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River Flood Warning 37, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 17, 2016, 5:35 AM CDT for Parker County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 17, 2016, 8:49 PM CDT. It was in force for 57 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2016, 5:35 AM CDT (10:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2016, 8:49 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2016, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Parker County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Brazos River near Dennis (DNNT2). The gauge peaked at 26.83 ft at Apr 18, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 21 ft
- Moderate stage
- 25 ft
- Major stage
- 27 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08090800, 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 Apr 17, 4:55 AM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 4:55 AM CDT, 40 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 3:55 PM CDT, 13 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 355 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-171200- 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- 355 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE REGION TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BOWIE TO HAMILTON...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE. THIS SAME AREA COULD SEE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES. THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING TORNADOES APPEARS TO BE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. WITH SUCH A BROAD AREA OF INSTABILITY...MOISTURE AND SHEAR IN PLACE...JUST ABOUT ANY OF OUR COUNTIES COULD SEE A SEVERE STORM OR EXPERIENCE FLOODING. RAIN AND STORM CHANCES DIMINISH LATE TUESDAY AND WILL REMAIN LOW THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BOWIE TO HAMILTON LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 3:14 AM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
314 AM CDT SUN APR 17 2016
TXZ101-170845-
JACK TX-
314 AM CDT SUN APR 17 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JACK COUNTY UNTIL 345 AM CDT...
AT 313 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED OVER JACKSBORO...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JACKSBORO AND NEWPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3344 9798 3343 9792 3307 9792 3302 9826
3347 9828 3347 9798
TIME...MOT...LOC 0813Z 253DEG 29KT 3322 9815
66Special weather statement, Apr 17, 3:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
340 AM CDT SUN APR 17 2016
TXZ091-102-170930-
MONTAGUE TX-WISE TX-
340 AM CDT SUN APR 17 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN WISE AND MONTAGUE
COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT...
AT 340 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
NEWPORT...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...BOWIE...NOCONA...ALVORD...ST. JO...CHICO...
FORESTBURG...SUNSET...STONEBURG...RUNAWAY BAY AND LAKE BRIDGEPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3383 9749 3323 9747 3315 9792 3343 9792
3344 9798 3372 9798
TIME...MOT...LOC 0840Z 229DEG 35KT 3343 9793
66Special weather statement, Apr 17, 4:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 412 AM CDT SUN APR 17 2016 TXZ116-129-130-171000- PALO PINTO TX-EASTLAND TX-ERATH TX- 412 AM CDT SUN APR 17 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN EASTLAND... NORTHWESTERN ERATH AND SOUTHWESTERN PALO PINTO COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM CDT... AT 411 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GORDON...OR 12 MILES EAST OF RANGER...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GORDON...HUCKABAY...STRAWN AND MINGUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3235 9830 3234 9855 3270 9857 3270 9819 TIME...MOT...LOC 0911Z 188DEG 21KT 3243 9847 STALLEY
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 4:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
502 AM CDT SUN APR 17 2016
TXZ116-130-171045-
PALO PINTO TX-ERATH TX-
502 AM CDT SUN APR 17 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ERATH AND
SOUTHEASTERN PALO PINTO COUNTIES UNTIL 545 AM CDT...
AT 502 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MORGAN MILL...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF STEPHENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HUCKABAY AND MORGAN MILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3264 9826 3264 9807 3260 9806 3251 9807
3240 9802 3221 9832 3230 9848 3231 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1002Z 217DEG 18KT 3244 9822
STALLEYLocal storm report, Apr 17, 5:18 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
518 AM CDT SUN APR 17 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 AM FLASH FLOOD PERRIN 33.03N 98.07W
04/17/2016 JACK TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY 281 NEAR PERRIN WAS FLOODED DUE TO HEAVY RAIN.The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto, Young | 63 min |
| Apr 16, 11:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Palo Pinto | 35 min |
| Apr 17, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 12:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Palo Pinto | 36 min |
| Apr 17, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 47 min |
| Apr 17, 1:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 36 min |
| Apr 17, 1:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Young | 2 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Stephens | 118 min |
| Apr 17, 2:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Eastland | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 31 min |
| Apr 17, 3:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Montague, Wise | 50 min |
| Apr 17, 3:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 14 days |
| Apr 17, 4:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Palo Pinto | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 4:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker, Wise | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke | 56 min |
| Apr 17, 5:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Erath, Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Erath | 43 min |
| Apr 17, 5:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Erath, Palo Pinto | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Erath | 24 min |
| Apr 17, 6:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Erath | 46 min |
| Apr 17, 6:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Grayson | 50 min |
| Apr 17, 6:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lampasas, Mills | 53 min |
| Apr 17, 7:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Denton, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 7:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills | 33 min |
| Apr 17, 7:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hamilton, Mills | 24 min |
| Apr 17, 8:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hamilton, Mills | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 8:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 61 hr |
| Apr 17, 8:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rockwall | 54 hr |
| Apr 17, 8:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 8:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Limestone | 66 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 8 days |
| Apr 17, 9:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, Coryell, Hamilton | 4 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Jack | 6 days |
| Apr 17, 9:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 42 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 64 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Johnson | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson | 119 min |
| Apr 17, 11:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 31 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, McLennan, Navarro | 2 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bell | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Dallas, Denton, Tarrant | 4 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:08 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque | 21 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 57 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 5 days |
| Apr 17, 12:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 15 days |
| Apr 17, 12:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Kaufman | 4 days |
| Apr 17, 12:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Navarro | 20 days |
| Apr 17, 12:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Leon | 22 days |
| Apr 17, 12:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell | 115 min |
| Apr 17, 12:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls, Milam, Robertson | 9 hr |
| Apr 17, 1:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Johnson | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Milam | 3 days |
| Apr 17, 3:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Milam | 4 days |
| Apr 17, 3:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Coryell | 22 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 26 min |
| Apr 17, 4:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell | 5 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 6:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Limestone | 3 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.