Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Fort Worth, TX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
805 AM CDT TUE SEP 4 2001

QUICK UPDATE TO INCREASE POPS AROUND METRO ZONES AND SE WHERE PRECIP
HAS EXPANDED QUITE A BIT THIS MORNING. LOWERED TEMPS A BIT IN THOSE
ZONES AS WELL. REST LEFT ALONE ATTM. 80

557 AM AVIATION DISCUSSION...
SURFACE LOW VCNTY OF DFW AIRPORTS THIS MORNING WITH CONVECTION
DEVELOPING NEAR THE CORE CENTER. EXPECT OCCASIONAL MVFR CIG/VSBYS
WITH CONVECTION...OTHERWISE VFR CIGS. LIGHT CIRCULATION AROUND
LOW WILL RESULT IN MAINLY A NORTHEAST WIND DIRECTION.  ..48..

EARLY MORNING PUBLIC DISCUSSION...
SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE PATTERN FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE OVER NORTH TEXAS THROUGH MID WEEK AS WEAKNESS IN THE UPPER
RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE AREA AND CYCLONIC FLOW CONTINUES IN THE LOW
LEVELS.  MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES HAVE INCREASED IN THE PAST 24 HOURS
WITH COOL AIR ADVECTION ALOFT. EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TODAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVENING.
SIMILAR PATTER WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF
THUNDERSTORMS.

DEEPENING MOISTURE WILL KEEP EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER AROUND FOR MUCH
OF THE DAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EAST.  MOSTLY CLOUDY
SKIES WILL REMAIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  THE EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER WILL
HELP KEEP AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES BELOW 90.  OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL
REMAIN IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIODS
AS THE UPPER HIGH CONTINUES TO PUSH TOWARD THE WEST COAST AND A
FAIRLY STRONG SHORT WAVE APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST.  STILL
APPEARS THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL COME ON SATURDAY WHEN COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE SHORT WAVE IS FORECAST TO LIFT
RAPIDLY NORTHWARD WHICH WILL DECREASE RAIN CHANCES BY EARLY NEXT
WEEK.

FCSTID = 79
DFW   85  73  85  72 /  50  40  40  30
ACT   86  72  87  72 /  60  50  40  30

.FWD...NONE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
500 AM CDT TUE SEP 4 2001

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS
TODAY AND TONIGHT. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF
DOWNPOURS OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS. REMEMBER
THAT LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OVER 10 MILES FROM THE PARENT
THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. ALTHOUGH NO WIDE SPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED...A FEW STORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE...MAINLY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DAMAGING BURSTS OF WIND AND
SOME HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS... ESPECIALLY WEST OF A
BOWIE...TO STEPHENVILLE LINE...WHERE MORE ABUNDANT SUNSHINE WILL
HELP TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE.