Flash Flood Warning 92, NWS Fort Worth, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
915 PM CST SUN FEB 2 1986

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 51 DAYS...RAIN HAS BEEN RECORDED AT THE
DALLAS-FORT WORTH AIRPORT. FIVE HUNDRETHS /0.05/ WAS LOGGED
BETWEEN SIX AND NINE PM THIS SUNDAY EVENING.

THE LAST TIME RAIN WAS RECORDED AT THE OFFICIAL MEASURING POINT
AT DFW WAS DECEMBER 11...1985. THE FIFTY ONE DAY SPELL WITHOUT
RAIN WAS THE FOURTH LONGEST STRETCH WITHOUT RAIN. THE PREVIOUS
DRY PERIODS WERE:

1.  59 DAYS...MAY 25 THROUGH JULY 21, 1934
2.  57 DAYS...NOVEMBER 4 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1950
3.  54 DAYS...OCTOBER 6 THROUGH NOVEMBER 29, 1955

RADAR REPORTS SUGGEST THAT MOST OF THE METROPLEX AREA AND MUCH
OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAS RECEIVED MEASURABLE RAIN TONIGHT. RAINFALL
TOTALS HAVE NOT BEEN HEAVY...ALTHOUGH A FEW SPOTS MAY HAVE RECEIVED
AS MUCH AS ONE-HALF INCH OF RAIN.

AND MORE IS ON THE WAY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS
WILL LIKELY OCCUR OVER THE METROPLEX BEFORE MIDNIGHT...AND MORE
ARE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1116 PM CST SUN FEB 2 1986

HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
LATE THIS SUNDAY EVENING.

AT 1115 PM RAIN MIXED WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING IN A
BROAD AREA FROM SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF PARIS...IN LAMAR
COUNTY...NEAR GREENVILLE...IN HUNT COUNTY...AND NEAR FORT WORTH.n
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT IN CASE STRONG WINDS ARE
EXPERIENCED OR A WARNING ISSUED.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1235 AM CST  MON FEB 3 1986

943 PM CST...PARKER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SEVERAL MOBILE
HOMES DAMAGED...ONE DESTROYED...ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF I-20 NEAR BROCK
IN SOUTHWEST PARKER COUNTY. ONE INJURY DESCRIBED AS NON-SERIOUS. ALSO
DESTROYED WAS A BOAT...A BOAT HOUSE...AND A HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
DAMAGE FROM POSSIBLE TORNADO OCCURRED AROUND 940 PM.

945 PM CST...WSMO REPORTS WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGE IN STEPHENVILLE
/ERATH COUNTY/.  POWER OUTAGE APPARENTLY DUE TO LIGHTNING. NO WIND
DAMAGE REPORTED SO FAR.

950 PM CST...HOOD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE IN GRANBURY REPORTS STRONG
WINDS IN GRANBURY AT THAT TIME BUT FOLLOW UP REPORT FA1ILS TO TURN UP
ANY DAMAGE SO FAR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
100 AM CST MON FEB 3 1986

HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
EARLY THIS MONDAY MORNING.

AT 100 AM CST..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA
OF RAIN MIXED WITH A FEW HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM PARIS..TO
GREENVILLE..TO THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX..TO JUST WEST OF
MINERAL WELLS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN PARIS AND
GREENVILLE. AN ISOLATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO DETECTED NEAR
THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AIRPORT OVER THE NORTHERN BORDER OF DALLAS
AND TARRANT COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ENDING AT 1 AM WERE NEAR ONE AND ONE HALF
INCH AT WEATHERFORD /1.50/..AND BOONEVILLE /1.55/..NEAR 2 INCHES AT
SHERMAN /2.05/..AND AN UNOFFICIAL REPORT OF UP TO 3 INCHES AT PILOT
POINT.
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SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG
GUSTY WINDS..AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. HOWEVER..NO REPORTS OF SEVERE
WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
DURING THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS.

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REMAIN ON THE ALERT IN THEE EVENT STRONG WINDS
ARE EXPERIENCED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.