Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Fort Worth, TX

209 
WGUS74 KFWD 162121
FFSFWD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
421 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

TXC363-162230-
/O.CON.KFWD.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150416T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PALO PINTO TX-
421 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PALO PINTO COUNTY...

AT 418 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN HAVE 
EXITED THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RESIDUAL FLASH FLOODING FROM THE 
EARLIER RAINFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. 
 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MINERAL WELLS 
AND GRAFORD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3270 9807 3279 9830 3301 9831 3300 9805

$$

AJS

994 
WGUS74 KFWD 162224
FFSFWD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
524 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

TXC363-162230-
/O.EXP.KFWD.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150416T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PALO PINTO TX-
524 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PALO PINTO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED FOR THE WARNED AREA...BUT RESIDUAL MINOR 
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 3270 9807 3279 9830 3301 9831 3300 9805

$$

AJS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1248 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

.AVIATION...
MVFR CIGS ARE HANGING AROUND SEVERAL SITES THIS AFTERNOON...BUT
SHOULD EVENTUALLY LIFT TO VFR DURING THEN NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
MEANWHILE...INSTABILITY IS ON THE INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS
TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE 70S. A DISTURBANCE ROTATING AROUND THE
UPPER LOW /CENTERED OVER THE 4-CORNERS REGION/ IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT JUST SOUTHWEST OF MNZ. ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AS THE DISTURBANCE MOVES
NORTHEAST. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR CONVECTION IN AND AROUND THE
METROPLEX STILL LOOKS TO BEGIN AROUND 23Z...WITH ACTIVITY WINDING
DOWN AROUND 17/03Z. THE LATEST HI RESOLUTION MODEL GUIDANCE
INDICATES THAT MOST CONVECTION WILL BE CENTERED JUST SOUTH OF THE
METROPLEX TAF LOACTIONS. WE WILL KEEP VCTS AT ALL DFW AREA LOCATIONS
AND POSSIBLY AMEND IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS TO INCLUDE A TEMPO
IF/WHEN THE TIMING BECOMES MORE CLEAR. THE WACO TAF MAY NEED TO BE
AMENDED SOONER BASED ON RADAR TRENDS...AS STORM COVERAGE WILL BE A
LITTLE HIGHER IN AND AROUND THE KACT AREA. OTHERWISE WINDS SHOULD
REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST 10-15 KT.

LOW CIGS WILL SURGE BACK NORTH OVERNIGHT ONCE CONVECTION WINDS
DOWN...REACHING ALL LOCATIONS BY 12Z. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY...JUST BEYOND THIS FORECAST CYCLE.

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&&

.UPDATE...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE STARTING TO INTENSIFY LATE THIS MORNING
SOUTHWEST OF THE FORECAST AREA BETWEEN BROWNWOOD AND JUNCTION
AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING SHORTWAVE. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO INCREASE
IN THE AREAL COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST. HAVE
ONLY MADE TO SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST TO
ACCOUNT FOR ON-GOING TRENDS.

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&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 339 AM CDT THU APR 16 2015/
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEEPEN NEAR THE FOUR
CORNERS REGION TODAY. LARGE SCALE UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION WILL
STEADILY INCREASE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TODAY WHICH WILL
DESTABILIZE THE AIR ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. THE ONLY INGREDIENT
NECESSARY FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE QUESTIONABLE IS A SOURCE
OF MECHANICAL LIFT. IT APPEARS THAT THE DRYLINE WILL REMAIN
ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS OF TEXAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND NOT BE A
FACTOR. HOWEVER...MODELS DO INDICATE THAT A WEAK SHORTWAVE WILL
MOVE OUT OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SHOULD PROVIDE THE NECESSARY
FORCING FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ANY STORMS
WHICH DO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WILL HAVE A POTENTIAL TO BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE REGION WHERE INSTABILITY WILL BE THE MOST
FAVORABLE.

STORMS SHOULD FOLLOW THE SHORTWAVE AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST THIS
EVENING. MID LEVEL INSTABILITY WILL NOT BE NEARLY AS STRONG ACROSS
THE EASTERN ZONES OF NORTH TEXAS AND THE GENERAL TREND WILL BE FOR
STORMS TO WEAKEN AS THE MOVE NORTHEAST. A FEW OF THE MODEL
SOLUTIONS DO DEVELOP A SECOND AREA OF CONVECTION ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST ZONES LATE IN THE EVENING AS A 30+ KNOT LOW LEVEL JET
DEVELOPS. THE FATE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT HINGES LARGELY ON THE
SPEED OF THE SHORTWAVE THIS AFTERNOON SINCE A PERIOD OF LARGE
SCALE SUBSIDENCE WILL SET UP IN ITS WAKE. WE HAVE OPTED TO KEEP
CHANCE POPS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT BUT DO NOT
FEEL A WIDE SPREAD RAIN EVENT WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF
THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR.

THE HIGH PLAINS UPPER LOW WILL BEGIN TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST/NORTHEAST
ON FRIDAY WHICH WILL ALLOW THE DRYLINE TO MOVE A BIT CLOSER TO
NORTH TEXAS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE PERSISTENT LARGE SCALE
UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION OVER THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO
DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN
PLACE. THEREFORE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WHEN ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TRANSLATES ACROSS THE REGION.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AS THE UPPER
LOW MEANDERS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AND SOME WEAK RIPPLES
EMBEDDED IN SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS.

THE UPPER LOW WILL FINALLY BEGIN TO OPEN UP AND MOVE EASTWARD
ACROSS KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA ON SATURDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL ALLOW A
COLD FRONT TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. SHOWERS AND STORMS
ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT...BUT THE BEST LARGE SCALE DYNAMICS
WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE REGION. STORM CHANCES WILL DECREASE FROM
WEST TO EAST SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AS DRY AIR
MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY WILL BE DRY AND QUIET ACROSS THE
REGION WITH NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW AT THE SURFACE AND ZONAL FLOW
ALOFT. A WEAK SHORT WAVE IS PROGGED BY THE GFS AND ECMWF TO MOVE
EAST FROM THE HIGH PLAINS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM
COULD RESULT IN A FEW ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...
ESPECIALLY NEAR THE RED RIVER.

LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS. SOME WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT
WILL RESULT IN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  79  66  79  65  81 /  40  60  50  40  40
WACO, TX              80  65  78  62  80 /  50  60  50  50  40
PARIS, TX             78  64  79  64  76 /  30  30  50  50  40
DENTON, TX            78  64  78  60  79 /  40  50  50  40  40
MCKINNEY, TX          77  64  79  59  76 /  30  50  50  40  40
DALLAS, TX            77  67  79  64  78 /  40  60  50  40  40
TERRELL, TX           78  67  78  63  78 /  40  60  50  50  40
CORSICANA, TX         78  67  78  64  77 /  50  60  50  50  40
TEMPLE, TX            81  65  78  62  79 /  60  60  60  50  40
MINERAL WELLS, TX     79  63  78  59  80 /  60  50  50  40  40

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1028 AM CDT THU APR 16 2015

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-171145-
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-
1028 AM CDT THU APR 16 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MUCH
OF NORTH TEXAS. SOME STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
WEST OF A LINE FROM BOWIE TO DALLAS TO PALESTINE. THERE IS ALSO A
LOW-END TORNADO THREAT WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...BEFORE
TAPERING OFF ON SUNDAY. THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL
CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN COULD RESULT IN SOME FLOODING ISSUES DURING THE PERIOD.

AFTER A STORM-FREE PERIOD SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...LOW
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
AT LEAST WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...PARTICULARLY WEST OF A LINE FROM BOWIE TO DALLAS TO
PALESTINE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
212 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

TXZ116-162000-
PALO PINTO TX-
212 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN PALO PINTO COUNTY
UNTIL 300 PM CDT...

AT 211 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINERAL WELLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS OF UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MINERAL WELLS AND GRAFORD.

LAT...LON 3301 9821 3300 9806 3276 9806 3263 9816
      3271 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 207DEG 23KT 3275 9821

15-BAIN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
232 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0215 PM     HAIL             EVANT                   31.47N  98.14W
04/16/2015  E1.00 INCH       CORYELL            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL WITH HEAVY RAIN IN EVANT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
235 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0234 PM     HAIL             GATESVILLE              31.43N  97.75W
04/16/2015  E1.00 INCH       CORYELL            TX   PUBLIC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
237 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

TXZ116-130-162015-
PALO PINTO TX-ERATH TX-
237 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN EASTLAND...NORTH
CENTRAL ERATH AND SOUTHEASTERN PALO PINTO COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM
CDT...

AT 237 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
GORDON...OR 19 MILES EAST OF RANGER...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS OF UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GORDON AND MINGUS.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 364 AND 381.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3267 9838 3265 9813 3251 9821 3245 9838
      3251 9847 3251 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 201DEG 14KT 3253 9835

15-BAIN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
258 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

TXZ144-145-157-159-162100-
MCLENNAN TX-CORYELL TX-HILL TX-BOSQUE TX-
258 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN MCLENNAN...SOUTHEASTERN
BOSQUE...SOUTHWESTERN HILL AND NORTHEASTERN CORYELL COUNTIES UNTIL
400 PM CDT...

AT 258 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES WEST OF CRAWFORD...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GATESVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WACO...HEWITT...ROBINSON...BELLMEAD...WOODWAY...LACY-LAKEVIEW...
MCGREGOR...CLIFTON...BEVERLY HILLS...VALLEY MILLS...CRAWFORD...MOTHER
NEFF STATE PARK...NORTHCREST...GHOLSON...OGLESBY AND ROSS.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 326 AND 348.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3131 9746 3152 9758 3176 9782 3194 9742
      3179 9711 3150 9706
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 242DEG 23KT 3156 9762

15-BAIN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
330 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0323 PM     HAIL             MCGREGOR                31.43N  97.42W
04/16/2015  E0.88 INCH       MCLENNAN           TX   PUBLIC

            PEA TO NICKEL SIZE IN MCGREGOR AND ABOUT 40 MPH WIND