5 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 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 Sep 11, 5:35 AM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 635 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003 AVIATION DISCUSSION... EXPECT CEILINGS BETWEEN 1000 AND 2000 FT TO CONTINUE ACROSS ALL TAF SITES FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SOME TEMPORARY CEILINGS AROUND 600 FT ALONG WITH VISIBILITIES AROUND 4 MILES WILL BE LIKELY AT THE METROPLEX TAF SITES THROUGH ABOUT 9 AM. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST SHOULD NOT IMPACT TAF SITES UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAVE DECIDED TO INCLUDE PREVAILING THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT WITH LIFT AND MOISTURE MAXIMIZED ALONG THE FRONT. WILL KEEP WINDS SOUTH THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE WIND SHIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT SHOULD OCCUR SHORTLY AFTER 12Z FRIDAY. 430 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003 .EARLY MORNING PUBLIC DISCUSSION 420 AM CDT... HEAVY RAIN EVENT STILL SHAPING UP FOR TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR ALL BUT NW THIRD OF CWA. ATTM...STRATUS IN PLACE WITH CI/CS BLOWOFF. CLOUDS TO REMAIN TODAY AS SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM WEST. LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE TODAY...AS POPS INCREASE FROM THE NW. MAIN EVENT IS TONIGHT. FRONT EDGES INTO NORTH TEXAS...WITH STRONG UPPER FORCING. INTENSE JET IN FOUR CORNERS NOW...WILL SOON BE PINCHED OFF FROM POLAR JET. DURING NEXT 24 HRS...REMAINING ENERGY ARRIVES. ALTHOUGH MODELS HAVE CONSIDERABLE DISAGREEMENT IN TIMING AND STRENGTH OF UPPER TROUGH...ALL PRODUCE HIGH QPF. SHEAR PROFILE HIGHLY FAVORABLE FOR WIDESPREAD PREFRONTAL TRAINING. GFS SERIES NOW STRONGER THAN ETA...BUT GFS STILL FASTER. DESPITE SPEED...AVN SHOWING SOME OF THE HIGHEST QPF. GFS APPEARS TO HAVE BETTER INITIALIZATION THAN ETA...AND WITH CURRENT HEIGHT FALLS LIMITED TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS...EXPLOSIVE DEEPENING OF CUT-OFF IN ETA LIKELY OVERDONE. ETA SLOW TO BRING FRONT THROUGH...BUT GFS OFTEN TOO FAST WITH SFC FEATURES. WITH STRONG SW FLOW ALOFT...WILL BRING FRONT THROUGH SLOWLY TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. HEAVY RAIN WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY...PARTICULARLY THE MORNING HOURS...BEFORE SYSTEM FINALLY PULLS THROUGH. ETA ADVERTISING STRONG SFC CYCLOGENESIS OVER SOUTH TEXAS FRIDAY...SFC LOW MOVING NORTH THROUGH NORTH TEXAS. ALTHOUGH LIKELY OVERDONE...NGM HINTING AT SUCH AN EVENT. POSSIBILITY OF LINGERING RAINS...PARTICULARLY EAST. ECMWF DEEPENS 500MB LOW CENTER TO 572 OVER RED RIVER SATURDAY MORNING. EVEN SO...LIKELIHOOD OF DRY PUNCH ON UNDERSIDE OF SYSTEM SHOULD SPELL AN END TO RAIN SOMETIME FRIDAY NIGHT...BUT WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCES INTO SATURDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN ZONES DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING. FCSTID = 25 DFW 88 66 81 63 / 80 100 80 40 ACT 89 67 82 65 / 80 100 80 40 PRX 89 66 79 66 / 60 100 80 60 DTO 87 66 80 62 / 80 100 80 40 TKI 87 66 80 62 / 80 100 80 40 DAL 88 66 81 64 / 80 100 80 40 TRL 89 67 81 65 / 60 100 80 60 CRS 89 67 81 65 / 60 100 80 60 TPL 90 68 83 65 / 60 100 80 40 .FWD... TX...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR ZONES TXZ092>095... TXZ103>107...TXZ118>123...TXZ133>135...TXZ142>148...TXZ156>162... TXZ174>175.
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-112100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 545 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY EAST OF A GAINESVILLE...WEATHERFORD...TO COMANCHE LINE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST. STORMS SHOULD BEGIN IN THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING AND SPREAD SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A FEW STORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL...MAINLY WEST OF A STEPHENVILLE TO DECATUR LINE. HEAVY RAIN AND SOME FLOODING IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SOME ISOLATED FOUR INCH AMOUNTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... AREAS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY WITH A CONTINUED THREAT OF FLOODING. THE RAIN SHOULD END IN THE WEST AND CENTRAL SECTIONS FRIDAY NIGHT AND IN THE EAST SATURDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... VERY LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY...GENERALLY WEST OF A STEPHENVILLE TO DECATUR LINE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Rainfal up to 4.12 inches resulted in street flooding across Graham.l
Heavy rains of up to 4 inches caused minor street flooding in town, closing some streets for a few hours.
Flash flooding occurred at Highway 920 and Dry Creek.
Intersection of Precinct Line Road and Kirk Street barricaded.
Flash flooding reported by a mail courier.
There was a high water rescue in south Ft. Worth.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, September 2003
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: 5336968, 5336970, 5336969, 5336971, 5336972, 5336973.