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Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 22, 2024Bell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2024, 6:40 PM CDT for Bell County, 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: May 22, 2024, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2024, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Bell County, TX

The radar

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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 May 22, 2:17 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 2:17 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 2:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 22, 4:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 5:53 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
553 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

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

0550 PM     Hail             5 S Valley Mills        31.59N 97.48W
05/22/2024  E0.50 Inch       McLennan           TX   Public

            Report from mPING: Half-inch (0.50 in.).

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Local storm report, May 22, 6:24 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 6:25 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 6:27 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
627 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

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0625 PM     Hail             2 SW Waco               31.54N 97.20W
05/22/2024  E1.00 Inch       McLennan           TX   Public

            Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).

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Local storm report, May 22, 6:39 PM CDT, 1 minute before

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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
May 21, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Mills	66 min
May 21, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills	24 min
May 22, 4:41 AM CDT	Flood Watch	FWD	Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 31 more	40 hr
May 22, 9:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	22 hr
May 22, 11:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Cooke, Denton, Grayson	61 min
May 22, 12:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise	63 min
May 22, 12:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	29 min
May 22, 12:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Fannin, Grayson	62 min
May 22, 1:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Cooke, Denton, Tarrant	58 min
May 22, 1:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Cooke, Denton, Grayson	3 hr
May 22, 1:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Denton, Tarrant	53 min
May 22, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin	65 min
May 22, 2:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt	3 hr
May 22, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar	33 min
May 22, 2:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Denton	2 hr
May 22, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Rockwall	63 min
May 22, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Stephens	65 min
May 22, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Hunt	65 min
May 22, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Hamilton, Mills	60 min
May 22, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Parker	31 min
May 22, 4:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Hunt, Rockwall	3 hr
May 22, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins, Hunt, Rains	55 min
May 22, 4:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hamilton, Mills	3 hr
May 22, 4:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Mills	24 min
May 22, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills	58 min
May 22, 5:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hopkins, Rains	5 hr
May 22, 5:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell, Lampasas	3 hr
May 22, 5:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Coryell, Lampasas	41 min
May 22, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	McLennan	63 min
May 22, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Bell, Coryell, Lampasas	67 min
May 22, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell, McLennan	43 min
May 22, 6:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	McLennan	3 hr
May 22, 6:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Bell	32 min
May 22, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls, Hill, Limestone, McLennan	60 min
May 22, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls, Milam	29 min
May 22, 6:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Tarrant	116 min
May 22, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Bell, Falls, Milam	54 min

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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.