A wet weather pattern continued in North Texas during the first part of September. Numerous slow moving showers and thunderstorms developed over the region, bringing heavy rain and flooding.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
A wet weather pattern continued in North Texas during the first part of September. Numerous slow moving showers and thunderstorms developed over the region, bringing heavy rain and flooding. One thunderstorm developed near downtown Fort Worth during the evening rush hour on the 4th. This storm brought very heavy rain and flash flooding, forcing road closures and some high water rescues. In Dallas County, another slow moving thunderstorm brought heavy rain which caused the closure of a portion of an interstate highway by two mud slides.
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 Sep 3, 5:00 AM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 600 AM CDT MON SEP 3 2001 AVIATION DISCUSSION... VFR CIGS THICKENING THIS MORNING AND WILL LIKELY HAVE OCCASIONAL MVFR CIGS/VSBYS BETWEEN 12-15Z. WEAK NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL AID REKINDLING OF NORTHWEST TEXAS VORT LOBE/SHEAR AXIS WITH AFTERNOON HEATING AFTER 18Z. WEAK GRADIENT WILL OFFER LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. AS A SURFACE HIGH DEVELOPS OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...EXPECT A MORE EAST TO NORTHEAST FETCH TO OCCUR IN THE OUTLOOK. ..48.. PUBLIC DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH VORTICITY MAXIMUM MOVING ACROSS THE PANHANDLE CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST. BASED ON THE CURRENT TRENDS...THESE STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE BEFORE REACHING THE NORTHWEST ZONES. EXPECT SOME REDEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AS SOME UPPER LEVEL ENERGY MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. LOOK LIKE STORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS IN THE WEST. MODELS HOLD ON TO WEAKNESS IN THE UPPER RIDGE THROUGH TUESDAY. FEEL COMFORTABLE LEAVING A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT IN ALL ZONES BASED ON FORECAST INSTABILITIES AND MOISTURE. LOW CLOUDS AND FOG ARE RAPIDLY FORMING THIS MORNING AND SHOULD IMPACT THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL ZONES. MOST OF THIS SHOULD BURN OFF BY LATE MORNING. THE WIND WILL BE FAIRLY LIGHT TODAY...MAINLY OUT OF THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST. HOWEVER...MODELS BRING IN A WEAK COLD FRONT ON TUESDAY WHICH WILL SHIFT THE WINDS TO THE NORTHEAST AND INCREASE THEM TO THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE. THE FRONT WILL ALSO BE THE FOCUS OF SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE SOUTH ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. ONLY REAL PATTERN SHIFT TO SPEAK OF WILL COME LATE IN THE WEEK WHEN THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE CENTER SHIFTS TOWARD THE CALIFORNIA COAST AND A SHORT WAVE DROPS SOUTHEASTWARD FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THIS WILL BRING THE NEXT GOOD SHOT AT RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS BY THE WEEKEND. FCSTID = 79 DFW 91 70 89 70 / 30 20 20 20 ACT 94 68 92 68 / 30 20 30 20 .FWD... TX...NONE.
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-031700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 525 AM CDT MON SEP 3 2001 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE DUE TO LIMITED INSTABILITY AND UNFAVORABLE VERTICAL WIND PROFILES... HOWEVER...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY ANY STORMS THAT FORM.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 flash flood, 2 heavy rain, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Many streets were barricaded due to high water. One truck was heavily damaged from being swept off Main Street. Deport received nearly 11 inches of rain in the last 7 days.
Two house fires were started by lightning strikes.
Heavy flooding was reported in the northeast part of the county. One road was closed. Water did not begin to recede until 2 pm C.D.T.. Over 8 inches of rain fell at Dexter.
Water was reported over roads south of town.
Water from one to one and a half feet deep was reported on streets in town. One foot of water was reported over roads south of town. Several streets were closed and two motorists were stranded and had to be rescued.
Highway 377 at Sandusky north of Whitesboro was impassable due to high water.
Streets in town flooded.
Flood waters were beginning to recede. Over 10 inches of rain fell.
9 high water rescues were required in southwest part of city. The intersection of Lancaster and Henderson streets was closed. Flooding was reported at 8th Avenue and Rosedale, as well as Interstate 30 and University.
Heavy rain caused two mud slides, blocking west bound lanes of Interstate 635 at Plano Road, and blocking the east bound lanes of Interstate 635 at Miller Street.
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, September 2001
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