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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood watch at Apr 24, 2015, 12:06 PM CDT for 18 counties in Texas. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2015, 12:06 PM CDT (17:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2015, 9:27 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Montague County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wise County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Apr 24, 11:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 11:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 8:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 9 days |
| Apr 24, 5:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Denton, Wise | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin | 56 min |
| Apr 24, 9:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 49 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton, Wise | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 12:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:08 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 45 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Fannin, Lamar | 112 min |
| Apr 24, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 63 min |
| Apr 24, 4:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 117 min |
| Apr 24, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 4:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 45 hr |
| Apr 24, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 4:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Montague | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 5:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 5:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Denton, Tarrant | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Somervell | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 5:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Cooke | 66 min |
| Apr 24, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson, Parker, Tarrant | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 6:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 19 min |
| Apr 24, 6:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Grayson | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 67 min |
| Apr 24, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson | 32 min |
| Apr 24, 6:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Dallas | 2 hr |
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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.