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Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 19, 2025Montague County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2025, 6:01 PM CDT for Montague 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 19, 2025, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2025, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Montague 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 19, 1:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 1:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 4:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 19, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 19, 4:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 19, 4:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 19, 4:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 19, 4:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes 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 18, 7:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FWD	Palo Pinto	38 min
May 18, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Wise	60 min
May 18, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Erath, Palo Pinto	34 min
May 18, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FWD	Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker	66 min
May 18, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FWD	Erath, Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker	79 min
May 18, 8:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	2 hr
May 18, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant	21 min
May 18, 9:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton	40 min
May 18, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Denton	67 min
May 18, 9:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	3 hr
May 18, 9:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Collin, Denton	39 min
May 18, 10:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Collin	13 min
May 18, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin	18 min
May 18, 11:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	28 hr
May 19, 8:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	30 hr
May 19, 8:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lampasas	34 min
May 19, 9:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Coryell	27 min
May 19, 9:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	McLennan	31 min
May 19, 9:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Hill, Johnson	28 min
May 19, 9:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls, Hill, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro	25 min
May 19, 1:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	26 min
May 19, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	57 min
May 19, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	47 min
May 19, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Montague	63 min
May 19, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	16 min
May 19, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Montague, Wise	44 min
May 19, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Cooke, Montague	40 min
May 19, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Jack, Montague	54 min
May 19, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Cooke, Montague	65 min
May 19, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Montague, Wise	57 min
May 19, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Cooke, Montague, Wise	56 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.