Scattered thunderstorms developed Wednesday and moved slowly from south to north, once again producing urban flash flooding in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed Wednesday and moved slowly from south to north, once again producing urban flash flooding in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 25, 11:30 AM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1230 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2014 .AVIATION... MVFR CIGS WILL LIFT TO VFR DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO WITH ADDITIONAL HEATING. OTHERWISE MAIN CONCERN IS CONVECTION DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING IN FROM THE WEST WILL PROVIDE LIFT WHILE AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTH SHOULD BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ON THIS AFTERNOON. ALREADY HEATING HAS SPAWNED SOME ISOLATED STORMS IN THE TRACON AREA...AND THUS WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW VCTS FROM 1830Z THROUGH 22Z. AFTER 22Z...BELIEVE CONVECTIVE AFTERNOON ACTIVITY WILL HAVE HELPED STABILIZE THE AIRMASS A BIT. CONFIDENCE IN TSRA ON STATION IS NOT YET HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT AN INCLUSION OF A TEMPO FOR LIMITED VSBY/TSRA BUT AMENDMENTS MAY BE FORTHCOMING BASED ON RADAR TRENDS. OTHERWISE VFR WILL PREVAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT MVFR STRATUS SHOULD RETURN LATE TONIGHT AROUND 9Z. AFTERNOON CONVECTION POSSIBLE AGAIN TOMORROW...BUT CONFIDENCE NOT VERY HIGH ON TIMING OR COVERAGE AT THIS POINT. TR.92 && .UPDATE... SCATTERED CONVECTION IS ALREADY OCCURRING AND DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION THIS THIS MORNING. A LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION HAS SLOWLY BEEN MOVING NORTH THROUGH THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF THE CWA THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION IS ALSO DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES OF THE CWA IN ACCORDANCE WITH LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM THE PANHANDLE. THE 12Z FWD SOUNDING SHOWED A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE THROUGHOUT A DEEP COLUMN WITH PWATS NEAR 2 INCHES AND AN UNCAPPED ENVIRONMENT. THIS SOUNDING WAS MUDDLED SOME BY RAIN AT THE OFFICE EARLY THIS MORNING BUT MORNING AMDAR VAPOR SOUNDINGS SHOW THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE NOW SLIGHTLY DRIER AND WE ARE WEAKLY CAPPED. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO OVERCOME THE WEAK CAP THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME HEATING AND INCREASING LIFT FROM THE DISTURBANCE TO OUR NORTHWEST. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY...EXPECT SCATTERED CONVECTION TO CONTINUE WITH A SLOW MOTION TO THE STORMS. WE SHOULD SEE THE ACTIVITY ACROSS THE SOUTH CONTINUE A SLOW OVERALL MOVEMENT TO THE NORTH WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTHERN EDGE. WE ASLO EXPECT TO SEE MORE CONVECTION DEVELOPING FROM THE NORTHWEST. AS A RESULT OF THE SLOW MOTION...MANY OF THE SHOWERS/STORMS MAY MERGE INTO LARGER CLUSTERS OF STORMS WITH ERRATIC MOTIONS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH THE CONVECTION AND FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTING WILL ALSO BE THREATS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...EVENTUALLY DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE AREA AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. FOR THE UPDATE...ADJUSTED POPS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. INCREASED POPS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION BUT NOT EVERYONE WILL SEE RAIN TODAY...HOWEVER...COVERAGE SHOULD BE DECENT THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO LOWERED HIGH TEMPS SIGNIFICANTLY. 82/JLD && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 311 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2014/ FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES TRANSITIONS FROM THE SMOOTH WESTERLIES OVER THE NORTHERN TIER STATES TO A MORE CONVOLUTED MIX OF WEATHER SYSTEMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTRY...INCLUDING NORTH TEXAS. FOR A LEAST THE NEXT FEW DAYS...CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF A BROAD WEAK MID AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. THE TROUGH AXIS CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS...SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL GRADUALLY WORK ITS WAY EAST... WITH THE BEST RAIN CHANCES GENERALLY FOLLOWING SUIT FROM NOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TO START OFF THE DAY...AN APPARENT MCV IS SAUNTERING ITS WAY EAST BETWEEN THE RED RIVER AND THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS FEATURE IS ALREADY ENHANCING LIFT AND PRODUCING ISOLATED CONVECTION /ALBEIT FAIRLY WEAK/ OVER LOCATIONS GENERALLY NORTH OF I-20...AND THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. ELSEWHERE...HIT AND MISS SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF LAST NIGHT/S CONVECTION CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. FOR THE REST OF THE DAY TODAY...CONVECTION WILL BE DRIVEN BY A COMBINATION OF SURFACE HEATING...MESOSCALE FEATURES SUCH AS THE AFOREMENTIONED MCV...OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES PUSHING SOUTH OUT OF OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHEAST OUT OF NORTHWEST TEXAS...AND EVENTUALLY THE POSSIBILITY OF A REPEAT INLAND PUSH OF THE GULF BREEZE THIS AFTERNOON. ALL OF WHICH SHOULD LEAD TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE REGION...WITH MOST OCCURRING DURING PEAK HEATING HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. PWATS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH AND A HALF COMBINED WITH SLOW-MOVING CELLS WILL LEAD TO LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND STREET FLOODING. A SIGNIFICANT FLOOD THREAT LOOKS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME BASED ON THE WEAK WIND ENVIRONMENT AND LOW CHANCES FOR PROLONGED OR TRAINING CELLS. INSTABILITY WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR STRONG STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS CANNOT BE RULED OUT...BUT WITH THE MOIST AND WEAK SHEAR CONDITIONS IN PLACE...THE OVERALL SEVERE THREAT WILL BE MINIMAL. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE IN STORE EACH DAY THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH RAIN CHANCES GRADUALLY SHIFTING FARTHER AND FARTHER TO THE EAST ALONG WITH THE WEAK MID/UPPER TROUGH AXIS. BY SUNDAY...MOST OF NORTH TEXAS IS PROGGED TO RESIDE BENEATH THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE TROUGH...LIMITING RAIN CHANCES TO AREAS GENERALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. AS WE HEAD EARLY INTO THE NEXT WORK WEEK...THE WAINING RAIN CHANCES WILL BRING TEMPERATURES BACK TO NEAR-NORMAL EARLY SUMMER READINGS WITH HIGHS PUSHING THE MID 90S. 30 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 87 74 90 74 91 / 60 40 30 20 30 WACO, TX 83 72 89 72 91 / 70 40 30 20 30 PARIS, TX 86 70 87 71 87 / 60 40 30 20 30 DENTON, TX 87 72 89 73 90 / 60 40 30 20 20 MCKINNEY, TX 86 71 89 74 89 / 60 40 30 20 30 DALLAS, TX 87 73 89 74 89 / 60 40 30 20 30 TERRELL, TX 87 74 90 75 89 / 60 40 30 20 30 CORSICANA, TX 85 72 88 73 89 / 90 40 40 20 30 TEMPLE, TX 82 71 89 72 90 / 70 40 40 20 30 MINERAL WELLS, TX 87 72 89 73 91 / 50 40 20 20 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && /
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 407 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2014 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-260915- 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- 407 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP DURING THE PEAK HEATING HOURS OF THE DAY TODAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS. ALL THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. THE CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL GENERALLY BE GREATER IN THE AFTERNOON THAN IN THE OVERNIGHT OR MORNING HOURS. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CAVANAUGH
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:13 UTC.
8 flash flood, 2 lightning, 2 flood, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was flowing over the Interstate 45 access road in Palmer.
Heavy rainfall resulted in the flooding of several streets and areas in Corsicana. The most significant flooding was around Community Park which was under close to a foot of water. Nearby Oaklawn Drive was affected by an overflowing creek and had to be closed. Flooding was also reported on Northwood Blvd and on North Business 45 just north of East 1st Avenue.
High water rescues were being conducted in Arlington near North Cooper Street and West Randol Mill Road.
Several homes along the creek in Trophy Club had 4-6 of water inside of them.
Heavy rainfall caused road closures in the 9500 block of Saginaw Blvd.
Johnson Creek in Arlington overflowed its banks due to several inches of rain. The creek flooded part of Six Flags Over Texas.
Byron Nelson Blvd at Oak Street and under Highway 377 in Roanoke was closed due to high water. James Street between Crosby St. and Walnut St. was also closed.
Lightning struck tank batteries on Ragle Road near Graford, igniting them on fire. Three of four tanks were on fire.
Several inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing high water and flooding on Bonds Ranch Road to the west of Highway 287. Several vehicles were trapped in the high water.
Residual flooding across the northwest parts of Tarrant County continued for several hours after the heavy rain ended. Some of the most significant flooding was along Highway 287 in the Saginaw and Haslet areas. Roads remained closed.
Residual flooding across the southwest parts of Denton County continued for several hours after the heavy rain ended. Some of the most significant flooding was in the Roanoke and Trophy Club areas. Roads remained closed.
A CoCoRaHS observer reported ping pong ball sized hail near Perrin.
Lightning struck a tank battery igniting it on fire off Turpin Road, north of Graford.
Thunderstorm winds blew down small trees and several tree limbs in Jermyn.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 528402, 530552, 528404, 528408, 528409, 528412, 528429, 529855, 528422, 528942, 528943, 528415, 529854, 528418, 528419.