Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Jun 14, 2012, 5:58 AM CDT (10:58 UTC)

Expired

Jun 14, 2012, 8:00 AM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Delta County, TX, Lamar County, TX

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS54 KFWD 141058
FFWFWD
TXC119-277-141300-
/O.NEW.KFWD.FF.W.0022.120614T1058Z-120614T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
558 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DELTA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
  SOUTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* AT 555 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEPORT. THE
  STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR    
  ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN    
  THE WARNED AREA AND ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE           
  EXPECTED THROUGH 800 AM CDT.

* THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN OVER 
SOUTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTY AND EASTERN DELTA COUNTY THROUGH 7 AM.  
THIS WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF TAYLOR TOWN...CUNNINGHAM...
ROCKFORD...PACIO AND LAKE CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINS OFTEN FLOOD ROADS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY.
FLOOD WATERS MAY RISE RAPIDLY IN CREEKS...STREAMS...AND NORMALLY DRY 
WASHES.

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 3336 9540 3337 9546 3335 9549 3335 9553
      3336 9554 3335 9556 3348 9565 3355 9563
      3360 9542 3359 9531 3338 9530

$$

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WGUS74 KFWD 141214
FFSFWD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
714 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

TXC119-277-141300-
/O.CON.KFWD.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120614T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DELTA TX-LAMAR TX-
714 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LAMAR AND EASTERN DELTA COUNTIES...

AT 711 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
DEPORT...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. RAINFALL INTENSITY IS BEGINNING TO 
DIMINISH AS THE STORMS ARE NOW MOVING TO THE SOUTH. HOWEVER SOME 
LINGERING RAIN SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN.  
EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IN SOUTHEASTERN LAMAR AND 
EASTERN DELTA COUNTY IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINS OFTEN FLOOD ROADS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY.
FLOOD WATERS MAY RISE RAPIDLY IN CREEKS...STREAMS...AND NORMALLY DRY
WASHES. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS
WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS
WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD. TAKE A DIFFERENT
ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL FLOOD WATERS RECEDE.

&&

LAT...LON 3336 9540 3337 9546 3335 9549 3335 9553
      3336 9554 3335 9556 3348 9565 3355 9563
      3360 9542 3359 9531 3338 9530

$$


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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.