Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Mar 20, 2012, 12:50 AM CDT (05:50 UTC)

Expired

Mar 20, 2012, 3:45 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Dallas County, TX, Ellis County, TX

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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721 
WGUS54 KFWD 200550
FFWFWD
TXC113-139-200845-
/O.NEW.KFWD.FF.W.0013.120320T0550Z-120320T0845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1250 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT

* AT 1248 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL 8 MILES SOUTH OF WAXAHACHIE...   
  MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 1 TO 3      
  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA AND ANOTHER 1 
  TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 345 AM CDT. FLOODING   
  ISSUES ARE BEING REPORTED IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND AROUND WHITE   
  ROCK CREEK.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE...ENNIS...PALMER...MIDLOTHIAN...RED OAK...OAK LEAF...
  FERRIS...OVILLA...GLENN HEIGHTS...CEDAR HILL...LANCASTER...
  DESOTO...WILMER...CEDAR HILL STATE PARK...HUTCHINS...DUNCANVILLE...
  SEAGOVILLE...GRAND PRAIRIE...BALCH SPRINGS...COCKRELL HILL...
  MESQUITE...DALLAS...SUNNYVALE...HIGHLAND PARK...UNIVERSITY PARK...
  IRVING...ROWLETT...GARLAND...FARMERS BRANCH...ADDISON...COPPELL...
  RICHARDSON...SACHSE AND CARROLLTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DONT
DROWN. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF MOVING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST
VEHICLES...INCLUDING PICKUPS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. TAKE A
DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL WATER
RECEDES. CHILDREN SHOULD NEVER PLAY AROUND HIGH WATER...DRAINAGE
DITCHES...STORM DRAINS...OR FLOODED STREAMS.

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 OR IF THE ROAD HAS BEEN DAMAGED OR WASHED
AWAY. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL
WATER RECEDES.

&&

LAT...LON 3298 9652 3254 9653 3253 9651 3248 9651
      3244 9648 3242 9645 3239 9643 3235 9645
      3232 9640 3205 9693 3227 9709 3255 9709
      3255 9704 3299 9702

$$


82/JLD

091 
WGUS74 KFWD 200736
FFSFWD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
236 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

TXC113-139-200845-
/O.CON.KFWD.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120320T0845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DALLAS TX-ELLIS TX-
236 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR ELLIS
AND DALLAS COUNTIES...

RAINFALL RATES HAVE DIMINISHED TO BELOW A QUARTER OF AN INCH...BUT 
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL 
CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING ACROSS DALLAS AND 
ELLIS COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DONT
DROWN. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF MOVING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST
VEHICLES...INCLUDING PICKUPS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. TAKE A
DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL WATER 
RECEDES.

&&

LAT...LON 3298 9652 3254 9653 3253 9651 3248 9651
      3244 9648 3242 9645 3239 9643 3235 9645
      3232 9640 3205 9693 3227 9709 3255 9709
      3255 9704 3299 9702

$$


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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.