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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 9, 2016Freestone County, Navarro County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 2016, 2:56 AM CST for Freestone County, Navarro County, Texas. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2016, 2:56 AM CST (08:56 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Freestone County, TX, Navarro County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 9, 4:00 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	6 Sse Goodlow, TX	WATER OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 287 AT FM309

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 64 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 593 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 803 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.1
Supercell composite: -0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

196 
WGUS54 KFWD 090856
FFWFWD
TXC161-349-091500-
/O.NEW.KFWD.FF.W.0007.160309T0856Z-160309T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
256 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN NAVARRO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  FREESTONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 900 AM CST WEDNESDAY
    
* AT 255 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO
  THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
  TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY
  MORNING HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CORSICANA...TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD...KERENS...WORTHAM...TRINIDAD...ANGUS...
  NAVARRO...FAIRFIELD LAKE STATE PARK...RICE...RETREAT...OAK VALLEY...
  MILDRED...EUREKA...RICHLAND...STREETMAN...GOODLOW...POWELL...KIRVIN AND
  MUSTANG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3146 9626 3179 9649 3181 9657 3230 9645
      3233 9638 3230 9630 3220 9619 3221 9615
      3218 9618 3215 9610 3208 9611 3208 9606
      3196 9606 3196 9602 3191 9600 3188 9603
      3187 9597 3184 9600 3179 9598 3177 9592

$$

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2 follow-up statements

641 
WGUS74 KFWD 091053
FFSFWD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
453 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

TXC161-349-091500-
/O.CON.KFWD.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160309T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NAVARRO TX-FREESTONE TX-
453 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST
WEDNESDAY FOR EASTERN NAVARRO AND FREESTONE COUNTIES...

AT 449 AM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS HAS RESULTED IN THE FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 287 NEAR FARM
TO MARKET ROAD 309 WHERE NEARLY 5 TO 7 FEET OF WATER WAS COVERING
THE ROAD SURFACE. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AND
AT LEAST AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CORSICANA...TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD...KERENS...WORTHAM...TRINIDAD...ANGUS...
NAVARRO...FAIRFIELD LAKE STATE PARK...RICE...RETREAT...OAK VALLEY...
MILDRED...EUREKA...RICHLAND...STREETMAN...GOODLOW...POWELL...KIRVIN AND
MUSTANG.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3146 9626 3179 9649 3181 9657 3230 9645
      3233 9638 3230 9630 3220 9619 3221 9615
      3218 9618 3215 9610 3208 9611 3208 9606
      3196 9606 3196 9602 3191 9600 3188 9603
      3187 9597 3184 9600 3179 9598 3177 9592

$$

BAIN

253 
WGUS74 KFWD 091456
FFSFWD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
856 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

TXC161-349-091504-
/O.EXP.KFWD.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160309T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NAVARRO TX-FREESTONE TX-
856 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN NAVARRO AND FREESTONE COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 900 AM CST...

FLOOD WATERS HAVE STARTED TO RECEDED AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER
EXPECTED. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM.
AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING WILL REPLACE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS
PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD
CLOSURES AND AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3146 9626 3179 9649 3181 9657 3230 9645
      3233 9638 3230 9630 3220 9619 3221 9615
      3218 9618 3215 9610 3208 9611 3208 9606
      3196 9606 3196 9602 3191 9600 3188 9603
      3187 9597 3184 9600 3179 9598 3177 9592

$$

BAIN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Mar 9, 12:04 AM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 12:04 AM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1204 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

.AVIATION...
CONCERNS...IFR TO MVFR CEILINGS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SCATTERED
TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH AT 17Z WEDNESDAY.

YET ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING
ACROSS THE TAF SITES OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. CEILINGS IN
THE METROPLEX HAVE BEEN VARIABLE BETWEEN IFR AND VFR DURING THE
LAST SEVERAL HOURS /03-05Z/...BUT EXPECT MOSTLY IFR CONDITIONS TO
PREVAIL THROUGH 16-17Z. SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. EXPECT THIS WAVE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS TO SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE TAF SITES BY
17Z. CEILINGS SHOULD IMPROVE TO MVFR BY MIDDAY AS SUBSIDENCE
OCCURS IN THE WAKE OF THE EXITING WAVE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING BUT THE CHANCES ARE TOO
LOW TO MENTION IN THE TAFS. EXPECT CEILINGS TO LOWER BACK INTO
THE IFR CATEGORY WEDNESDAY EVENING.

&&

.UPDATE...
AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE
FORECAST AREA...EXTENDING SOUTH OF A LAMPASAS...WACO...PALESTINE
LINE. A LARGE AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST
OF COTULLA TO BRADY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE AFOREMENTIONED AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL
ACCOMPANY MANY OF THESE STORMS. THERE WILL REMAIN A POTENTIAL FOR
LARGE HAIL WITH THESE STORMS. FOR AREAS JUST NORTH OF THE OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY...CANNOT RULE OUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME DAMAGING
WINDS...AND MAYBE EVEN A TORNADO RIGHT ALONG THE BOUNDARY.

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&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 406 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016/
THE MCS THAT CHARGED INTO NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING IS NOW EXITING
INTO EAST TEXAS...LEAVING SUBSIDENCE IN ITS WAKE. EVEN WITH THIS
DOWNGLIDE WORKING AGAINST ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT...SUNSHINE HAS
HELPED TEMPERATURES REBOUND FROM THE RAIN-COOLED 50S INTO THE 60S
AND EVEN 70S. DESPITE MUCAPE VALUES SOARING OVER 1000 J/KG THIS
AFTERNOON IN AREAS WEST OF I-35...THE ONLY CONVECTIVE INITIATION
HAS BEEN IN OUR SOUTHWESTERN ZONES WHERE CONVERGENCE HAS BEEN
MAXIMIZED ALONG A SOUTHWARD MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. THIS BOUNDARY
WILL SOON INTERACT WITH EVEN MORE UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS BELL
COUNTY...WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR 80F WITH DEW POINTS AS HIGH
AS 70F. THE WINDOW FOR ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE INITIATION WILL
CLOSE AT NIGHTFALL...BUT SOME ONGOING ACTIVITY WILL LINGER INTO
THE EVENING HOURS. ELSEWHERE...ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS UNLIKELY
THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...WITH WEAK SUBSIDENCE AND NO CLEAR
SURFACE FOCUS.

THE UPPER LOW IS CONTINUING ITS EQUATORWARD TRAJECTORY. DESPITE
FEW PREVIOUS EVENTS TO SUPPORT THIS...THE ECMWF TAKES THE CENTER
OF THE 500MB LOW INTO AGUASCALIENTES BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IN THE
MEANTIME...THIS WILL INDUCE INCREASINGLY DIFFLUENT FLOW ACROSS
TEXAS...WITH AN ANOMALOUSLY STRONG FETCH OF MOISTURE FROM DEEP
INTO THE TROPICAL LATITUDES. AS THE NEXT IMPULSE SWINGS INTO THE
LONE STAR STATE TONIGHT...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL
SURGE INTO CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN
EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CAMERON...TO
CORSICANA...TO PARIS...WHERE PW VALUES WILL APPROACH RECORD VALUES
FOR MARCH. THE EVENTUAL RAINFALL TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WILL VARY
CONSIDERABLY ACROSS OUR REGION...FROM 1/4 INCH THE NORTHWEST TO
OVER 3 INCHES WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY
RAINFALL DURING THE EVENT WILL BE EAST OF OUR CWA.

THE SEVERE THREAT TONIGHT WILL BE PRIMARILY DAMAGING WINDS IN
SOUTHERN ZONES...WHERE THE ACTIVITY MAY BE ABLE TO TAP INTO THE
SIGNIFICANT INSTABILITY WITHIN THE BOUNDARY LAYER. IF SURFACE-
BASED CONVECTION DOMINATES IN SOUTH TEXAS...THIS THREAT WOULD BE
MORE LIMITED. THE NAM IS INSISTENT ON DEVELOPING A SURFACE LOW
ATTENDANT WITH THE MOST INTENSE CONVECTION...TRACKING IT THROUGH
CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS. IF THIS TRANSPIRES...THERE WILL BE THE
POTENTIAL FOR NOCTURNAL TORNADOES AS SURFACE INFLOW WINDS BACK.
THIS WOULD BE GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM TEMPLE TO ATHENS.

A COLD FRONT WILL INVADE ON WEDNESDAY...SHUTTING OFF MUCH OF THE
SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY. BUT WITH THE LOW NOW CUT OFF FROM THE
MID-LATITUDE FLOW...RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF
THE WEEK AS THE FEATURE SLOWLY DRIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST. THE NEXT
BIG EVENT LOOKS TO BE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...AS THE UPPER
LOW APPROACHES...INDUCING UPGLIDE OVER THE COOL SURFACE LAYER.
THIS WILL BE PRIMARILY A HEAVY RAIN EVENT...WITH FLASH FLOODING
AND WORSENING RIVER FLOODING THE PRIMARY CONCERNS.

THE UPPER LOW WILL WEAKEN AS IT HEADS INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
SATURDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH ANOTHER PACIFIC SYSTEM MAY TRACK DIRECTLY
OVER NORTH TEXAS ON SUNDAY...IT APPEARS THIS WILL HAVE LITTLE
MOISTURE TO WORK WITH. A DRYING WEST WIND WILL DOMINATE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...AND SUNSHINE SHOULD PUSH TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE
70S. DRY AND UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER WILL PREVAIL EARLY NEXT
WEEK.

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&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  61  70  57  67  54 /  90  70  20  40  60
WACO, TX              60  71  57  67  53 / 100  70  30  50  60
PARIS, TX             55  69  57  67  52 /  80  90  50  50  60
DENTON, TX            59  69  56  67  53 /  80  70  20  40  60
MCKINNEY, TX          60  69  56  67  53 /  80  70  20  40  60
DALLAS, TX            62  71  58  68  55 /  90  70  20  40  60
TERRELL, TX           59  70  56  68  54 /  90  80  30  50  50
CORSICANA, TX         60  71  59  69  55 / 100  80  40  50  50
TEMPLE, TX            61  71  56  67  53 / 100  70  30  50  60
MINERAL WELLS, TX     58  70  53  65  52 /  80  70  20  40  60

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR TXZ095-105>107-
121>123-135-146>148-160>162-174-175.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 8:40 PM CST, 6 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
840 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-091200-
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-
840 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT MAY PRODUCE HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS. IF SUPERCELLS DEVELOP THE THREATS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO.

THE NEXT WAVE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE
LATE TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE LIKELY WHICH MAY RESULT IN
FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE
AREA. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS. HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 8, 10:36 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1036 PM CST TUE MAR 08 2016

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

1030 PM     FLOOD            HAMILTON                31.70N  98.12W
03/08/2016                   HAMILTON           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SO REPORTS SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE
            WATER ON ROAD.

Special weather statement, Mar 8, 11:11 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1111 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

TXZ130>132-144-090600-
HOOD TX-BOSQUE TX-ERATH TX-SOMERVELL TX-
1111 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 1110 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES SOUTH OF GLEN ROSE...OR 23 MILES SOUTH OF GRANBURY...MOVING
NORTH AT 30 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM BUT HEAVY RAIN IS
ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM THAT MAY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRANBURY...GLEN ROSE...IREDELL...DINOSAUR VALLEY STATE PARK...OAK TRAIL
SHORES...WALNUT SPRINGS...TOLAR AND MORGAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3203 9757 3194 9788 3246 9810 3255 9780
TIME...MOT...LOC 0510Z 159DEG 27KT 3210 9777

JLDUNN

Special weather statement, Mar 8, 11:48 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1148 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

TXZ144-090630-
BOSQUE TX-
1148 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BOSQUE COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM
CST...

AT 1148 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR IREDELL...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLIFTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MERIDIAN...IREDELL...CRANFILLS GAP...MERIDIAN STATE PARK...WALNUT SPRINGS
AND MORGAN.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3220 9764 3220 9759 3218 9760 3218 9757
      3215 9757 3213 9751 3216 9751 3214 9749
      3213 9750 3210 9747 3206 9749 3202 9749
      3201 9747 3203 9743 3199 9741 3198 9738
      3193 9744 3192 9742 3173 9781 3202 9800
TIME...MOT...LOC 0548Z 213DEG 25KT 3196 9780

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Special weather statement, Mar 8, 11:56 PM CST, 3 hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1156 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

TXZ174-175-090645-
ROBERTSON TX-MILAM TX-
1156 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ROBERTSON AND NORTHEASTERN MILAM
COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM CST...

AT 1156 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES SOUTH OF HEARNE...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT AND BREMOND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3092 9673 3091 9674 3096 9677 3099 9675
      3101 9677 3105 9677 3106 9682 3108 9681
      3110 9683 3135 9632 3125 9633 3109 9628
      3106 9624 3101 9626 3097 9624 3091 9635
      3074 9646 3070 9656 3073 9662 3064 9679
TIME...MOT...LOC 0556Z 191DEG 29KT 3074 9662

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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 12:43 AM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1243 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

TXZ147-161-162-175-090730-
ROBERTSON TX-LIMESTONE TX-LEON TX-FREESTONE TX-
1243 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN LIMESTONE...NORTHEASTERN
ROBERTSON...FREESTONE AND WESTERN LEON COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CST...

AT 1243 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUFFALO...OR 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GROESBECK...
MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEXIA...GROESBECK...TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD...BUFFALO...FRANKLIN...WORTHAM...
CENTERVILLE...FAIRFIELD LAKE STATE PARK...JEWETT...OAKWOOD...MARQUEZ...
STREETMAN AND KIRVIN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 160 AND 212.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3123 9659 3173 9645 3180 9650 3201 9605
      3196 9606 3196 9602 3191 9600 3188 9603
      3187 9597 3184 9600 3179 9598 3175 9588
      3169 9587 3170 9583 3167 9581 3169 9578
      3162 9579 3160 9582 3106 9605 3089 9646
TIME...MOT...LOC 0643Z 196DEG 43KT 3127 9632

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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 2:10 AM CST, 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
210 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

TXZ122-123-135-090900-
RAINS TX-VAN ZANDT TX-HENDERSON TX-
210 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN VAN ZANDT...EASTERN
HENDERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN RAINS COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CST...

AT 210 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROWNSBORO...OR 9 MILES EAST OF ATHENS...MOVING
NORTH AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATHENS...CANTON...GRAND SALINE...CHANDLER...VAN...BROWNSBORO...BERRYVILLE...
FRUITVALE...EDOM...COFFEE CITY...MURCHISON...POYNOR AND MOORE STATION.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 527 AND 542.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3203 9592 3277 9583 3275 9564 3272 9564
      3268 9559 3248 9560 3235 9545 3228 9545
      3223 9549 3220 9546 3215 9548 3214 9546
      3209 9545
TIME...MOT...LOC 0810Z 191DEG 29KT 3220 9570

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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
Mar 8, 9:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hamilton	42 min
Mar 8, 9:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lampasas, Mills	67 min
Mar 8, 10:05 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Lampasas	115 min
Mar 8, 10:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hamilton	45 min
Mar 8, 10:34 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hamilton	116 min
Mar 8, 10:51 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hamilton	114 min
Mar 8, 11:11 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hood, Somervell	49 min
Mar 8, 11:48 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bosque	42 min
Mar 8, 11:56 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Robertson	49 min
Mar 9, 12:34 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Freestone, Limestone, Navarro	3 hr
Mar 9, 12:43 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Freestone, Leon	47 min
Mar 9, 12:59 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Falls	3 hr
Mar 9, 1:13 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Henderson	3 hr
Mar 9, 1:58 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Falls, Limestone	17 hr
Mar 9, 2:05 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	McLennan	3 hr
Mar 9, 2:10 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson, Van Zandt	50 min
Mar 9, 2:15 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bell	3 hr
Mar 9, 2:26 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Rains, Van Zandt	3 hr
Mar 9, 3:08 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam	52 min
Mar 9, 3:27 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Milam, Robertson	3 hr
Mar 9, 3:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Milam, Robertson	43 min
Mar 9, 4:18 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Henderson	3 hr
Mar 9, 4:37 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Henderson	3 hr
Mar 9, 4:43 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Leon	47 min
Mar 9, 5:33 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Rains, Van Zandt	6 hr
Mar 9, 5:38 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson	3 hr
Mar 9, 7:29 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson	3 hr
Mar 9, 9:00 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Freestone, Navarro	6 hr
Mar 9, 10:33 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Henderson	4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.