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River Flood Warning 156, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 2, 2016Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Jun 2, 2016, 3:22 PM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 2, 2016, 10:21 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2016, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 2, 2016, 10:21 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 3, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Dallas County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Elm Fork Trinity River near Carrollton (CART2).

Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
10 ft
Major stage
12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08055500, 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 1, 6:48 PM CDT, 20 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 6:48 PM CDT, 20 hours 34 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
648 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

.AVIATION...
/00Z TAFs/

Concerns...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. MVFR/IFR cigs
overnight tonight-Thursday.

This evening, isolated to scattered showers with a few
thunderstorms will continue across parts of North and Central
Texas. Currently, some convection continues around KACT with new
cells developing just southwest of the DFW airports. The chance
for additional scattered convection increases a little more
overnight as warm air above the surface is lifted ahead of an
upper level low over West Texas. The upper level low will move
closer to the region on Thursday with on-and-off rain activity
expected through Friday. For this valid TAF period, will carry a
mention of VCSH this evening and overnight with a return Thursday
afternoon. Heavy rainfall and gusty winds may accompany any of the
showers or isolated storms.

Generally east winds are expected this evening with light
northeast winds likely overnight and Thursday morning. Will
prevail east winds during the day on Thursday but the winds could
have a more southeasterly direction depending on the location of
a surface low in the region. MVFR and IFR cigs will return
overnight starting between 06-08Z and prevailing into Thursday
afternoon.

JLDunn

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 348 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016/
Early-afternoon water vapor loops and upper-air analysis reveal a
vigorous low pressure system located over northern
Sonora/Chihuahua Mexico, tracking gradually towards the east. For
the remainder of this afternoon and evening, the primary areas we
are watching for precipitation continue to be along a
quasistationary boundary which is currently draped across central
Oklahoma and into the extreme eastern Texas Panhandle, and south
of the I-20 corridor where isolated showers and storms have
managed to develop this afternoon. Present indications are that
precipitation coverage should remain generally isolated to
scattered.

Overnight, convection currently developing across the high terrain
of Mexico and additionally across the Texas Panhandle may persist
and make a run at portions of North and Central Texas. However,
this wouldn't be until later tonight and early tomorrow morning.
As we saw yesterday, any showers/storms that develop in this
tropical airmass have the potential to be prolific rainfall
producers, laying down localized rainfall amounts in excess of 2
inches per hour.

Tomorrow, the upper-low and associated trough axis will slide
almost directly overhead. As this occurs, the aforementioned
quasistationary boundary is forecast to sag into our region, as
surface convergence likewise increases. Combined with solid
diffluent flow aloft, another round of widespread showers and
storms are expected to develop during the afternoon and evening
hours.

An interesting signal has consistently been showing up recent runs
of the GFS (and to a certain extent the ECMWF), showing the
possibility of a warm core low-type event developing Thursday
night and into Friday morning. These types of systems, which
nocturnally intensify as precipitation consolidates around the low
pressure, can be exceptionally prolific rainfall producers.
Because of the potential for heavy rainfall to persist beyond the
initial Flash Flood Watch, we have extended a portion of this
watch until 1 PM Friday east of a line from roughly Paris to
Terrell to Killeen where the threat for heavy rainfall appears
greatest at this time.

While unsettled weather should continue into Saturday as the
upper-low takes its time moving out of the region, the thread for
widespread heavy rainfall should come to an end on Friday
afternoon. At this time, expect basically precip-free conditions
to take hold of North and Central Texas Monday and into the middle
of next week before moisture once again begins to return on
southeasterly flow.

Carlaw

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Dallas-Ft. Worth    68  79  67  78  67 /  60  70  70  60  50
Waco                67  79  66  77  65 /  70  80  70  60  40
Paris               66  77  66  76  67 /  70  70  80  70  50
Denton              65  78  65  76  65 /  60  70  70  60  40
McKinney            66  79  66  76  66 /  60  70  70  70  50
Dallas              68  80  68  79  68 /  60  70  70  60  50
Terrell             67  80  67  77  67 /  60  70  80  70  50
Corsicana           68  79  68  77  67 /  70  80  80  70  50
Temple              67  78  66  76  65 /  70  80  70  60  40
Mineral Wells       65  78  65  76  64 /  70  70  60  60  40

&&

.FWD Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
Flash Flood Watch through Thursday evening for TXZ091>094-
100>104-115>120-129>134-141>145-156-157.

Flash Flood Watch through Friday afternoon for TXZ095-105>107-
121>123-135-146>148-158>162-174-175.

&&

82/77
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 3:43 PM CDT, 23 hours 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHood2 hr
Jun 1, 7:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBell, Falls116 min
Jun 1, 8:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood2 hr
Jun 1, 8:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHill65 min
Jun 1, 8:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDenton4 days
Jun 1, 8:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood58 min
Jun 1, 9:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJohnson51 min
Jun 1, 10:12 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDHood3 hr
Jun 1, 10:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDMontague3 hr
Jun 1, 11:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMontague111 min
Jun 2, 12:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMontague6 hr
Jun 2, 1:11 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDHood9 hr
Jun 2, 1:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJack, Young4 hr
Jun 2, 2:40 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton3 hr
Jun 2, 3:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke, Montague6 hr
Jun 2, 4:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDLeon, Robertson7 days
Jun 2, 5:56 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDJack, Young6 hr
Jun 2, 6:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton, Wise4 hr
Jun 2, 6:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMontague3 hr
Jun 2, 7:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDGrayson3 hr
Jun 2, 7:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBell, Falls, Milam4 hr
Jun 2, 8:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCoryell, McLennan3 hr
Jun 2, 8:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell3 hr
Jun 2, 9:26 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBosque, Hamilton4 hr
Jun 2, 9:43 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDComanche, Mills3 hr
Jun 2, 9:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche, Hamilton5 hr
Jun 2, 10:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMcLennan3 hr
Jun 2, 10:10 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDLimestone3 hr
Jun 2, 10:15 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDHood3 hr
Jun 2, 10:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHill, Navarro3 hr
Jun 2, 10:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCoryell9 days
Jun 2, 10:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCoryell29 hr
Jun 2, 10:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDLimestone52 hr
Jun 2, 10:52 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDErath, Somervell3 hr
Jun 2, 11:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDErath, Hood, Somervell6 hr
Jun 2, 11:37 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFreestone, Navarro3 hr
Jun 2, 11:40 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDBell3 hr
Jun 2, 12:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson11 hr
Jun 2, 1:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEastland6 hr
Jun 2, 1:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHill, Limestone, Navarro3 hr
Jun 2, 1:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas3 hr
Jun 2, 1:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke, Grayson6 hr
Jun 2, 1:58 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDSomervell24 hr
Jun 2, 1:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton4 hr
Jun 2, 2:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas6 hr
Jun 2, 2:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDTarrant3 hr
Jun 2, 2:48 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDComanche, Hamilton3 hr
Jun 2, 3:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDBosque25 hr
Jun 2, 3:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDComanche47 hr
Jun 2, 3:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDMilam47 hr
Jun 2, 3:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDStephens42 hr
Jun 2, 3:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDMontague3 hr
Jun 2, 3:22 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDNavarro3 days
Jun 2, 3:22 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDWise40 hr
Jun 2, 3:22 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin49 hr
Jun 2, 3:22 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDenton22 hr
Jun 2, 3:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDParker, Wise3 hr
Jun 2, 3:32 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt49 hr
Jun 2, 3:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDParker3 hr
Jun 2, 4:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDJack3 hr
Jun 2, 5:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood3 hr
Jun 2, 5:37 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDErath, Somervell3 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.