Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Jan 4, 1993, 5:55 AM CST (11:55 UTC)

Expired

Jan 4, 1993, 9:00 AM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Anderson County, TX, Henderson County, TX

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TTAA00 KFTW 041203
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TXC001-213-499-041500-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
555 AM CST MON JAN 4 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...ANDERSON COUNTY...EASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY...WOOD COUNTY
 
AT 555 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT A LARGE
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF
NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY EAST OF A PARIS...ATHENS...FAIRFIELD LINE.
THE HEAVY RAINS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAS STARTED TO PRODUCE SOME
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.
 
AT 553 AM CST...THE HENDERSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT PARTS
OF FM 317 AND FM 1803 ARE BEING BARRICADED DUE TO WATER OVER THE
ROADWAY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY ACROSS EASTERN HENDERSON...AND
ALL OF ANDERSON...WOOD AND SMITH COUNTIES.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
 
 
 
&

In the hours before

TXZ022-023-027-028-041100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
355 AM CST MON JAN 4 1993

AT 350 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CLARKSVILLE TO QUITMAN TO TYLER TO
JUST NORTH OF PALESTINE.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY
HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND BRIEF STRONG
GUSTY WINDS.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF TYLER
TO BIG SANDY.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS.  MOTORISTS
SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL SINCE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS IS
POSSIBLE..

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES.

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993

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