Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Feb 3, 2012, 8:49 PM CST (02:49 UTC)

Expired

Feb 3, 2012, 11:45 PM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Fannin County, TX

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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110 
WGUS54 KFWD 040249
FFWFWD
TXC147-040545-
/O.NEW.KFWD.FF.W.0003.120204T0249Z-120204T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
849 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 1145 PM CST

* AT 849 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF DODD CITY TO 5 MILES WEST OF BONHAM STATE PARK...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
  HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
  1145 PM CST.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE...BAILEY AND HONEY GROVE.

IN BONHAM...STREETS ARE UNPASSABLE AND ARE BEING BARRICADED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

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. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER
TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT
ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.

&&

LAT...LON 3384 9584 3341 9586 3340 9639 3346 9639
      3385 9601 3387 9587

$$

229 
WGUS74 KFWD 040330
FFSFWD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
930 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

TXC147-040545-
/O.CON.KFWD.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FANNIN TX-
930 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CST FOR
FANNIN COUNTY...

AT 927 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES 
NORTH OF HONEY GROVE TO BAILEY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR 
INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH 
OF FANNIN COUNTY. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 11 
PM ACROSS THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN 
REPORTED IN BONHAM AND SOME ROADS HAVE BEEN BARRICADED. BULLARD 
CREEK AT HIGHWAY 56 NEAR WINDOM HAS RISEN UP TO THE BASE OF THE 
BRIDGE.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE HONEY GROVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER
TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT
ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.

&&

LAT...LON 3384 9584 3341 9586 3340 9639 3346 9639
      3385 9601 3387 9587

$$


92

654 
WGUS74 KFWD 040537
FFSFWD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1137 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

TXC147-040546-
/O.EXP.KFWD.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120204T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FANNIN TX-
1137 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FANNIN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1145 PM
CST...

THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...ENDING THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...THEREFORE THE FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  FLOOD WATERS WILL CONTINUE 
TO RECEDE...BUT BE ALERT FOR RESIDUAL FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND 
OTHER FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS.

LAT...LON 3384 9584 3341 9586 3340 9639 3346 9639
      3385 9601 3387 9587

$$


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