Several impulses traversed the area through this time period generating multiple MCSs that caused flooding issues in Tarrant and Dallas Counties.
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Several impulses traversed the area through this time period generating multiple MCSs that caused flooding issues in Tarrant and Dallas 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 Sep 25, 6:27 AM CST, 33 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 727 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 .AVIATION... /12Z TAFs/ Challenges today will continue to be timing convective trends and cigs due to convection and mixing. DFW Terminals... Will carry VCTS with TEMPO for TSRA and IFR cigs through mid morning for KDFW/KFTW/KAFW, while delaying a few hours at KDAL and KGKY with the approach of the first shortwave of the day. Another shortwave will arrive after 18Z and will only carry VCSH in between the two disturbances. A cold front arrives this evening with a continuation of showers and isolated storms possible behind the front overnight. Cigs should improve to low VFR between 3-4 kft, then fall back into low MVFR behind the cold front early this evening. It is possible IFR conditions may occur late tonight, but with models struggling and confidence wavering, held off on that thought for now. Waco Terminal... Cigs will fluctuate, as the airport will remain on the easternmost periphery of the better lift just to the west. Have prevailed VFR cigs with a TEMPO IFR through mid morning as mixing from nearby convection results in fluctuating conditions. A few showers are possible this morning with MVFR conditions, then a few thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon with daytime heating. The cold front should arrive just before 06Z Monday with cigs lowering to near the IFR/MVFR threshold. SSE flow 10 kts or less should prevail at all terminals until FROPA this evening. However, it is possible that convective outflows by this afternoon could result in brief W/NW winds. Winds should be NE 5-8 kts initially with FROPA, then N 10-15 kts with cold advection arriving into the area late evening and into the predawn hours Monday. 05/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 410 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016/ Although the mean flow is nearly parallel to the quasi-linear MCS that reached our northwestern zones at nightfall, it has continued to make gradual progress eastward overnight. This has been made possible by the advancing outflow, the gusty winds early this morning confirming that the updrafts have maintained access to the juicy surface parcels downstream. But this steadily stabilizing nocturnal air has been unable to maintain the complex's strength as its associated forcing aloft has moved into Oklahoma. Despite the eastward progress of the activity, the wind profiles continue to promote training echoes. The impressive rainfall totals were west of our area on Saturday, but many locations in our northwest zones have received at least an inch of rain overnight. Antelope (Jack County) tallied more than 3 inches. The next impulse will take a similar track to its predecessor, but its associated convection is also deviating eastward toward the richer moisture. These showers and storms will impact our southwestern zones early this morning with some gusty winds, but they too will wane as the upper forcing leaves them behind. Although there will be heavy rain, the progressive nature of the activity should limit its duration. Subsequent disturbances, one currently entering the Edwards Plateau and another upstream in Mexico, will also take northerly treks, keeping the better forcing to our west today. However, there will still be rounds of showers and storms that affect areas mainly west of the I-35 corridor. While flooding issues could result from training activity, particularly if this occurs in areas that have already seen wetting rains, the main concerns will be to our west. There will also be some diurnally driven activity east of the better organized convection, but lingering subsidence in East Texas should limit its eastward extent. The ongoing activity is disrupting the surface wind field, and additional convection will continue to do so throughout the day. Rain-cooled air well in advance of a cold front will belie its position, which is currently in the Texas Panhandle. The true boundary will take much of the day to reach our northwestern zones. With the upper forcing driving the bulk of the convection in vicinity of the front, we are unlikely to see a linear complex coincident with the surface boundary, and showers and storms will persist after its passage. However, as the dry postfrontal layer deepens, the activity will eventually end from northeast to southwest, but it may be until the daylight hours Monday before this happens. Lingering clouds and steady north winds Monday will likely keep afternoon temperatures in the 70s along and west of the I-35 corridor. Sunshine will emerge Tuesday, but with many locations starting the day in the 50s and lower 60s, high temperatures may be similar. The 80s will return Wednesday, but the moisture will not. Seasonal temperatures with humidity more befitting of autumn will prevail into the opening weekend of October. 25 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 86 64 76 61 80 / 70 60 40 10 10 Waco 87 67 78 60 79 / 50 70 40 10 10 Paris 89 65 79 59 80 / 40 40 30 10 5 Denton 85 63 75 55 79 / 70 60 40 10 5 McKinney 87 65 79 57 80 / 60 50 30 10 10 Dallas 87 66 77 63 80 / 60 60 40 10 10 Terrell 89 67 81 60 81 / 40 50 30 10 10 Corsicana 88 68 81 62 80 / 40 60 30 10 10 Temple 86 66 77 60 78 / 50 70 40 10 10 Mineral Wells 82 62 71 56 77 / 80 70 50 10 10 && .FWD Watches/Warnings/Advisories... None. && 05/25
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 415 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-261100- 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- 415 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 AND 35 WEST CORRIDORS. THE MAIN RISKS FROM ANY STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH. THE HIGHEST RISK FOR FLOODING WILL BE ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS...WHERE LIFT WILL BE THE STRONGEST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA ON MONDAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. PRIMARY HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHTNING STRIKES AND FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THOSE AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 281 WHERE SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND FLOODING OF TYPICAL LOW LYING AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOME LOCALES. WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED WEST OF I-35/I-35W...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS FURTHER EAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING ARE APPRECIATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
High water (localized street flooding) near Hulen and I-30 in Fort Worth.
Several locations in Dallas County reported high water.
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