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River Flood Warning 186, NWS Fort Worth, TX
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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</html>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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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 8:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Van Zandt | 119 min |
| Aug 20, 5:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young | 4 hr |
| Aug 20, 5:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 5:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Parker | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 6:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 6:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Wise | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 6:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Cooke, Denton, Grayson | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 6:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Grayson | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 8:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 29 hr |
| Aug 20, 8:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Jack | 37 hr |
| Aug 20, 8:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 7 days |
| Aug 20, 10:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 13 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.