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River Flood Warning 241, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Sep 10, 2007, 11:10 AM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It was in force for 46 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 2007, 11:10 AM CDT (16:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2007, 9:28 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Dallas County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Trinity River at Dallas (DALT2).
- Action stage
- 29 ft
- Minor stage
- 30 ft
- Moderate stage
- 38 ft
- Major stage
- 40 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08057000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, 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 this river flood warning went out at Sep 10, 10:37 AM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 10:37 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1037 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2007 .UPDATE... 1030 AM STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING IS LOCATED NEAR A LINE FROM COMANCHE...TO MIDLOTHIAN...TO COOPER. SECONDARY FRONT LOCATED IN OKLAHOMA IS STILL PROGGED TO REACH THE RED RIVER IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN PUSH THROUGH NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. MAIN ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS ONGOING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. RAINFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR ALONG WITH RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2-3 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY IN THE DFW METROPLEX WHERE STREET AND RIVER FLOODING IS OCCURRING. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO FIRE THIS AFTERNOON BEGINNING ALONG THE RED RIVER WITH THE NEXT FRONT. MORE HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND EVENING WITH PWATS WELL OVER 2 INCHES. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE TODAY....ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA WHERE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. HAVE UPDATED CURRENT FORECAST TO ADJUST POPS BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS AND TO RAISE POPS FOR THE AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS...ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS. HAVE ALSO ADJUSTED TEMPERATURES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 DOWN SEVERAL DEGREES AS TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY RUNNING FAIRLY COOL /TEMPS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S/ AS A RESULT OF THE RAIN AND THICK CLOUD COVER WILL PREVENT SIGNIFICANT WARM-UP THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...TWEAKED REMAINING GRIDS BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH 4 PM. WILL UPDATE PRODUCT BEFORE 1 PM AND MAY HAVE TO EXPAND THE WATCH SLIGHTLY FARTHER SOUTH DEPENDING ON RADAR TRENDS AT THAT TIME. WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS FOR THIS AFTERNOONS PACKAGE. 82/JLD && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 618 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2007/ AVIATION... 618 AM NOCTURNAL SHRA/TSRA MOVING SLOWLY...WITH CELLS SLIDING EAST 5 MPH. HAVE SMALL AREA SHRA/TSRA OVER DFW/DAL NOW...AND ANOTHER AREA IN PALO PINTO COUNTY MOVING EAST THAT WILL MAKE DFW AT 830 AM IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER. NOCTURNALS SHOULD DECREASE AFTER SUNRISE AS LLVL JET WEAKENS. BUT...AS FRONT MOVES DOWN THIS AFTERNOON EXPECT NEW SURFACE BASED DEVELOPMENT AIDED BY FRONTAL LIFT. TIMING IS TOUGH CALL...BUT MORNING STORMS LIKELY ENDING BY 9 AM...AND AFTERNOON STORMS BEGINNING 1 PM. WACO LIKELY GOING TO MISS THE MORNING STORMS...BUT SHOULD GET AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER METROPLEX. 84 UPDATE... 605 AM WAS ON THE FENCE EARLIER...BUT GIVEN THE SLOWLY MOVING STORMS THAT HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED...HAVE DECIDED TO GO ON AND ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF AN EASTLAND...TO CLEBURNE...TO CANTON LINE. THE WATCH MAY NEED TO EXPANDED AND EXTENDED THIS AFTERNOON. #58 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 345 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2007/ DISCUSSION... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF TO TWO THIRDS OF NORTH TEXAS. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUE ACCORDING TO THE 10/00Z KFWD RAOB WAS 1.92 INCHES W WHICH IS OVER 150 PERCENT OF NORMAL. MODEL FORECAST PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAIN AROUND OR ABOVE 2 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STORMS WILL ALSO BE SLOW MOVING...THUS WE WILL SEE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. HAVE CONSIDERED ISSUING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH...AND BELIEVE THAT WE WILL PROBABLY ISSUE SOME FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS TODAY...BUT AM NOT SURE THAT COVERAGE OF FLASH FLOODING RAINS WILL BE ENOUGH TO WARRANT A FFA AT THIS TIME. WE WILL MENTION THE POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND HAVE INCLUDED HEAVY RAIN THE ZONES. THE DAY SHIFT CAN RECONSIDER ISSUING ISSUING A FFA LATER TODAY. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. WE WILL SEE RAIN CHANCES THEN DECREASE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TUESDAY. AFTERWARD...THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS ANOTHER FRONT MOVES INTO NORTH TEXAS. #58 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 83 67 85 65 85 / 100 50 20 10 10 WACO, TX 92 70 87 65 87 / 50 70 30 10 10 PARIS, TX 81 67 83 63 86 / 80 60 20 10 10 DENTON, TX 83 67 85 63 86 / 100 40 10 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 83 64 85 63 86 / 100 50 20 10 10 DALLAS, TX 84 68 85 65 85 / 100 50 20 10 10 TERRELL, TX 88 68 84 64 87 / 70 60 20 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 92 70 85 65 87 / 60 70 30 10 10 TEMPLE, TX 93 70 84 66 86 / 40 70 30 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>134. && 82/91
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 10, 7:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 735 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2007 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-111100- ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA- DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON- HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS- LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO- PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT- WISE-YOUNG- 735 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM ALONG AND NORTH OF AN EASTLAND... WAXAHACHIE...CANTON LINE... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN FROM SLOWLY MOVING STORMS WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DECREASE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. THERE WILL ALSO BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH TONIGHT...MAINLY FOR RAINFALL AND FLOODING REPORTS. 58
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 10, 6:25 AM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
625 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0623 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 W BRIDGEPORT 33.21N 97.81W
09/10/2007 WISE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
2 FEET OF WATER ON FM 1658 NORTH OF HIGHWAY 380Local storm report, Sep 10, 8:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
813 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0811 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 NW DENTON 33.23N 97.16W
09/10/2007 DENTON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERSECTION OF N BONNIE BRAY AND W UNIVERSITY IS
CLOSED. OTHER INTERSECTIONS ARE CURRENTLY BEING CLOSED.Local storm report, Sep 10, 9:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
912 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0910 AM FLASH FLOOD DALLAS 32.79N 96.77W
09/10/2007 DALLAS TX EMERGENCY MNGR
ROADS CLOSED IN DALLAS: GOODNIGHT AT SOUTHWELL, TANNER
AT X & Y STREETS, SILVAN AT IRVING, AND SEVERAL OTHERSLocal storm report, Sep 10, 11:08 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 4:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Jack | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 5:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Eastland and 22 more | 10 hr |
| Sep 10, 6:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 7:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Jack | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 7:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 7:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 8:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 8:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 8:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 9:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Rockwall | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 9:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 10:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Eastland | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 10:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 11:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 11:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 9 hr |
| Sep 10, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Limestone | 24 min |
| Sep 10, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Limestone | 30 min |
| Sep 10, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 63 min |
| Sep 10, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Freestone | 36 min |
| Sep 10, 6:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone | 3 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.