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River Flood Warning 193, NWS Fort Worth, TX

November 7, 2016Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Nov 7, 2016, 8:31 PM CST for Dallas County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 7, 2016, 8:53 PM CST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 7, 2016, 8:31 PM CST (02:31 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 7, 2016, 8:53 PM CST
Expired: Nov 8, 2016, 1:12 PM CST
In force: 16 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 02:31 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). The gauge peaked at 86.72 ft at Nov 7, 2016, 10:00 PM CST.

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 Nov 7, 7:20 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 7, 7:20 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 7, 3:32 PM CST, 4 hours 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
332 PM CST MON NOV 7 2016

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-081300-
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-
332 PM CST MON NOV 7 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. AREAS GENERALLY WEST
OF INTERSTATE 35 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 WILL HAVE THE BEST
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. SOME AREAS HAVE
ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS AND
ADDITIONAL RAINS MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY BUT DRIER
AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE REGION BEHIND A COLD FRONT.
LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH
ANY STORMS ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

DUNN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 7, 6:17 PM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
617 PM CST MON NOV 07 2016

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

0530 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 W MOODY               31.32N  97.40W
11/07/2016                   MCLENNAN           TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            HIGHWAY 107 CLOSED WEST OF MOODY DUE TO FLOODING OVER
            THE HIGHWAY.

Local storm report, Nov 7, 6:22 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
622 PM CST MON NOV 07 2016

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

0515 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 S MCGREGOR            31.40N  97.42W
11/07/2016                   MCLENNAN           TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            WATER RUNNING OVER MOTHER NEFF PARKWAY AT AG FARM ROAD

Local storm report, Nov 7, 7:24 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 7, 7:34 PM CST, 57 minutes before

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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
Nov 7, 6:56 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant	3 hr
Nov 7, 7:28 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell, McLennan	3 hr
Nov 7, 8:43 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Eastland	3 hr
Nov 7, 8:54 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas	3 hr
Nov 7, 9:08 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	3 hr
Nov 7, 10:07 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Palo Pinto	3 hr
Nov 7, 10:29 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell	3 hr
Nov 7, 11:37 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Erath	3 hr
Nov 7, 11:56 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	3 hr
Nov 8, 12:25 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bell, Coryell	3 hr
Nov 8, 1:10 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Erath, Hood, Parker, Somervell	3 hr
Nov 8, 2:34 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bosque, Comanche, Erath, Hamilton	3 hr
Nov 8, 6:09 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bosque, Coryell, McLennan	3 hr
Nov 8, 8:56 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Hunt, Rockwall	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.