Another in a series of slow moving storms parked across North and Central Texas on the 17th, leading to heavy rain and localized flooding. The most significant flooding occurred in Palo Pinto, Jack, Johnson and Milam counties.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Another in a series of slow moving storms parked across North and Central Texas on the 17th, leading to heavy rain and localized flooding. The most significant flooding occurred in Palo Pinto, Jack, Johnson and Milam counties.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 16, 8:24 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 924 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016 .UPDATE... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO HAVE BEEN PERSISTING MUCH OF THE EVENING TO THE WEST OF INTERSTATE 35/35W. THESE SHOWERS ARE QUICKLY MOVING NORTH AND SO FAR PRODUCING LIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS. SEVERE STORMS WITH A THREAT FOR TORNADOES HAVE REMAINED IN WEST TEXAS AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS EVENING...FORMING NEAR A STATIONARY DRYLINE WHERE ALSO THE BEST LARGE SCALE LIFT IS OCCURRING FROM A LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONGEAL INTO ONE OR TWO LINES THAT MOVES EAST...REACHING NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL LIKELY ALSO FORM AHEAD OF THE LINE...MOVING NORTH IN THE MEAN FLOW. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE SLOWLY MOVING EAST OVERNIGHT...APPROACHING THE I-35 CORRIDOR AROUND SUNRISE...OR POSSIBLY EVEN A LITTLE AFTER. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE A THREAT TO THE WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 OVERNIGHT AND THEN THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE SPREADING EAST DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. AS THE LINE OF STORMS APPROACHES OUR WESTERN COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT...A THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL EXIST BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND AS THE STORMS MOVE FARTHER EAST. INSTABILITY VALUES OVERNIGHT ARE NOT OVERLY IMPRESSIVE FOR STRONG UPDRAFTS DUE TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF CAPE IN A TALL AND SKINNY MANNER ON FORECAST SOUNDINGS. HOWEVER...BULK SHEAR VALUES SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR ROTATING UPDRAFTS. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT BUT A LOW TORNADO THREAT WILL ALSO EXIST DUE TO SURFACE WINDS BACKED TO THE EAST ACROSS THE REGION RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND NICELY CURVED HODOGRAPHS. THE HAIL THREAT IS ALSO LOW AND LARGE HAIL IS NOT EXPECTED DUE TO A LACK OF STEEP LAPSE RATES. FOR THE UPDATE...MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO POPS OVERNIGHT AND OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES. ALSO ADDED A MENTION OF SEVERE STORMS TO THE ZONE FORECAST FOR WESTERN COUNTIES TONIGHT AND MUCH OF THE AREA TOMORROW/SUNDAY. JLDUNN && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 700 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016/ VFR CEILINGS WILL PERSIST THROUGH ABOUT SUNSET THEN CEILINGS WILL LOWER TO MVFR AND EVENTUALLY BECOME IFR OVERNIGHT. IFR CEILINGS AND MVFR VISIBILITIES WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL REMAIN GENERALLY WEST OF THE TERMINALS. WE EXPECT SHOWERS AND STORMS TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND IMPACT ALL NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS TAF SITES THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. THE BEST THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. PREVAILING SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 15 TO 20 KNOT RANGE THROUGH SUNDAY ALONG WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. 79 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 331 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016/ AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY OVER WESTERN NEW MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN WEATHER MAKER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THIS LOW WILL GENERALLY DRIFT NORTHWARD TOWARD NORTHWEST COLORADO/ NORTHEAST UTAH/SOUTHWEST WYOMING BY MONDAY MORNING. A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES WILL ROTATE AROUND THIS LOW THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK BEFORE THE LOW SHIFTS EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS BY MIDWEEK. THE UPPER LOW WILL OPEN UP AND MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY LATE WEEK. HOWEVER...WITH GENERALLY SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW CONTINUING AND THE UPPER FLOW ALLOWING WEAK DISTURBANCES TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION...20 TO 40 PERCENT POPS WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEKEND. DESPITE THE CLOUD COVER...TEMPERATURES TODAY MANAGED TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 60S TO UPPER 70S ACROSS THE REGION WITH A FEW SPOTS TOPPING OUT ABOVE 80 DEGREES. BESIDES SOME SPRINKLES OR LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS...ALL OF THE ACTION HAS BEEN ACROSS WEST TEXAS ALONG THE DRYLINE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING MAINLY WEST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR. SOME OF THE STORMS CURRENTLY OVER WEST TEXAS SHOULD APPROACH THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA TOWARD MIDNIGHT AND APPROACH THE I-35 CORRIDOR BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT STARTING AT 7 PM THIS EVENING ALONG AND WEST OF A BOWIE TO HAMILTON LINE. STARTING AT 6 AM SUNDAY THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A BONHAM TO CORSICANA TO FRANKLIN LINE AND THIS WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO OVER 6 INCHES ARE FORECAST FOR THE PERIOD ENDING AT 6 PM TUESDAY WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES. RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY ALSO RESULT IN SOME RIVER FLOODING ALONG PARTS OF THE TRINITY AND BRAZOS RIVER SYSTEMS. ALSO...THE SULPHUR AND SABINE WILL BE AFFECTED DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE BIGGEST CONCERN THOUGH WILL BE FOR AREAS CLOSER TO A WARM FRONT THAT IS FORECAST TO EXTEND ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS. DEWPOINTS ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S AND MIXED LAYER CAPES WILL RISE TO AROUND 1500 J/KG. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW VERY STRONG SHEAR. THUS EXPECT THERE TO BE THE RISK OF SOME TORNADOES SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING MAINLY SOUTH OF I-20. EXPECT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY RAIN LIKELY AS MODELS INDICATE PWATS OF 1.5 TO NEARLY 2 INCHES. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SEVERE STORMS MONDAY WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO START TO SHIFT TO THE EAST TUESDAY BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY. WITH THE CLOUD COVER AND SOUTHERLY FLOW CONTINUING THROUGH MOST OF THE COMING WEEK...EXPECT LOWS TO BE ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS. THE RAIN SHOULD KEEP HIGHS NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS WEDNESDAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND. 58 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH 67 72 65 74 63 / 40 100 90 70 70 WACO 68 73 66 73 64 / 50 100 90 70 60 PARIS 65 71 63 71 61 / 20 80 80 80 70 DENTON 67 70 62 73 62 / 50 100 90 60 70 MCKINNEY 66 71 64 73 63 / 30 100 90 70 70 DALLAS 67 72 66 74 64 / 40 100 90 70 70 TERRELL 67 72 66 74 63 / 30 100 90 70 60 CORSICANA 66 74 66 74 64 / 30 100 90 80 60 TEMPLE 68 74 65 73 64 / 50 100 90 80 60 MINERAL WELLS 65 71 60 73 61 / 90 100 90 50 70 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR TXZ091-100-101-115- 116-129-130-141>143. FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 AM CDT SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR TXZ092>094-102>105-117>121-131>134-144>147-156>162-174-175. && 79/82
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.
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:51 UTC.
18 flash flood, 5 flood, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trained spotters reported golf ball sized hail approximately 12 miles west of Graford on the west shore of Possum Kingdom Reservior.
Several secondary roads remained flooded across the county after several inches of rain fell.
Jack County Sheriff's Department reported U.S. Highway 281 just south of Perrin was flooded due to the heavy rainfall.
U.S Highway 380/State Highway 199 was closed due to high water, just south of the city of Jacksboro.
Palo Pinto Sheriff's deputies reported flooding along and near U.S. 281 near Mineral Wells.
Flood waters stranded and stalled a few vehicles in Mineral Wells.
Low water crossings southwest of Lone Camp were flooded.
The Jack County emergency manager reported Highway 4 at the Jack / Palo Pinto County line was closed due to the heavy rainfall.
Emergency management reported water over the road along US 380 near Runaway Bay.
Several roads remained flooded after up to 6 inches of rain fell across the county. Most of the flooding was near creeks and streams and in low lying areas. Flooding continued on Highway 281 near Mineral Wells, and one high water rescue was reported on FM 4 south of Lone Camp in a low water crossing.
Several roads remained flooded after up to 5 inches of rain fell across the county. Most of the flooding was near creeks and streams and in low lying areas. Flooding continued on Highway 199.
The Bosque County emergency manager reported several cars stalled out in downtown Clifton, due to quickly rising water.
The Bosque County emergency manager reported Farm to Market Road 219 at SH 6 was closed due to flash flooding. During the late morning hours, some homes in Clifton had to be evacuated due to rising flood waters.
The Bosque County emergency manager reported Farm to Market Road 219 six miles west of Clifton was closed due to flash flooding.
CR 509 between CRs 505 and 508 was closed due to flooding.
Old Foamy Road south of Cleburne was closed due to flooding.
Coryell County Sheriff's Department reported that Farm to market roads 182, 183 and 217 were closed, along with several county roads in northern Coryell County.
Flood waters continued to recede in and around the town of Clifton after 4 inches of rain fell in the area.
Up to 8 inches of rain resulted in flash flooding in Milam County; especially in the western portions of the county along many creeks, streams and rivers. A local newspaper specifically listed road closures at the following locations: FM 1915 at Big Elm Creek and also Little River, FM 1600 at Little River, FM 2269 at Big Elm Creek, FM 285 at North Elm Creek, FM 437 at Little River and also Donahue Creek, FM 487 at San Gabriel River, FM 908 at Brushy Creek, FM 486 at Little River and also Alligator Creek. The newspaper also listed pavement damage at the following locations: FM 1915 at Lipan Creek, FM 1600 at Bear/Little Bear Creek, FM 485 at North Elm Creek. At FM 486 at Alligator Creek, a car was washed off the roadway, and the 2 occupants had to be rescued. Several other rescues were needed according to the county police chief.
Up to 8 inches of rain resulted in flash flooding in Milam County. A local newspaper reported FM 2027 at Pond Creek was closed due to flooding.
A trained spotter reported rapidly flowing water over Highway 53 and FM 437.
Emergency management reported between 5 and 6 inches of water on CR 377 and CR 374 near Lake Mexia.
Several roads, especially along creeks, streams, and rivers, remained flooded after up to 8 inches of rain fall across mainly the western half of the county.
Johnson County Emergency Management reported that 30 or more secondary roads were closed across the county.
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