Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Fort Worth, TX

000 
WGUS74 KFWD 111923
FFSFTW
TXC367-439-112045-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
222 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PARKER AND TARRANT COUNTIES
UNTIL 345 PM CDT...


MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF PARKER AND 
TARRANT COUNTIES. BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BOTH PARKER AND TARRANT COUNTIES 
THIS AFTERNOON...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO TWO INCHES MAY FALL
THROUGH 345 PM.

SOME ROADS IN RICHLAND HILLS ARE BARRICADED DUE TO HIGH WATER 
COVERING ROADS. AS MORE WATER COLLECTS IN LOW LYING AREAS...IT MAY 
OVERTAKE ADDITIONAL FLOOD PRONE ROADS.  DRIVE SLOWER AND AVOID 
FLOODED ROADS AND AREAS.   

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT. KNOW 
YOUR LOCATION IN RELATION TO STREAMS...RIVERS OR CREEKS THAT CAN 
BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH 
RISING WATER. DO NOT CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING...EVEN ON 
FOOT. RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET.

LAT...LON 3298 9705 3258 9706 3259 9804 3296 9805

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1038 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003

ELEVATED CONVECTION HAS PERSISTED THIS MORNING...AS 30+ KTS OF
SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL JET CONTINUES TO PUMP TROPICAL MOISTURE INTO THE
MCS. AS FAR AS SURFACE CONVECTION...WITH MID 70S DEWPOINTS WE ARE
VIRTUALLY UNCAPPED ALREADY ACROSS THE REGION. AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH
OF THE FRONT EDGE OF THE MCS ARE UNDER THE GUN FOR HEAVY RAINFALL
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS CONVERGENCE AND PRECIPITABLE WATERS OF
AROUND 2 INCHES COMBINE. THEREFORE...ACCORDING TO CURRENT RADAR
TRENDS...WE ARE ADDING A FLOOD WATCH FOR SOME OF OUR SOUTHWEST
COUNTIES. WE ARE ALSO EXTENDING THE FLOOD WATCH TO CONTAIN TODAY.

UPDATED ZONES AND GRAPHICAL PRODUCTS TO BE OUT BY AROUND 1115 AM.
WITH HIGH POPS ALREADY...WILL NOT BE CHANGING POPS IN THE UPDATE
MUCH. I MAY PLAY WITH HIGH TEMPS A TAD...LIKELY BUMPING THEM DOWN A
BIT NORTHWEST.

.FWD...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A
COMANCHE...WEATHERFORD...GAINESVILLE LINE.

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-112100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
545 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY EAST OF A
GAINESVILLE...WEATHERFORD...TO COMANCHE LINE.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS
TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT APPROACH FROM THE
NORTHWEST.  STORMS SHOULD BEGIN IN THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF NORTH
TEXAS THIS MORNING AND SPREAD SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM
HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A FEW STORMS COULD BRIEFLY
BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND DIME SIZE
HAIL...MAINLY WEST OF A STEPHENVILLE TO DECATUR LINE.

HEAVY RAIN AND SOME FLOODING IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT
MOVES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SOME ISOLATED FOUR INCH AMOUNTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
AREAS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY WITH A CONTINUED
THREAT OF FLOODING.  THE RAIN SHOULD END IN THE WEST AND CENTRAL
SECTIONS FRIDAY NIGHT AND IN THE EAST SATURDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
VERY LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY...GENERALLY WEST
OF A STEPHENVILLE TO DECATUR LINE.