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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 27, 2023Dallas County, Kaufman County, Rockwall County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 27, 2023, 6:40 PM CDT for Dallas County, Kaufman County, Rockwall County, Texas. It was in force for 5 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 27, 2023, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired: Oct 27, 2023, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Dallas County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Rockwall County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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 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 27, 4:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 27, 4:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 27, 4:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 27, 5:49 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
549 PM CDT Fri Oct 27 2023

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

0500 AM     Flash Flood      3 E Aubrey              33.30N 96.93W
10/26/2023                   Denton             TX   Emergency Mngr

            DELAYED REPORT: multiple road closures
            between Aubrey, Pilot Point, and Celina.

&&

AS

Local storm report, Oct 27, 5:52 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
552 PM CDT Fri Oct 27 2023

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

0400 AM     Flash Flood      4 ENE Ponder            33.20N 97.23W
10/26/2023                   Denton             TX   Emergency Mngr

            DELAYED REPORT: multiple road closures
            between Ponder, Krum, and Denton.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 27, 2:57 PM CDT	Flood Watch	FWD	Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Coryell, Dallas, Delta and 22 more	45 hr
Oct 27, 6:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Limestone	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2023 Every flash flood warning in 2023

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.