NWS Dallas/Fort Worth Product Guide - Local Storm Reports Frame

<body bgcolor="#ffffff" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0"> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0" bgcolor="#ff0000"> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td align="left"><span class="white">National Weather Service</span></td> <td align="right"><span class="white">Dallas/Fort Worth</span></td> <td width="10"> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <div align="center"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0" width="98%"> <tr> <td><div align="center"><br><h3>Local Storm Reports</h3>(LSR, WWUS30)</div> <h4>Definition</h4> <b>L</b>ocal <b>S</b>torm <b>R</b>eports (LSR) relay observations about severe or other very significant events (tornadoes, hail, heavy rainfall, damaging wind, etc.) to the media, emergency management and adjacent NWS offices. LSR's provide documentation of severe weather events not otherwise documented in severe weather or flood/flash flood warnings, severe weather/flash flood statements, short term forecasts. They are also issued as close to real time as possible and include... <ul> <li>type of phenomena,</li> <li>date/time of occurrence,</li> <li>location of event, including state, county, direction and distance (in statute miles) from a well known site,</li> <li>source of report,</li> <li>damage, deaths, and/or injuries (if any), and</li> <li>any other useful information</li> </ul> <h4>Example</h4> <div align="center"><table width="590" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#eaeaea"> <tr> <td><pre> WKUS30 KFTW 042029 LSRFTW PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 325 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2000 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... ...COUNTY LOCATION.... 0655 AM I-30 AT MILE MARKER 121 TX FLOOD 06/04/00 HOPKINS WATER 100 YDS WIDE AND SEVERAL FEET DEEP AT I-30 NEAR MILE MARKER 121. 0735 AM CORSICANA TX FLOOD 06/04/00 NAVARRO WATER COVERING THE SERVICE ROAD AT I-45 AND U.S. 287. 0754 AM TX FLOOD 06/04/00 JOHNSON FLOODING CONTINUES IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY. 0825 AM BLUM TX FLOOD 06/04/00 HILL WATER ACROSS ROAD ON FM 308 IN BLUM. NOLAN RIVER RISING RAPIDLY. 0855 AM CLIFTON TX FLOOD 06/04/00 BOSQUE NUMEROUS COUNTY AND AT LEAST ONE FM CLOSED. REPORT FROM S.O. 0905 AM WAXAHACHIE TX FLOOD 06/04/00 ELLIS GAINER PARK IN THE CITY WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. 0929 AM TX FLOOD 06/04/00 ELLIS WAXAHACHIE PD REPORTS SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN THE CITY. 1006 AM TX FLOOD 06/04/00 JOHNSON SEVERAL BRIDGES WASHED OUT ON COUNTY ROADS AND SEVERAL FM S CLOSED. REPORT FROM S.O.</pre></td> </tr> </table></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">NWS Dallas/Fort Worth: <a href="../fwd/">Home</a> | <a href="../fwd/forecast.htm">Forecasts</a> | <a href="../fwd/currentwx.html">Current Weather</a> | <a href="http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/national.html">Radar</a> | <a href="http://204.185.136.10/awc/aviation_weather_center.html">Aviation</a> | <a href="../fwd/skywarn.html">Preparedness</a><br> <a href="../fwd/lakes.htm">Hydrology & River Info</a> | <a href="../fwd/radio.html">NOAA Weather Radio</a> | <a href="../fwd/ntexclima.html">Climat Data</a> </td> </tr> </table> <br><br> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" width="100%" border="0" bgcolor="#000000"> <tr align="center"> <td width="2%"> </td> <td align="left" width="30%"><b><span class="white">Local Storm Reports</span></b></td> <td width="5%"><a onmouseover="act('fb')" onmouseout="inact('fb')" href="severef.htm"><img src="../images/boff.gif" alt="Severe Weather Introduction" width="23" height="23" border="0" name="fb"></a></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"><a onmouseover="act('b')" onmouseout="inact('b')" href="svsf.htm"><img src="../images/fboff.gif" alt="Severe Weather Statement" width="23" height="23" border="0" name="b"></a></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="6%"><a onmouseover="act('co')" onmouseout="inact('co')" href="../contents.htm"><img src="../images/cooff.gif" alt="Table of Contents" width="23" height="23" border="0" name="co"></a></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"><a onmouseover="act('f')" onmouseout="inact('f')" href="s_safetyf.htm"><img src="../images/foff.gif" alt="Severe Weather Safety" width="23" height="23" border="0" name="f"></a></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"><a onmouseover="act('ff')" onmouseout="inact('ff')" href="../winter/winterf.htm"><img src="../images/ffoff.gif" alt="Winter Weather" width="23" height="23" border="0" name="ff"></a></td> <td align="right" width="30%"><b><span class="white">Severe Weather Products</span></b></td> <td width="2%"> </td> </tr> </table></div> </body>