Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS Fort Worth, TX

000 
WGUS74 KFWD 141255
FFSFWD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
755 AM CDT MON SEP 14 2009

TXC379-467-141445-
/O.CON.KFWD.FF.W.0079.000000T0000Z-090914T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RAINS TX-VAN ZANDT TX-
755 AM CDT MON SEP 14 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR
NORTHERN VAN ZANDT AND RAINS COUNTIES...

AT 752 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED AN 
AREA OF HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EMORY.  RADAR INDICATES THAT 
2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN NEAR THE RAINS AND VAN 
ZANDT COUNTY BORDER. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 
945 AM CDT.  THE GRAND SALINE CREEK AND SABINE RIVER NEAR THE RAINS 
AND VAN ZANDT COUNTY BORDER HAS SEEN THE MOST RAINFALL SO FAR...AND 
IS LIKELY TO BE EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING AT THIS TIME.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE LAKE TAWAKONI STATE PARK...EMORY AND EAST TAWAKONI.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. IT
ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY
VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD
RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT
WORTH.

&&

LAT...LON 3266 9608 3285 9608 3286 9594 3288 9597
      3299 9594 3299 9567 3298 9566 3272 9562
      3271 9560 3249 9559

$$


CAVANAUGH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
625 AM CDT MON SEP 14 2009

.AVIATION...
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS AT AREA AIRPORTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE NEXT 24-30 HOURS DUE TO RAIN AND IFR CONDITIONS. UPPER
LEVEL LOW AND SURFACE LOW ARE CENTERED OVER NORTH TEXAS KEEPING
LARGE AREAS OF RAIN ACROSS THE AREA. BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE METROPLEX AIRPORTS FOR
MUCH OF THE DAY TODAY BUT SHOULD TAPER OFF STARTING TONIGHT.
BREAKS IN THE RAIN ARE EXPECTED BUT AT LEAST LIGHT RAIN SHOULD
PREVAIL FOR MUCH OF THE DAY TODAY. THE CHANCE FOR RAIN IS LESS AT
KACT AND WILL ONLY MENTION VCSH BUT BRIEF SHOWERS MAY AFFECT THE
AIRPORT TODAY.

IFR CEILINGS ARE IN PLACE AT ALL TAF SITES AND WILL REMAIN THROUGH
THE DAY. CIGS MAY LIFT INTO LOW END MVFR THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS
EVENING BUT A RETURN TO IFR /POSSIBLY LIFR/ IS LIKELY OVERNIGHT
AFTER 15/10Z. WITH THE LOW CIGS AND MIST WILL ALSO COME REDUCED
VISIBILITIES OF 3-5SM FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LOWER IN AREAS OF HEAVIER RAIN. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE OVERALL ON
TUESDAY.

82/JLD

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 532 AM CDT MON SEP 14 2009/

PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE SHORT TERM FLOODING
PROBLEMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA.

SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO YESTERDAY EARLY MORNING...A BAND OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DEVELOPED FROM NEAR WAXAHACHIE EAST
INTO NORTHERN VAN ZANDT COUNTY. CENTERED OVER ELLIS COUNTY...A
DISTINCT CYCLONIC CIRCULATION IS EVIDENT ON KFWS 0.5 REFLECTIVITY.
EXPECT THIS BAND OF HEAVIER RAINFALL TO ROTATE NORTHWEST THIS
MORNING...BRINGING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER AREAS WHERE WE ALREADY
HAVE AERIAL FLOOD WARNINGS IN PLACE...MOST NOTABLY OVER SOUTHERN
DALLAS AND INTO ELLIS COUNTIES. THE TRINITY RIVER IN DALLAS IS
CAUSING FLOODING PROBLEMS WITHIN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE CITY ALREADY THIS MORNING...AND ANY ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY EXACERBATE THESE PROBLEMS...SO WENT AHEAD AND
EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THRU THE AFTERNOON HRS. GFS/NAM 1.5
PVU ANALYSIS BOTH INDICATE THAT FORCING FOR ASCENT WILL SLIDE
SLOWLY NORTH DURING THE DAY TODAY...SO ODDS ARE THAT PORTIONS OF
THIS WATCH MAY BE ABLE TO BE CANCELLED EARLY IF HEAVIER RAINFALL
MOVES NORTH TOWARDS RED RIVER AS IS EXPECTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON.
WOULD EXPECT THAT AT MOST...1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HRS...HOWEVER THIS MAY FALL
IN A A MATTER OF A COUPLE OF HOURS. WEST OF THIS AREA OF
CIRCULATION...WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME DRIER AIR FILTER INTO
WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TX AS WE LOSE THE PERSISTENT EASTERLY
LOW LEVEL TRAJECTORIES THAT HAVE BEEN KEEPING A GOOD TROPICAL
AIRMASS IN PLACE. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST TODAY
WOULD EXPECT THESE NORTHERLY LOW LVL TRAJECTORIES TO BRING DRIER
AIR INTO THE FORECAST AREA...ENDING HEAVY PRECIPITATION CHANCES
FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HRS.

TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...THE UPPER LOW THAT HAS GIVEN NORTH TX
COPIOUS AMTS OF RAINFALL OVER THE WEEKEND IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW
TO LEAVE THE REGION. AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST THE CHANCE THAT HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTH TX WILL GREATLY
DIMINISH...HOWEVER PIECES OF ENERGY ROTATING AROUND THE BACK SIDE
OF THIS SYSTEM MAY CONTINUE TO SPARK OFF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
RAIN SHOWER OR TSTM ACTIVITY THROUGH THE PERIOD. ON
THURSDAY...ECMWF AND GFS BRING ANOTHER UPPER LVL LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM SOUTHEAST THRU THE WESTERN CONUS. ECMWF HAS A DEFORMATION
ZONE SETTING UP ACRS MUCH OF NORTHERN TX AS THIS SYSTEM
APPROACHES...PROVIDING SOME WEAK FORCING FOR ASCENT OVER THE AREA
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAY IF THIS WILL BRING US
TSTM ACTIVITY...BUT WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT WEAK FORCING WOULD BE
MOST LIKELY TO HELP FIRE OFF SOME CONVECTION DURING THE AFTERNOON
HRS WHEN PEAK HEATING WILL HELP DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE.

SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THE WEAK UPPER LOW LOOKS TO CONTINUE TO
SLIDE SOUTHEAST TO START OFF THE WEEKEND...HOWEVER THE CWA LOOKS
TO REMAIN TO THE NORTH OF THIS FEATURE...WHICH MODELS HAVE
DOMINATED BY WEAK SUBSIDENCE AT THIS TIME. SOUTH OF WACO...SOME
WEAK FORCING FOR ASCENT EXISTS IN THE MODELS...AND THIS COMBINED
WITH CLOSER PROXIMITY TO GULF MOISTURE AT LEAST WARRANTS A SLIGHT
CHANCE FOR TSTM ACTIVITY FOR FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
ON SUNDAY...A POWERFUL NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE TROUGH BEGINS TO
APPROACH THE PLAINS...BRINGING A RETURN TO LEE SIDE TROUGHING IN
THE SFC PRESSURE PATTERN FINALLY BRINGING A RETURN TO SOUTHERLY
WINDS ACRS NORTH TX. THIS SHORTWAVE TROUGH LOOKS TO REMAIN NORTH
OF TX...BUT IS PROJECTED TO SEND A FAIRLY ROBUST COLD FRONT
THROUGH THE AREA ANYTIME FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. AS LONG AS
THIS PANS OUT...WOULD SEE TEMPERATURES LIKELY RETURN TO NORMAL OR
ABOVE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. WHENEVER THE FRONT COMES THROUGH THE
AREA...WOULD EXPECT TSTMS/RAIN SHOWERS WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY IT.
HOWEVER OUT AT THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD THERE IS LITTLE
CONFIDENCE IN THE TIMING OF THIS FRONT...SO LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE
POPS IN THE FORECAST TO ACCOUNT FOR A BROAD CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION EARLY NEXT WEEK.

CAVANAUGH

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  76  66  82  68  83 /  60  30  20  20  20
WACO, TX              79  65  83  65  83 /  50  20  10  20   5
PARIS, TX             75  64  83  64  83 /  80  40  30  20  30
DENTON, TX            76  62  81  64  82 /  80  30  20  20  20
MCKINNEY, TX          76  64  82  67  83 /  80  30  30  20  20
DALLAS, TX            76  67  82  68  83 /  60  30  20  20  20
TERRELL, TX           78  66  84  65  83 /  60  40  30  20  20
CORSICANA, TX         79  66  84  65  83 /  50  30  20  20  10
TEMPLE, TX            79  66  83  65  83 /  50  20  10  20   0

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR TXZ091>095-102>107-
118>123-134-135.

&&

82/69

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
525 AM CDT MON SEP 14 2009

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-151200-
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-
525 AM CDT MON SEP 14 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR
AREAS NORTHEAST OF A BOWIE...TO WAXAHACHIE...TO ATHENS LINE.

SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OFF
AND ON ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE RAIN WILL BEGIN
TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1
AND 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...HOWEVER LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 5
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS IN THE FORECAST TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY FOR PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN
WILL BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

82/JLD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
309 AM CDT MON SEP 14 2009

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

0230 AM     FLOOD            DALLAS                  32.77N  96.78W
09/14/2009                   DALLAS             TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLOODING CONTINUES IN WEST DALLAS NORTH OF I-30 AND
            SOUTH OF THE TRINITY RIVER. FLOOD WATERS ARE THREATENING
            HOMES.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
639 AM CDT MON SEP 14 2009

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

0630 AM     FLOOD            PALMER                  32.43N  96.67W
09/14/2009                   ELLIS              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SERVICE ROADS NORTH AND SOUTH ALONG I-45 IN PALMER ARE
            COVERED IN WATER.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
641 AM CDT MON SEP 14 2009

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

0630 AM     FLOOD            1 S PALMER              32.42N  96.67W
09/14/2009                   ELLIS              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            THE SOUTH BOUND EXIT OF I-45 AT MILE MARKER 258 IS
            COVERED IN WATER AND CLOSED.