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River Flood Warning 160, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 2, 2016Dallas County, Tarrant County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Jun 2, 2016, 10:07 PM CDT for Dallas County, Tarrant County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 4, 2016, 4:34 AM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 2016, 10:07 PM CDT (03:07 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 4, 2016, 4:34 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 5, 2016, 11:48 AM CDT
In force: 31 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Dallas County, TX, Tarrant County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 West Fork Trinity River at Grand Prairie (GPRT2). The gauge peaked at 21.03 ft at Jun 3, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 25 ft
Minor stage: 27 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08049500, 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 2, 9:30 PM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 9:30 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 3:24 PM CDT, 6 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
324 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2016

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-031145-
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-
324 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
GOOD CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY
WEATHER THREAT...AND DUE TO VERY SATURATED SOILS...FLASH FLOODING
AND RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY.
THE AREA ALONG AND WEST OF I-35 IS WHERE RAIN MAY BECOME HEAVIEST
LATER TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY...BEFORE ENDING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
EARLY SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
RELAY REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 2, 4:58 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
458 PM CDT THU JUN 02 2016

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

0455 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 N CISCO               32.41N  98.97W
06/02/2016                   EASTLAND           TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HIGHWAY 6 HAS BEEN WASHED OUT DOWNSTREAM OF CISCO DAM
            (THIS IS THE BRIDGE OVER SANDY CREEK)

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 8:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Erath, Hood, Somervell	3 hr
Jun 2, 8:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	3 hr
Jun 2, 8:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Denton	3 hr
Jun 3, 12:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Eastland	3 hr
Jun 3, 5:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	22 hr
Jun 3, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	69 hr
Jun 3, 2:45 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	34 hr
Jun 3, 4:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Freestone, Limestone	119 min
Jun 3, 5:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Ellis, Hill	3 hr
Jun 3, 6:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Mills	3 hr
Jun 3, 6:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	McLennan	3 hr
Jun 3, 6:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Coryell, Lampasas	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2016 Every river flood warning in 2016

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.