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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 29, 200746 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood watch at Mar 29, 2007, 10:12 AM CDT for 46 counties in Texas. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2007, 10:12 AM CDT (15:12 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2007, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
44 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Flood severity
None
All 46 counties

Anderson County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Mills County, TX, Montague County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Mar 29, 7:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 7:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 3:30 AM CDT, 6 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
330 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-301000-
ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA-
DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON-
HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS-
LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO-
PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT-
WISE-YOUNG-
330 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THIS
EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY
WEST OF A PARIS...CORSICANA...TO CAMERON LINE.

A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL REMAIN NEAR THE 4 CORNERS
TODAY WHILE ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING DRY LINE. INITIALLY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE
EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING AS A BROKEN
SQUALL LINE APPROACHES FROM WEST TEXAS.  THE SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED
TO WEAKEN AS MOVES INTO NORTH TEXAS. HOWEVER...A FEW SEVERE STORMS
WITH DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS THE
DRY LINE REACHES THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS AND
STORMS MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE
DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...A TORNADO OR TWO
CANT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY WEST OF A JACKSBORO...GLEN ROSE...TO
GATESVILLE LINE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 35.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY AS LARGE SCALE
ASCENT REMAINS IN PLACE. THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS WILL BE FRIDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WHEN A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE
REGION. DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN
HAZARDS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES CANT BE RULED OUT. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OVER ALREADY SATURATED
SOIL WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING. STORMS WILL QUICKLY
END FOR WEST TO EAST SATURDAY MORNING.

ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT WILL BRING A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED BEFORE NOON WEST OF A
BOWIE...GRANBURY...GATESVILLE LINE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE
FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 BY 4 PM.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 29, 8:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
857 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007

TXZ100-101-115-291500-
JACK TX-YOUNG TX-STEPHENS TX-
857 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHERN JACK COUNTY
  NORTHEASTERN STEPHENS COUNTY
  EASTERN YOUNG COUNTY

AT 857 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES SOUTH OF GRAHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BRYSON...GRAHAM AND
JACKSBORO.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TO AN INCH
PER HOUR...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
FROM THIS STORM.

IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

LAT...LON 3285 9877 3276 9859 3321 9805 3343 9857

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 8:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack63 min
Mar 29, 9:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young33 min
Mar 29, 10:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague24 min
Mar 29, 11:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack, Palo Pinto32 min
Mar 29, 11:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Palo Pinto60 min
Mar 29, 11:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland35 min
Mar 29, 12:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMills26 min
Mar 29, 12:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise31 min
Mar 29, 12:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath57 min
Mar 29, 12:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDPalo Pinto, Parker53 min
Mar 29, 12:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMills37 min
Mar 29, 1:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague33 min
Mar 29, 2:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHamilton44 min
Mar 29, 2:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker23 min
Mar 29, 2:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHamilton26 min
Mar 29, 2:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker35 min
Mar 29, 3:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise36 min
Mar 29, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHill28 min
Mar 29, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan34 min
Mar 29, 4:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Hill3 hr
Mar 29, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHill, Limestone, McLennan25 min
Mar 29, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFreestone, Hill, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro30 min
Mar 29, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant96 min
Mar 29, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant90 min
Mar 29, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDNavarro23 min
Mar 29, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis33 min
Mar 29, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro56 min
Mar 29, 6:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis3 hr

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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.