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River Flood Warning 111, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 27, 2016Limestone County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 27, 2016, 10:01 AM CDT for Limestone County, Texas. It took effect at May 27, 2016, 5:43 PM CDT. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 27, 2016, 10:01 AM CDT (15:01 UTC)
In effect from: May 27, 2016, 5:43 PM CDT
Expired: May 29, 2016, 11:30 AM CDT
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Limestone County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:00 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Navasota River above Groesbeck (GRST2).

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08110325, 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 May 27, 7:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 7:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 4:25 AM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
425 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-280930-
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-
425 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS
THIS MORNING. DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY HAZARD...BUT SMALL
HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER CELLS IN THE LINE. IN
ADDITION...EXCESSIVE HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL TEXAS
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

ADDITIONAL ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON ANYWHERE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. IF STORMS ARE
ABLE TO FORM THIS AFTERNOON...INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR WILL BE
SUFFICIENT FOR SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING
WINDS AND HAIL...AS WELL AS A LOW TORNADO THREAT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAIN DURING THIS TIME MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST BY FRIDAY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SLIGHT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LINGER ON SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY...AND THE UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT
WEEK. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY...WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES ON MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY AT
THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED DUE TO THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING AND FOR ANY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

STALLEY

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 27, 4:42 AM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
442 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

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

0355 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LIPAN                   32.52N  98.05W
05/27/2016                   HOOD               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN LIPAN

Special weather statement, May 27, 5:04 AM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
504 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

TXZ119-271030-
DALLAS TX-
504 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DALLAS COUNTY UNTIL 530 AM CDT...

AT 504 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR COPPELL TO NEAR CEDAR HILL. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST AT 40 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DALLAS...GARLAND...IRVING...GRAND PRAIRIE...MESQUITE...CARROLLTON...
RICHARDSON...ROWLETT...DESOTO...CEDAR HILL...WYLIE...COPPELL...DUNCANVILLE...
LANCASTER...FARMERS BRANCH...BALCH SPRINGS...UNIVERSITY PARK...SACHSE...
SEAGOVILLE AND ADDISON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3298 9652 3257 9652 3256 9698 3297 9703
      3299 9667
TIME...MOT...LOC 1004Z 269DEG 34KT 3299 9704 3257 9700

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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
May 26, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	71 min
May 26, 7:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	34 min
May 26, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	45 min
May 26, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Eastland	62 min
May 26, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Palo Pinto, Stephens	61 min
May 26, 8:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Comanche	37 min
May 26, 8:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Comanche, Eastland	5 hr
May 26, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Erath	62 min
May 26, 9:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Stephens	3 hr
May 26, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath, Palo Pinto	64 min
May 26, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	53 min
May 26, 9:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Erath, Palo Pinto	3 hr
May 26, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Parker, Somervell	66 min
May 26, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hamilton	27 min
May 26, 9:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	6 hr
May 26, 9:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack	32 min
May 26, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson, Tarrant	59 min
May 26, 10:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bosque, Johnson	53 min
May 26, 10:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Mills	56 min
May 26, 10:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	38 min
May 26, 11:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis	24 min
May 26, 11:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bosque, Hamilton, Hill, Johnson, Mills	4 hr
May 26, 11:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bosque, Hamilton	36 min
May 26, 11:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hill	38 min
May 27, 12:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hamilton, Mills	3 hr
May 27, 12:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hamilton	29 min
May 27, 1:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Stephens	23 min
May 27, 1:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Stephens	4 hr
May 27, 1:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Comanche, Eastland	3 hr
May 27, 2:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	54 min
May 27, 3:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Erath	50 min
May 27, 3:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	3 hr
May 27, 3:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath, Hood, Somervell	58 min
May 27, 4:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	67 min
May 27, 4:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Hill, Johnson	62 min
May 27, 4:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	45 hr
May 27, 5:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	26 min
May 27, 5:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Comanche	12 days
May 27, 5:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Comanche	40 hr
May 27, 5:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	17 days
May 27, 5:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hamilton	3 hr
May 27, 5:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque	3 hr
May 27, 5:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Comanche, Erath	3 hr
May 27, 5:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	McLennan	3 hr
May 27, 6:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Comanche, Eastland, Erath	4 hr
May 27, 8:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hood, Johnson, Somervell	3 hr
May 27, 8:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque	18 hr
May 27, 9:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque, McLennan	17 hr
May 27, 9:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	27 days
May 27, 9:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	29 hr
May 27, 9:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Leon	7 days
May 27, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hamilton	24 hr
May 27, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell	31 hr
May 27, 3:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	15 hr
May 27, 4:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Erath, Hamilton	15 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.