Thunderstorms produced flooding across a few of the central and western counties of north Texas.
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Thunderstorms produced flooding across a few of the central and western counties of north Texas.
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 May 13, 5:35 AM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 635 AM CDT WED MAY 13 2015 .AVIATION... CONCERNS...IFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS AND CONVECTION. AREA TERMINAL OPERATIONS WILL BE HINDERED WITH IFR TO MVFR CIGS/VIS AND CONVECTION WITH HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY AND IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS AND SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA OVERNIGHT. AN UPPER TROUGH TO THE WEST WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THIS FORECAST WHILE A WARM FRONT TO THE SOUTH MOVES NORTHWARD. OUR AIR MASS IS UNSTABLE AND VERY MOIST...THUS WIDESPREAD CONVECTION WILL SPREAD EASTWARD TODAY AND LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE WINDING DOWN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 AM TONIGHT. BRIEF...HEAVY RAINFALL COULD OVERWHELM DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND CAUSE SLOW DOWNS IN GROUND OPERATIONS. MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING WITH AREAS EAST OF KACT HAVING AN INCREASED THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. PERSISTENT EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW TO WILL KEEP CIGS MVFR TO IFR TODAY AND SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW TONIGHT WILL PUSH CIGS TO IFR TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE EASTERLY THIS MORNING THEN SOUTHEASTERLY AFTERWARD. SPEEDS GENERALLY AROUND 7 KNOTS THROUGH LATE MORNING THEN AROUND 14 KNOTS THROUGH THE END OF THE TAF FORECAST. STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 25 KNOTS. 75 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 359 AM CDT WED MAY 13 2015/ THE 07Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED EASTERLY FLOW ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG THE TEXAS COAST. DEWPOINTS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS WERE IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S WHILE THEY WERE IN THE LOWER 70S ALONG THE COAST. ALOFT...WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED THAT A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN NEW MEXICO. RADARS SHOW A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO INTO WEST TEXAS AS LARGE SCALE LIFT OCCURS AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING SHORT WAVE. EXPECT THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO SPREAD EAST TODAY MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA AFTER DAYBREAK AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF REGION TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AND POTENTIAL TRAINING AS INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST WHILE THE WHOLE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PROGRESSES EASTWARD. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH LOOKS GOOD BUT WILL NEED TO EXTEND THROUGH AT 1 AM THURSDAY. A POTENTIAL PROBLEM THAT WAS NOTED BY THE PREVIOUS FORECAST DISCUSSION IS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG THE TEXAS COAST. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AS IT DOES...DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH CAPES WILL NOT BE EXTREMELY HIGH...ON THE ORDER OF 500-1000 J/KG...LCLS WILL BE LOW. THESE INCREASED INSTABILITIES AND SHEAR MAY BE A SET UP FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOW-TOPPED HIGH-PRECIPITATION SUPERCELLS THAT COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN ZONES THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. BESIDES THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW TORNADOES IN THE SOUTHEAST... THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS THE AFOREMENTIONED SHORTWAVE LIFTS OFF TO THE NORTHEAST LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE. WITH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT CONTINUING AS A LARGE UPPER LEVEL STORM MOVES INTO THE WEST COAST...WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE 20 TO 40 PERCENT CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE WEST COAST SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FRIDAY MORNING EAST AND NORTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS BY SUNDAY. AS IT DOES...WE SHOULD SEE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. YET ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE WEST COAST MONDAY...KEEPING US IN GENERALLY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. THUS WILL KEEP CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. 58 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 73 66 83 68 82 / 100 80 30 20 40 WACO, TX 75 67 84 68 82 / 100 60 30 20 40 PARIS, TX 72 65 81 67 81 / 70 80 30 20 50 DENTON, TX 71 66 82 68 82 / 100 80 30 20 40 MCKINNEY, TX 73 66 82 67 81 / 100 80 30 20 40 DALLAS, TX 73 66 83 69 83 / 100 80 30 20 40 TERRELL, TX 75 67 83 68 83 / 90 70 30 20 40 CORSICANA, TX 75 68 84 68 82 / 90 60 30 20 40 TEMPLE, TX 75 67 84 68 82 / 100 50 30 20 40 MINERAL WELLS, TX 71 64 82 67 82 / 100 70 20 30 40 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR TXZ091>095-100>107- 115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175. && /75
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 418 AM CDT WED MAY 13 2015 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-140930- 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- 418 AM CDT WED MAY 13 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1 AM TONIGHT. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. FLASH FLOODING AND AREAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MERIDIAN TO CANTON FROM EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL RETURN ON SATURDAY WITH AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM NOCONA TO LAMPASAS HAVING THE BETTER CHANCES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED SOUTH OF A MERIDIAN TO CANTON LINE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:29 UTC.
9 flood, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Mills County Sheriff's Department reported water over the intersection of FM 573 and CR 186.
The Erath County Sheriff's Department reported water on southbound Hwy 377 near County Road 195. Problems were also reported on FM 847, FM 914, FM 1702, and CR 251.
Granbury PD reported that streets were collecting water across the city.
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Department reported flooding was beginning across several low water crossings.
Emergency management reported that a vehicle was stranded in a low water crossing on Stroud Creek Avenue, approximately 3 miles northwest of Granbury, TX.
Emergency management relayed multiple reports of water in or threatening homes in the town of Granbury, TX.
The Erath County Sheriff's Department reported that CR 251 and FM 1702 remained closed due to flooding.
The Denton County Sheriff's Department reported that numerous secondary roads remained closed across the county due to flooding.
Parker County fire and rescue reported that multiple roads were closed in Springtown, and Aledo due to flooding.
Emergency management reported that there was still 1.5 feet of water at a low water crossing on Stroud Creek Avenue.
Emergency management reported that a low water crossing was impassable on Sunset Acres Court just west of Granbury, TX.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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