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Areal Flood Advisory 252, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this areal flood advisory at Sep 25, 2016, 1:28 PM CDT for Dallas County, Kaufman County, Rockwall County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 25, 2016, 1:28 PM CDT (18:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dallas County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Rockwall County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Sep 25, 12:47 PM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 12:47 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 25, 4:15 AM CDT, 9 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 415 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-261100- 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- 415 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 AND 35 WEST CORRIDORS. THE MAIN RISKS FROM ANY STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH. THE HIGHEST RISK FOR FLOODING WILL BE ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS...WHERE LIFT WILL BE THE STRONGEST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA ON MONDAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. PRIMARY HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHTNING STRIKES AND FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THOSE AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 281 WHERE SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND FLOODING OF TYPICAL LOW LYING AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOME LOCALES. WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED WEST OF I-35/I-35W...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS FURTHER EAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING ARE APPRECIATED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 25, 8:37 AM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 8:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 35 min |
| Sep 24, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 25 min |
| Sep 25, 8:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Tarrant | 114 min |
| Sep 25, 9:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bell, Coryell | 111 min |
| Sep 25, 10:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bosque, Hill, Johnson | 59 min |
| Sep 25, 12:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Falls, Freestone, Hill, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro | 114 min |
| Sep 25, 12:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 1:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 13 hr |
| Sep 25, 2:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Freestone, Leon, Limestone, Robertson | 2 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Kaufman, Rockwall | 118 min |
| Sep 25, 4:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Leon | 2 hr |
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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.