Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Jun 15, 2000, 6:38 AM CDT (11:38 UTC)

Expired

Jun 15, 2000, 9:45 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Rains County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS54 KFWD 151142
FFWFWD
TXC379-467-151445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
638 AM CDT THU JUN 15 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  RAINS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
  VAN ZANDT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 945 AM CDT.

* AT 638 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...
  WITH VERY HEAVY...COVERED MOST OF RAINS...AND VAN ZANDT COUNTIES.
  THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.  RADAR
  ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM EMORY
  TO VAN.


EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL 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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE dUP TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3249 9581 3248 9560 3298 9565 3296 9589

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 15, 3:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
345 AM CDT THU JUN 15 2000

OUTFLOW BOUNDARY/FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS DRAPED W-E ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AM. LOW LEVEL JET HAS AIDED IN KEEPING CONVECTION
GOING THROUGH THE NIGHT. HOWEVER...ACTIVITY HAS TENDED TO DECREASE
EARLY THIS MORNING AND FURTHER WEAKENING WILL OCCUR AROUND SUNRISE.
THE NW UPPER LEVEL JET WILL MOVE EAST TODAY WITH ANOTHER SHORT WAVE
TROUGH MOVING INTO THE ROCKIES. THE DIVERGENCE ALOFT WILL ALSO MOVE
EAST WITH THE MODELS INCREASING THE MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES. IN
ADDITION...THIS UPCOMING SHORT WAVE WILL ALLOW FOR THE OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY TO MOVE NORTH TODAY...RETURNING DEWPOINTS INTO THE LOWER AND
MID 70S. BUT WITH THE BOUNDARY IN THE AREA...CAN NOT RULE OUT A
THUNDERSTORM OR TWO DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA THOUGH
ANY ACTIVITY THAT FORMS SHOULD NOT BECOME ORGANIZED CONVECTION. FOR
THAT REASON...WILL LET THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH EXPIRE AT 5 AM. IN THE
EXTENDED PERIOD...A FRONT MOVES TO NEAR THE RED RIVER SATURDAY. THE
AIRMASS WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE WITH MORE SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS.

DFW 90/74/91/75 2020       ACT 90/74/90/75 2020

.FTW...NONE.

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