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River Flood Warning 247, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 15, 2007Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 15, 2007, 10:40 AM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 15, 2007, 11:30 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 15, 2007, 10:40 AM CDT (15:40 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 15, 2007, 11:30 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 15, 2007, 8:20 PM CDT
In force
9 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 15:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Elm Fork Trinity River near Carrollton (CART2). The gauge peaked at 8.11 ft at Oct 15, 2007, 2:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
10 ft
Major stage
12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08055500, 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 Oct 15, 10:02 AM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 15, 10:02 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 15, 5:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
500 AM CDT MON OCT 15 2007

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-161100-
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-
500 AM CDT MON OCT 15 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE AREA OF
GREATEST THREAT WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY...
AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH NORTH TEXAS.

HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT THE MAIN HAZARD
APPEARS TO BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING ISSUES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIER ACTIVITY...WITH
ISOLATED TOTALS OF 4 INCHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS ON
WEDNESDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PARTICULARLY IN
NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTH TEXAS.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 15, 9:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Local storm report, Oct 15, 10:18 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 14, 8:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBosque37 min
Oct 14, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque30 min
Oct 14, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill, Johnson50 min
Oct 14, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Denton40 min
Oct 14, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant48 min
Oct 14, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Hamilton, Mills42 min
Oct 14, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Tarrant34 min
Oct 14, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell39 min
Oct 14, 11:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan35 min
Oct 15, 12:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLimestone23 min
Oct 15, 12:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLimestone25 min
Oct 15, 1:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin36 min
Oct 15, 1:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDKaufman35 min
Oct 15, 1:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan34 min
Oct 15, 5:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland36 min
Oct 15, 6:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker26 min
Oct 15, 6:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton, Tarrant67 min
Oct 15, 7:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant60 min
Oct 15, 7:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant49 min
Oct 15, 8:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas8 hr
Oct 15, 8:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas37 hr
Oct 15, 8:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill42 min
Oct 15, 8:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin3 hr
Oct 15, 8:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDelta, Lamar29 min
Oct 15, 8:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDKaufman, Rains, Van Zandt55 min
Oct 15, 8:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt23 hr
Oct 15, 8:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall12 hr
Oct 15, 8:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDNavarro65 min
Oct 15, 8:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLimestone, McLennan63 min
Oct 15, 9:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFalls66 min
Oct 15, 9:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson62 min
Oct 15, 10:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt28 min
Oct 15, 10:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell30 min

Nearby

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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.