Flash flood watch for Tarrant County, North Texas as storms drop heavy rain
A flash flood warning was issued Monday morning for parts of North Texas including Tarrant County as thunderstorms were dumping lots of rain in the area.
The warning, which was in effect until 2:15 p.m., included northeastern Tarrant County, southwestern Collin County, northern Dallas County and southeastern Denton County.
At 11:18 a.m. Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area, and between one and three inches of rain had fallen. Some locations across northern Dallas County had received rainfall totals over an inch in the last hour. Additional rainfall amounts of one to two inches were possible. Flash flooding was ongoing or expected to begin shortly, according to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth.
A severe thunderstorm watch was in effect for parts of North Texas earlier in the day, but it did not include Tarrant County. Some of the strong storms were expected to contain wind gusts up to 75 mph, isolated large hail up to two inches, frequent lightning and heavy rain. The watch was for counties to the northwest of Fort Worth.
Tarrant County is included in a flash flood watch until 7 p.m. Monday. Other North Texas counties also are included in the watch. Widespread rain and storms arrived after 8 a.m. Monday in Tarrant County.
“It should be coming down pretty good,” said meteorologist Juan Hernandez at the National Weather Service in Fort Worth on Monday morning, referring to the rain. “In Tarrant County, flash flooding and some gusty winds should be our main threats.”
Forecasters at the National Weather Service in Fort Worth say Tarrant County and other nearby counties could see one to three inches of rain, but they say there remains some uncertainty on where the heaviest rain will fall.
There’s a 100 percent chance of rain on Monday in Tarrant County.
Soil across North Texas in the flash flood watch area remains near or at saturation, meaning run-off will quickly occur and may result in instances of flash flooding.
These are the cities included in the flash flood watch: Fort Worth, Arlington, Bowie, Nocona, Gainesville, Sherman, Denison, Bonham, Paris, Graham, Olney, Jacksboro, Decatur, Bridgeport, Carrollton, Denton, Lewisville, Flower Mound, Plano, McKinney, Allen, Frisco, Greenville, Commerce, Cooper, Sulphur Springs, Breckenridge, Mineral Wells, Weatherford, Briar, Dallas, Rockwall, Heath, Terrell, Kaufman, Forney, Canton, Grand Saline, Wills Point, Van, Edgewood, Emory, East Tawakoni, Point, Granbury, Oak Trail Shores, Cleburne, Burleson, Waxahachie, Ennis, Midlothian, Athens, Gun Barrel City, Hillsboro, Corsicana, and Palestine.
Daytime temperatures should reach 85 on Monday.
On Monday night, it will be mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in North Texas.
Widely scattered thunderstorms remain possible east of a Sherman to Dallas to Cameron line on Tuesday, but severe weather is not expected.
No rain chances are in the forecast for Tarrant County on Tuesday and for the next several days.
High temperatures will climb into the lower 90s on Tuesday and continue for the next few days.
This story was originally published June 7, 2021 at 6:10 AM.
