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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 18, 2008Denton County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 18, 2008, 9:05 AM CDT for Denton County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 18, 2008, 2:12 PM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 18, 2008, 9:05 AM CDT (14:05 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 18, 2008, 2:12 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 19, 2008, 9:20 PM CDT
In force
31 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Flood severity
Minor

County Denton County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:05 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 Denton Creek near Justin (DCJT2). The gauge peaked at 12.97 ft at Mar 19, 2008, 4:00 AM CDT.

actionminormoderate5101503/1803/1903/2003/21
Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08053500, 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 Mar 18, 6:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 6:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
646 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

.AVIATION...
12Z TAF PACKAGE
SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO AFFECT THE
METROPLEX AIRPORTS AND WILL MOVE INTO THE WACO AREA BY MID MORNING.
EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE TAF PERIOD.
BY THIS AFTERNOON...MOSTLY SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED. FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THIS MORNING...SCATTERED POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY AFFECT THE
METROPLEX AIRPORTS REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 2-3SM.

A COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH NORTH TEXAS AND CURRENTLY EXTENDS
FROM FORT WORTH TO NEAR GOLDTHWAITE. THE WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT
ARE ALSO BREEZY WITH SPEEDS OF 12-18KTS AND HIGHER GUSTS. THESE
WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD
AS A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SLOWLY EXITS THE REGION. CEILINGS ARE THE
TRICKIEST PART OF THE FORECAST AS THEY CONTINUE TO BOUNCE AROUND.
MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL UNTIL LATER TONIGHT BUT CEILINGS MAY
AT TIMES BRIEFLY LOWER INTO IFR OR RAISE INTO VFR.

82/JLD

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 402 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008/

DISCUSSION...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER IN THE EVENING HAVE TRANSITIONED TO
HEAVY RAIN PRODUCERS ALONG AND BEHIND A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT.
THE FRONT IS MOVING SLOWER THAN PREVIOUS EXPECTED AND IS RESULTING
IN HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS. WE
HAVE DECIDED TO EXPAND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE ALL NORTH
TEXAS COUNTIES. EXPECT THE HEAVY RAIN AREA TO SHIFT EAST WITH
TIME. THERE IS STILL A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS ALONG THE COLD
FRONT...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE
35 WHERE THE BEST CAPE IS LOCATED. THE RAIN WILL LINGER THROUGH
THE EVENING AS THE CORE OF THE UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS THE REGION
AND SHOULD FINALLY END ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. ONE TO THREE INCHES
OF RAIN IS STILL LIKELY IN MANY AREAS WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN
EXCESS OF 4 INCHES.

THE UPPER PATTERN WILL BECOME ZONAL THE LAST HALF OF THE WEEK WITH
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED. THE ECM AND GFS CONTINUE TO
INDICATE A CHANCE OF RAIN/THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF A
SHORT WAVE AND COLD FRONT.

TEMPERATURES FORECASTS WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TODAY SINCE TEMPERATURES
AT SUNRISE WILL MOST LIKELY BE THE DAYTIME HIGH. CLOUDS SHOULD
STAY IN OVERNIGHT AND KEEP LOWS MOSTLY IN THE 40S. THE SUN WILL
MAKE A RETURN WEDNESDAY AND AFTERNOON HIGHS SHOULD REACH THE MID
AND UPPER 60S. EXPECT A SMALL WARMING TREND THROUGH THE WEEKEND
BEFORE A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  65  43  67  43  73 / 100  80   5   0   0
WACO, TX              69  45  68  42  72 / 100  60   0   0   0
PARIS, TX             72  43  64  39  68 / 100 100  40   0   0
DENTON, TX            63  41  65  39  69 / 100  80   5   0   0
MCKINNEY, TX          65  43  66  39  69 / 100  90  20   0   0
DALLAS, TX            65  45  65  43  73 / 100  90  10   0   0
TERRELL, TX           68  44  65  42  71 / 100  90  10   0   0
CORSICANA, TX         70  45  66  41  71 / 100  70   5   0   0
TEMPLE, TX            68  43  69  42  73 / 100  60   0   0   0

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES:
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175.

&&

82/79
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 9:00 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
900 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-191200-
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-
900 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHEAST OF A
CAMERON...CORSICANA.....SULPHUR SPRINGS LINE. A SLIGHT RISK
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH TEXAS.
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO ARE ALL
POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER...HEAVY RAINFALL IS
LIKELY AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH TEXAS
THROUGH TONIGHT.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END FROM WEST TO EAST
TONIGHT AS THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FOR THESE STORMS MOVES OVER
THE REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN
PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL ALSO END EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TODAY AND POSSIBLY TONIGHT ACROSS
MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS.

58/82

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 18, 5:47 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
547 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

TXZ142-181115-
MILLS TX-
547 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  MILLS COUNTY

AT 547 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICHLAND SPRINGS...MOVING
NORTH AT 50 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GOLDTHWAITE AND MULLIN.

VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3141 9873 3139 9875 3147 9897 3161 9879
      3169 9875 3172 9849 3149 9830 3147 9831
      3129 9858
TIME...MOT...LOC 1047Z 194DEG 47KT 3137 9898

SCHULTZ
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 6:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
631 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

TXZ141-181200-
COMANCHE TX-
631 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY

AT 631 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF EARLY...MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE DE LEON.

VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3226 9855 3217 9850 3215 9846 3212 9845
      3210 9844 3208 9844 3182 9875 3209 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 1131Z 194DEG 50KT 3194 9890

SCHULTZ
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 6:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
633 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

TXZ129-181200-
EASTLAND TX-
633 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN EASTLAND COUNTY

AT 633 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EASTLAND...MOVING NORTH AT
40 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE EASTLAND AND RANGER.

VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3251 9881 3252 9848 3248 9847 3230 9848
      3222 9866 3230 9884
TIME...MOT...LOC 1133Z 190DEG 38KT 3231 9874

SCHULTZ
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 6:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 18, 7:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
755 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

TXZ101-102-117-181330-
JACK TX-WISE TX-PARKER TX-
755 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHERN JACK COUNTY
  NORTHERN PARKER COUNTY
  SOUTHWESTERN WISE COUNTY

AT 755 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
JACKSBORO TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINERAL WELLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE COOL...JACKSBORO...
SPRINGTOWN AND MINERAL WELLS STATE PARK.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE
STORMS.

LAT...LON 3321 9835 3332 9788 3298 9756 3275 9805
      3299 9806 3301 9822
TIME...MOT...LOC 1255Z 237DEG 33KT 3317 9825 3281 9802

SCHULTZ
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 8:51 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
851 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

TXZ118-133-181415-
TARRANT TX-JOHNSON TX-
851 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY
  SOUTHEASTERN TARRANT COUNTY

AT 851 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALVARADO...MOVING NORTH AT
55 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ALVARADO...ARLINGTON...
BURLESON...DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS...EVERMAN...FOREST HILL...
KENNEDALE...MANSFIELD...PANTEGO AND RENDON.

PEA-SIZED HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE
EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3240 9737 3276 9727 3272 9703 3268 9703
      3238 9717
TIME...MOT...LOC 1351Z 196DEG 48KT 3247 9724

SCHULTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson23 min
Mar 17, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFannin36 min
Mar 17, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar35 min
Mar 17, 7:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHunt35 min
Mar 17, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Lamar61 min
Mar 17, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung37 min
Mar 17, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung39 min
Mar 17, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens54 min
Mar 17, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung64 min
Mar 17, 11:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack25 min
Mar 17, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack27 min
Mar 18, 5:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMills28 min
Mar 18, 6:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDComanche29 min
Mar 18, 6:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland27 min
Mar 18, 6:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto4 hr
Mar 18, 6:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDComanche32 min
Mar 18, 7:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack35 min
Mar 18, 8:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant24 min
Mar 18, 8:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt51 hr
Mar 18, 8:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall51 hr
Mar 18, 10:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHill30 min
Mar 18, 10:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan37 min
Mar 18, 10:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDWise54 hr
Mar 18, 10:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBosque25 min
Mar 18, 10:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEllis37 min
Mar 18, 11:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant3 hr
Mar 18, 11:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBosque28 min
Mar 18, 11:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Denton3 hr
Mar 18, 11:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas30 min
Mar 18, 11:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCoryell33 min
Mar 18, 12:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar37 min
Mar 18, 12:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis3 hr
Mar 18, 12:29 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas12 hr
Mar 18, 12:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas28 min
Mar 18, 12:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHill3 hr
Mar 18, 1:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLimestone36 min
Mar 18, 1:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin44 hr
Mar 18, 1:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas64 hr
Mar 18, 1:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell28 min
Mar 18, 1:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDNavarro37 min
Mar 18, 1:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath32 min
Mar 18, 1:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDNavarro31 min
Mar 18, 1:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan29 min
Mar 18, 1:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLamar25 min
Mar 18, 1:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas16 hr
Mar 18, 2:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant3 hr
Mar 18, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hill, McLennan35 min
Mar 18, 2:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDRockwall3 hr
Mar 18, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDPalo Pinto29 min
Mar 18, 2:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin3 hr
Mar 18, 2:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Coryell3 hr
Mar 18, 2:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDAnderson31 min
Mar 18, 2:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin31 hr
Mar 18, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Henderson44 min
Mar 18, 3:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis3 hr
Mar 18, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt28 min
Mar 18, 3:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHill3 hr
Mar 18, 4:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin, Hunt3 hr
Mar 18, 4:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant3 hr
Mar 18, 4:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDComanche4 hr
Mar 18, 4:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDComanche10 hr
Mar 18, 5:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Lamar3 hr
Mar 18, 5:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Kaufman, Rockwall3 hr
Mar 18, 5:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Johnson3 hr
Mar 18, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLeon34 min
Mar 18, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin31 min
Mar 18, 5:32 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas15 hr
Mar 18, 5:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLeon24 min
Mar 18, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLeon30 min
Mar 18, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDAnderson34 min
Mar 18, 6:53 PM CDTWind AdvisoryFWDAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more9 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.