Weather Alert in Texas
Flood Advisory issued August 11 at 11:54PM CDT until August 12 at 3:00AM CDT by NWS Fort Worth TX
AREAS AFFECTED: Lamar, TX
DESCRIPTION: * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...A portion of north central Texas, including the following county, Lamar. * WHEN...Until 300 AM CDT. * IMPACTS...Water over roadways. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to slow moving thunderstorms across northern Lamar County moving slowly southeast towards Paris. Radar estimates up to 3 inches of rain have fallen in the past couple of hours. Low lying, poor drainage areas, and some roads will experience minor flooding in the advisory area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Paris, Reno, Sumner, Lake Gibbons, Lake Crook, Pat Mayse Lake, Camp Maxey, Powderly, Arthur City, Forest Hill, Toco, Globe, Forest Chapel, Belk, Chicota, Garretts Bluff, Midcity, Brookston, Tigertown and East Direct.
INSTRUCTION: Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.
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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?
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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary
components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones,
and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and
therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.
The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be
wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer
layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air
it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water
droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is
freezing rain.
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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?
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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their
fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.
A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure
the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally
an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a
stratocumulus cloud.
It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do
it is usually a light rain or snow.
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