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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 18, 2008Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 18, 2008, 5:32 PM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 18, 2008, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2008, 8:36 AM CDT
In force
15 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 22:36 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 8.20 ft at Mar 18, 2008, 7:00 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 Mar 18, 5:30 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 5:30 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 9:00 AM CDT, 8 hours 32 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

Local storm report, Mar 18, 3:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
338 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     15 NE SULPHUR SPRINGS   33.30N  95.43W
03/18/2008                   HOPKINS            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FM-3236: 18-WHEELER ON SIDE.
Local storm report, Mar 18, 3:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
341 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0338 PM     FLASH FLOOD      10 NNE PLANO            33.18N  96.68W
03/18/2008                   COLLIN             TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER OVER FM 546
            NEAR BRANCH
Local storm report, Mar 18, 3:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
351 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 N SULPHUR SPRINGS    33.29N  95.61W
03/18/2008                   HOPKINS            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CR 4508: MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE TO 4 HOMES AND NUMEROUS
            TREES DOWN.
Local storm report, Mar 18, 5:08 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
508 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0506 PM     FLASH FLOOD      PARIS                   33.67N  95.55W
03/18/2008                   LAMAR              TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            A HIGH WATER RESCUE WAS IN PROGRESS ON TIGERTOWN ROAD
            ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF LOOP 286. FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED
            AT FM 79 AND FM 2820.
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 5:26 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 18, 5:29 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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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, 9:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDenton36 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, 5:51 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

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008

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.