Heavy Rain — Parker, Texas

2016-03-09 · near Springtown, Parker, Texas

Event narrative

A female died when her car lost control on wet pavement and crashed. The crash occurred on FM 51 near Veal Station Road south of Springtown. Another female and child were injured in the crash.

Wider weather episode

This was a multi-day severe weather and flood event. It started with a large-scale upper level low pressure system which deepened over the Four-Corners region. Moisture and instability increased in advance of this system. Storms developed along a dry line Monday afternoon, many of which produced severe weather or flash flooding or both. Another area of storms formed ahead of the upper trough over northwest Texas Monday night and pushed east-southeast across the area Tuesday, producing severe weather and flooding. A third round of storms produced flooding across mainly the southern half of the region Tuesday night into Wednesday.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 626791. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.