A stationary thunderstorm developed over Mills county and produced up to 10 inches of rainfall in less than 3 hours.
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A stationary thunderstorm developed over Mills county and produced up to 10 inches of rainfall in less than 3 hours.
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 May 25, 2:23 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 323 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010 .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE EXPANDED THROUGHOUT THE DAY OVER OUR SOUTHWESTERN ZONES. WILL INCREASE POPS TO 50 PERCENT FOR THE SW LOCATIONS THROUGH 00Z...TAPERING OFF TO 20 POPS THIS EVENING. EXPECT THE MAJORITY OF THE ACTIVITY TO REMAIN WHERE IT IS NOW...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING BY AROUND 8PM AND THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. OTHERWISE...LITTLE CHANGE TO THE ONGOING FORECAST. WE DID INCLUDE 10 POPS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MENTIONED FOR WEDNESDAY. GIVEN THE TRENDS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION...AND NO REAL CHANGE IN AIR MASS OR THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN...CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HAVE KEPT 10 POPS FOR THURSDAY WITH NO MENTION OF WEATHER AT THIS TIME...BUT LATER FORECASTS MAY NEED TO INTRODUCE ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS AS THE PATTERN REMAINS UNCHANGED. WINDS WILL GO NORTHEASTERLY BY THURS INTO FRIDAY AS A WEAK FRONT SLIDES INTO THE REGION. LITTLE EFFECT ON TEMPERATURES...BUT WILL CONTINUE THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN/NORTHEASTERN ZONES ON FRIDAY. NO MAJOR CHANGES IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST. HIGHS WILL REMAIN IN THE 90S WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 60S AND 70S. SCHULTZ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 69 92 68 92 71 / 10 10 10 10 10 WACO, TX 64 91 65 92 67 / 10 10 10 10 10 PARIS, TX 69 88 66 88 68 / 10 10 10 10 10 DENTON, TX 65 91 66 91 66 / 10 10 10 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 65 90 66 90 66 / 10 10 10 10 10 DALLAS, TX 71 92 68 91 72 / 10 10 10 10 10 TERRELL, TX 67 91 67 91 68 / 10 10 10 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 67 90 67 91 69 / 10 10 10 10 10 TEMPLE, TX 64 88 65 92 66 / 10 10 10 10 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 64 88 65 90 65 / 10 10 10 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 331 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-261115- 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- 331 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING WEST OF A JACKSBORO TO WACO TO TEMPLE LINE. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AREA WIDE WEDNESDAY...AND EAST OF I-35 FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:44 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Two to 3 feet of water was over the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 218 and Ranch Road 573 north of the city of Mullin.
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