Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

May 5, 1995, 10:42 PM CDT (03:42 UTC)

Expired

May 6, 1995, 1:45 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Dallas County, TX, Tarrant County, TX

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KFTW 060342
FFWFTW
TXC113-439-060645-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1042 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS EXTENDED THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...DALLAS COUNTY...TARRANT COUNTY
 
AT 1042 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF
RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER DALLAS AND TARRANT
COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES OF BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
SINCE 700 PM. DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED 3.3
INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 700 PM.  MANY CREEKS ARE STILL RISING...AND
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO AVOID FLOOD-PRONE AREAS.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS FLOODED ROADS.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
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.

In the hours before

TXZ121-122-136-060415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1022 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 1995

STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WERE BEING REPORTED FROM LINDALE WEST
THROUGH CANTON TO ROSSER IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.  THESE WINDS WERE CAUSED
BY A LOCALIZED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE.  THIS AREA...CALLED A WAKE
LOW...SOMETIMES DEVELOPS BEHIND SQUALL LINES AND OTHER ORGANIZED
AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS.  GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THIS AREA.  ALTHOUGH STRONG...THESE WINDS ARE NOT DIRECTLY
ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO
STATIONS...FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.