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Flash Flood Warning 84, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 23, 2010Dallas County, Rockwall County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 23, 2010, 2:57 PM CDT for Dallas County, Rockwall 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
Oct 23, 2010, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
Expired
Oct 23, 2010, 5:36 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Dallas County, TX, Rockwall 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 Oct 23, 12:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 23, 12:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 23, 4:19 AM CDT, 10 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
419 AM CDT SAT OCT 23 2010

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-232100-
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-
419 AM CDT SAT OCT 23 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTH TEXAS TODAY. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS ALL AREAS. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY IN AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
SUNDAY EVENING IN AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM SHERMAN TO DALLAS TO
LAMPASAS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE.

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN PARTS
OF NORTH TEXAS ON MONDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE
AREA. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED IN AREAS WEST OF
INTERSTATE 35 BY LATE THIS MORNING AND ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH
TEXAS BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 23, 1:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 23, 2:19 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
219 PM CDT SAT OCT 23 2010

TXZ104-105-120-121-231945-
HUNT TX-COLLIN TX-ROCKWALL TX-KAUFMAN TX-
219 PM CDT SAT OCT 23 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COLLIN COUNTY
  WESTERN HUNT COUNTY
  NORTHERN KAUFMAN COUNTY
  ROCKWALL COUNTY

AT 219 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
WYLIE TO 4 MILES NORTH OF SEAGOVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CADDO MILLS...FATE...
FORNEY...GREENVILLE...HEATH...QUINLAN...ROCKWALL...ROYSE CITY AND
TERRELL.

PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE
STORMS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.

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

LAT...LON 3329 9608 3268 9608 3266 9652 3290 9652
      3306 9646
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 238DEG 22KT 3302 9640 3274 9651
Special weather statement, Oct 23, 2:39 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
239 PM CDT SAT OCT 23 2010

TXZ118-119-133-134-232015-
TARRANT TX-DALLAS TX-JOHNSON TX-ELLIS TX-
239 PM CDT SAT OCT 23 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTY
  NORTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY
  NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY
  SOUTHEASTERN TARRANT COUNTY

AT 239 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MANSFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ARLINGTON...CEDAR HILL...
COCKRELL HILL...DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS...DESOTO...DUNCANVILLE...
EVERMAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...GRAND PRAIRIE...KENNEDALE...LANCASTER...
MANSFIELD...MIDLOTHIAN...OAK LEAF...OVILLA...PANTEGO...RED OAK...
RENDON...VENUS AND CEDAR HILL STATE PARK.

PEA-SIZED HAIL AND 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. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.

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

LAT...LON 3287 9690 3250 9670 3241 9703 3238 9716
      3264 9730
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 226DEG 25KT 3257 9712
Local storm report, Oct 23, 2:41 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
241 PM CDT SAT OCT 23 2010

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

1255 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SSE NORTH RICHLAND HILLS 32.80N  97.24W
10/23/2010                   TARRANT            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A RESIDENCE ROOF WAS PARTIALLY BLOWN OFF NEAR BOWSPIRIT
            LANE. TIME ESTIMATED.
Local storm report, Oct 23, 2:41 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...RETRANSMITTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
241 PM CDT SAT OCT 23 2010

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

1255 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SSE NORTH RICHLAND HILLS 32.80N  97.24W
10/23/2010                   TARRANT            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A RESIDENCE ROOF WAS PARTIALLY BLOWN OFF NEAR BOWSPIRIT
            LANE. TIME ESTIMATED.
Special weather statement, Oct 23, 2:46 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 22, 7:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke25 min
Oct 22, 8:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson27 min
Oct 23, 7:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung35 min
Oct 23, 7:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack, Montague34 min
Oct 23, 9:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland, Stephens35 min
Oct 23, 10:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland, Palo Pinto34 min
Oct 23, 10:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise22 min
Oct 23, 11:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke35 min
Oct 23, 11:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath, Hood, Parker, Somervell33 min
Oct 23, 12:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson28 min
Oct 23, 12:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant27 min
Oct 23, 12:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Tarrant54 min
Oct 23, 12:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson30 min
Oct 23, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant44 min
Oct 23, 12:53 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDTarrant25 min
Oct 23, 1:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Parker, Tarrant116 min
Oct 23, 1:06 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Denton39 min
Oct 23, 1:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke, Denton, Grayson113 min
Oct 23, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBosque, Somervell37 min
Oct 23, 1:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJohnson35 min
Oct 23, 2:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHunt, Rockwall26 min
Oct 23, 2:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas36 min
Oct 23, 2:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan29 min
Oct 23, 3:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Johnson, Tarrant2 hr
Oct 23, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro60 min
Oct 23, 3:34 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro41 min
Oct 23, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFalls24 min
Oct 23, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHill, Navarro48 min
Oct 23, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Freestone, Leon, Limestone, Robertson42 min
Oct 23, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDKaufman, Van Zandt52 min
Oct 23, 4:17 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFalls, Freestone, Leon, Limestone, Robertson58 min
Oct 23, 4:34 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHenderson, Navarro41 min
Oct 23, 4:47 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt43 min
Oct 23, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Van Zandt48 min
Oct 23, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Limestone46 min
Oct 23, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon50 min
Oct 23, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone47 min
Oct 23, 6:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDAnderson, Freestone, Leon117 min
Oct 23, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Leon17 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2010Every 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.