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Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 21, 1994Cherokee County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 21, 1994, 9:22 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 21, 1994, 9:22 PM CDT (02:22 UTC)
Expired
Oct 21, 1994, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
68 min
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, Oct 21, 3:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ091>167-220000

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND NORTH TEXAS WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
320 PM CDT FRI OCT 21 1994

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS UNTIL
   8 PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON NORTH OF AN EASTLAND...
   HILLSBORO... TO GROVETON LINE...
UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUED TO
TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE.  A COLD FRONT
WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE WEST OF THE AREA ALONG A LINE FROM WICHITA FALLS
TO SAN ANGELO TO BIG BEND.  AHEAD OF THE FRONT THERE WAS A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH
EXTENDING FROM THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX TO AUSTIN.

SKIES THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH TEXAS HAVE BEEN MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY.
WINDS WERE GENERALLY FROM THE SOUTH EXCEPT IN WESTERN PORTIONS WHERE THE
WINDS WERE WESTERLY.  TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS RANGED FROM 71
DEGREES AT ADDISON AIRPORT IN DALLAS TO 87 DEGREES IN MINERAL WELLS.
                ...FORECAST FOR NORTH TEXAS...

      ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT EASTERN TWO THIRDS...

TONIGHT WILL BE FAIR IN THE WEST...PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE CENTRAL PORTIONS
WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE. MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EAST
WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...SOME SEVERE.  LOWS 55 IN THE EAST AND 65 IN THE
WEST.  A CHANCE OF MORNING THUNDERSTORMS EAST ON SATURDAY OTHERWISE PARTLY
CLOUDY.  MOSTLY SUNNY CENTRAL AND WEST.  HIGHS FROM 83 TO 91.  SATURDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY SUNNY DURING THE DAY AND MOSTLY CLEAR
AT NIGHT.  LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S TO MIDDLE 50S AND HIGH ON SUNDAY FROM 77
TO 84.
Special weather statement, Oct 21, 4:16 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157-158-159-160-161-162-175-212215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
417 PM CDT FRI OCT 21 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 800 PM
CDT...

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

AT 410 PM CDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER NORTHEAST
BOSQUE COUNTY 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MERIDIAN.  THIS STORM WAS
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.  ELSEWHERE...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM NEAR CLEBURNE TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF DALLAS.

MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL.  DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN...FLASH
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 21, 4:17 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157-158-159-160-161-162-175-212215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
417 PM CDT FRI OCT 21 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 800 PM
CDT...

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

AT 410 PM CDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER NORTHEAST
BOSQUE COUNTY 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MERIDIAN.  THIS STORM WAS
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.  ELSEWHERE...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM NEAR CLEBURNE TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF DALLAS.

MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL.  DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN...FLASH
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 21, 5:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157-158-159-160-161-162-175-212330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
531 PM CDT FRI OCT 21 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 800 PM
CDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL TEXAS FOR
TONIGHT...

AT 525 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED
FROM BOSQUE COUNTY NEAR WALNUT SPRINGS TO NEAR DALLAS TO NORTHWEST
OF KAUFMAN.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH OF CENTRAL TEXAS
AND EXTENDED FROM EAST OF GLEN ROSE TO NEAR DALLAS.

MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL.  SINCE THE GROUND OVER THE
AREA IS NEARLY SATURATED DUE TO PREVIOUS RAINS...MINOR FLOODING OF
LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH
THESE THUNDERSTORMS.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST
IN WEATHER INFORMATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 21, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson60 min
Oct 21, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith60 min
Oct 21, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Navarro59 min
Oct 21, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCherokee59 min
Oct 21, 7:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHenderson3 hr
Oct 21, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill59 min
Oct 21, 8:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDNavarro3 hr
Oct 21, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson57 min
Oct 21, 8:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHill4 hr
Oct 21, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill63 min
Oct 21, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone65 min
Oct 21, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon58 min

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Sources

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