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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 2019, 5:45 PM CDT for Freestone County, Limestone County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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 18, 2019, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2019, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Freestone County, TX, Limestone County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 2163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 16.5
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 18, 3:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 3:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 319 PM CDT Sat May 18 2019 .SHORT TERM... /Tonight/ A line of strong to severe thunderstorms will continue to progress eastward across the region late this afternoon. Flash flooding, wind, hail have been the primary hazards this afternoon and will remain a threat until the line moves east of the region later this evening. Embedded brief tornadoes are possible in the line, but the better tornado potential will be with any discrete storms that develop ahead of the line, mainly across the southeast zones. All storms should exit to the east during the late evening hours once a shortwave trough axis passes to the east and drier air moves in behind a weak cold front. We were concerned earlier that some additional storms would develop on the dryline late this afternoon across the northwest zones. However, the slightly later arrival of the storms this morning and extensive cloud cover through mid afternoon has worked the atmosphere over pretty well and it is unlikely that we will recover sufficiently for any new development. Nonetheless, there is still a low chance for a few brief, sub severe storms through sunset. Temperatures across the northwest zones will be cool tonight with mainly middle 50s while the southeast zones will remain humid and warm with lows in the lower 70s. 79 && .LONG TERM... /Sunday through Saturday/ Ridging aloft will result in a much quieter day across North and Central Texas Sunday with a mostly clear to partly cloudy sky and temperatures warming back into the 80s. The ridge will not hang around long and by Sunday night the axis will begin to move east of the region in response to a developing upper low across the western states. This approaching low pressure system will bring a rapid influx of Gulf moisture to the region along with return of showers and thunderstorms Monday, mainly to the northwest zones. Better thunderstorm chances will arrive Monday evening/night when the upper low moves into the Central Rockies and a dryline moves in from the west. This setup looks good for another round of severe weather with strong forcing, unstable air and decent shear. Still looks like the northwest zones will be the most likely area to see severe weather. The storms Monday night should organize into a line, pushing eastward across North and Central Texas Tuesday with a continued potential for severe weather. Difficult to say for sure, but the pattern would point to a straight line wind threat as the primary hazard. Storms should end Tuesday night as first piece of upper level energy lifts rapidly north. However, a second lobe of energy will rotate through the base of longwave trough and may result in a few showers and thunderstorms Wednesday, but the atmosphere may not be recovered sufficiently after Tuesday's storms so we will keep only slight chance PoPs for now. North and Central Texas will remain sandwiched between high pressure across the southeast U.S. and a longwave trough in the west. This pattern should keep most if not all of the storms Thursday through Saturday across West Texas. It will also keep us seasonably warm and humid with highs in the 80s and lows in the upper 60s and lower 70s. 79 && .AVIATION... /Issued 1258 PM CDT Sat May 18 2019/ /18Z TAFs/ Main concern is convection moving through local terminals at this time. Gusts up to 35-45 kt (generally out of the west/southwest) can be expected with these storms as they move through, along with VSBYs dropping to IFR levels. Convection should clear Metroplex sites by approximately 20Z, although there is a low potential for cells to linger beyond 20Z, especially at KDAL. Cells will take slightly longer to reach KACT, but they will also persist near the airfield longer. Therefore, maintain TEMPO TSRA through 23Z, with some potential for convective impacts to last even longer at Waco. After convection clears sites, winds will be gusty from the southwest, prior to nocturnal decoupling reducing wind speeds. Mainly VFR expected after storms pass to the east, but then MVFR CIGs are forecast to return after midnight. Confidence in timing is low, however. Picca && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 65 86 70 86 71 / 20 0 0 10 40 Waco 67 88 72 87 72 / 40 5 5 0 30 Paris 66 84 66 86 70 / 60 5 0 20 20 Denton 61 86 68 86 69 / 20 0 0 20 60 McKinney 64 85 68 85 71 / 30 0 0 20 40 Dallas 67 88 72 87 73 / 20 5 0 10 40 Terrell 67 86 70 87 71 / 50 5 0 10 30 Corsicana 70 89 72 88 72 / 50 5 0 5 20 Temple 68 89 72 88 72 / 60 5 5 0 20 Mineral Wells 58 86 67 85 66 / 10 0 0 20 60 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && 79/79
Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 2:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 233 PM CDT Sat May 18 2019 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-191215- 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- 233 PM CDT Sat May 18 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Thunderstorms will continue to push east across North and Central Texas this evening. Lingering storms across Central Texas may be capable of damaging winds, large hail, and a couple of tornadoes through mid evening. Thunderstorms should exit to the east thereafter. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. After a break in thunderstorm chances on Sunday, additional storms are possible on Monday and Tuesday across the region. Severe weather will be possible during this time as well. Low thunderstorm chances will also exist on Wednesday afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is likely across parts of North and Central Texas through this evening.
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 7:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 61 hr |
| May 17, 7:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rockwall | 62 hr |
| May 17, 8:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 4 days |
| May 18, 2:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Eastland | 31 min |
| May 18, 6:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Eastland | 28 min |
| May 18, 6:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Stephens | 27 min |
| May 18, 7:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Palo Pinto | 37 min |
| May 18, 7:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens, Young | 54 min |
| May 18, 7:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 34 min |
| May 18, 8:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Young | 20 min |
| May 18, 8:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 27 min |
| May 18, 8:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Stephens, Young | 28 min |
| May 18, 9:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Stephens | 34 min |
| May 18, 9:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 60 min |
| May 18, 9:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young | 3 hr |
| May 18, 9:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Montague | 23 min |
| May 18, 9:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Palo Pinto | 32 min |
| May 18, 10:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Montague | 3 hr |
| May 18, 10:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker, Wise | 36 min |
| May 18, 11:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke, Denton, Grayson | 41 min |
| May 18, 11:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 46 min |
| May 18, 11:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin, Denton, Grayson | 50 min |
| May 18, 11:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Denton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 3 hr |
| May 18, 11:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 47 min |
| May 18, 12:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin, Denton, Grayson | 3 hr |
| May 18, 12:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin, Denton, Fannin, Grayson | 49 min |
| May 18, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 58 min |
| May 18, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 54 min |
| May 18, 12:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| May 18, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas | 61 min |
| May 18, 1:04 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 45 hr |
| May 18, 1:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| May 18, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 33 min |
| May 18, 1:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| May 18, 1:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Johnson | 3 hr |
| May 18, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant | 65 min |
| May 18, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell | 54 min |
| May 18, 2:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 6 days |
| May 18, 2:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 25 hr |
| May 18, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill, McLennan | 61 min |
| May 18, 2:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 7 hr |
| May 18, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Navarro | 64 min |
| May 18, 2:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall | 3 hr |
| May 18, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls, McLennan | 62 min |
| May 18, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hunt | 25 min |
| May 18, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall | 61 min |
| May 18, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 31 min |
| May 18, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt | 58 min |
| May 18, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Johnson | 51 min |
| May 18, 3:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Navarro | 22 min |
| May 18, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman | 42 min |
| May 18, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls, Limestone, McLennan | 38 min |
| May 18, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Van Zandt | 29 min |
| May 18, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar | 63 min |
| May 18, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 62 min |
| May 18, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls, Freestone, Limestone | 55 min |
| May 18, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 51 min |
| May 18, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Lamar | 50 min |
| May 18, 4:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Lamar | 3 hr |
| May 18, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Henderson | 54 min |
| May 18, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin | 44 min |
| May 18, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 61 min |
| May 18, 5:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 3 hr |
| May 18, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Henderson | 38 min |
| May 18, 5:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 13 hr |
| May 18, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Limestone | 61 min |
| May 18, 6:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Limestone | 32 hr |
| May 18, 6:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 31 hr |
| May 18, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Limestone | 42 min |
| May 18, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 65 min |
| May 18, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Leon, Limestone, Robertson | 56 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.