59 / 70 20 10 40 50 MCKINNEY, TX 59 78 56 74 59 / 80 20 10 40 50 DALLAS, TX 62 80 57 73 59 / 80 20 20 40 50 TERRELL, TX 64 80 58 74 60 / 80 40 20 40 50 CORSICANA, TX 65 83 59 73 61 / 80 40 40 40 50 TEMPLE, TX 66 84 58 69 62 / 80 60 60 60 50 MINERAL WELLS, TX 58 78 56 72 59 / 50 20 20 40 50 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR TXZ091>095-100>107- 115>121-129>134-141-143>145. && 05/79
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 3:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 344 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-111200- 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- 344 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT WHICH WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. HOWEVER...THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 10, 8:20 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, May 10, 8:27 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
827 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1238 PM HEAVY RAIN SLIDELL 33.37N 97.40W
05/10/2015 M3.86 INCH WISE TX AMATEUR RADIO
3.86" OF RAINFALL REPORTED IN ONE HOUR.Local storm report, May 10, 8:30 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
830 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0210 PM FLASH FLOOD VALLEY VIEW 33.48N 97.17W
05/10/2015 COOKE TX AMATEUR RADIO
INTERSTATE 35 CLOSED SOUTH OF VALLEY VIEW.Local storm report, May 10, 8:33 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
833 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0831 PM HAIL BARRY 32.10N 96.63W
05/10/2015 E1.75 INCH NAVARRO TX EMERGENCY MNGR
GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED SOUTH OF BARRY.Local storm report, May 10, 8:36 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
836 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0833 PM FLASH FLOOD ENNIS 32.33N 96.63W
05/10/2015 ELLIS TX AMATEUR RADIO
STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN ENNIS.Special weather statement, May 10, 8:37 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
837 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
TXZ122-123-110215-
RAINS TX-VAN ZANDT TX-
837 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL VAN ZANDT AND
SOUTHEASTERN RAINS COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...
AT 836 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
EDOM...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CANTON...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRAND SALINE...VAN...FRUITVALE AND EDOM.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 529 AND 542.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3235 9558 3236 9581 3276 9581 3275 9564
3272 9564 3269 9560 3248 9560 3246 9556
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 185DEG 21KT 3242 9570
30The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro | 53 min |
| May 10, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Navarro | 67 min |
| May 10, 7:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Grayson | 4 hr |
| May 10, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Navarro | 31 min |
| May 10, 7:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 3 hr |
| May 10, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill, Navarro | 49 min |
| May 10, 7:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Navarro | 5 hr |
| May 10, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 37 min |
| May 10, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro | 53 min |
| May 10, 8:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Van Zandt | 38 min |
| May 10, 8:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 34 hr |
| May 10, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 35 min |
| May 10, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Rains | 41 min |
| May 10, 9:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| May 10, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro, Van Zandt | 61 min |
| May 10, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 66 min |
| May 10, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 36 min |
| May 10, 10:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lampasas | 41 min |
| May 10, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 64 min |
| May 10, 10:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 3 hr |
| May 10, 10:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill, Limestone, McLennan | 3 hr |
| May 10, 11:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton | 9 hr |
| May 10, 11:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Grayson | 9 hr |
| May 10, 11:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Coryell, Lampasas | 40 min |
| May 11, 12:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Coryell, Lampasas | 3 hr |
| May 11, 12:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lampasas | 43 min |
| May 11, 12:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| May 11, 12:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson | 40 min |
| May 11, 12:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 6 hr |
| May 11, 12:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Anderson | 31 min |
| May 11, 12:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | Anderson, Bell, Falls, Freestone, Henderson, Leon and 5 more | 6 hr |
| May 11, 12:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson | 4 hr |
| May 11, 12:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 3 hr |
| May 11, 1:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson | 51 min |
| May 11, 1:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 3 hr |
| May 11, 1:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Hill, McLennan | 6 hr |
| May 11, 2:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone | 37 min |
| May 11, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 52 min |
| May 11, 2:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 64 min |
| May 11, 3:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| May 11, 3:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Limestone | 54 hr |
| May 11, 3:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 13 days |
| May 11, 3:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 49 min |
| May 11, 4:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 6 hr |
| May 11, 4:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 6 hr |
| May 11, 5:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Milam | 46 min |
| May 11, 5:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Milam, Robertson | 3 hr |
| May 11, 5:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| May 11, 9:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 6 hr |
| May 11, 9:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Leon | 58 days |
| May 11, 10:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 6 hr |
| May 11, 3:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more | 52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.