Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Apr 29, 2009, 11:20 PM CDT (04:20 UTC)

Expired

Apr 30, 2009, 5:15 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Cooke County, TX, Montague County, TX

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KFWD 300420
FFWFWD
TXC097-337-301015-
/O.NEW.KFWD.FF.W.0021.090430T0420Z-090430T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1120 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COOKE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  MONTAGUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT THURSDAY

* AT 1109 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  
  ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 40 MILES WEST OF     
  BOWIE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS HAVE      
  REPORTED THAT 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MONTAGUE    
  AND COOKE COUNTIES WEDNESDAY.  FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES TO OCCUR   
  IN THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE          
  POSSIBLE BETWEEN 100 AM AND 400 AM...WHICH MAY MAKE CONDITIONS    
  WORSE. 

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE...BOWIE...NOCONA...SAINT JO...FORESTBURG...MUENSTER...
  LINDSAY...GAINESVILLE AND CALLISBURG.

  LOCATIONS ALONG PECAN CREEK IN GAINESVILLE CONTINUE TO BE          
  SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED BY RISING WATER. IN ADDITION...PARTS OF     
  INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF GAINESVILLE...AND OTHER FARM TO MARKET      
  ROADS ACROSS COOKE AND MONTAGUE COUNTIES ARE IMPASSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW
MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER
TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT
ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.

&&

LAT...LON 3397 9760 3390 9757 3391 9747 3383 9742
      3386 9726 3391 9720 3386 9716 3377 9720
      3373 9710 3382 9705 3385 9709 3385 9701
      3394 9699 3394 9694 3343 9694 3344 9798
      3390 9798 3386 9786 3399 9769

$$


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000 
WGUS74 KFWD 300704
FFSFWD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
104 AM CDT THU APR 30 2009

TXC097-337-301015-
/O.CON.KFWD.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090430T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONTAGUE TX-COOKE TX-
104 AM CDT THU APR 30 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR COOKE
AND MONTAGUE COUNTIES...

AT 157 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH ACROSS AND OUT 
OF THE WARNED AREA. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES OVER MONTAGUE 
AND COOKE COUNTY IN THE WAKE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.  ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE MIDNIGHT WITH THIS ACTIVITY ARE AVERAGING 1 
TO 2 INCHES.  THIS RAIN COMBINED WITH THE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN 
THAT ALREADY FELL ON WEDNESDAY IS CREATING A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD 
SITUATION OVER COOKE AND MONTAGUE COUNTIES. MANY ROADS ARE FLOODED 
OR IMPASSIBLE...AS CREEKS HAVE OVERFLOWED THEIR BANKS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW
MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER
TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT
ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.

&&

LAT...LON 3397 9760 3390 9757 3391 9747 3383 9742
      3386 9726 3391 9720 3386 9716 3377 9720
      3373 9710 3382 9705 3385 9709 3385 9701
      3394 9699 3394 9694 3343 9694 3344 9798
      3390 9798 3386 9786 3399 9769

$$


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