Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Fort Worth, TX

TXZ031-032-037-241330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
535 AM CST MON FEB 24 1992

...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR ALL OF
   SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

AT 530 AM CST WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS
FROM NORTH OF FORT WORTH TO STEPHENVILLE TO JUST WEST OF HAMILTON TO NEAR
LAMPASSAS TO THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY WEST OF AUSTIN.  MOVEMENT OF ALL THE
PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

A SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT IS MOVING
TOWARD THE REGION.  WITH THE WET GROUNDS AND HIGH WATER LEVELS FROM RAINS
OF THE PAST WEEK RAINFALL EXPECTED WITH THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL BE QUICK TO
RUNOFF INTO ALREADY SWOLLEN CREEKS...RIVERS AND STREAMS.  PERSONS IN CENTRAL
AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD KEEP UP WITH CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION.
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WITH THE WET GROUND...LIGHT WINDS AND HIGH HUMIDITIES...FOG CONTINUES
IN PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS.  MOTORIST DURING THIS MORNINGS
RUSH HOUR WILL WANT TO ALLOW MORE DRIVING TIME...USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS
AND REDUCE SPEEDS.  THE FOG WILL LIKELY LAST UNTIL THE MID-MORNING HOURS.

THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFCANT RAINFALL TOTALS EXIST FOR MUCH OF THE AREA
THOUGH TUESDAY.  WITH THE WET GROUND WATER WILL RISE VERY QUICKLY.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER AREAS EITHER ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEtMENTS.06

TXZ029>031-241800-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
625 AM CST MON FEB 24 1992

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EARLY TODAY OVER THE
SOUTHWESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS. THE AREA AT RISK IS GENERALLY SOUTH
AND WEST OF A LINE FROM COLEMAN TO TEMPLE. THIS INCLUDES BROWNWOOD...
SAN SABA...AND BELTON.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PART OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY. THE UPWARD MOTIONS GENERATED BY THIS
FEATURE WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE RISK
AREA.

IN THE LOWER LEVELS WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE TO BE FED INTO
THE RISK AREA...LEADING TO ADDITIONAL DESTABILIZATION. EARLY THIS
MORNING A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WAS MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN PART OF
NORTH TEXAS. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD TODAY...ENCOUNTERING DEEPER
MOISTURE AND MORE UNSTABLE AIR. CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
WILL INCREASE AS STRONGER NORTHERLY WINDS ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE. THIS FRONT WILL BE A PREFERRED AREA FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT...AND SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL END BY EARLY AFTERNOON FOLLOWING THE
PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TODAY WILL LIKELY
BE DAMAGING WINDS DUE TO THE INTRUSION OF DRIER AIR IN THE UPPER
LEVELS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE UPPER WIND PROFILE IS NOT
FAVORABLE FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. IN ADDITION TO !DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
...HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD KEEP
ABREAST OF THIS MORNING'S DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED
FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.

TXZ031-032-037-241530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
715 AM CST MON FEB 24 1992

...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR ALL OF
   SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

AT 705 AM CST WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN AND AREA GENERALLY WEST
OF A LINE FROM MINERAL WELLS TO HAMILTON TO GEORGETOWN AND INTO SOUTH TEXAS.
THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH WITH THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVING NORTH
AT 35 MPH.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT CONTINUED MOVING
TOWARD THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS AREA.  THE SYSTEM IS VERY UNSTABLE
AND HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL.  A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH TEXAS JUST
SOUTHWEST OF THE TEMPLE..BELTON AREA.  THE GREATEST SEVERE WESTHER THREAT
IS FROM HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.  THE SYSTEM IS LADEN WITH MOISTURE FROM
THE PACIFIC IN THE UPPER LEVELS AND FROM THE GULF IN THE LOWER LEVELS.
MOST OF THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL END THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE
PASSAGE OF THE FRONT.  ADDITIONAL RAIN OVER THE ALREADY RAINSOAKED GROUNDS
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS WILL CAUSE WATER TO RUNOFF INTO CREEKS...
STREAMS AND RIVERS THAT ARE NEAR OR OVER NORMAL LEVELS.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF CHANGING
WEATHER CONDTIONS.  FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS
WILL BE QUICK TO OCCUR ONCE THE RAINS BEGIN.  URBAN STREET FLOODING WILL
BE A PROBLEM DURING HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS.  REMEMBER NEVER ATTEMPT TO
CROSS HIGH WATER AREAS.

DENSE FOG CONTIUES IN SOME PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS THIS
MORNING.  MOTORIST SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION...ALLOW EXTRA DRIVING TIME...
USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND REDUCE SPEEDS DURING THIS MORNINGS RUSH HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06

TXZ031-032-037-241630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
900 AM CST MON FEB 24 1992

...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR ALL OF
   SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

AT 853 AM CST WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM FT WORTH...TO HAMILTON
TO COPPERAS COVE...THEN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COPPERAS COVE TO FRANKLIN TO
MADISONVILLE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR
LAMPASAS AND SOUTH OF THE BELL COUNTY LINE IN WILLIAMSON AND MILAM COUNTIES.

THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM HIGH WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WHICH COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN
A VERY SHORT PERIOD. THE GROUND IS STILL NEAR SATURATION FROM RAINS THE
PREVIOUS WEEK. AN PROLONGED RAINFALL WILL NOT SOAK IN...BUT RUN RAPIDLY
INTO SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
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MOTORISTS SHOULD APPROACH LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND KNOWN FLOOD PRONE AREAS
WITH EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS MOVING WATER. TWO FEET OF
MOVING WATER WILL SWEEP A VEHICLE INTO ONE OF THESE SWOLLEN CREEKS OR STREAMS.
DONT BECOME THE NEXT FLASH FLOOD VICTIM.

THIS LARGE RAIN AREA IS MOVING EAST ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE THE
INDIVIDUAL HEAVIER SHOWERS WERE TRACKING NORTH NEAR 35 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCACL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS
...OR WARNINGS SHOULD THE NEED ARISE.

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TXZ019>033-241600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TEXAS
915 AM CST MON FEB 24 1992

THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZED HAIL...AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO COMANCHE AND SOUTHWEST HAMILTON
COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

THIS ACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF RAIN AND
EMBEDDED THUNDERSHOWERS COVERING THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. THIS
ACTIVITY IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF NORTH TEXAS
CONTINUES. THIS WATCH IS FOR THAT AREA ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF AN
ABILENE...STEPHENVILLE...BELTON LINE. SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH ARE ABILENE...COMANCHE...BROWNWOOD...BRADY...AND
LAMPASAS.

THE MOVEMENT OF THIS PRECIPITATION HAS SLOWED OVER THE LAST HOUR
INCREASING THE CHANCE OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE WATCH AREA. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA TODAY.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING EXISTS IN
THE WATCH AREA. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND NOT DRIVE INTO
LOW WATER CROSSINGS OR WHERE WATER IS COVERING THE ROAD. CHECK
PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY FOR QUICK
ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

TXZ031-032-037-241800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1030 AM CST MON FEB 24 1992

...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF
   CENTRAL...SOUTHCENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

AT 1029 AM CST WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN BELL...
FALLS...CORYELL...AND LEON COUNTIES...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 5 MILES
NORTH OF TEMPLE AND JUST NORTH OF KILLEEN. A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN COVERED
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS.

MOVEMENT OF ALL PRECIPITATATION WAS NORTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. BE ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE POTENTIAL FOR
FLASH FLOODING EXISTS. TAKE QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED.
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS OVER NEW MEXICO AND WAS MOVING TOWARD
TEXAS. THIS FEATURE WILL COMBINE WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO PRODUCE
WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS TEXAS THROUGH OUT TODAY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS...