{"id":70844,"date":"2026-06-14T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=70844"},"modified":"2026-06-16T02:31:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T02:31:27","slug":"flash-flooding-in-the-waco-texas-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/70844","title":{"rendered":"Flash flooding in the Waco, Texas area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video autoplay controls loop muted src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2026\/06\/260614_goes19_infrared_totalPrecipitableWater_WacoTX_flooding.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GOES-19 Infrared Window images (combined with the Total Precipitable Water derived product in clouds-free regions), with METAR surface reports plotted in cyan, from 2301 UTC on 14 June to 0301 UTC on 15 June; Interstate highways are plotted in magenta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 <em>(GOES-East)<\/em> Infrared Window images combined with the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rammb2.cira.colostate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/QuickGuide_TPW.pdf\">Total Precipitable Water<\/a><\/strong> derived product in cloud-free regions <strong><em>(above)<\/em><\/strong> showed clusters of thunderstorms that produced <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2026\/06\/260615_kftw_pns.text\">heavy rainfall<\/a><\/strong> across parts of central Texas shortly after sunset on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/dailywxmap\/index_20260614.html\">14 June 2026<\/a><\/strong>. Significant flash flooding affected the Waco area &#8212; which temporarily closed a portion of Interstate 35 near Waco, stranding vehicles with a few water rescues being required. 1-hour precipitation amounts at Waco were as high as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2026\/06\/260615_0201utc_goes19_infrared_1hourPrecipitation_Waco_TX.png\">1.68 inches<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Multiple Flood Advisories and Flash Flood Warnings were issued as the thunderstorms expanded eastward and southward across Central Texas <strong><em>(below)<\/em><\/strong> &#8212; for the Waco area, the initial <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2026\/06\/260615_0056utc_goes19_infrared_floodAdvisoriesWarnings_Waco_TX.png\">Flash Flood Warning<\/a><\/strong> was issued at 0054 UTC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video autoplay controls loop muted src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2026\/06\/260614_goes19_infrared_totalPrecipitableWater_floodAdvisoriesWarnings_TX.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GOES-19 Infrared Window images combined with the Total Precipitable Water derived product (in cloud-free regions), with Flood Advisory (green) and Flash Flood Warning (red) polygons, from 2301 UTC on 14 June to 0301 UTC on 15 June<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2026\/06\/260615_0041utc_goes19_infrared_cursor_sample.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2026\/06\/260615_0041utc_goes19_infrared_cursor_sample.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cursor sample of the cloud-top infrared brightness temperature northeast of Waco at 0041 UTC on 15 June<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The coldest cloud-top infrared brightness temperature exhibited by these thunderstorms was -81.03C at 0041 UTC <strong><em>(above)<\/em><\/strong> &#8212; according to a plot of rawinsonde data from Fort Worth <strong><em>(below)<\/em><\/strong>, that temperature represented an altitude near the Maximum Parcel Level (MPL) of the Forecast Surface (FCST SFC) air parcel.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2026\/06\/260615_0000utc_kfwd_raob.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2026\/06\/260615_0000utc_kfwd_raob.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Plot of rawinsonde data from Fort Worth, Texas at 0000 UTC on 15 June<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Infrared Window images combined with the Total Precipitable Water derived product in cloud-free regions (above) showed clusters of thunderstorms that produced heavy rainfall across parts of central Texas shortly after sunset on 14 June 2026. 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