Showers and thunderstorms affected areas mainly north of I-20 Thursday night through Friday morning. 61 inches of rain fell.
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Showers and thunderstorms affected areas mainly north of I-20 Thursday night through Friday morning. Minor flooding was reported in the city of Denton where 1.61 inches of rain fell.
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 Oct 7, 7:34 AM CST, 26 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 834 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2016 .UPDATE... The cold front continues to move southward this morning. With decent cold air advection behind it, have lowered the hourly and high temperatures for today by a few degrees across all but the extreme southeastern zones. Depending on how much/little insolation we receive this afternoon, we may need to lower temperatures by a few more degrees later. Have also adjusted the POPs based on current trends. Updates have already been sent. 58 && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 728 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2016/ /12Z TAFS/ Widespread light to moderate rain continues this morning behind a cold front that continues to push south through the region. Most of the thunderstorm activity has ended across the area although we can't totally rule out a rumble of thunder through the remainder of the morning. North winds 15G25KT will continue through much of the day before diminishing later this afternoon. For the Metroplex TAFs...will prevail MVFR conditions in -RA with couple of hours of TEMPO IFR cigs. Conditions should improve later this morning with VFR cigs by midday or early afternoon. Skies should be mostly clear by this evening but some moisture will linger and will reassess the potential for more cloud cover than currently forecast. At Waco...cold front is approaching the area now and scattered showers will overspread the area this morning. Similar to farther north...conditions will improve by afternoon. Dunn && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 317 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2016/ Though all eyes have been fixed on the latest information regarding Hurricane Matthew and its affects on the Florida and Southeast U.S. Coast, an active (though less dangerous) weather system continues to affect the Central and Southern Plains. Water vapor imagery indicates an upper trough progressing east across the Plains. Meanwhile, a cold front has picked up some speed and is currently pushing south into North and Central Texas. Thunderstorms continue to develop along the cold front, which was quickly approaching a line from Abilene to Fort Worth to Sherman during the past hour and making steady progress south. However, an overall decreasing trend in convective coverage and intensity is expected this morning as the front and associated convection part ways with the upper level trough (which will continue eastward towards the Mississippi Valley). An upper ridge over Mexico will nose its way north today as the upper trough moves out. POPs today will be highest during the next few hours but will taper off through the day as subsidence increases overhead. Cold air advection behind the front will keep temperatures considerably cooler today across most of the region. The high temperature forecast will be tapered from the lower 80s across the southeast to the mid and upper 60s across the northwest. A surface ridge will intensify over the Plains behind the front and expand eastward across the Mid MS Valley this weekend. Winds will veer from northerly today to northeasterly tomorrow as the ridge expands eastward. A significantly drier airmass will work its way southwestward into the area, leading to sunny days and clear cool nights this weekend through early next week. Clouds may increase on Monday as a shortwave trough propagates across the Plains and weak ascent develops overhead. At this time it appears that it will be far too dry for the development of any precipitation. A warm-up will ensue mid to late next weak as weak return flow develops at the surface and ridging persists aloft. The result is dry conditions and temperatures 5 to 10 degrees above normal for the extended portion of the forecast. 30 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 70 58 79 57 80 / 100 5 5 0 5 Waco 77 58 82 54 82 / 70 5 5 0 5 Paris 76 54 80 51 80 / 70 5 5 0 5 Denton 68 53 77 51 78 / 80 5 5 0 5 McKinney 71 55 78 52 79 / 100 5 5 0 5 Dallas 71 59 80 57 81 / 100 5 5 0 5 Terrell 77 58 80 53 80 / 100 5 5 0 5 Corsicana 82 60 82 55 81 / 60 5 5 0 5 Temple 80 59 81 56 82 / 60 5 5 0 5 Mineral Wells 65 53 77 51 79 / 90 5 5 0 5 && .FWD Watches/Warnings/Advisories... None. && 05/58
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 349 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2016 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-081200- 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- 349 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS. LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DUNN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The frontage road of I-35 near Hwy 288 in South Denton was closed through mid afternoon due to high water.
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