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River Flood Warning 76, NWS Fort Worth, TX

November 11, 2008Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Nov 11, 2008, 9:29 AM CST for Dallas County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 11, 2008, 11:07 AM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 11, 2008, 9:29 AM CST (15:29 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 11, 2008, 11:07 AM CST
Expired: Nov 12, 2008, 10:58 AM CST
In force: 24 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 15:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Nov 11, 6:08 AM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 6:08 AM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 11, 4:40 AM CST, 4 hours 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 11, 4:20 AM CST, 5 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 11, 4:44 AM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 11, 5:02 AM CST, 4 hours 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 11, 5:09 AM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 11, 5:37 AM CST, 3 hours 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 11, 7:32 AM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 10, 6:32 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hood, Tarrant	58 min
Nov 10, 6:44 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Tarrant	2 hr
Nov 10, 6:49 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Comanche, Erath	116 min
Nov 10, 7:09 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Erath	36 min
Nov 10, 7:10 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	35 min
Nov 10, 7:11 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin	34 min
Nov 10, 7:29 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Denton, Tarrant	3 hr
Nov 10, 7:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	45 min
Nov 10, 7:37 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	23 min
Nov 10, 7:38 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Comanche, Erath	3 hr
Nov 10, 8:08 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	67 min
Nov 10, 8:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hood	37 min
Nov 10, 8:41 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hood, Parker	2 hr
Nov 10, 8:57 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	33 min
Nov 10, 8:59 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Tarrant	3 hr
Nov 10, 9:10 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin	35 min
Nov 10, 9:28 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hunt	32 min
Nov 10, 10:25 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	11 hr
Nov 10, 11:04 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman, Rockwall	26 min
Nov 10, 11:59 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	3 hr
Nov 11, 2:05 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Palo Pinto	25 min
Nov 11, 2:28 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	32 min
Nov 11, 3:03 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	3 hr
Nov 11, 3:10 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	35 min
Nov 11, 3:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	57 min
Nov 11, 3:35 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	25 min
Nov 11, 3:40 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin	35 min
Nov 11, 3:48 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Erath	27 min
Nov 11, 3:56 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	34 min
Nov 11, 4:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	39 min
Nov 11, 4:44 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hood, Somervell	31 min
Nov 11, 5:02 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hunt	28 min
Nov 11, 5:09 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Johnson	36 min
Nov 11, 5:37 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Coryell, Lampasas	23 min
Nov 11, 6:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell	59 min
Nov 11, 6:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	McLennan	61 min
Nov 11, 7:32 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Falls	28 min
Nov 11, 5:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam	30 min
Nov 11, 5:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam	35 min

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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.