Texas, 2005Tropical Storm in Texas, September 24, 2005
September 24, 2005 · NWS FWD · 6 events in 5 counties and zones
6 tropical storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
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 24, 5:50 AM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 24, 5:50 AM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
650 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005
.UPDATE...
650 AM CDT
VERY COMPLICATED TAF SITUATION. TAF SITES LIKELY ON THE BOUNDARY
BETWEEN RAIN AND NO RAIN. HINT AT AFTERNOON RAIN WITH VCSH.
INCREASING WINDS TODAY...BACKING AS RITA TRAVERSES EAST TEXAS. 25
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.PREV DISCUSSION...
430 AM CDT
EXTREMELY BUSY NIGHT WITH HURRICANE COMING INLAND IN EXTREME
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...AND STORM MOVING NORTHWEST INTO EAST TEXAS.
OUR FORECAST IS FOR MOST OF THE PROBLEMS (FLASH FLOOD
THREAT...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND A
THREAT OF A FEW TORNADOES) TO BE IN THE EASTERN ZONES...PRETTY
MUCH AS PREVIOUS FORECASTS HAVE INDICATED. THE TRACK OF THE STORM
CONTINUES TO BE A BIT FURTHER EAST WITH TIME. THERE ARE SHARP
GRADIENTS IN THE GRIDS/ZONES...WITH LITTLE CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
WESTERN ZONES...AND TOO MUCH RAIN IN PORTIONS OF THE EAST.
GUIDANCE FROM HPC (HYDRO/METEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION) INDICATES QUITE
A BIT OF RAIN WEST OF THE STORM CENTER...WHEREAS WE ARE CALLING
FOR LIGHTER AMOUNTS WEST OF THE CENTER. THUS...WE HAVE THE FLASH
FLOOD WATCH ACROSS THE EASTERN ZONES. WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH
RAINFALL CAREFULLY...AS THE WEAKENING STORM SLOWS IN FORWARD
PROGRESS AS IT REACHES THE ARKLATEX AREA...LATE SUNDAY.
ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES FALL OFF QUITE A BIT TODAY...AND IN THE
RAINY EAST OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...CONDITIONS WILL HEAT UP
AGAIN IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREA FROM SUNDAY ON...AS UPPER
RIDGING INCREASES.
LOW POPS ARE IN THE FORECAST BY MID-WEEK...MAINLY IN NORTHERN
AREAS...AS A COOL FRONT BECOMES MOVES SLOWLY IN THE RED RIVER
AREA. ULTIMATELY...RIDGING ALOFT SHOULD MINIMIZE PRECIP WITH THIS
SYSTEM. #26
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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 90 73 97 75 / 20 30 30 20
WACO, TX 92 74 100 73 / 30 30 30 20
PARIS, TX 85 72 90 71 / 60 60 70 40
DENTON, TX 91 71 96 71 / 20 20 30 20
MCKINNEY, TX 90 74 96 72 / 40 40 50 20
DALLAS, TX 90 74 97 75 / 30 40 40 20
TERRELL, TX 89 74 96 72 / 60 60 60 40
CORSICANA, TX 89 74 98 73 / 70 60 50 30
TEMPLE, TX 91 72 101 73 / 30 30 20 20
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.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY FOR TXZ148-
TXZ162.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM SATURDAY TO 7 PM SUNDAY FOR TXZ107-
TXZ122-TXZ123-TXZ135-TXZ146-TXZ147-TXZ148-TXZ161-TXZ162-TXZ175.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM SATURDAY FOR TXZ122-
TXZ135-TXZ146-TXZ147-TXZ161-TXZ175.
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 24, 3:30 AM CST, 6 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
430 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-251100-
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-
430 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...
THE CENTER OF HURRICANE RITA MADE LANDFALL EARLY THIS MORNING JUST
EAST OF THE TEXAS/LOUISIANA BORDER. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
FORECAST BRINGS RITA THROUGH EAST TEXAS TODAY...NEAR NACOGDOCHES
AROUND 6 PM...AND NEAR MARSHALL AROUND 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING.
AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR
LEON AND ANDERSON COUNTIES. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED
40 MPH IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH SOME GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH.
A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE REMAINDER OF
NORTH TEXAS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM CANTON TO MARLIN. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BEGIN AT 7 PM FOR AREAS EAST OF A LINE
FROM HEARNE...TO CORSICANA...TO SULPHUR SPRINGS. RAIN BANDS WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS EAST TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING
POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.
IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN...EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING A
THREAT OF DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 50 MPH. TORNADOES ARE MORE LIKELY EAST OF THE CENTER OF
RITA...IN FAR EAST TEXAS AND LOUISIANA...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM SUNDAY.
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH RITA WILL BE CONFINED TO
AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF I-35...WHERE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY
RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.
THE NATIONAL HURRICANE FORECAST PLACES THE REMNANTS OF RITA IN
SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS SUNDAY NIGHT. SOME LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN EAST TEXAS THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE THE EVENT FINALLY COMES
TO AN END.
A COLD FRONT MAY BRING SLIGHT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO NORTH TEXAS
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED IN AND NEAR ADVISORY AREAS...
PRIMARILY FOR FLOODING AND SEVERE WINDS.
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Tropical Storm, Anderson
- When
- September 24, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Anderson forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.813, -95.653 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hurricane Rita made landfall in the early morning hours on Saturday, September 24. Rita was a dangerous Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale as she moved over Sabine Pass, Texas. Rita was downgraded to a Tropical Storm by early afternoon. As Rita moved north and then east along a Jasper, TX, to Lufkin, TX, to Shreveport, LA line...torrential rains and strong winds were felt well away from the eye. Most of eastern Texas was placed under an Inland Tropical Storm warning through the evening. The storm knocked dozens of trees and power poles down as it moved through north Texas. Gusts near 50 MPH were recorded in Hunt and Hopkins counties. Wind damage in the form of downed trees and power poles was reported in Anderson, Collin, Fannin, Hopkins, and Hunt counties. Roof damage also occured in Collin and Hunt.
Tropical Storm, Hunt
- When
- September 24, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Hunt forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.124, -96.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Power poles and tree limbs were knocked down due to winds from Tropical Storm Rita. Part of a gas station roof was ripped off as well. Winds gusted as high was 50 MPH.
Tropical Storm, Hopkins
- When
- September 24, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Hopkins forecast zone
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.150, -95.564 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winds from Tropical Storm Rita knocked over dozens of trees and power poles. The highest gust recorded was 47 MPH.
Tropical Storm, Fannin
- When
- September 24, 1:19 PM CST
- Where
- Fannin forecast zone
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.594, -96.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hurricane Rita made landfall in the early morning hours on Saturday, September 24. Rita was a dangerous Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale as she moved over Sabine Pass, Texas. Rita was downgraded to a Tropical Storm by early afternoon. As Rita moved north and then east along a Jasper, TX, to Lufkin, TX, to Shreveport, LA line...torrential rains and strong winds were felt well away from the eye. Most of eastern Texas was placed under an Inland Tropical Storm warning through the evening. The storm knocked dozens of trees and power poles down as it moved through north Texas. Gusts near 50 MPH were recorded in Hunt and Hopkins counties. Wind damage in the form of downed trees and power poles was reported in Anderson, Collin, Fannin, Hopkins, and Hunt counties. Roof damage also occured in Collin and Hunt.
Tropical Storm, Collin
- When
- September 24, 5:21 PM CST
- Where
- Collin forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.188, -96.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Roof damage occurred to a building that was about to be torn down due to winds from Tropical Storm Rita.
Tropical Storm, Fannin
- When
- September 24, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Fannin forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.594, -96.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Some tree limbs down due to Tropical Storm Rita.
- Tropical Storm
- A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph).
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, September 24 to 25, 20053 injured · $1.1 million · F3 · 2 events
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, September 24, 20051 death · 2 injured · $100,000 · F1 · 2 events
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, September 24, 20053 injured · $3.2 million · F2 · 2 events
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, September 24, 2005$2.2 million · F2 · 2 events
- Tornado in Mississippi, September 24, 2005$1.0 million · F2 · 1 event
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, September 24, 2005$925,000 · F2 · 2 events
- Tornado in Mississippi, September 24, 2005$680,000 · F2 · 1 event
- Hurricane in Texas, September 24, 20051 death · 4 events
- Rip Current in Florida, September 24, 20051 death · 1 event
- Hurricane in Louisiana, September 24 to 25, 2005$8.8 million · 9 events
- Hurricane in Mississippi, September 24 to 25, 2005$2.8 million · 24 events
- Tornado in Arkansas, September 24, 20055 injured · F2 · 1 event
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: 5477976, 5477980, 5477981, 5477977, 5477978, 5477979.