Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed along a slow moving cold front. This resulted in one report of flash flooding.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed along a slow moving cold front. This resulted in one report of flash flooding.
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 Oct 8, 11:31 AM CST, 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1231 PM CDT MON OCT 8 2007 .AVIATION... A COLD FRONT...CURRENTLY NEAR A GAINESVILLE TO ABILENE LINE...WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH BUT SHOULD SLOW DOWN A BIT THIS AFTERNOON AND REACH THE METROPLEX TAF SITES BETWEEN 20 AND 21Z. THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT WILL TURN THE WIND TO THE NORTH BUT SPEEDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 12 KNOTS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST OF THE TAF SITES WHERE THE MOISTURE IS THE DEEPEST. WILL KEEP VCTS MENTIONED BUT NOT INCLUDE ANY TEMPO OR PREVAILING GROUPS FOR THUNDER. THE FRONT SHOULD STALL NEAR OR JUST SOUTH OF WACO BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY THIS EVENING. VFR CEILINGS WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...SOME MVFR CEILINGS MAY RETURN IN WACO TUESDAY MORNING PRIOR TO A SECONDARY PUSH OF DRIER AIR EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON. && .UPDATE... 1125 AM QUICK UPDATE TO PACKAGE TO BETTER TRACK FRONT...NOW PAST WICHITA FALLS...AND TWEAK CLOUDS AND WINDS. 12Z NAM FEELS THAT FRONT WILL STALL OUT NORTHWEST OF THE METROPLEX FOR 12 HOURS OR SO AND THAT LOOKS REASONABLE GIVEN THE HEATING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FRONT TODAY. WINDS WILL STILL SWITCH NORTHEAST BUT SHOULD REMAIN FAIRLY LIGHT TODAY. WE SHOULD SEE THE MUCH DRIER AND MORE PLEASANT AIR TOMORROW MORNING. 84 && .AVIATION... 606 AM COLD FRONT CURRENTLY RUNNING NEAR AND JUST WEST OF THE I-44 CORRIDOR IN OKLAHOMA. MEANWHILE...SATELLITE AND SURFACE OBS INDICATE STRATUS IS EXPANDING OVER CENTRAL TEXAS. EXPECT MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS TO IMPACT ACT THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS. MVFR CIGS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE METROPLEX TERMINALS BY 14Z. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT TIMING AND COVERAGE IS UNCERTAIN. WINDS WILL SHIFT OUT OF THE NORTHEAST BEHIND THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. SCHULTZ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 311 AM CDT MON OCT 8 2007/ DISCUSSION... VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE TROUGH NOW BEGINNING TO EXIT THE NRN ROCKIES AND OVER THE WRN DAKOTAS THIS MORNING. COLD FRONT CURRENTLY ALONG A GAGE OK...CHILDRESS TX...MIDLAND TX LINE AND HASNT BEEN MOVING TOO MUCH OVERNIGHT...AS SSW FLOW ALOFT AND RESULTANT PRESSURE FALLS HAVE HELD IT BACK. HOWEVER...EXPECT FORWARD MOTION OF FRONT TO INCREASE BY DAYBREAK /AFTER...AS AFOREMENTIONED SHORTWAVE TROUGH LIFTS QUICKLY TOWARD THE MN ARROWHEAD AND WRN GT LAKES THROUGH 00Z TUES (THIS EVENING). FRONT WILL SLOW DOWN AND POSSIBLY STALL TONIGHT ACROSS THE BRAZOS VALLEY /NRN HILL COUNTRY AS IT LOSES UPPER SUPPORT...WITH NOT MUCH CAA ASSOCIATED WITH IT. CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED WITH SLY FETCH OFF THE GULF WILL COOL TEMPS SOME TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORE-SO THAN WEAK CAA WILL. WILL MAINTAIN HIGHEST POPS FROM D/FW NEWD TO PARIS...AS THIS IS WHERE BEST FORCING WITH THE FRONT AND TAIL-END OF PLAINS SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL OCCUR...WITH MORE RIDGING ALOFT I-20 AND POINTS SWD WHERE MAINLY CONVERGENCE ALONE ALONG THE FRONT WILL BE THE MAIN FORCING MECHANISM. WILL CONTINUE LOW POPS OVERNIGHT AND TUES WELL SOUTH OF I-20 WITH UNCERTAINTY HOW FAR A PUSH THIS INITIAL SHALLOW PUSH WILL HAVE. TUES NIGHT AND BEYOND...WENT MORE WITH AN ECMWF/NAM BLEND OVER THE GFS SOLUTION...AS SECONDARY BACKDOOR SURGE OF A DEEPER CONTINENTAL AND MORE COOLER AIRMASS ARRIVES FROM THE OZARKS AND MID MS VALLEY REGION. GFS WANTS TO LINGER POPS TOO LONG OVER SE COUNTIES WED AND EVEN INTO THURS...WHICH LOOKS UNREALISTIC TO US. EXPECT DRY AND MORE SEASONABLE CONDITIONS FROM LATER THIS WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND...DESPITE SOME MODIFIED RETURN FLOW ARRIVING LATER NEXT WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK....AS STRONG SYSTEMS EJECTING OUT OF THE ROCKIES STAY WELL NORTH OF N TX. HOPEFULLY OUR DAYS OF SUMMER-LIKE WARMTH AND MUGGINESS WILL BE FINALLY OVER WITH...AS MORE AMPLIFIED AND PROGRESSIVE WESTERLY LONGWAVE PATTERN LOOKS TO CONTINUE NEXT 10 DAYS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 88 67 87 63 86 / 40 20 0 0 0 WACO, TX 91 70 89 67 87 / 30 30 20 10 0 PARIS, TX 86 66 86 59 82 / 60 30 0 0 0 DENTON, TX 86 64 86 58 85 / 40 10 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 87 65 85 59 83 / 50 20 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 89 67 88 63 86 / 50 20 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 88 67 87 63 85 / 50 20 10 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 90 69 87 64 86 / 50 30 10 10 10 TEMPLE, TX 91 70 89 68 87 / 40 30 20 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 408 AM CDT MON OCT 8 2007 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-090915- MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL- NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS- LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- 408 AM CDT MON OCT 8 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY. THE GREATEST CHANCE WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A KILLEEN TO PALESTINE LINE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. SCHULTZ
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Veterans Memorial Boulevard was flooded, and one car became stranded.
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