Thunderstorms producing heavy rain impacted areas of North Texas during the morning hours on Sept 3rd and produced flooding in Tarrant County.
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Thunderstorms producing heavy rain impacted areas of North Texas during the morning hours on Sept 3rd and produced flooding in Tarrant County.
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 3, 4:31 AM CST, 5 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 531 AM CDT Tue Sep 3 2024 ...New Aviation, Short Term... .SHORT TERM... /NEW/ Update: A band of showers and isolated thunderstorms will lift north through the I-20 corridor including the DFW Metroplex over the next few hours. Minor flooding may occur in the heavier showers, particularly in the urban areas. A slower morning commute will be the result for many folks, so remember to allow for extra time to reach your destination and take it slow on the wet roads. Rain chances will otherwise continue through much of the day, with the best chances generally along and west of the I-35 corridor. 30 Previous Discussion: /Through Wednesday/ A weak upper low over West Texas will lift slowly northeast over the next 36 hours, reaching Oklahoma sometime Tuesday night or Wednesday. This feature continues to produce a large swath of moderate rain across West-Central Texas, mostly the result of isentropic ascent above a frontal layer. The surface front is subtle in nature but stretches from eastern Central Texas to the Hill Country and should either remain quasi-stationary or move slowly south through Wednesday. Convection went through a downward trend Monday evening, but an MCV over the Big Country along with continued overrunning should maintain light to moderate rain showers through the night. Recent guidance actually indicates an uptick in convection overnight into Tuesday morning, possibly taking into account a subtle increase to 30+ MPH of 925mb flow out of the east-southeast. RADAR trends over the past hour indicate that this may be beginning already, with increased rain shower activity taking place across Central Texas. These rain showers should continue moving northwest and will approach the I-20 corridor during the pre-dawn hours. For today, the strongest upglide and best rain chances will remain across the western third of the forecast area, with decreasing POPs generally the farther east you go. Limited instability may keep thunderstorms few and far between through the morning, but increased thunderstorm activity can be expected Tuesday from late morning through the afternoon as surface instability increases. No severe weather is expected, but locally heavy rain may cause flooding in some of the western zones where the highest rainfall totals have occurred. Occasional rain showers will continue into the evening and possibly overnight Tuesday night, with a decrease in precipitation coverage expected during the day Wednesday as subsidence strengthens in the wake of the upper low. Rain chances should all but come to an end Wednesday afternoon. After a relatively "cool" day today with highs ranging from the low 70s to the upper 80s, Wednesday should be a touch warmer as clouds decrease in the afternoon, with highs ranging from the low 80s to low 90s. 30 && .LONG TERM... /Issued 353 AM CDT Tue Sep 3 2024/ /Thursday Through Early Next Week/ The persistent troughing responsible for our current period of unsettled weather will finally begin shifting east of the region but not before providing one final day of rain chances on Thursday. Unlike much of the event, the more favorable ascent will be focused over East Texas, areas that have so far missed out on beneficial rainfall getting one last shot. However, coverage should be scattered at best, with many locations missing out yet again. During the extended period, a deep cyclone will linger over the Great Lakes, blocking the ridge over the West and keeping northerly flow in place above North and Central Texas. An embedded shortwave will arrive on Friday, dragging a frontal boundary into the Southern Plains. With northerly surface winds already in place, this will simply mean an uptick in wind speeds and a slight reduction in high temperatures during the upcoming weekend. Despite the lift the feature will provide in the mid-levels, a general lack of moisture aloft should keep rain chances out of the forecast as negligible convergence along the frontal boundary prevents buoyant surface parcels from connecting with the forcing aloft. Despite abundant sunshine, north winds and pleasantly mild weather will prevail throughout the first full weekend of September. South winds will finally return early next week, but below normal daytime temperatures will persist. The tepid warming trend will only allow a few locations to return to the 90s on Monday. 25 && .AVIATION... /NEW/ /12Z TAFs/ Rain showers will persist through most of the day today, with perhaps a lull in precipitation this evening. Additional showers may develop overnight, though coverage should be lower than today. Isolated thunderstorms are also possible, but probabilities remain too low to include in any of the TAFs at this time. MVFR cigs may briefly form today in the heavier rain showers, which will be captured in a TEMPO group. Otherwise, winds will remain generally out of the northeast at 5 to 10kt, with occasional higher gusts. 30 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 81 72 88 71 90 / 50 30 20 0 10 Waco 84 72 90 70 90 / 60 20 20 5 20 Paris 89 70 87 69 89 / 20 20 10 5 20 Denton 82 71 86 68 90 / 50 30 20 0 10 McKinney 85 71 88 69 91 / 40 30 20 5 10 Dallas 83 74 89 71 92 / 50 20 20 0 10 Terrell 87 73 89 69 90 / 40 10 10 5 20 Corsicana 87 74 91 72 91 / 40 10 10 5 20 Temple 86 72 90 70 91 / 50 20 20 5 20 Mineral Wells 77 69 85 67 90 / 70 40 20 5 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. &&
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 409 AM CDT Tue Sep 3 2024 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-040915- 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- 409 AM CDT Tue Sep 3 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Unsettled weather will continue today and tonight, with thunderstorms more likely west of the I-35 corridor. Severe weather is not anticipated, but additional rainfall in areas that have already seen considerable amounts could result in flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Low thunderstorm chances will continue on Wednesday and Thursday. The stronger storms could produce gusty winds, but heavy rainfall and associated flooding potential will remain the primary concern. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 7 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:01 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The City of Fort Worth reported 3 road closures due to flooding. Two were on the south side of town (2100 blk of Cunningham St and 11600 blk of Oak Grove Rd South), and one was just north of downtown (1900 Cold Springs Rd).
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