1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 22, 11:10 AM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1110 AM CST MON NOV 22 2004 .AVIATION DISCUSSION... THE BULK OF THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST OF ALL TAF SITES. IT APPEARS THAT THE THUNDERTORM POTENTIAL FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAS DECREASED OVER NORTH TEXAS...BUT STORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS IN THE VICINITY OF THE WARM FRONT. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD AND LOW MVFR TO IFR CEILINGS/VSBY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING...ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. THERE MAY BE SOME ISOLATED THUNDER OVERNIGHT AS MID LEVEL INSTABILITY INCREASES WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER TROUGH BUT WILL NOT METION IN THIS TAF PACKAGE DUE TO VERY LIMTED COVERAGE. THE WARM FRONT WILL BEGIN TO LIFT NORTH TUESDAY MORNING AND RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE. THE WIND WILL ALSO BECOME MORE EAST/SOUTHEAST BY MIDDAY. && .UPDATE... REGIONAL RADAR MOSAIC NOW INDICATING THAT GREATEST COVERAGE OF LIGHT/MODERATE RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS HAS NOW SHIFTED TO EASTERN/SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. LIGHTER AND MORE SCATTERED ACTIVITY IS NOTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST TEXAS...BUT COVERAGE HAS DECREASED IN THIS REGION...LIKELY IN RESPONSE TO DECREASING TREND IN ISENTROPIC ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH DEPARTURE OF WEAK MID-LEVEL WAVE. AS A RESULT...WE WILL BE DECREASING POPS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE AREA TO THE 60-70 PERCENT RANGE...WHILE MAINTAINING 90-100 PERCENT POPS IN THE EAST/SOUTHEAST. ACCORDINGLY...THE FLOOD WATCH AREA WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED ATTM. FURTHERMORE...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FORECAST APPEARS TO BE 4-6 DEGREES TOO WARM...GIVEN DEGREE OF CLOUD COVER AND COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION. WE WILL LOWER ACCORDINGLY. UPDATED PRODUCTS WILL BE TRANSMITTED SHORTLY. 65/DD && .AVIATION... 615 AM CST WIDESPREAD IFR CIGS TO CONTINUE INTO LATE MORNING. INTERMITTENT RA/DZ MUCH OF THE MORNING...WITH LARGE AREA OF TSRA/RA SSW OF DFW AFFECTING METRO TAF SITES 14-18Z. CIGS TO IMPROVE TO MVFR AT BEST... WITH P6SM VSBY IN RAIN-SCOURED AREAS. IFR CIGS RETURN TONIGHT...WITH RA/DZ REMAINING. TIMING OF FURTHER IMPULSES WILL BE DESCRIBED MORE PRECISELY AS EVENTS UNFOLD. 25 && .DISCUSSION... 358 AM CST HAVE DECIDED TO EXTEND THE FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TODAY FOR THE SOUTHERN ZONES. LARGE AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST PART OF CWA THIS MORNING WITH RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN A FEW AREAS. THE CURRENT ACTIVITY MAY DIMINISH OR MOVE EAST OF AREA BY MID MORNING...BUT ADDITIONAL CONVECTION LIKELY TO SPREAD OVER MUCH OF CWA BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON AS NEXT SHORTWAVE APPROACHES IN THE FAST SWLY FLOW. THE CURRENT ACTIVITY APPROACHING SJT AT THIS TIME IS THE BEGINNING OF THIS NEXT WAVE OF HEAVY RAINS. ALTHOUGH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE CONFINED TO SOUTHERN ZONES WHERE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN PAST 24 HOURS...WILL MENTION HEAVY RAIN IN THE ZONE FORECASTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA TODAY. RAIN CHANCES CONTINUE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY LATE...AS THE CA UPPER LOW BEGINS MOVING EAST. ISENTROPIC LIFTING AGAIN LOOKS STRONG...AND WILL KEEP POPS HIGH TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. SOME SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL ON TUESDAY AS STRONGER SHEAR AND PACIFIC FRONT/DRYLINE MOVE INTO AREA...BUT DEGREE OF INSTABILITY STILL IN QUESTION. APPEARS THAT THE BEST COMBINATION OF FORCING/INSTABILITY/SHEAR WILL BE ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PART OF THE CWA ON TUESDAY. MORE WIDESPREAD/SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED JUST EAST OF CWA WHERE SPC HAS MODT RISK. STRONG SUBSIDENCE/DRY SLOT SHOULD BRING AN ABRUPT END TO THE RAIN FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY EVENING. DRY WEATHER EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. 09 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 60 55 66 45 / 90 80 70 30 WACO, TX 65 61 70 47 / 90 80 70 30 PARIS, TX 59 56 66 46 / 100 100 90 70 DENTON, TX 60 54 65 45 / 90 80 70 30 MCKINNEY, TX 60 55 66 46 / 90 80 70 40 DALLAS, TX 60 56 66 46 / 90 80 70 30 TERRELL, TX 62 58 68 48 / 90 80 70 40 CORSICANA, TX 63 60 70 49 / 90 80 70 30 TEMPLE, TX 66 61 70 47 / 90 80 70 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST MONDAY FOR ZONES TXZ122...TXZ135...TXZ142>148...TXZ156>162...TXZ174>175. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 330 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-231200- ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA- DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON- HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS- LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO- PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT- WISE-YOUNG- 330 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PALESTINE...TO WACO...TO LAMPASAS. AREAS OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM...PALESTINE...TO WACO...TO LAMPASAS WILL RECEIVE THE HEAVIEST RAIN WHICH MAY RESULT IN FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... AREAS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN TUESDAY. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT...THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY...AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION...AND A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...WHERE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL BE THE MOST FAVORABLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TONIGHT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A PALESTINE...WACO...TO LAMPASAS LINE FOR REPORTS OF FLOODING.
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:33 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Creeks and streams were reported out of banks with water flowing very fast.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5427761.