Flash flood warning issued for part of Tarrant County; storms could drop 5 inches of rain
Heavy rainfall in Tarrant County caused flooding Monday evening as storms rolled through North Texas.
A flash flood warning was issued Monday for parts of Tarrant County and other North Texas counties, according to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth. At 7 p.m., flash flooding continued to be a threat in the area, the NWS tweeted. The agency received multiple reports of water on roadways, the tweet said, and the agency warned people never to drive through a flooded roadway.
The first flash flood warning warning is in effect until 11 p.m. for northwestern Tarrant County and central Parker County. Another flash flood warning was issued at 7 p.m. for Dallas County and southeastern Tarrant County until at least 10 p.m.
A flash flood watch is in affect from 7 a.m. Monday until 7 a.m. Tuesday as weather forecasters were calling for several showers and thunderstorms to roll through North Texas on Monday.
Overall rainfall amounts will average just over an 1 inch and isolated storms could dump up to 5 inches on saturated grounds in North Texas.
In Weatherford, Main Street flooded with water after an estimated 2 to 4 inches of rain fell in the area in about an hour. Another 1 to 3 inches were possible from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
From 5:40 p.m. to 5:47 p.m., Fort Worth police were called on three water emergency calls. The calls came in from the intersection of Timberland Boulevard and Katy Road, 28th Street near 35W and the intersection of East Long Avenue and North Calhoun.
A flash food watch means that conditions are favorable for heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding. Flooding may occur in urban and poor drainage areas. Heavy rainfall also may cause flooding in creeks, streams and rivers.
The watch includes these North Texas counties: Tarrant, Dallas, Denton, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Grayson, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Stephens, Wise and Young.
A severe thunderstorm watch was issued for counties south of Dallas-Fort Worth until 7 p.m. The counties included Bell, Hood, Ellis, Johnson and McLennan Counties.
The first round of storms should arrive late Monday morning in Tarrant County, sometime between 10 a.m. and noon.
“The highest chances of widespread rain will be Monday night,” meteorologist Juan Hernandez at the NWS in Fort Worth, said in a telephone interview with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Heavy rain will be the main threat with the Memorial Day storms, but a few strong storms will be possible in Central Texas.
Rain chances are at 50 percent Monday and 100 percent Monday night, according to the NWS in Fort Worth.
Daytime highs on Monday should be around 80.
A few severe storms will be possible east of Interstate 35 on Tuesday afternoon. Storm chances will continue through the week in North Texas.
This story was originally published May 31, 2021 at 6:02 AM.
