9 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 Jan 2, 5:13 PM CST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 515 PM CST SUN JAN 2 2005 .AVIATION... JUST A FEW TWEAKS HERE N THERE TO PREV TAF FCST. AGREE WITH CWSU DISCUSSION ABOUT CURRENT HEAVY SHRA/RA BAND MOVG THRU DFW/TAF/DAL TAF SITES ARND 00Z AND PSBLY LINGERING THRU 01Z WHICH SHOULD RAISE CIGS BRIEFLY TO MVFR/VFR AND VSBYS TO BORDERLINE IFR/MVFR CAT. 18Z TAFS HAVE BEEN AMENDED FOR THIS TREND. ABDNT MSTR TO CONT STREAMING N/NEWD ACROSS N TX WITH SHALLOW CD FNT OVR NWRN OK/TX TO SAG NEAR RED RIVER BY 12Z PER RUC AS NOTED PER PUBLIC DISC. LLJ WILL PARALLEL BOUNDARIES. AFOREMENTIONED FEATURES IN CONJUNCTION WITH PERIODIC S/WS ARRIVING FROM WRN CONUS UPPER TROUGH SHOULD PROVIDE LIFT FOR OCNL SHRA/TSRA...PARTICULARLY AFTER 06Z MON AFTER THIS INITIAL ROUND DEPARTS NEWD. CONTINUE IFR/LIFR CIGS OVRNGT...W/OCNL MVFR CIGS BY 18Z MON/BEYOND. S/SELY WNDS CONTS IN 6-13KT RNG. 05/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... 337 PM CST THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO BECOME MORE SATURATED AS GULF MOISTURE IS PULLED NORTHWARD IN THE LOWER LAYERS AND PACIFIC MOISTURE ALOFT IS PULLED NORTHEAST INTO THE REGION. WITH PWS APPROACHING 300 PERCENT OF NORMAL...AND DEWPOINTS APPROACHING 70...IT IS MORE LIKE EARLY SPRING THAN EARLY JANUARY. THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIP WAS SET OFF EARLY TODAY BY A WEAK DISTURBANCE...RESULTING IN SCATTERED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE ONE HALF TO ONE INCH RANGE...WITH ISOLATED ONE AND ONE HALF INCH AMOUNTS IN THE NORTHEAST. HOWEVER...AN APPROACHING AND STRONGER IMPULSE OVER MEXICO CAUSES US MORE CONCERN AT THE MOMENT. A VERY SHALLOW COLD FRONT IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA...WITH LITTLE UPPER SUPPORT...CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH TODAY. THIS APPEARS TO BE BEST HANDLED BY THE RUC WHICH BRINGS IT FURTHER SOUTH TO NEAR THE RED RIVER TO THE NORTHWEST...STRETCHING NORTHEAST THROUGH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. AS THE STRONGER IMPULSE APPROACHES TONIGHT...LARGE SCALE ASCENT WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTH TEXAS IN THE WARM AIRMASS...BECOMING WIDESPREAD AND WITH HEAVIER RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. GIVEN THE TIME OF YEAR...TODAYS RAINS AND LOW FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES...THE TABLE IS SET FOR FLOODING PROBLEMS OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. HENCE...WE HAVE ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF AN ATHENS...HILLSBORO... GOLDTHWAITE LINE. THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...SO THE WATCH WILL HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY LATE TONIGHT AS THE EVENT DEVELOPS. RAINS WILL TAPER OFF BY MID WEEK AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH AND RETURNS US TO MORE SEASONAL READINGS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. IN THE MEANTIME...WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK...ALONG WITH GENEROUS RAINS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 62 70 60 69 / 100 70 70 50 WACO, TX 65 73 63 71 / 80 50 60 30 PARIS, TX 62 68 59 70 / 100 90 80 60 DENTON, TX 61 68 60 69 / 100 70 80 50 MCKINNEY, TX 62 69 60 69 / 100 90 80 50 DALLAS, TX 62 70 60 69 / 100 70 70 50 TERRELL, TX 63 70 61 71 / 100 70 70 50 CORSICANA, TX 63 70 62 71 / 100 70 70 40 TEMPLE, TX 65 73 63 71 / 80 50 50 30 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 600 AM CST MONDAY FOR ZONES TXZ091>095... TXZ100>107...TXZ115>123...TXZ129>135...TXZ141>146. && 42
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 400 PM CST SUN JAN 2 2005 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-031200- 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- 400 PM CST SUN JAN 2 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS ACTIVITY AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ATHENS...TO HILLSBORO...TO GOLDTHWAITE. IN ADDITION... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED INTO MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM ACROSS THE REGION AND INTERACTS WITH UPPER LEVEL ENERGY. THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH ON TUESDAY...AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL FINALLY END WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. TR/92
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:49 UTC.
9 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding caused bridge over FM 55 to collapse. Several other secondary roads were also closed due to flooding.
Creeks near Bonham were flooded and several bridges were washed out.
Flooding caused three bridges to be washed out around 8 AM. These bridges were at Tioga, Central Sherman, and on Old Luella Road. Numerous county roads were also washed out and in bad need of repair.
The Interstate 30 north and south service roads were closed between FM 35 and the Hunt county line due to flooding.
Several roads were closed due to high water, including: FM 36, FM 118, FM 1565, and the Interstate 30 north and south frontage roads at East Caddo and West Caddo Creeks.
Flooding was reported on FM 71 at the South Sulphur River Bridge.
A few roads were closed around the county due to high water.
Flooding closed Brand and Campbell Roads in Garland.
Flooding caused FM 271, FM 100, and FM 1396 to close. State Highway 56 was also being closed at the time. Numerous roads near Bonham were washed out and in bad need of repair.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, January 2005
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: 5433787, 5433788, 5433881, 5433886, 5433885, 5433884, 5433880, 5433882, 5433883.