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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 28, 2010Denton County, Tarrant County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2010, 5:37 PM CDT for Denton County, Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 113 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 28, 2010, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2010, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 113 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Denton County, TX, Tarrant County, TX

The radar

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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 Jun 28, 3:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 3:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 3:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:37 PM CDT, 3 hours before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
312 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2010

TXZ094-282045-
FANNIN TX-
312 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHERN FANNIN COUNTY

AT 312 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTH OF BONHAM...MOVING NORTH AT 10
MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES.

LAT...LON 3372 9585 3342 9586 3337 9612 3337 9621
      3334 9635 3335 9637 3340 9638 3354 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 192DEG 9KT 3344 9622

DUNN

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
341 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2010

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-282300-
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-
341 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2010

...FUNNEL CLOUDS LIKELY WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...

SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN AN
ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUNNEL CLOUDS. THESE
FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE USUALLY SHORT LIVED AND TYPICALLY DO NOT TOUCH
THE GROUND. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE
IN THE VICINITY.

OTHERWISE...THESE STORMS WILL GENERALLY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

DUNN

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:53 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
453 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2010

TXZ103-118-119-282230-
DENTON TX-TARRANT TX-DALLAS TX-
453 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTY
  SOUTHEASTERN DENTON COUNTY
  NORTHEASTERN TARRANT COUNTY

AT 453 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER COPPELL...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.  IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN
BE EXPECTED.  FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

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

LAT...LON 3312 9684 3285 9683 3287 9727 3310 9722
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 171DEG 6KT 3297 9700

DUNN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 2:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	23 min
Jun 28, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	33 min
Jun 28, 3:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	90 min
Jun 28, 4:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Tarrant	113 min
Jun 28, 4:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Dallas	115 min
Jun 28, 4:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Delta	2 hr
Jun 28, 4:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Tarrant	117 min
Jun 28, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton	37 min
Jun 28, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	38 min
Jun 28, 5:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Rockwall	2 hr
Jun 28, 5:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Rockwall	2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2010 Every flash flood warning in 2010

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.