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Flash Flood Warning 60, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 6, 2008Comanche County, Hamilton County, Mills County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2008, 9:11 AM CDT for Comanche County, Hamilton County, Mills 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: Aug 6, 2008, 9:11 AM CDT (14:11 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2008, 12:15 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Comanche County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Mills County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:14 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 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 Aug 6, 6:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 6:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 5:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
545 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-062200-
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-
545 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE... TODAY.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF A
BONHAM TO SULPHUR SPRINGS LINE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN
WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY ACROSS ALL OF
NORTH TEXAS. MOREOVER...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
FRIDAY...MAINLY NORTHEAST OF A BRECKENRIDGE...CENTERVILLE LINE.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY...NORTHEAST OF
AN EASTLAND...CENTERVILLE LINE. FINALLY...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY SATURDAY...MAINLY EAST OF A GRAHAM...CENTERVILLE
LINE.

THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY...MAINLY IN THE MORNING...
ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 3:12 AM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
312 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008

TXZ115>117-129>133-141>145-156>161-174-175-061600-
STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-
COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-
MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
312 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008

...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN TODAY ALONG THE PATH OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION EDOUARD...

AT 3 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION EDOUARD WAS
LOCATED NEAR CLIFTON...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF WACO. THE
SYSTEM IS MOVING WEST AT 12 MPH.

ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN HAS FALLEN OVERNIGHT...BUT THE
POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR SOME HEAVY RAIN TODAY BEFORE EDOUARD MOVES
INTO WEST TEXAS. THE FAVORED AREA FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TODAY
IS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BRECKENRIDGE...TO
GLEN ROSE...TO KILLEEN. RAINFALL TOTALS MAY EXCEED ONE INCH IN
THIS AREA...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. WITH
VERY DRY GROUND...CONSIDERABLE RAIN CAN FALL WITH MINIMAL FLOODING
IMPACTS. NONETHELESS...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME ISSUES IN
LOW-LYING OR OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR ELSEWHERE TODAY...PARTICULARLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THE SEVERE THREAT APPEARS LOW.

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 8:30 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
830 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008

TXZ115>117-129>133-141>145-156>161-174-175-061700-
STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-
COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-
MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
830 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008

...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TODAY ALONG THE PATH OF
TROPICAL DEPRESSION EDOUARD...

AT 8 AM...THE CENTER OF THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
EDOUARD WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF STEPHENVILLE. THE SYSTEM IS
SLOWLY MOVING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

HEAVY RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF COMANCHE AND HAMILTON
COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING. RAIN GAGES FROM NEAR HAMILTON INDICATE
IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS MORNING...WITH RADAR
ESTIMATES INDICATING IN EXCESS OF 7 INCHES JUST WEST OF HAMILTON.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY THROUGH THE REST OF THE
MORNING...PARTICULARLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A CISCO TO STEPHENVILLE
TO LAMPASAS LINE.

WITH THE VERY DRY GROUND...CONSIDERABLE RAIN CAN FALL WITH MINIMAL
FLOODING IMPACTS...HOWEVER...FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADS AND
CREEKS IS LIKELY. NEVER DRIVE VEHICLES INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD

ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR ELSEWHERE TODAY...PARTICULARLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THE SEVERE THREAT APPEARS LOW.

91/25

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 5, 7:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	36 min
Aug 6, 5:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Comanche, Coryell, Hamilton, Mills	2 hr
Aug 6, 6:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Comanche, Hamilton, Mills	3 hr
Aug 6, 7:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Lampasas, Mills	2 hr
Aug 6, 8:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell	12 hr
Aug 6, 9:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hamilton	24 hr
Aug 6, 12:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Comanche	3 hr
Aug 6, 12:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Hamilton	3 hr
Aug 6, 3:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Comanche	3 hr
Aug 6, 4:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell	4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2008 Every flash flood warning in 2008

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.