NWS Dallas/Fort Worth Public/Media Guide - Flood/Flash Flood Statement Frame

<body bgcolor="#ffffff" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0"> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0"> <tr bgcolor="#cccccc"> <td width="10"> </td> <td align="left">National Weather Service</td> <td align="right">Dallas/Fort Worth</td> <td width="10"> </td> </tr> </table> <div align="center"><table width="90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr><td><div align="center"><br><h3>Flood/Flash Flood Statement</h3>(FFS, WGUS74)</div> <h4>Definition</h4> A flash flood statement contains the latest and more detailed information on the event. It can also be used... <ul> <li>to remove parts of the geographical area covered by the original flood or flash flood watch or warning when flooding is no longer a threat or has ended in a certain area, or</li> <li>to terminate the original flood/flash flood watch or warning when it is no longer valid.</li> </ul> A statement will not be used for the purpose of extending or adding geographical areas. A separate watch or warning shall be issued. <h4>Example</h4> <div align="center"><table width="430" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#eaeaea"> <tr> <td><pre> WGUS74 KFWD 060318 FFSFTW TX091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-061100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 915 PM CST SUN NOV 5 2000 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS TERMINATED WEST OF A BONHAM...CORSICANA... CAMERON LINE... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM MONDAY ALONG AND EAST OF A BONHAM...CORSICANA...CAMERON LINE... AT 915 PM ...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN FALL HAD MOVED EAST OF A BONHAM...CORSICANA... CAMERON LINE. WHILE LIGHT...TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE...RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WEST OF THIS LINE...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. SINCE ABOUT 300 PM...RAINFALL ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAS BEEN HEAVY. THE SIX HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNT FOR DFW AIRPORT WAS NEARLY TWO INCHES /1.99/...LOVE FIELD HAD ALMOST ONE AND A HALF INCHES /1.40/... AND RED BIRD AIRPORT...IN SOUTHWEST DALLAS COUNTY...HAD OVER TWO AND A THIRD INCHES OF RAIN /2.38/. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG AND EAST OF BONHAM... CORSICANA ...CAMERON LINE THROUGH 500 AM. YOU CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAIN ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES. SOME OF THE HEAVIER STORMS CAN PRODUCE ENOUGH RAIN IN VERY QUICKLY AND PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. ALSO...THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED AND THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE FLOODING POTENTIAL. YOU ARE REMINDED THAT MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.</pre></td> </tr> </table></div><br><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">NWS Dallas/Fort Worth: <a href="../fwd/">Home</a> | <a href="../fwd/forecast.htm">Forecasts</a> | <a href="../fwd/currentwx.html">Current Weather</a> | <a href="http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/national.html">Radar</a> | <a href="http://204.185.136.10/awc/aviation_weather_center.html">Aviation</a> | <a href="../fwd/skywarn.html">Preparedness</a><br> <a href="../fwd/lakes.htm">Hydrology & River Info</a> | <a href="../fwd/radio.html">NOAA Weather Radio</a> | <a href="../fwd/ntexclima.html">Climat Data</a> </td> </tr> </table><br> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" width="100%" border="0" bgcolor="#000000"> <tr align="center"> <td width="2%"> </td> <td align="left" width="30%"><b><span class="white">Flash Flood Statement</span></b></td> <td width="5%"><a onmouseover="act('fb')" onmouseout="inact('fb')" href="hydrof.htm"><img src="../images/fboff.gif" alt="Hydrologic Weather Introduction" width="23" height="23" border="0" name="fb"></a></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"><a onmouseover="act('b')" onmouseout="inact('b')" href="urbanf.htm"><img src="../images/boff.gif" alt="Urban and Small Stream Advisory" width="23" height="23" border="0" name="b"></a></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="6%"><a onmouseover="act('co')" onmouseout="inact('co')" href="../contents.htm"><img src="../images/cooff.gif" alt="Table of Contents" width="23" height="23" border="0" name="co"></a></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"><a onmouseover="act('f')" onmouseout="inact('f')" href="damf.htm"><img src="../images/foff.gif" alt="Dam/Levee Breaks" width="23" height="23" border="0" name="f"></a></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"><a onmouseover="act('ff')" onmouseout="inact('ff')" href="../routine/routinef.htm"><img src="../images/ffoff.gif" alt="Routine Weather Products" width="23" height="23" border="0" name="ff"></a></td> <td align="right" width="30%"><b><span class="white">Hydrologic Weather Products</span></b></td> <td width="2%"> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body>