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Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 14, 1991Cherokee County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 1991, 2:49 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 1991, 2:49 AM CDT (07:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 1991, 7:45 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Cherokee County, TX

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 9:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ031-140340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
945 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 1991

AT 929 PM CDT THE STATIONARY FRONT OVER NORTH TEXAS WAS ON THE MOVE AGAIN.
COUPLED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING OUT OF WEST TEXAS...
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ON THE INCREASE.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE NOTED FROM NEAR GLEN ROSE TO EASTERN
ELLIS COUNTY AND ALSO ISOLATED OVER NAVARRO AND FREESTONE COUNTIES NEAR
CORSICANA AND NORTH OF TEAGUE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WERE
MOVING INTO NORTHERN HILL AND BOSQUE COUNTIES.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING BECOMES NECESSARY.

05
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 10:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
TXZ019>033-DDHHMM-

SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1025 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 1991

HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE DALLAS/FT. WORTH METROPLEX TONIGHT. THE RAIN CELLS WERE MOVING
TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. AT 1015 PM THE
HEAVIEST RAINS WERE OCCURRING IN SOUTHERN JOHNSON AND SOUTHWEST
ELLIS COUNTIES.

CURRENT TRENDS IN THE WEATHER PATTERN SUGGESTS THAT THE AREAS
AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAINS WILL BE TOO SMALL TO ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH.  HOWEVER...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO
CLOSELY WATCH CRITICAL AREAS AND WILL ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS
SHOULD CONDITIONS WARRANT.
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 10:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
TXZ031-140430-

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1035 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 1991

AT 1032 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH OCCASIONALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED INTO
NORTHERN HILL COUNTY FROM 10 MILES WEST OF ITASCA TO 10 MILES EAST OF
HILLSBORO.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

FLOODING AND PONDING OF LOW AREAS...CULVERTS...CITY STREETS AND SMALL STREAMS
COULD BECOME A PROBLEM AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT.
MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED NOT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY WHERE WATER
IS MOVING. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF WATER TO FLOAT A CAR...SO PLEASE BE AWARE.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING BECOMES NECESSARY.

05
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 11:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
TXZ031-140530-

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1127 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 1991

AT 1124 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH OCCASIONALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING
FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERIDIAN TO CORSICANA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

FLOODING AND PONDING OF LOW AREAS...CULVERTS...CITY STREETS AND SMALL STREAMS
COULD BECOME A PROBLEM AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT.
MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED NOT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY WHERE WATER
IS MOVING. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF WATER TO FLOAT A CAR...SO PLEASE BE AWARE.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING BECOMES NECESSARY.

05
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 1:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan63 min
Aug 14, 1:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBrown, Coleman4 hr
Aug 14, 1:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone6 hr
Aug 14, 1:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHill, Limestone, McLennan4 hr
Aug 14, 7:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Cherokee3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1991Every flash flood warning in 1991

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.