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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 19, 2006Collin County, Rockwall County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 19, 2006, 7:25 PM CST for Collin County, Rockwall County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 19, 2006, 7:25 PM CST (01:25 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2006, 10:30 PM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Collin County, TX, Rockwall County, TX

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Mar 19, 6:05 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 6:05 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 4:00 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
400 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-201200-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-
LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
400 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL
OF NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS MONDAY.
THE MAIN THREATS NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR WILL BE HAIL UP
TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.  SOUTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR IS WHERE A WARM
FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...VERY LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY AN
ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE AREAS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GOLDTHWAITE...TO
HILLSBORO...TO CANTON...WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT.
TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA MAY EXCEED 5 INCHES
IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
SEVERE STORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY MONDAY MORNING EAST OF
INTERSTATE 35...BEFORE A DRYLINE MOVES THROUGH AND CLEARS THINGS
OUT. VERY GUSTY WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON WEST OF INTERSTATE 35.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 19, 4:45 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
445 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0443 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MINERAL WELLS           32.82N  98.08W
03/19/2006                   PALO PINTO         TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATER FLOWING OVER ROADS. WOULD GET BACK TO US ABOUT
            WHICH STATE HIGHWAYS HE SAW THESE CREEKS OVERFLOWING.

Local storm report, Mar 19, 5:05 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
505 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0330 PM     HAIL             5 S CUMBY               33.06N  95.84W
03/19/2006  M1.00 INCH       HOPKINS            TX   PUBLIC

            REPORTED IN MILLER GROVE

Local storm report, Mar 19, 5:24 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
524 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0520 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 SW COMMERCE           33.19N  95.96W
03/19/2006                   HUNT               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SUPLHUR RIVER STARTING TO OVERFLOW ON STATE HIGHWAY 224
            BETWEEN COMMERCE AND NEYLANDVILLE. NO BLOCKADES YET. MORE
            RAIN ON THE WAY.

Local storm report, Mar 19, 5:46 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 19, 6:10 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 19, 7:22 PM CST, 3 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 6:11 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Fannin, Hunt	3 hr
Mar 19, 6:23 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	2 hr
Mar 19, 8:26 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant	3 hr
Mar 19, 9:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Lamar	3 hr
Mar 19, 10:29 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Kaufman	3 hr
Mar 19, 11:27 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis	3 hr
Mar 19, 11:55 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	3 hr
Mar 20, 12:24 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Lamar	3 hr
Mar 20, 8:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Leon	23 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2006 Every flash flood warning in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.