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River Flood Warning 186, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 19, 2016Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Aug 19, 2016, 7:36 PM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It took effect at Aug 19, 2016, 8:57 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 2016, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 19, 2016, 8:57 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 20, 2016, 9:03 AM CDT
In force
12 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 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point White Rock Creek at Dallas (DWRT2).

Action stage
78 ft
Minor stage
84 ft
Moderate stage
88 ft
Major stage
90 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08057200, 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 Aug 19, 7:03 PM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 7:03 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 3:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
357 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-201200-
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-
357 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE BEST
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE
MAIN HAZARDS.

WITH A TROPICAL-LIKE AIRMASS IN PLACE...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM OLNEY TO
DENTON TO ENNIS TO ATHENS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE REGION THIS WEEKEND AS A FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA
AND STALLS. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLASH
FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF
A LINE FROM OLNEY TO DENTON TO ENNIS TO ATHENS THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE MONDAY AND TUESDAY ACROSS NORTH
AND CENTRAL TEXAS. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED...HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED
AREAS OF FLOODING OR EXACERBATE ONGOING FLOODING.

THERE ARE LOW CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A COMANCHE TO WAXAHACHIE TO SULPHUR SPRINGS
LINE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...REPORTS OF FLOODING
ARE APPRECIATED.

JLDUNN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 19, 4:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
449 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016

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

0444 PM     FLASH FLOOD      OLNEY                   33.37N  98.77W
08/19/2016                   YOUNG              TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SOUTHBOUND LANE OF HIGHWAY 79 NEAR OLNEY REMAINS SHUT
            DOWN DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. 7.1 INCHES RECORDED SINCE 8
            AM.
Local storm report, Aug 19, 4:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
455 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016

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

0445 PM     FLOOD            OLNEY                   33.37N  98.77W
08/19/2016                   YOUNG              TX   PUBLIC

            TWITTER PHOTO SHOWING PORTIONS OF GRIFFIN PARK IN OLNEY
            UNDERWATER.
Local storm report, Aug 19, 7:01 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 19, 7:16 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 8:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDVan Zandt119 min
Aug 20, 5:03 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDJack, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young4 hr
Aug 20, 5:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Stephens3 hr
Aug 20, 5:35 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDParker3 hr
Aug 20, 6:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDParker3 hr
Aug 20, 6:11 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDWise3 hr
Aug 20, 6:35 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCooke, Denton, Grayson3 hr
Aug 20, 6:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton3 hr
Aug 20, 7:06 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDGrayson3 hr
Aug 20, 7:17 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDTarrant3 hr
Aug 20, 7:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin3 hr
Aug 20, 7:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin, Grayson3 hr
Aug 20, 8:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDenton29 hr
Aug 20, 8:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDJack37 hr
Aug 20, 8:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDWise7 days
Aug 20, 10:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas13 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2016Every 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.