Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Jun 4, 2000, 1:09 AM CDT (06:09 UTC)

Expired

Jun 4, 2000, 4:00 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Parker County, TX, Tarrant County, TX

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS54 KFWD 040610
FFWFWD
TXC367-439-040900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
109 AM CDT SUN JUN 4 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PARKER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 105 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
  VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PARKER AND TARRANT COUNTIES.  DOPPLER RADAR
  ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED ACROSS PARKER AND
  WESTERN TARRANT COUNTY.  WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING HAS OCCURRED
  IN WESTERN PARTS OF FORT WORTH.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

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 HIGHER GROUND 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.

LAT...LON 3299 9803 3258 9804 3258 9706 3299 9706

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 3, 6:50 PM CDT, 6 hours 19 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED TO ADD THE AVIATION DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
650 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 2000

AVIATION DISCUSSION...
EXPECT TO SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS EVENING ACROSS THE REGION...THIS
ACTIVITY SHOULD BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AS MIDNIGHT APPROACHES.
OUTSIDE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL
THIS EVENING.  CEILINGS WILL DETERIORATE TO GENERAL MVFR CATEGORY
AFTER MIDNIGHT...AS PRECIPITATION BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD.  58

300 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 2000 PUBLIC FORECAST DISCUSSION...
ACCORDING TO SATELLITE IMAGERY...LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS CENTERED
NEAR BIG SPRING WITH WEAK SHORTWAVE NEAR DALLAS.  AS THE SHORTWAVE
EXITS EAST...CLOUDS WILL THIN OUT A BIT FOLLOWED BY AN INCREASE IN
SURFACE HEATING...WHICH SHOULD ENHANCE CONVECTION LATER TODAY.  DEEP
MOISTURE IN VERTICAL SUGGEST RAINFALL POTENTIAL COULD BE HEAVY OVER
LARGE PORTION OF N CNTRL TX.  BY NIGHTFALL...PRECIPITATION COULD
INTENSIFY GIVEN THE TROPICAL NATURE OF THE SYSTEM.

MANY WRN COUNTIES RECEIVED CONSIDERABLE RAINFALL DURING THE PAST 24
HOURS.  SOILS ACROSS MUCH OF THE RED RIVER COUNTIES ARE STILL MOIST
FROM THE MEMORIAL WEEKEND...ACCORDING TO LATEST FLASH FLOOD
GUIDANCE.  AS A RESULT...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE NECESSARY FOR
MUCH OF N CNTRL TX TONIGHT...AND WILL PROBABLY NEED TO BE REDEFINED
FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS THIS SLOW-MOVING SYSTEM SLIDES
EAST.

IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD...WELL KEEP POPS OVER THE ERN ZONES TO
ACCOUNT FOR THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE SYSTEM.  THE HIGH PRESSURE
RIDGE GRADUALLY BUILDS OVERHEAD AND BRINGS US CLOSER THE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES.  IF THE MRF SOLUTION PANS OUT...

DFW 70/84/67/85 +852
ACT 71/86/68/88 8753

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.FTW...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR MOST OF N CNTRL TX.

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