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Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 20, 2009, 4:51 AM CDT for Freestone 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
- Jul 20, 2009, 4:51 AM CDT (09:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2009, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Freestone County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 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 Jul 20, 4:07 AM CDT, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 4:07 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 407 AM CDT MON JUL 20 2009 .DISCUSSION... CONVECTION HAS BEEN MORE ACTIVE OVERNIGHT THAN WE HAVE SEEN DURING THE LAST FEW...WITH SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF I-35 AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN COUNTIES TOO. WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDWEEK AS NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT PREVAILS. A FEW OF THE STORMS EACH DAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING SEVERE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME HAIL AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRIEFLY MOVE SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY BEFORE LIFTING BACK TO THE NORTH. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. AS A STRONGER SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS...A STRONGER FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS SUNDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. 58 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 93 75 93 74 94 / 30 50 30 20 10 WACO, TX 98 74 95 74 96 / 30 40 30 20 10 PARIS, TX 91 70 89 70 91 / 30 50 60 30 20 DENTON, TX 93 73 93 72 92 / 30 50 30 20 10 MCKINNEY, TX 91 72 90 70 93 / 30 50 40 30 10 DALLAS, TX 93 74 92 76 94 / 30 50 30 20 10 TERRELL, TX 93 73 91 73 93 / 30 50 40 30 20 CORSICANA, TX 93 73 92 73 92 / 30 50 30 20 20 TEMPLE, TX 98 75 95 73 95 / 30 40 30 20 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 75/58
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 4:45 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 445 AM CDT MON JUL 20 2009 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-210945- 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- 445 AM CDT MON JUL 20 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE MAIN THREATS....BOTH TODAY AND OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MAINLY EAST OF I-35. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TO NORTH TEXAS SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ISOLATED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 20, 12:06 AM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1206 AM CDT MON JUL 20 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM HAIL 5 SE DENTON 33.16N 97.07W
07/19/2009 E1.75 INCH DENTON TX TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORT OF GOLFBALL HAIL 1 MILE ESE OF THE
INTERSECTION OF TEASLEY AND ROBINSON ROADSpecial weather statement, Jul 20, 1:33 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
139 AM CDT MON JUL 20 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0225 PM TSTM WND GST 4 E PLANO 33.05N 96.68W
07/19/2009 E58 MPH COLLIN TX PUBLIC
0230 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 E PLANO 33.05N 96.68W
07/19/2009 COLLIN TX PUBLIC
NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS AND CAR DEALERSHIP AWNING IN THE
AIR. METAL ROOF TRYING TO LIFT OFF OF BUILDING.
0244 PM HAIL GARLAND 32.91N 96.63W
07/19/2009 E1.75 INCH DALLAS TX PUBLIC
QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN GARLAND.
0249 PM HAIL SACHSE 32.97N 96.58W
07/19/2009 E1.00 INCH DALLAS TX PUBLIC
0250 PM HAIL 6 E PLANO 33.05N 96.64W
07/19/2009 E0.75 INCH COLLIN TX AMATEUR RADIO
INTERSECTION OF 5484 AND MURPHY RD.
0250 PM HAIL 6 E PLANO 33.05N 96.64W
07/19/2009 E0.75 INCH COLLIN TX AMATEUR RADIO
INTERSECTION OF 5484 AND MURPHY RD.
0257 PM HAIL GARLAND 32.91N 96.63W
07/19/2009 E1.00 INCH DALLAS TX TRAINED SPOTTER
0345 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW KELLER 32.96N 97.26W
07/19/2009 TARRANT TX NWS EMPLOYEE
A RESIDENTIAL FENCE WAS BLOWN DOWN BY HIGH WINDS
0345 PM HAIL 3 NW KELLER 32.96N 97.26W
07/19/2009 E0.75 INCH TARRANT TX NWS EMPLOYEE
0401 PM TSTM WND GST KELLER 32.93N 97.23W
07/19/2009 E60 MPH TARRANT TX TRAINED SPOTTER
WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ALONG WITH PEA SIZE HAIL
0515 PM TSTM WND GST 7 W FORT WORTH 32.75N 97.46W
07/19/2009 E61 MPH TARRANT TX AWOS
MEASURED AT FT WORTH NAVAL AIRSTATION
0602 PM HAIL BERRYVILLE 32.09N 95.47W
07/19/2009 E0.75 INCH HENDERSON TX BROADCAST MEDIA
PENNY SIZE HAIL IN BERRYVILLE
0604 PM HAIL BERRYVILLE 32.09N 95.47W
07/19/2009 E1.00 INCH HENDERSON TX BROADCAST MEDIA
HAIL SIZE HAS INCREASED TO QUARTERS
0606 PM HAIL FRANKSTON 32.06N 95.50W
07/19/2009 E1.75 INCH ANDERSON TX EMERGENCY MNGR
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN FRANKSTONSpecial weather statement, Jul 20, 3:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 1:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Henderson | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 45 min |
| Jul 20, 2:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 67 min |
| Jul 20, 3:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Freestone | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 4:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Anderson | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 39 min |
| Jul 20, 7:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 11:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Navarro | 34 min |
| Jul 20, 12:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Navarro | 83 min |
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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.