NWS Fort Worth TXFF.W 0036May 27, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Dallas, Kaufman and Rockwall, TX
The National Weather Service office in Fort Worth issued a flash flood warning for Dallas, Kaufman and Rockwall in Texas, which was in force until 12:30 p.m. local time on May 27. It was the 36th flash flood warning the NWS office in Fort Worth issued in 2026. Texas had 118 flash flood warnings in May 2026, against 105 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Texas's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 3.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Fort Worth TX
- Area
- Dallas, Kaufman and Rockwall
- State
- Texas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 9:24 a.m. CDT, May 27, 2026
- Expires
- 12:30 p.m. CDT, May 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KFWD FF.W 0036
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas since 2008Every warning type in Texas
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The notice as issued
FFWFWD The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Eastern Dallas County in north central Texas... Western Kaufman County in north central Texas... Rockwall County in north central Texas... * Until 1230 PM CDT. * At 924 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. The heavy rain is falling over areas that received multiple rounds of heavy rain, resulting in rapid river and stream rises as well as less inundation of water into urban drainage systems. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets, and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Dallas, Garland, Mesquite, Rowlett, Wylie, Rockwall, Balch Springs, Sachse, Ennis, Terrell, Seagoville, Forney, Kaufman, Royse City, Heath, Fate, Sunnyvale, Crandall, Combine and Talty.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become unstable and unsafe.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.