Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

May 5, 2002, 6:11 AM CDT (11:11 UTC)

Expired

May 5, 2002, 9:00 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tarrant County, TX

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WGUS54 KFWD 051111
FFWFTW
TXC439-051400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
607 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT.

* AT 607 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 
  RAIN IN WESTERN TARRANT...AND PARKER COUNTIES...MOVING EAST AT 25  
  MPH. OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER A LARGE PART OF   
  TARRANT COUNTY THIS MORNING...AND ONE TO TWO INCHES MORE ARE 
  POSSIBLE BEFORE 700 AM.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ARLINGTON...BEDFORD...
  BENBROOK...COLLEYVILLE...EDGECLIFF...EVERMAN...FOREST HILL AND
  FORT WORTH.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 3297 9707 3257 9705 3257 9752 3297 9752

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 5, 4:11 AM CDT, 2 hours earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
411 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002

ONGOING CONVECTION WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING...WITH
ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO FIRE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG THE DRY
LINE TO THE WEST. OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS SLOW TO MOVE NORTH...BUT
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BEGIN TO TIGHTEN UP TONIGHT...AND PULL
IT NORTH AS SURFACE WINDS INCREASE...WITH WINDY CONDITIONS NEXT DAY
OR TWO WITH APPROACH OF NEXT SYSTEM.

WILL NOT STRAY TOO FAR FROM MOS WITH EXCEPTION OF HIGHER POPS TODAY
IN THE NORTH.

IN THE EXTENDED...SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL KEEP THE CHANCE FOR
MAINLY AFTERNOON CONVECTION...WITH FRONT PUSHING INTO REGION LATE IN
THE WEEK.

DFW   85  71  89  71 /  60  20  10   0
ACT   90  73  90  72 /  20  10   0   0

.FWD...
TX...NONE

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
526 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING
FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY ALONG A EMORY...TO
DALLAS...TO HAMILTON LINE.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND INTO THE EVENING ALONG AND WEST OF A PARIS...TO DALLAS...TO
COMANCHE LINE.

EARLY THIS MORNING...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS POSITIONED THROUGH
NORTH TEXAS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING WINDS TO 60 MPH...HAIL TO ONE INCH...TORRENTIAL
RAIN...AND NUMEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE LINE
SHOULD DIMINISH BY MID MORNING.

THIS AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A
DRYLINE OVER WEST TEXAS. ADDITIONALLY...A WARM FRONT WILL BE
POSITIONED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS BY LATE
AFTERNOON. AS STORMS OVER WEST TEXAS MOVE EAST DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS MAY BE AFFECTED.
ALSO...STORMS MAY BE ENHANCED NEAR AND NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT
DRAPED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM STORMS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.