OK so now its official, our county has had every type of severe weather warning possible today. Weve had a few severe thunderstorm warnings including one ongoing now, a tornado warning in extreme south east Collin county, and now we have a Flash Flood Warning.
A majority of Frisco has received a radar estimated 1.25 to 1.75 inches of rain, with a speck of 2.25 inches near our area. The highest rainfall areas are in Denton, and Dallas, both of which are sitting around 3.5 inches of rain so far today.
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
658 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
COLLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
HUNT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
KAUFMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
ROCKWALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 656 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
A LARGE AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA.
THE HEAVIEST RAINS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MCKINNEY TO NEAR
CRANDALL… MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO
2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS.
ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1100 PM CDT.* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE…KEMP…CELINA…FAIRVIEW…FORNEY…MABANK…KAUFMAN…
HEATH…LUCAS…WYLIE…ROCKWALL…LOWRY CROSSING…PRINCETON…
TERRELL…FATE…ANNA…ROYSE CITY…FARMERSVILLE…CADDO MILLS…
QUINLAN…WEST TAWAKONI…CELESTE…GREENVILLE…WOLFE CITY…
CAMPBELL AND COMMERCE.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS…HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY…COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.
