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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 27, 20234 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 27, 2023, 7:28 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 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, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired
Oct 27, 2023, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Anderson County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Navarro County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 27, 4:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 27, 5:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 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, 1 hour 36 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 27, 7:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque3 hr
Oct 27, 7:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDMcLennan3 hr
Oct 27, 8:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque94 min
Oct 27, 9:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall2 hr
Oct 27, 10:14 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFWDBosque9 hr
Oct 27, 11:44 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFWDDallas, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall11 hr
Oct 28, 12:25 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDEllis, Kaufman3 hr
Oct 28, 2:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman6 hr
Oct 28, 5:34 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDErath, Johnson, Somervell6 hr
Oct 28, 6:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall50 hr
Oct 28, 6:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman3 days
Oct 28, 6:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Navarro7 days
Oct 28, 6:45 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDBosque5 hr
Oct 28, 6:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDBosque26 hr
Oct 28, 7:55 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas, Johnson, Tarrant3 hr
Oct 28, 8:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDTarrant24 hr
Oct 28, 8:46 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman4 hr
Oct 28, 9:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas118 min
Oct 28, 9:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDNavarro10 hr
Oct 28, 9:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas16 hr
Oct 28, 11:03 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDDallas, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall3 hr
Oct 28, 11:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDBosque, McLennan21 hr
Oct 28, 1:34 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin6 hr
Oct 28, 1:37 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt6 hr

Nearby

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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.