1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Feb 12, 5:40 AM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 540 AM CST MON FEB 12 2001 AVIATION DISCUSSION...IFR CIGS AND VSBYS WILL PLAGUE THE AIRPORTS MUCH OF THE DAY AS WARMTH AND MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH OVERRIDE THE SURFACE COOL AIR MASS. I HAVE NOT LOWERED THE DFW AREA AIRPORTS BELOW 1 MILE VSBY...ALTHOUGH LOWER VSBYS HAVE OCCURRED FROM WACO SOUTHWARD. THE BEST TIME FOR THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY WILL BE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH ARRIVES IN NORTH TEXAS. CONDITIONS WILL LOWER EVEN MORE TONIGHT AS CONDITIONS COOL SLIGHTLY IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER...AND RICHER MOISTURE OVERRUNS THE AREA. 26 =========================== A RAINY PATTERN IS SETTING UP FOR THE AREA THROUGH MIDWEEK. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL ALLOW FOR ISENTROPIC LIFT OVER THE REGION. THIS LIFT COUPLED WITH A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS TEXAS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL BRING CHANCES OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE STALLED FRONT OVER SOUTH TEXAS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT...AND WILL ACT AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR PRECIP. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST SHOT OF PRECIP WILL BE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY OVER MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS. THERE WILL NOT BE MUCH OF A DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...HOWEVER...AS THE WARM FRONT MOVES BY TUESDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM. THE WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDWEEK. FWC NUMBERS LOOK REASONABLE AND WERE GENERALLY FOLLOWED. IN THE EXTENDED...THE NEW MRF CONTINUES THE WET TREND OVER THE REGION...WITH DECREASING PRECIP CHANCES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AND DRYING FOR THE WEEKEND. THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT IS IN THE CURRENT EXTENDED...SO WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES EXCEPT FOR ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPS. DFW 51/50/65/53 5764 ACT 54/52/68/57 5754 .FTW...NONE. 81
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-121600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 503 AM CST MON FEB 12 2001 AREAS OF FOG AND DRIZZLE WILL PREVAIL ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES MAY BRIEFLY DROP BELOW 1 MILE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A SLOWER COMMUTE THIS MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS0 WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS BUT WILL PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ANYONE VENTURING OUTSIDE TONIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR PASSING THUNDERSTORMS. 81
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 22 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:01 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several homes were flooded, streets were closed, and one high water rescue was necessary due to high water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, February 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5232649.