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River Flood Warning 182, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 17, 2015Cooke County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Jun 17, 2015, 3:45 PM CDT for Cooke County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 17, 2015, 6:52 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 17, 2015, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 17, 2015, 6:52 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 18, 2015, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Cooke County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The river

Written for the forecast point Elm Fork Trinity River at Gainesville (GLLT2).

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08050400, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jun 17, 3:31 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 3:31 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
331 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

.DISCUSSION...

BILLS TRACK THROUGH NORTH TEXAS HAS NOT CHANGED MUCH AS IT
CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH AT 12 MPH JUST WEST OF THE I-35/35W
CORRIDOR. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL HAS RESULTED OVER THE PAST 24
HOURS WITH A CORRIDOR OF 2-4+ INCHES RAINFALL RUNNING FROM CAMERON
TO WACO...CLEBURNE...DECATUR TO WEST OF GAINESVILLE. AREAS AROUND
DECATUR IN WISE COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED OVER 6 INCHES. AT 230
PM...BILL WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN TARRANT COUNTY NEAR AZLE AND
LOOKS IMPRESSIVE ON OUR LOCAL KFWS 88D RADAR. WE EXPECT IT TO
REACH THE RED RIVER NORTHWEST OF GAINESVILLE AROUND 10 PM AND MOVE
INTO THE OKLAHOMA CITY AREA MIDDAY THURSDAY.

WE/VE MODIFIED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH BY REMOVING THE WESTERN AND
SOUTHERN AREAS AS THESE AREAS WILL REMAIN OUTSIDE OF THE RAIN
SHIELD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING OVER THE NORTHWEST
AND NORTH PERIPHERY. CORE RAINS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AFTER
MIDNIGHT AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE RED RIVER COUNTIES OF
MONTAGUE...COOKE AND GRAYSON.

THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN MODIFIED AS WELL TO REMOVE THE SOUTHERN
COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH BILL/S PRESSURE
GRADIENT SHOULD REMAIN WITHIN 60-70 MILES OF THE CENTER AS IT
MOVES NORTH. EXPECT THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE
AT 7 PM THIS EVENING.

WE WILL MAINTAIN SOME HIGH POPS ON THURSDAY AS MOIST UNSTABLE AIR
CONTINUES TO FEED INTO BILL AS FEEDER BANDS. THE HIGHEST POPS
WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE NORTHEAST COUNTIES WITH AN AXIS RUNNING
DOWN INTO THE WACO/TEMPLE AREA. POPS WILL DIMINISH EVEN MORE ON
FRIDAY AS BILL MOVES INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. FOR SATURDAY...ONLY
THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES WILL HAVE A 20-30 CHANCE OF RAIN AS BILLS
INFLUENCE OVER THE REGION WANES.

AS THE RAIN ENDS AND BILL MOVES FARTHER AWAY...TEMPERATURES WILL
RETURN TO AROUND NORMAL FRIDAY THROUGH MID NEXT WEEK. AFTERNOON
HEAT INDICES NEXT WEEK WILL BE TOPPING OUT IN THE UPPER 90S TO
NEAR 100 DEGREES OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA.

AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST ON
SATURDAY AS A WEAK EASTERLY WAVE MOVES WEST NEAR THE I-10
CORRIDOR. THIS WAVE WILL ALSO RESULT IN CONVECTION OVER THE
SOUTHWEST COUNTIES ON SUNDAY. ANOTHER CHANCE OF CONVECTION WILL
RETURN TO THE FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES MID NEXT WEEK. 75

&&

.AVIATION...
/ISSUED 124 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015/

FOR THE 18Z TAFS...THE IMPACTS OF THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM
BILL IS THE PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 24
HOURS.

THE CENTER OF THE REMNANTS OF BILL WAS LOCATED NEAR THE
TARRANT/PARKER/JOHNSON COUNTY BORDERS AS OF 1 PM. TO THE EAST OF
THIS CIRCULATION...PERSISTENT LIGHT RAIN WITH SOME MODERATE RAIN
SHOWERS MIXED IN WERE MOVING OVER ALL DFW AREA TAF SITES. THE
SMALL RAIN DROP SIZE WAS HOLDING VISIBILITIES DOWN TO 2 MILES OR
BELOW DESPITE RELATIVELY LOW RAINFALL RATES ACROSS THE DFW AREA.
IFR VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY CONTINUE UNTIL AT LEAST 21Z. RADAR
AND SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED SOME DRIER AIR MIXING INTO THE
REMNANTS OF BILL FROM THE SOUTHWEST. IF SOME OF THIS DRIER AIR CAN
WORK IN OVER THE DFW AREA THIS AFTERNOON...CONDITIONS SHOULD
IMPROVE TO MVFR. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN RELATIVELY STRONG
AND SUSTAINED AT AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 30 TO 35 MPH
THROUGH SUNSET.

DRIER AIR WORKING IN MAY ALSO ALLOW FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS OF
HEATING. BECAUSE THERE IS NO CAP IN PLACE...ANY HEATING MAY CAUSE
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OR INTENSIFY. KEPT
A MENTION OF VICINITY SHOWERS IN THE TAFS THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE
TO THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS REDEVELOPMENT. THINK THE COVERAGE WILL
REMAIN SCATTERED IN NATURE ONCE THE REMNANTS OF BILL MOVE NORTH OF
THE DFW AREA. WITH BILL ALREADY WELL NORTH OF WACO, ONLY SCATTERED
SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS
ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN TOMORROW DURING
THE PEAK HEATING HOURS OF THE DAY...HOWEVER CONFIDENCE IN THE
EXACT TIMING AND COVERAGE OF STORMS ACROSS THE REGION TOMORROW
REMAINS TOO LOW TO PLACE A MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS AT THE END OF
THE DFW 30 HOUR TAF.

CAVANAUGH

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  73  87  74  91  74 /  70  60  30  30  10
WACO, TX              74  87  73  91  73 /  70  60  30  20  10
PARIS, TX             72  81  72  88  73 /  90  80  50  40  10
DENTON, TX            72  87  73  91  74 /  90  60  40  30  10
MCKINNEY, TX          73  85  73  89  74 /  90  70  40  30  10
DALLAS, TX            73  87  74  90  74 /  80  70  30  30  10
TERRELL, TX           74  86  73  90  74 /  90  70  40  30  10
CORSICANA, TX         74  86  73  90  74 /  80  70  40  30  10
TEMPLE, TX            73  86  73  90  73 /  70  60  30  20  10
MINERAL WELLS, TX     70  89  72  91  72 /  50  40  20  20   5

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR TXZ091>095-
101>107-116>123-133>135-145>147-159>161.

WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ091>095-102>107-
117>123-133>135.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 3:43 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
343 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-181200-
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-
343 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM BILL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH
OVER NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
ASSOCIATED WITH BILL IS LIKELY TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING
WHEREVER THE HEAVIEST RAIN BANDS SET UP.

REMNANT TROPICAL CYCLONES OFTEN TIMES PRODUCE TORNADOES. THE
THREAT FOR FAST MOVING TROPICAL TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS EVENING. THE AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST TORNADO THREAT ARE
EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 35.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT DURING THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH
TONIGHT.

CAVANAUGH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 17, 1:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
150 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

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

0145 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CHICO                   33.30N  97.82W
06/17/2015                   WISE               TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED AND NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
            ACROSS THE COUNTY

Local storm report, Jun 17, 2:53 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
253 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

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

0245 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SPRINGTOWN              32.97N  97.68W
06/17/2015                   PARKER             TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED, MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART
            OF THE COUNTY.

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:01 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
301 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

TXZ158-160-174-172045-
BELL TX-MILAM TX-FALLS TX-
301 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FALLS...
SOUTHEASTERN BELL AND NORTHWESTERN MILAM COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

AT 300 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ROGERS...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF TEMPLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAMERON...LITTLE RIVER-ACADEMY...ROSEBUD...ROGERS AND BUCKHOLTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3083 9735 3100 9740 3114 9698 3088 9690
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 255DEG 17KT 3094 9730

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 3:04 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
304 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

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

0240 PM     FLASH FLOOD      PARADISE                33.15N  97.65W
06/17/2015                   WISE               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED ACROSS WISE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY
            NEAR CHICO AND PARADISE.

Local storm report, Jun 17, 3:31 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
331 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

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

0845 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG WEATHERFORD             32.77N  97.80W
06/17/2015                   PARKER             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TWO 15 INCH LIMBS BLOWN DOWN IN WEATHER.

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:43 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
343 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

TXZ146-172130-
NAVARRO TX-
343 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NAVARRO COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM
CDT...

AT 342 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMING GROVE...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORSICANA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CORSICANA...KERENS...TRINIDAD...BLOOMING GROVE...DAWSON...ANGUS...
BARRY...NAVARRO...RICE...FROST...RETREAT...OAK VALLEY...MILDRED...
EUREKA...RICHLAND...STREETMAN...GOODLOW...POWELL...EMHOUSE AND
MERTENS.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 213 AND 243.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3180 9650 3181 9672 3207 9690 3233 9638
      3230 9633 3230 9630 3226 9629 3225 9626
      3225 9624 3220 9619 3221 9615 3216 9616
      3216 9612 3215 9610 3210 9612 3208 9611
      3208 9606 3204 9607 3201 9605
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 219DEG 33KT 3199 9667

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 9:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	McLennan	23 hr
Jun 16, 9:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	McLennan	34 hr
Jun 16, 9:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Milam	61 hr
Jun 16, 9:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Limestone	62 hr
Jun 16, 9:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	5 days
Jun 17, 1:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Milam	3 hr
Jun 17, 4:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	McLennan	3 hr
Jun 17, 7:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas, Ellis, Hill, Johnson, Tarrant	3 hr
Jun 17, 8:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Denton	3 hr
Jun 17, 8:36 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 22 more	18 hr
Jun 17, 8:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Parker	3 hr
Jun 17, 9:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Cooke, Montague	3 hr
Jun 17, 9:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar	3 hr
Jun 17, 9:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	48 hr
Jun 17, 9:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	41 hr
Jun 17, 9:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Wise	3 hr
Jun 17, 9:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Navarro	3 days
Jun 17, 9:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Ellis, Kaufman	10 days
Jun 17, 9:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	60 hr
Jun 17, 9:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	53 hr
Jun 17, 9:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	9 days
Jun 17, 10:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas, Rockwall, Tarrant	3 hr
Jun 17, 10:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Erath, Hood, Somervell	3 hr
Jun 17, 11:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Denton	3 hr
Jun 17, 11:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Parker	119 min
Jun 17, 11:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Cooke, Montague	2 hr
Jun 17, 12:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Wise	2 hr
Jun 17, 1:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Parker, Wise	3 hr
Jun 17, 1:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Tarrant	3 hr
Jun 17, 2:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Cooke, Montague	3 hr
Jun 17, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam	44 min
Jun 17, 3:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke, Montague	17 hr
Jun 17, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Navarro	47 min
Jun 17, 3:45 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	41 hr
Jun 17, 3:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Navarro	27 min
Jun 17, 4:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Parker, Wise	3 hr
Jun 17, 4:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bell, Falls, Milam, Robertson	3 hr
Jun 17, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Navarro	44 min
Jun 17, 4:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Navarro	3 hr
Jun 17, 4:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Navarro	3 hr
Jun 17, 4:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hill, Limestone, McLennan	3 hr
Jun 17, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Navarro, Van Zandt	61 min
Jun 17, 5:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Henderson, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Navarro, Rains and 1 more	3 hr
Jun 17, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Limestone	63 min
Jun 17, 6:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Parker	43 hr
Jun 17, 6:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Falls, Limestone, McLennan	3 hr
Jun 17, 6:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bell	3 hr
Jun 17, 6:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bell	3 hr
Jun 17, 6:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	6 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.