Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

May 6, 1995, 12:14 AM CDT (05:14 UTC)

Expired

May 6, 1995, 2:15 AM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Hill County, TX, Limestone County, TX, McLennan County, TX

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KFTW 060515
FFWFTW
TXC217-293-309-060715-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1214 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...HILL COUNTY...NORTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTY
   ...NORTHERN MCLENNAN COUNTY
 
AT 1210 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN IN A SHORT
LINE FROM NAVARRO MILLS RESERVOIR TO WACO. RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN TWO
AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN OVER HILL...NORTHERN MCLENNAN...AND NORTHERN
LIMESTONE COUNTIES SINCE 900 PM. SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS HAS
BEEN REPORTED.
 
THE OVERALL TREND OF THE THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY HAS BEEN DOWNWARD SINCE
1130 PM. FLOODED AREAS SHOULD BEGIN SLOWLY SUBSIDING DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS...BUT CAUTION IS ADVISED SHOULD FLOODED AREAS BE
ENCOUNTERED.
 
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.